shooting practice: found footage Horror scene recreation

 This post is about a mini project that my teammates kristine. Maisie, and Kellie did without me because i was sick, so this is all the info i got from them. it is supposed to make us learn how to shoot a dramatic scene.

lesson description:

Our teacher told my teammates to find a scene from a movie in our genre. their task was to recreate it. Heres there scene side by side with the original scene we chose. Original Scene: Paranormal Activity 3. 

here is the storyboard that they made for this task too:

here are the problems and solutions that they had:

Problems and Solutions

Camera

Problems: 

1. they had problems with the steadiness of the camera since they used our hands to film. 

2. When filming the scene, leaks regarding my team members "legs" were seen.

Solutions: 

1. There was a feature on the camera app that cancels out shakiness to create a more smoother and clean finish.

2. they decided to crop the leaks out to save time from retaking the scene.

Next time: 

1. We will get ourselves a tripod that could help make the panning shot look more smooth, and help avoid shakiness.

2. Before filming, we need to prevent these problems by checking the camera set up beforehand.

Mise-en-Scene

Problems: 

1. Controlling the prop was challenging to face since they had to remove and throw props in one take.

2, The location they filmed in needed modifications to help replicate the set design form the original scene.

Solutions: 

2. they asked for permission to move the furniture to their likings and decided to help move it back after using it.

Next time:

1.  Since we only had 3 members in for today (we have 4 members) we'll try to get everyone involved next time since having more people will allow us to create better effect with the props.

2. We'll look for a more accurate environment since we were in school (school does not have a living room or a kitchen).

Edit

Problems:

1. Timing the scene so that the trash falls at the exact time with the original scene was difficult to edit.

2. The internet was really bad and took ages to export the video.

Solutions:

1. they decided to use cuts and slow-mos to help slower down the time and to cut out minutes to help accurately match the timing with the scene.

2. they decided to be more patient since they were the first ones to finish filming and to edit. they also decided to use our own personal hotspot to help provide better network.

Next time:

1. We will have to follow and time the scene properly to avoid doing small difficult editing.

2. We hope that our school wifi does not get slower and let us use our phones for internet.

Sound

Problems:

1. The sounds of the wind was very disturbing and was hard to get our sounds in.

2. During filming, there were other people in the same area filming their mini project. 

Solutions:

1. they decided to just use the original scene's audio so we wouldn't have to record a voice over.

2. They didn't start recording until we finished so it wasn't really our problem, but it was taking them too long to wait and we decided to rush up the recording.

Next time:

1. we will have to film inside where it's quiet and actually try recording voice overs to get better at those skills.

2. we'll have to film somewhere private where theres no one except us.

Here are some behind-the-scene photos I got from my teammate kristine since I was not there because I was sick.

Reflection: looking at the behind-the-scenes and hearing about how fun this mini project was from my classmates and teammates makes me really sad I did not come to school that day and I wish i was never sick because I want to know feel how fun it was as well. I also did not know anything about this project but gladly my teammates were there to help fill me in on what i missed. I wish i didn't miss the first day of school so I could've done this as wellll.