Filming mistakes

Throughout the editing process of our coursework, we realised that we made quite a few continuity errors during our filming. These errors were noticeable and so to make our film opening look realistic had to be changed. To do this we had to do some reshoots of footage to correct our mistakes. In some cases we were able to alter the mistakes in editing. Others we chose to use part of the footage up to the mistake and then cut to another shot.

The main continuity mistake we realised we had made was during the interrogation scene. In one shot there is no water bottle on the table, just the lamp and the sound recording box. In the next shot, a water bottle appears in front of Alcione. Our first idea was to do a reshoot of this section of the film, we then found that there was an easier way to correct our mistake without having to get more footage. We decided that we would leave the bottle in the shot. We found that in Final Cut Pro 7 we could drag our footage around the viewing screen so that only the bits that we wanted to be seen were shown. To correct the mistake, we dragged the footage to make the shot focus more on Lucy. This meant that even if the bottle was on the table that it would not be able to be seen because of how the shot had been zoomed.



This image shows how we made the mistake of leaving the water bottle on the table whilst filming



This image shows how we realised the mistake we made when this shot had no water bottle on the table



This is what our shot looks like now we have corrected the image


As we were filming the corridor scene of our film opening, we struggled to get the footage we needed without getting the posters in the shot. As we filmed this in college, there are posters all over the walls with people work on them, these can not be taken down so we had to try and work our filming around them. We found that there was no way of editing these posters out on Final Cut Pro 7 so we had to do a reshoot of this scene. We decided that the only way that we would be able to keep the posters out of the shot was if we were to only show Lucy’s feet in the shot. We also decided that this would make our film opening better as it would add to the suspense of not seeing Lucy, which is what we intended on in the first place. During our reshoot we decided that we would extend the footage that we already had and instead of just having the scene in the corridor, we started the scene from the stairs. Lucy walks up the stairs and along the corridor where she then opens the door and steps into the original corridor where we only see her feet walking towards the interview room.




This image shows Lucy walking down the corridor with the posters clearly seen on the walls




This image shows how we changed this footage and extended it to Lucy walking up the stairs



This image shows Lucy walking along the corridor with a close up of her hand on the rail



This image shows how we corrected the mistake of our footage by now only showing Lucy’s feet, posters can still slightly be seen but as we did with the footage with the bottle, we are going to drag so the poster cant be seen.


Whilst filming our footage we found that we were getting our lines wrong quite a bit, this caused us to laugh half way through the filming and therefore these shots could not be used.




Lucy saying the wrong lines



Lewis laughing



Lucy laughing

When looking through our footage during editing, we found that some of the shots we had filmed well were actually rather blurred in places. This meant that we had to cut to different shots to avoid this blur from ruining the film. We found that the worst case of this blurring in the footage was when we were doing the scene from behind the glass. We found that we were getting blurred shots and also a slight shadow because of the dark rooms.



This is the interrogation scene that we decided was to blurred to use in our film.

Shot list

Corridor Scene
Shot One: Close up of Lucy's feet walking along the corridor

Shot Two: Camera moves from Lucy's feet up to her back in a medium shot

Shot Three: Shot of Lucy's back walking down the corridor, her face is not visible to viewer

Shot Four: Extreme close up on Lucy's hand on the door handle as she opens the door

Shot Five: Point of veiw shot of suspect on the other side of the door, watching Lucy walk in

Shot Six: Close up of Lucy's legs as she is walking through the door. Face is still not revealed

Interrogation

Shot Seven: Low angle shot from "security camera"

Shot Eight: Tracking shot of Lucy going to sit at the interview table

Shot Nine: Establishing shot of the three people at the interview table

Shot Ten: Shot reveals Lucy's face slowly in close up

Shot Eleven: Shot reverse shot as conversation begins

Shot Twelve: Establishing shot from the other side of the "one-way glass" showing the backs of people watching the interview

Shot Thirteen: Back to shot from the security camera

Shot Fourteen: Close up of Lewis's face smirking


Castle field

Shot Fifteen: Downwards tilt revealing the castlefield area from high to low

Shot Sixteen: Panning movement of the camera in establishing shot of the lower area of castlefield that we are using

Shot Seventeen: Close up of victimes phone showing a message saying "hurry up"

Shot Eighteen: High angle shot of victim walking up stairs

Shot Nineteen: Long shot revealing Lewis hiding in the trees

Shot Twenty: Point of view shot from Lewis as the victim walks into his sight, hiding ready to attack her

Shot Twenty-one: Medium shot of victim walking along the path

Shot Twenty-two: Point of view shot from Lewis showing the victims back as he follows her

Shot Twenty-three: Point of view shot Lewis as the victims turns round and sees him

Shot Twenty-four: Camera changes to point of view shot as victim is being strangled and camera shakes

Shot Twenty-five: shot of the victim being thrown down a hill

Shot Twenty-six: of Lewis speaking in the interrogation room

Shot Twenty-seven: back to castlefield revealing the victims dead body lay on the flood