Sophie: Week 7.

 For this week’s film we decided that we wanted to re-shoot our last film but focusing on clearer and more purposeful shots and a clearer sound.  However, when re-shooting we found that the acting wasn't as spontaneous and that the sound still posed a problem. Ultimately, our biggest downfall was that the ending was not as clear in this week’s film, which was the main factor that made the film interesting. With this said, it was still a reasonable piece of footage, with the second third of the film being quite powerful.

My role this week was to act again but also to edit this week’s film. We tried to change the pace by adding in short shots between the jump shots of items around the kitchen, this was criticised as it took away from the awkward and almost painful atmosphere that was being created through the acting. The main bulk of editing time this week was spent on colour correction. We used lighting this week to create a sharper and more contrasting image, this made it interesting to colour edit. I based all my editing around the fundamentals of having the contrast slightly higher, generally around +6 and the brightness on the same level. I used a basis of Gain at 98.77 and Gamma at 0.871 to create a more dramatic look. I also edited the colour wheels so that the colour was slightly blue in each image to give it a colder and grittier look. When editing the colour I tried to keep Lynne Ramsay’s film ‘Ratcatcher’ in my mind as I thought that the stark and blue/grey tones in her film really added to the narrative.

In conclusion, last week’s film worked more effectively for narrative, with this week’s version falling shot behind it, however, the sound and camera work were a lot shaper this week and the overall image, I personally think, created a greater impact visually than last weeks, excluding the quick shots from around the kitchen.