Test Shoot: The Missing Slice (Filming) + Evaluation
We just had a test shoot which included Sasha, James and Nadeyia, we filmed next to a film the bottom car park next to the canteen. Sasha was the best friend, James was the pizza guy and Nadeyia was the taxi driver.
A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.
The idea we had translated well into the film of the disappearance of a girl and it does give a thriller suspense feeling because of the missing earing instead of the pizza slice.
The pace follows through-out the clip, a bit of a fast cut when the ear pod is found on the floor though and fast-pace we could have slowed down when the taxi arrived.
The idea I believe is clear to the audience of what is happening on screen but they might get confused because of not enough cuts and some technical errors.
Tension I believe has been developed because someones friend gets into the wrong car when he ordered a taxi and the friend calls him but no answer which indicates to danger shown in the extract, we know the friend discovers a earpod in the pizza box he ordered which might indicate that the friend got injured, killed or kidnapped.
We need to develop at making more cuts because we moved the camera for the ear pod at the middle bit and we should have had a new cut then and same things go for when the person in red talks to the taxi driver, we should have had a over the should from the person in reds over-the-shoulder.
The thing that didn't work well is that the bag was carried by the right hand in the first clip and then by the left hand in the second clip. We didn't have a car so James disappeared, and same happens with the pizza deliver guy, he just disappears in the change of scene, we need to develop at filming more shots from like over-the shoulder when i opened the pizza-box and more shots to make the transition smoother without the shakiness of the camera
What has worked well is that the story flows through-out well and we can get a sense of the story going on here. We need to improve at filming a shot-reverse-shot and more cuts, more moves such as when he gets the bag in the scene. The bag we see at the start is used as James bag for when he gets into the taxi and could see there is no technical errors with the bag throughout the scene. When I opened the pizza box, there is a zoom-in onto the earpod and my face to show my facial expression of surprise.
Overall I think we did a good job filming but we needed more cuts such as an over the should-shot and when I see the earpod in the pizza box, we could have improved where it should have been two cuts not one but the story flows through.
Synopsis
Title: The Missing Slice
The girl disappears, firstly she leaves school for some
reason maybe she is expelled. She is expelled at the start and then
mysteriously disappears, by getting in the wrong car. Her friend then sees a
proper London taxi pull into the car park and is very confused. She approaches
the car and the taxi driver mentions her friends name leaving her scared for
the worst. She then runs to her room and attempts contacting her friend but no
answer. She then leaves a voice message and decides to order a pizza until her
friend returns her call. The pizza arrives and when opened a slice was missing
and her friends earing was in the place of the missing slice.
A girl who gets into the wrong car and is abducted buy the
driver. Her friend effortlessly tries to get in contact with her
A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.
The idea we had translated well into the film of the disappearance of a girl and it does give a thriller suspense feeling because of the missing earing instead of the pizza slice.
The pace follows through-out the clip, a bit of a fast cut when the ear pod is found on the floor though and fast-pace we could have slowed down when the taxi arrived.
The idea I believe is clear to the audience of what is happening on screen but they might get confused because of not enough cuts and some technical errors.
Tension I believe has been developed because someones friend gets into the wrong car when he ordered a taxi and the friend calls him but no answer which indicates to danger shown in the extract, we know the friend discovers a earpod in the pizza box he ordered which might indicate that the friend got injured, killed or kidnapped.
We need to develop at making more cuts because we moved the camera for the ear pod at the middle bit and we should have had a new cut then and same things go for when the person in red talks to the taxi driver, we should have had a over the should from the person in reds over-the-shoulder.
The thing that didn't work well is that the bag was carried by the right hand in the first clip and then by the left hand in the second clip. We didn't have a car so James disappeared, and same happens with the pizza deliver guy, he just disappears in the change of scene, we need to develop at filming more shots from like over-the shoulder when i opened the pizza-box and more shots to make the transition smoother without the shakiness of the camera
What has worked well is that the story flows through-out well and we can get a sense of the story going on here. We need to improve at filming a shot-reverse-shot and more cuts, more moves such as when he gets the bag in the scene. The bag we see at the start is used as James bag for when he gets into the taxi and could see there is no technical errors with the bag throughout the scene. When I opened the pizza box, there is a zoom-in onto the earpod and my face to show my facial expression of surprise.
Overall I think we did a good job filming but we needed more cuts such as an over the should-shot and when I see the earpod in the pizza box, we could have improved where it should have been two cuts not one but the story flows through.
Sasha
ReplyDelete. You demonstrate good understanding of the process of a test shoot and what's more are able to offer reflection on what worked and what you need to develop for your film opening sequence. It would be nice to have some audience feedback on this, although your pitch to Matt and the class on Monday will give you plenty of opportunity to do so. Good detail and well communicated ideas on your blog you can add definitions of test shoots and what a good pitch is. Do add the notes from your pitch.
Well done, Sahsa