Friday 25th February 2022
Filming with sound
Once we entered the classroom that we were going to film in we set up the hardware that we were going to be filming with. We used the Vinten Tripod which we attached the camera onto. We then plugged in the Sennheiser shotgun mic into the back of the camera so that we could film with sound. As we wanted to play around with the sound, we used the protective cover over it some of the takes. Once editing however, I found out that it doesn't effect the sound indoors! We then moved the chairs and desks to be positioned where we needed them. I thought that it would be good to film in the centre of the classroom due to the bright sunlight going in from both directions of the room. Before we started filming, we attached the Lexar pro memory card so that we could transfer all of our filming up to the studio later on. One of the most important things to remember when filming a dialogue scene is the 90 degrees rule as you don't want it to be confusing for the audience. This meant that when we were filming we never crossed to the other side of the actors to film. We began by filming the dialogue facing Issy so that we made sure we had shots of her. We filmed it with the focus on her three times, one in a mid shot, one in a close up and one in a wide shot. We then repeated this but with Caitlin. After this we moved the camera to behind Caitlin so we could change up the persective for the audience. We also did this with Issy. As we still had more time afterward, we took some extra shots of Issy waiting for Caitlin to come into the frame. In this scene she is meant to be looking nervous and scared so we shot a close up of her feet tapping the floor and a close up of her biting her nails.
Editing with sound
This editing process was much harder than I expected as my group wasn't in school so I had to edit the sequence on my own. However it was so much fun to do! When I got into the editing suit the first thing that I did look through all of the shots that we filmed on the software Premiere Pro. I began by sectioning them into the log bin and the rushes so that I knew which ones I wanted to use in the final cut. It is much more of a challenge editing with the sound as you had to always check that nothing overlapped or too short. Make sure to cut them down to the perfect length before I put them on the timeline and organise them into order. Once I did this I could then edit the sound to make sure everything matched up. When Tom came to look at mine he thought that I could challenge myself by trying to focus on one person in the scene so that's why in the final video there are two different sequences. One focuses on both the girls and the second one focuses on the victim. After this I wanted to make sure that my scene included tension video audience, so I went back to look in the log bin at some of the extra shots we filmed. I added in the nail biting and the toe tapping to achieve this.
Final product:
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