Production Roles

What can go wrong on a FIlm Shoot

Reverse Engineering

Overview
For this project my group and I decided to remake a clip from the film School of rock. We chose the scene including many characters in the classroom with the teacher explaining and telling them how to rock. We took this original clip and broke it down and analysed all the different shots by writing up the script and putting the shots and directions next to it. The clip had to be around one minute long and we had to replicate this as closely as we could. We had to film, edit and add in any sound effects used into the film we have made ourselves. We all got given our parts in the film, and we had to change our vocals to hopefully match the way the actors in the real clip said it. We also tried to use as many props in the scene as possible, still trying to keep the small details in the film scene. Before we started filming we all had our separate responsibilities to take 20 seconds from the clip each and write down all the shots ready to go on to the shot list and script. Everyone designed a story board with drawing and detailed descriptions of the shots so that it made it easier to use when filming the real thing. We also had to take note of the depth of field whilst having the camera in manual setting. We got all the resources that we could ( drums, keyboard, tables, chairs, guitar) just to make the scene seem more realistic. We than began to film in the music block classroom because it had some of the basic objects that we needed to use. We realised after we had filmed that we had made quite a few mistakes but there wasn't much time to adjust these small errors.We realised that in some of our shots we had not had the camera on a manual setting and that we hadn't checked the white balance before filming, meaning that whilst they were filming it made the characters look like they were surrounded in white ( the look of being in heaven) which didn't match the real film. We also noticed that some certain lines from the script were said wrong, this was due to not writing the script up properly or just not reading them out correctly whilst performing. A few lines hadn't been filmed due to a un organised schedule of what we had filmed and what hadn't been done yet, therefore we ended up missing some key points that needed to be in the film, leading to having to redo them with just a simple voice over. 

A remake of the scene from School of Rock, Edited by Sam & Livvy


Organisation:
At first, out team was not extremely organised, we spent a fair amount of time drawing out storyboards and attempting to write out a detailed shot list. However when it came to filming, it took us a very long time to get set up, and we spent more time talking about it, rather than getting the shots we needed to get. Overall our organisation was okay, but we could have been much more prepared regarding filming,  and getting on with the work.

Communication:
Although we spent time drawing out the story boards, our shot lists were not perfect, and when we were up and ready to film, there were many disputes on what to film etc. We did not communicate well when trying to sort out what we were going to do, this could be why our final production had faults and errors, e.g Missing out clips, over exposure etc.

Technical:
Whilst using the cameras, we faced a few problems when trying to film. First of all, on two occasions our shots were extremely over exposed, leading to a huge difference in lighting in our final edit. Also, at one point we did not correctly set up the camera, so we ended up with automatic camera settings when our aim was to film manually.

Group Dynamics:
We had varied faults regarding out group dynamics in this exercise. A few people had been in throughout different times in filming, and so we had a very limited time to film this, continuity was a problem when it came to the final edit. A positive element was that everyone took part, contributed thoughts and feelings toward the filming. However this once lead to people becoming stroppy, which luckily did not fault the filming or editing. Wasting time was something that the whole group experienced. Our first few sessions on this was more wasted than used properly. We took a very long time deciding what to do, and how to set up. However after a while it was redeemed and everyone was working hard.