Evaluation of filming church and car scenes

church scene

Whilst filming the church scene we discovered that continuity was more of a concern than we had expected or planned for.  This meant that some shots we ended filming were not what we were exactly planning on doing such as the removal of one of the champange glass shots.  

This scene also took longer than planned to film due to the larger number of people we had to direct and again ensure that they were in the same places and positions every shot.  

There was also a slight conflict in opinion as to whether the scene should be filmed on a tripod or hand held.  The hand held was wanted due to the dreamy, flashback effect it gave, however it would have compromised the quality so we decided to add a dreamy effect in post-production.

CHURCH SCENE EVALUATION

I am happy with the footage we got of the church scene.  It is mysterious and intriguing and provides a unique beginning to our film opening.  The last shot of Charles, the groom, holding the knife covered in blood is very effective and is vital in explaining the context of the rest of the opening. The weather also helps in setting the scene and being sunny it implies the elation and joy of the day, until the bride walks inside and the mood of the piece changes considerably to dark and mysterious.

Car SCENE 

Whilst filming the car scene we felt that the scene was quite basic due to the lack of shots.  We only storyboarded long shots from various angles with one close-up of the wing-mirror.  However, we added in a mid shot of Iona getting in the car, a close-up of Iona  from the other side of her car of her closing the door and a POV shot from inside the car.  We also filmed a close-up of the car, however, due to overexposure on the camera we are unable to use the shot.

Car SCENE EVALUATION

I am pleased with the shots however feel quality may have been compromised due to the wind making the shots shaky and the overexposure on the camera.  Despite this the 1927 car and setting of Hadlow Tower make this scene very decedant and add significantly to the mies-en-scene of our film opening.