Mistaken

The video above is a short movie on the theme 'The Accident'. I completed this task working with Mathura & Aymen. As this is our first year studying Media Studies we did not achieve the best we possibly could have; Before we filmed our short movie we learnt the basic shots. Once we were familiar with the camera language we began videoing our movie. We videoed the same scene a number of times, to make sure we get it as close to perfection as possible, with the knowledge we had learnt that day.

I filmed this short film while Aymen & Mathura acted in the short film. Aymen happened to be a new student who didn't know his way around the school and asked Mathura for directions, for which she accidentally gave him the wrong directions which led him to the school tower..

One of the things i would like to change is the sound in the back, as you can hear machinery in the background, which made it difficult to lower because then i would be lowering the sound of the dialogue too. Also not all the shots flow nicely as it's my first time using Final cut express, and editing videos in general. At 43 seconds, the continuity isn't as neat as it could be.. as i had no experience or knowledge of it at the time, so this is something i'd definitely improve in the next film.

Something i reckon that made the film more enjoyable is the non diegetic eerie music that starts when Aymen enters the building, it creates the mysterious atmosphere, and tension as to where he may lead us. We made quite a few mistakes with the videoing as we should video every step, so that we can cut and fit in clips where possible, as the video didn't flow as well.. Also as our filming over-ran into break time, when the school became more alive and the non diegetic sound of footsteps was overruled by children shouting in the background, and if we were to fade that out, then the footsteps will be faded off too, which will decrease the tension.