Example/Terminology: We see as he addresses the class we have a mid shot Walter from the students perspective, this allows us to see his expressive body language, the tone of voice reinforces his enthusiasm.
Analysis: The tone of voice he speaks, is quite bright and exciting about teaching Chemistry. The 3 bottles of chemicals in the scene also represent his moods. The bottles are green,blue and red. Red representing his anger, green representing passion ,blue represent his happiness.
Point: He is represented a “poor/weak” teacher. By this I mean he is low in the Hierarchy of characters in the story, he is also struggling financially.
Example/Terminology: He has to work extra time as a shop assistant in a car wash,which shows that he is lacking some money. Furthermore near the end of the clip, the glovebox of his Pontiac Aztec wouldn’t shut, symbolising that his car is in bad condition therefore giving the idea that he is having some financial problems and isn’t able to afford simple things such as fixing a glovebox.
Analysis: The way he dresses, is stale/cold and doesn’t have any color/snap to it, his clothes also looks really old and stained. He is portrayed as someone who doesn’t receive respect from the student. In the clip, it shows the student not paying attention, and doing what they like. It also portrays Walter as a “weak” person, because he is shown to be at a different rank in the Hierarchy than the people around him, possibly at the botto
Planning:When our teacher gave us the task. Ryu, Richy and me, sat down and started to plan our film right away. He decided on the theme of "Heist." We drew a mind-map of our first plans on what the plot is going to be, what is going to happen in the film, props and the camera angles. We created a brief story board which we put in the film, some parts of the story board were changed during the film. We also experimented on a couple of camera angles such as POV, High Angle, Canted Angle. We didn't have a leader as all of us decided on votes and agreed to all our ideas.
Execution:When we started filming, we realized some parts of our story board didn't work or matches with the film. We improvised a lot on the spot, thinking and agreeing on the new ideas, concepts, the lore and camera angles. We started filming the same scenes from different angles and deciding on which one is best. Throughout the process of filming, we came out with new camera shots such as Richy's idea of the "Three shot" and "Tracking shot". Ryu worked on the camera/planning, Richy and myself worked as actors/planning and some ideas on the camera angles.
I came up with the idea of having the footsteps of our 2 main characters (Richy and myself) slam into the stairs at the same time, and walk up at the same place. Which turned out surprisingly well. One of the camera angles in the film that I like the most was the POV when (Richy)opens the cupboard containing the documents. Initially I was going to bring more realistic props such as a proper replica rifle of the M4A1, but since this was just a side project, our teacher made us use Nerf Guns. Other than that, we also ran into some minor problems such as actors laughing or smiling, which Richy and myself as actors couldn't hold our smile/laugh in, it is something we are going to have to work on.
Final Product:
Things I found pleased: The management of props was really good. Everyone brought their own props on-time, ready to film with no issues. This played a big role as we did not have to borrow any props from anybody else, and there were no setbacks. Furthermore, I'm really pleased about the camera angles used in the film. They varied from each shot, each creating different effects for the audience. Another thing I found pleased was Ryu's editing, it really gave a film a better reception from the audience as his editing skills were flawless, Richy and me were amazed on the things he can do.
Things we could do better: I think that our acting could have been better since there were scenes where we were either laughing or smiling and it really messes up the audience's reception of the film. We should practice not smiling and have a still face during filming. In addition, I think that our filming period should have been managed better. We filmed everything in one day instead of several days. If we filmed on several days we could have increased the quality of the film and the length of the film itself, we passes the 1 minute limit.
What could be improved if we repeated:
If we were to do the project again, we would have extended the planning and filming period so instead of 1 day, we would have multiple days to film and edit, and make the film less rough.
