In our preliminary assessment, I feel I contributed fairly well to all areas. Although Josh did most of the actual filming, I positioned the camera for the upcoming shots, for example at the beginning of our clip, the character is on the 'golden mean' and has plenty of lead and head room. I also took up the role of 'director' as I had to explain to our actor what we wanted him to do. Although we didn't use that many shot types, there wasn't many in the original so we wanted to just stick with the ones we were supposed to and not try to make it too complicated.
I think that we applied the rules of continuity well in our clip. We edited them to fit together nicely which made the clip flow more smoothly. I believe this was helped as we filmed the majority of our clip in one shot, and then when it came to editing, we cut it into smaller clips with other shots in between. We didn't use many transitions as our clip didn't really need any, but we put in a fade in and out at the end to help determine that the clip has ended. It also added a mysterious effect as the final shot is a point-of-view shot, so the fade out makes you feel that you have missed something that is about to happen.
We didn't really need a costume or make-up as the original character didn't have them. For the 'Pendant' we used a small gold chain, and our location was great as it had a bench right next to a pond, like the film we were recreating. Also, the surrounding area set a dim mood and, although it caused a few problems, the rain helped set this atmosphere.
For the planning, I believe we worked well as a team to come up with which clip we would recreate, where we would shoot it and who would be our actor. As I previously mentioned, Josh did the majority of the filming, but I feel that I contributed well to the directing of the clip. When it came to editing, I did most of the cutting and editing the clips together, aswell as putting the transitions in to make it all run smoothly, while Josh was in charge of finding the appropriate music.
I don't think there is much you could do to improve our final piece. We could have taken the time to find an actual pendant, and maybe have shot the clip from a few more different angles.
I don't think there is much I would change for our next piece. We worked well as a team and were very organised on the day. We could maybe do a little more planning as we only found our actor on the day of filming. We will probably shoot the clips from more angles and use a few more shot types aswell. Overall though, I think that we did well and there isn't much I would do differently in our final assessment.
L.