Shooting a dialogue sequence

Filming 

In my filming I teamed up with Daisy, Meadow, Mathew, Lila for our dialogue sequence, we filmed a scene in the studio set room. What we filmed a scene of an angry janitor who wasn't satisfied with his job, who then spoke out of line and said he hated his job, this then got a reaction out of the employee in the room which engaged a dialog sequence. 

The techniques I learned throughout the sequence was the 180 rule, we used this throughout our filming and we did a lot of shots from different angles. The workshops we had before this really helped as we knew how to set up the camera very effectively and quickly, as well as being able to use the spirit level properly. From the previous workshops we also knew how to get the camera in focus and we knew what and where to film. Some other techniques we used were more convenient, for example the actors which were me and Meadow both knew where to stand when filming as well as being able to know when to start the acting sequence without confusion. This was done by the stage processes that we used, we would say stand by before we started filming, roll camera, camera rolling, action. 

One of the problems my group ran into is that there was not enough freedom for angles in our scene, we solved this by filming our sequence not from the beginning, but from certain parts in order to allow the camera to film closer without any interference. 

What we could have done differently is have filmed more from different angles abiding by the 180 degree wall in order to have more material. This was because my group could've had more freedom with the amount of space we worked with.

What we have discovered that we could do better next time is have better camera composition, in a lot of the sequences we filmed there was a lot of space by the feet and above the heads, so next time we could use the rule of thirds to make sure that we have the camera focusing on the actor. My group should be prepared to film more, with the 180 degree rule more enforced as well as getting rid of all the extra head space and leg room. 

Editing 

In the editing part of the workshop I worked on two different groups, I worked with Jemma, and we edited my sequence and another groups sequence. I did two groups because my filming ended not having enough material and it was quite difficult to get something together, but this is why when editing the sound to the sequence for the first time I used Lauras group to edit. 

My group had a lot of problems with the material we filmed which was obvious in the editing, some of these problems included having the wrong white balance, our whole filming looked too dark which could mean we used a white balance which is supposed to be used outside. We also didn't have all the footage that I needed in order to create an effective sequence some clips and angles that I wanted were not available to me. 

The skills I learned in this workshop included unlinking the sound from the actual video, this made it so I could get rid of unwanted sound as well as adding sound bridges to make transitions to different shots sound a lot more fluent and overall better. I was refreshed on the shortcuts to use which included zooming in and out in the editing software, as well as taking parts from the sequences we filmed and adding them to each other to capture the different angles all together. I remembered how to split the videos and the shortcut to the arrow pointer which was V, furthermore, I remembered how to delete the unwanted clips. This experience gave me the knowledge in how to create a better sounding transition between clips, and about popcorn editing, which is the video focusing on the person talking in a dialog sequence. 

Overall we followed the 180 degree to our best ability, but due to our dialog sequence being a bit all over the place with me walking in from a complete different angle the 180 rule was jumbled up. Overall this didn't lead to a big difficulty when actually coming to edit the sequence as I was able to use different angle shots efficiently. 

From looking through the footage what I would've done differently on the day now understanding where we went wrong is having the right white balance, this is an easy fix and a problem that my group was not able to spot. Furthermore, from looking at the footage I can see that we didn't have enough material from different angles, so now knowing this I would've filmed the sequence over and over from different angles. Additionally, filming this again my group would've used the 180 degree rule more effectively focusing on both me and Meadows face more at different angles. The last thing I would improve is the composition, this would be done by making sure there isn't a big space above the actors face as well as making sure there isn't too much leg room. 

What I will do differently editing my actual sequence is I will make sure that we will have plenty of film material, and from different angles to make sure that I have all I need. I will also put the filming into different folders to make sure the film scenes are easily accessible and so I can use footage that I haven't used yet later on. 

Overall my group will approach my actual sequence making sure we have the right white balance and  good camera composition. Furthermore, we will discuss throughout about how we want to do the transitions.