Blog Post #45 - Problems with Recording Walking out of the Office

 In my project, after a conversation, Ed and Fern walk out of the Detective's Office together, with Ed in front, and Fern close to the camera. During this scene, I chose to use a tracking shot, where the camera follows behind Fern before becoming stationary as they approach the door. While they are in the doorway, Fern is supposed to throw keys to Ed that he picked up at the beginning of the shot. This shot will help the indoor sequence to transition to the one taking place at the end of the opening in the driveway, which I recorded in Blog Post #44 - Recording Driveway Scene



Below is my first attempt to record this scene—



During this attempt, it started off well. The problem with this shot stemmed from the fact that Fern walked faster than the person holding the camera (Ethan) expected, causing the camera to fall far behind Fern, obstructing most of the camera's view. 


Below is the second attempt—



The error with this shot is a communication error, stemming from my not properly explaining the shot to Fern. This shot started off well, and everyone was walking at a desirable speed, but Fern threw the keys to me (Ed) much sooner than expected, given we weren't supposed to swap the key's holder until we were in the doorway. This is my fault, as I should've learned to fully explain the scene, and not take it for granted that people can understand what I'm thinking.


This was our last attempt, as it was getting late—



During this shot, everything started off well. However, towards the end of the shot, there are multiple problems. First off, since it was getting later as we were recording, the light seen coming from outside the door was a lot darker and warmer, as the lights outside were turning on due to the darker sky at a later time. Along with this, I forgot that outside my door there is a slight drop, causing me to trip over it as I walk backward, causing me to drop the keys when Fern throws it, and scrambling to catch my fedora as it falls off. Another big problem in this shot is that I left my editing app open while recording, this would cause me to have to trim away the beginning of the scene— this would remove the picking up of the key I have planned.


In conclusion, I will have to continue to rerecord this scene again another day, in order to achieve my end goal for this shot.  I will try to do this tomorrow, as I will be recording the other scenes tomorrow anyway.

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