Construction Post 5: The Back-Up Shoot

As most of the shots from our main shoot in the house have errors/could be improved, we will have a back-up shoot the following weekend.

Re-takes:

• First shot waking up in the morning: Arthur should appear more tired, rubs eyes before getting out of bed
• Picking up clothes from the floor: it should be clearer that he is trying to find his clean clothes, and the camera angle should be higher up
• Brushing teeth: mid-shot rather than a close-up (to fit in the split screen) 
• Addition of extra shot of Arthur putting on jacket (for right hand side of split screen)
• Walking along hallway to front door: Arthur should shout "bye Mum" before opening door, then exit house

Even though these are minor mistakes, it is worth re-shooting the first half of the sequence as these errors could impact the project as a whole and make the sequence less representative of a teen comedy film.

Reflections: Prior to the back-up shoot we noted down the changes we planned to make, which meant that we spent significantly less time re-filming the shots. The new footage is much more effective and the sequence appears more professional and well-thought. We were more organised for shooting, and the issues with framing have been reduced as much as possible. Our shots in the school corridor were acceptable, and no back-up shoot was needed due to the difficulty using the set between 4 and 6pm and unavailability of actors. Overall the back-up shoot gave us significantly improved shots in terms of actor continuity and framing.

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We replaced our take from the main shoot (1) with the shot 2, as Arthur's dialogue is more effective before opening the door. We also panned the camera further left so that the hallway would be in the centre of the shot. 

Arthur now appears more tired when waking up:

The split screen shots are now more suitably framed (mid-shots) as they did not show much background and were too close-up in the first shoot: