Blog Post #46 - Final Shot of Walking Out of the Office

 In my previous post, I examined my first 3 attempts to record the scene where Fern and Ed (played by Fernando and myself, Eddie, respectively) walk out of the office, into the driveway. However, all of these attempts had distinct problems in them, whether that was a misunderstanding between the people involved or just the time the scene was recorded. I strive today to record the shot I will use inside of my final cut for my project.


This is the final shot we recorded on the first attempt today. In this shot, the focus of the camera starts on the keys, which should draw the audience's attention to the keys, and then to Fern's hand as he picks them up. The tablet and laptop are also in the frame of the camera, as the laptop is there during the beginning montage, and Ed will place the tablet down after he shows the security camera footage to Fern.



During the time where Ed and Fern are walking to the door, the focus largely stays on Fern, in order to lur unneeded things from the background and keep the attention on him walking the whole time. The focus then expands to including the door and Ed, in order to place attention on them exchanging the key, and to place attention on their body language, and actions towards each other and the objects around them— such as the door.




This shot ends with Fern closing the door, after letting Ed walk away in order to make room for him to step out. In this attempt for this shot, it is also the correct time to correlate with the driveway scene, this makes sure the lighting is consistent. This gives this shot a nice and smooth end, ending with the closing of the door as they leave the office to transition to the driveway. This concludes the filming of this shot, and the next task I have to do is to record the scene for the conversation between Ed and Fern, and also Ed entering the office.



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