The Meeting Write Up

Our task was to film a meeting which continued from "The Phone Call". We had to work in our groups, filming and editing this sequence.

We created a storyboard together in our groups and each wrote and drew one. Our plan was to film the shots out of order then place them together during the editing. The reason we chose to do them out of order was because that it would save a lot of moving around and camera angles etc. For example filming the beginning and ending at the same time as they were in the same place and such.

We created a 'Mud Map' which was a drawing that showed where our camera shots would be taken at what angle and type of shot.

Our shooting process turned out fairly well in the end but i believe it could have been better. We forgot about the shot order so we shot them 1-12 in order when we had planned to shoot the shots out of order.

My main contribution was performing and planning the dialogue for our sequence. I was character 2 which was the one doing the bomb job for the boss.

During the editing we realized we hadn't shot the shots out of order. This made our overall sequence longer to film and not as good as i think it could have been. I think if we had filmed out of order especially if we had filmed one of the characters dialogue all at once, then it would have turned out a lot more realistic. I found it quite hard to stay in control and not laugh when another person was sat right in front of me directly looking at me. With the camera moving back and forth every shot took a lot longer and would have moved slightly each time.

I have learned that it's important to follow the storyboard and shoot the shots out of order as planned as it would save a lot of time and improve the overall performance.