Test Scenes In The Void!

Today we carried out some practice filming in the void for the riot scene in the anitique shop.

This practice attempt was very usefull and helped us plan for when we would film the real thing.
After recording the shots I took them home, edited them into the right order and put the scene together, below is a screen shot of this process:

Using windows Movie Maker to edit the scene was very easy, even though it was my first time using the softwear I was able to quickly crop the shots and arrange the into the correct order.
I also added an effect called 'saphire' to the video which changed its colour - this effect made a big difference to the quality of the video in a good way, it makes it appear more modern and also as its darker the mood comes across as much more suspicious/mysterious.

Overall I was only slightly impressed with the finished result however I still think its good for an improvised practice attempt. Below you can watch a video of the scene:

Filming the practice scene taught me & my group a lot and we now realised how much effort is required to film a good shot. I will now list characteristics of the scene which I feel need improving:

• Lighting: even though there is a limited amount of lighting in the void our shots came out too bright, they would have been more effective if they were slightly darker as the scene takes place at night time. Also, the darker lighting would have helped reflect the deprressing mood of the scene - a woman has been killed, property is being destroyed, goods are being stolen and angry people are rebeling against the law.
• Props: as the filming session was improvised we had to make good use out of the limited props available, we done this well however we needed more 'antique' props to help the audience believe the scene was taking place inside an antiue shop.
• Costumes: the costumes of the characters in the shots corresponded with the stereotypes we were trying to display in our film - almost all of them were wearing hoodies - in todays society hoodies are iconicly linked to youth and people who wear them are often negatively stereo-typed as 'yobs'.
• Characters: the characters in the scene were all believable however on camera they may have appeared more realistic if we had used makeup effects - this especially applies to the character of the old woman Edna.