Dialogue workshop

My group shot a scene between two people talking about what homework they had and then one exits the shot to practice using dialogue in our shoots. I learnt how to use the camera with regards to sound and how to hold the microphone whilst recording. I learnt how to shoot each shot all the way through with the dialogue and to use the rule of leaving a slight gap between the dialogue, so that is easier to edit when we have to edit the clips.

One problem we had was filming an over the shoulder shot of Anna. This is because we couldn’t fit the tripod in the correct place in order to obey the 180 degree rule, therefore I used a hand held shot and it worked. I think we should aim to film shots with more continuity, as when we were editing, we found quite a few mistakes e.g not holding the folder when in the previous the actor is holding the folder. We also need to make sure that we film more close up shots, and shots that obey the rule of thirds as when I put this method into practice, it was quite easy to forget. I should also try to use more shallow focuses as they make the shot look more professional.

Adrianna and I edited our scene together which included cutting images and putting them together, getting rid of unnecessary sound, and overlapping dialogue slightly. We were doing this all to make sure that our scene flowed smoothly and looked professional. This meant switching the clips and alternating them, for example, between an over the shoulder shot and a mid shot. 

I remembered how to use the input and output tool again, as I had forgotten how to do this, and I was also reminded that I needed to put my chosen clips into a log bin, to shortlist them and make my editing space more organised.

We ran out of time and did not quite add as many clips as we wanted to so I will make sure I don’t do this again by trying not to be too picky with clips, for example, always using the input and output tool. Instead, I will drag the clips onto the timeline and shorten them from there. 

I would have made it so that the actors spoke a bit slower as it would make it easier to edit the clips together and would take less time to trim the audio to the right parts.

In the future I will spend more time trying to put the clips in the right place than worry on cutting them down so that I will be more time efficient.