Construction Post 5: The Back-Up Shoot

As mentioned in an earlier post we have decided that a back-up shoot will be needed for the morning routine sequence; at Ela's house. This was primarily due to dark lighting in a few of the shots (that could not be fixed by grading) and the overly tight framing of the shots for the split screen. We also decided that we will film a new shot where Michael is cleaning his face with a flannel.
Despite only having minor mistakes, we feel that it is crucially to have a back-up shoot. This is to ensure that we had enough footage that is of a high standard.

On the other  hand, for the second school section we decided that we had produced a large enough range and variety of shots and they were all of a reasonably high standard, considering the environment we had to work with. Therefore, for all of these reasons we have decided that we will not have a reshoot of the school scenes.

Here are some examples of the shot changes that were made:
1)

Before

After

We changed the shot on the left from him putting his jacket on to him brushing his teeth as we felt it would aid the narrative flow better




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Before

After

We also changed his acting in the opening shot to make his head come out from under the covers in order to better connote his tiredness.




Reflections on the back-up shoot:
I am much happier with the footage that we have produced the second time round. The light is much brighter and better represents morning, the split screen shots now fit in the frame comfortably, he newly added flannel shot further emphasis the tiredness of our main character and his attempt to wake up. Now that these changes have been made, our sequence looks more professional and enticing for the viewer and definitely flows much more seamlessly.