Acting – The
three characters in the sequence were played by myself, Adam Bennett and Jan
Labro, although we were very limited for time while filming the sequence I
believe we were able to work well in the short space of time that we had. What made
filming difficult was the fact that we needed to keep continuity throughout the
sequence meaning that all of the characters should look the same and be dressed
the same all the way through the sequence, one thing which could not be helped
was the change in the weather therefore we tried to avoid shooting outside as
much as possible to avoid any continuity issues. As much as the actors tried to
make sure they stayed in character at all times, there is one criticism about
the sequence and that is at the end where the teacher has the pupil pinned
against a fence as the actor playing the pupil is smiling at the teacher, this
could be taken as out of character but could also be taken as part of the
sequence as the pupil could be pulling a sinister face.
Filming – Reece
Beveridge and I filmed the chase scene. We used a variety of different shot
types and angles so that we had many different clips that we could use for the
editing process. Again, there were time constraints on how long we had to film,
so we needed to be quick in recording each of the individual scenes. If I was
to do this again I would try to film as many different shot angles as possible
and redo the scenes to make sure everything was perfect. We did not have access
to a steady cam, so we needed to use a normal cam when filming the POV and
running shots, which made some takes very jumpy and we couldn’t use some of the
clips
Edits – Almost
all of the editing of the sequence was done by Scott Barrass on Sony Vegas on
his home computer, many different shots were used to create a sense of pace and
to show many different points of view throughout the sequence. For the start of the film up until the
outside scene there is an eclipse effect added to the film to make everything
seem darker and to set the mood of the film. Scott mainly used cuts to switch
from scene to scene, but at some points you can see he used a fade to black
effect to shop a time change, for example at the point outside to back inside
running through the corridor. Another time he used that effect was right at the
very end for less than a second from the teacher grabbing the rebel to the
rebel being against the fence.
Sound – All
of the song clips we used throughout the sequence were copyright free. The
speech parts in the film could have been acted out better as it seemed to be
forced and it didn’t seem genuine. At the part where the teacher is first
introduced into the scene, it would have been better if the teacher shouted at
the rebel to try and make him stop, instead of staying silent the whole time.
Again at the end of the clip where the teacher and rebel were at the fence, it
would have made more sense for something to have been said. If I was to do this
again, I would create some sort of script beforehand that the actors would need
to follow, instead of thinking of things on the spot like we did this time.
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