This is my AICE Media Studies Final Project, about my film opening "Beneath The Hood"
Blog Post #48 - Recording Ed and Fern's Conversation
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Ed and Fern's conversation is the main scene in my project, as it takes up a lot of time, reveals the character traits and motivations of Ed and Fern, and introduces the killer into the story. I have my script written for this scene to start off the transition of the whip pan of Fern looking towards the door, after the montage sequence at the start, and after Ed walks into the room. The scene will start with Ed at the table, who then shows Fern the security camera footage. They then crack a joke and look at the camera. Following this, there is an action match transition to the scene of them walking out to the driveway.
Below are all the trials for this shot that were recorded, and the final shots I ended up with are at the end of the video.
This shot was cut off too early, and Fern moved too suddenly. In this attempt, we had also not memorized the script, so we were just going off of improvisation from the general idea of the scene. In this shot, we also did not have someone to move the camera to show the security camera footage, so I would have had to edit in a transition to the camera.
This shot went much better, as I had someone hold and move the camera. This shot also seems more natural, as there is less talking and less time showing faces towards the end, reducing the strain on Fern and me.
There was not much energy put into the scene, as we were nervous to record this scene for the first time. This shot served as a template shot to help us memorize the lines. This had to be reshot.
There was a small increase in energy in this shot, but we messed up at the end, before we could continue to walk away, by laughing. This was slightly better than the last one, but not satisfactory.
This shot had more energy put into it, but my body language was off in the shot, and we had the same problem with laughing as the previous one. This shot helped to finalize the script during this scene.
This shot helped to improve the body language, and stop us from laughing during the recording. The quick switch back to a normal tone helped to improve the humorous tone of the scene, and the frame will help to transition into the next shot. This shot completes what I had written in the script and will be used for my final cut.
In this post, I plan to give a general, current visual representation and sequencing for my project, and the scenes within it. These scenes include Fern and Ed speaking in the detective's office, Fern and Ed exiting the detectives office, Fern and Ed entering the car and driving in it, Fern and Ed appearing at the crime scene with the dead body, and possibly a scene featuring the killer. This picture is a representation of the first scene, featuring an over-the-shoulder shot behind Ed, facing Fern reading the "S.K.B.D. News" This picture is a representation of the second scene, showing Ed and Fern leaving the office, through a two-shot, with Fern in the background, and Ed in the midground, picking up keys in the foreground. I chose this configuration to put emphasis on the keys. These pictures are a representation of the fourth scene, which starts with an action cut from the last seen, showing Ed and Fern leaving the office driveway, through a wide shot. This th...
While me and my actors were getting ready to start recording, we ran into multiple unexpected problems. The scene I will be discussing in this post is the scene of the security camera footage, which features the Killer killing Lacey's Child, the Killer played by me, and the child by Ethan. The script for this scene has the killer approaching the child, and stabbing him, with (fake) blood flying out. Photo of me, Eriberto (Eddie) Mendoza, in the Killer's outfit before recording The problems we ran into may have been unexpected, but they were not unpredictable and could have been planned ahead. The biggest obstacle we ran into was the weather . We noticed a few hours before, the sky had gotten gloomy, grey, and cloudy, but I dismissed it, being eager to start production. When my actors arrived at my house to record the scene, I felt a drop come from the sky, at this point I was starting to get worried, the sky had gotten darker and more grey. Recording When we went to st...
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