Shoot Day and Post Production

Shoot day arrived last week and everything went smoothly - I had made a shot list with each shot we could do with and and without the extras, so shot the scenes with the protagonist first as we had the actor playing him all day, then after lunch we shot the footage with the extras in.



We did have a problem with the actor who agreed to play the part of the doctor - they dropped out last minute, but luckily one of the extras coming on the day agreed to fill the role, and our shoot continued without a hitch.

We managed to get all the shots we need, as when it came to editing the week after, we had lots of footage. In my role as the editor, I got my groups footage before the editing day the next Saturday, and went through it to order the shots, and to find which ones are best and the ones I would use during the edit.
On the day of the editing, my preparation before managed to save us time as we were able to get straight to cutting the shots, meaning the edit was less stressful. We were also fortunate enough for someone in our group to get into contact with a composer, so we were able to put some original music in which was actually made for our film.



We had some difficulty editing to the heart beat and the clock sound effects, as they had slightly different timings, so we decided that the opening should be edited to just the heartbeat, and inside the room should just be edited slightly to the beat as it was very hard to completely sync up.

Our film is now finished, but we haven't seen the finished film with the black and white effect we wanted to have, so I look forward to seeing it in its final format.