My colleagues:
- Jade Popham - Actress
- Katie Patrick - Actress
- Naomi Doddridge - Camera Operator (with me)
Risk Assessment:
Storyboard:
Logline:
Once Upon A Blind Date.
Synopsis:
First time blind dating, first time meeting and twiddling thumbs. After being match made, showing the awkward mishaps between two social rejects with very high standards. “Is that a 6 pack? I think not.” Images can be deceiving.
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This project was based on the conversation between Tom Waits and Iggy Pop in a coffee shop. Based upon the film Coffee and Cigarrettes - Somewhere in California, it's an old fashioned themed black and white short film. The conversation consists of two gentlemen having a rather awkward-to-watch conversation whilst smoking cigarrettes and drinking coffee. Oh the irony. The film was directed by Jim Jarmusch in 1993. This short film would eventually be the third part of an eleven-piece production, all of which were shot in black and white.
Our idea of this production would be based upon a Blind Date. We had to make our video as real as possible and something that happens in every day life, therefore we needed two pretty good actresses. Jade and Katie were the two people that appeared in the production, and they were on the blind date. Jade dressed up as a man, whereas Katie a woman. The slight twist in the story was that Katie had thought the guy she was meeting was a hunky heart throb with a six pack, but when she walked in, the man couldn't have been any different.
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| Jade dressed as a man! |
We chose our setting to be in a realistic environment of two people to have a blind date in. A cafe across the road from our studio kindly lent us their upstairs room for 90 minutes to film. This meant we were on a strict time limit and had to be done and out by 11.30am. We began by shooting a few of Jade's shots first, (the man), and then chose to shoot a few of Katie's shots, (the woman). This is because, as a single camera production, it was more time consuming to move the camera every time we wanted to take a different shot. As a group, we decided to shoot it like this as it would be less time consuming.
Overall, I think our production turned out really well. We used the sound from the camera as oppose to hiring out a separate microphone, as the atmosphere and noise in the cafe was only us, with a little bit of backing music. The only problem we came across was that the music in the background kept changing from shot to shot, so when we edited it all together, there were different songs. We came to a solution in the end put our own chosen music over the top. I think this worked quite well.
OUR FINAL PRODUCTION: The Coffee Cup
Editing our production was a pretty straight forward process as all we had to do was put the shots together in the right order. We found that the sound turned out better than we expected, so we didn't have to play with the volume or anything. The lighting was also a big bonus as we chose a table situated in front of a large window, and this really helped.
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| The Edit Decision List |
The Edit Decision List is a compile of all of the different edits we did to end the production on a high. The file name, time frame and description of all of the shots had to be in this work log to achieve the best possible outcome.
Overall, I really enjoyed this production and feel as if we worked well as a team. The filming went really well and both Jade and Katie did an amazing job in front of the camera. There were a few sections in which me and Naomi decided to remove the camera from the tripod as it would be easier to film, and this would result in me holding the camera, as I have a more steady hand compared to Naomi.
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| Three shots we took free hand |
We decided to take these shots free hand as the positing of the tripod would've been a complete mess. The close-up shot of Jade involved me sitting on a chair next to Katie. I think shots always look a bit more in depth and natural if they're taken with a free hand as it's almost a form of point-of-view. The second shot looks like a simple layout, but it was more complexed. I sat in Jade's seat, and she held the menu in shot whilst looking at the footage next to me. It was pretty uncomfortable but it turned out okay. In this shot, I also had to keep aware of the focusing and positioning of the camera. I had to twist the lens to be sure that when I needed Katie to be in focus, she was, and when I needed the menu to be in focus, that was too.
I look forward to doing another single camera production in an environment outside of college as it gives it a little more warmth and makes it more unique to film in an outside space, rather than within the college walls.
Cheerio. :o)
- Olivia.
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