Experimenting with film techniques

During our filming stages, we had to experiment with our film so that our final product would be the best it could be. From this, we originally experimented on two main types of techniques; slow motion and time-lapsing. These were both done by Amy, as when it came to the actual filming, we would be using Amy's phone to do these. By doing this, it would allow us to review whether or not it would work in the film, and luckily for us, it did. (To see the videos of the experiments click here and here) 

We also used various continuity techniques during filming such as shot-reverse-shot and the 180 degree rule. This was obviously important to include as without them, the film would look unprofessional and not up to standard. 

In terms of experimenting, we also found that filming our project without a sound recorder or appropriate lighting would result in a poor quality final piece. We didn't recognise this fully until it came round to our first attempt at filming. After looking back at the first attempt of filming, we saw that the film just wasn't good enough and didn't look professional. The lighting was just wrong and there was technically no sound. And so when returning to filming the following week, we rectified these mistakes and restarted filming. This instantly improved the quality of footage and made our footage look so much better. In darkened scenes, appropriate lighting was used in order for the scene to look natural without looking too over used (in terms of lighting). 

Finally by using different camera shots and angles, it allows the audience to gain a clearly understanding of a particular moment as well as placing emphasis on that shot. We re-shot many of the scenes with different shots/angles so that when it comes to editing we can pick and choose the most appropriate for what we want to achieve, whereas if we had only shot the scenes once, we would only be left with that one shot which we'd have to use when it comes to editing.