I worked with my colleagues Naomi Doddridge and Lauren Walke to create our own rendition of a first person perspective. Instead of choosing the typical tension and fear emotion that is most common, we chose to host an interview. Naomi would interview me, and I would be the 'celebrity'.
We began by planning the production very thoroughly with a lot of thought and style within our production stamps. We worked together as a group to create the best production plan we possibly could as we knew this particular project was vital for our end-of-assessment grade.
Production Lists:
- Shot list
- Equipment list
- Risk assessment
- Storyboard
- Synopsis
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| Storyboard, Shot List, Equipment List, Risk Assessment and Synopsis |
Synopsis: ''We aim for our production to be approximately 1 minute 30 seconds long, Naomi will be asking Olivia questions as if she is interviewing her, and Lauren will be operating the camera and positioning it to create different moods, depending on the subject of the question. Throughout the short film, we will have a different range of medium and close-up shots of the interviewer and interviewee to create some personalities for them.''
When it came to filming, we struggled to find a suitable place to set the interview. No matter where we went, there was always background noise or people walking past. We tried outside the canteen, in reception and in the ceramics room (which is a big open space). None of these were successful so in the end we ended up outside of our studio. Looking back, this probably wasn't the best place to sit as there were a number of people walking in and out of our studio, but we made do and got on with it.
Our filming technique changed a few times due to the circumstances of where we were situated, but in the end we all finally settled on an agreement. As the scenes set-up was a small table with two chairs either side, it would be quite tricky to keep moving the camera from place to place to take either mine or Naomi's place. The easiest and most productive way to film was to shoot Naomi asking about five questions in one bulk, then shoot me answering them in another bulk. This saved a load of time and worked really well.
OUR FINAL PRODUCTION: In The First Interview
I feel as if our production went really well. There were a number of different elements we used to make it more challenging for us as a group. We actually hired out a boom mic! We weren't 100% sure on how to use it, but as a team, we made it work. This came in really handy as the camera microphone isn't particularly loud - and neither me or Naomi were keen on shouting at each other, just so the sound would be okay.
Editing the production together was actually quite difficult. As above, we weren't 100% sure how to use the attaching mic, and this unfortunately meant that our sound recordings weren't connected to the video footage. This meant we had to match the sound and videos together, i.e. lip sync. This added an enormous amount of time to the editing as it took us a while to match it all up, but in the end we did it. I think it looks pretty genuine in the final production!
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| A quick shot of our set up |
As there were so many shots taken and people walking past, we had quite a lot of bloopers. I decided to make a separate video to display these as they were absolutely priceless. It was such a funny process and I just feel like it's an honour to share it on this blog!
I really enjoyed this project and I think my colleagues, Naomi and Lauren did too. We had a right laugh filming it and it gave me a real insight in how to film a short movie in the first person perspective. I hope we do another movie in this perspective throughout this course as I would love to improve this and see the differences I have gained with experience.
Cheerio. :o)
- Olivia.
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