Post-Production

Weekly Production Diary

Week commencing 05/04/21: 

Began filming, scenes were filmed for Billie and Edgar. There were a few problems in terms of where we could film and practicalities, these issues were talked through on the group and resolved.

Week commencing 12/04/21:

 Filmed scenes for Miranda. Starting to piece together clips in editing. Realised we were missing a shot of the pin board, assigned someone to film this. 

Week commencing 19/04/21:

Began creating rough cuts of scenes. Talked through editing concerns such as the news reports, sci-fi special effects and screams. Talked through different ways these could be done and what looked best. Finished filming for Lisa's scenes, a couple shots were changed which were spoken through. 

Week commencing 26/04/21:

Submitted a rough cut, all watched through a discussed what could be improved, notes on that here. Worked through these improvements including getting extra shots and sound effects. 

Week commencing 03/05/21:

Submitted a new rough cut, from this decided to do some reordering of the scenes to improve the narrative. 

Week commencing 10/05/21:

After some re-structuring to the narrative and final tweaks to the editing, such as colour grading, sent off the finished product. 

 Feedback on the Rough Cut

 Following the production stages, our editor put together the scenes using the shot lists, this created our first rough cut. We watched this together as a group and spoke through what we felt was working and wasn't. 

Most of our issues fell under three categories:

• The beginning is slightly confusing and doesn't set up the story well
• Not enough suspense within the script, the ending doesn't feel as impactful as it could
• A couple of shots don't work where they are

Along with our lecturers, we discussed through ideas of how we could improve these. 

To improve the beginning we decided to try layering more sound and images to convey better to the audience the plane crash and how the four characters are linked. This will hopefully set up the story better and explain the motif of the news article throughout the film. 

To add further suspense to the script we decided to make the timer audio in the background less subtle. We also planned to film an extra shot with each character closing their eyes to play in sequence at the end. We felt this would feel more final and emotional, conveying the terrifying truth at the end of the film. 

Finally, we picked out the shots which we felt didn't exactly work and discussed why. Most were too short and not held long enough. We felt fixing this in the edit would allow the film to run smoother and further portray the emotions of the characters to the audience.