With this in mind we were introduced to the assessment criteria and the importance of new roles in a crew which are.. the producer and the director - each role is unique however the producer and the directors role introduces new opportunities to guide the crew to new aspiring ideas, locations and meeting the next steps to create a successful short film.

However, I found it particularly difficult to hold the boompole high enough to be out of the shot increasing the challenge to create 3 separate shots of the scene. This lead me to try a different technique and hold it with my left leg firm behind my right and leaning my arms on an angle to exentuate my posture to hold my position during takes.

As for what I'm looking forward to In this module, I'm looking forward to meeting other classmates and creating our own piece from simple building blocks sharing ideas and different aspirations. I'm also looking forward to our 2 new crew members: the producer and the director leading to new paths and feeling professional creating short films as a big crew.

A short film should include..

• Keeping it short

• A steady pace

• 3 act structure

• Focus on visuals and atmosphere

• Quickly introduce characters

• Minimilize dialogue|characters

• Exclude subplot

And this can lead to the succession through techniques which can lead to an analytical approach through the use of explaining and examining the morals and issues which succumb to the protagonist to take action and make difficult decisions. This can be created through the use of the positioning of the audience by implying subtly on which character we sympathize with and why. Through the use of story development to keep the narrative in the audience's mindseye, the most important thing about a narrative is the use of characters, structure and logistics and answering the questions which an active spectator would ask themselves i.e why are they important and how do they react to the world? Are they supporting a character or are they apart of the main plot?

This gives the audience a vivid image if the visual and subtle information is shown giving the audience a smaller picture of the character to allow their imagination to create a bigger image of how and why the character is being portrayed in a certain way.

As for his wife, we looked at what stereotypes we could allude to the audience through her costume and appearance and we succumbed to the idea that she is a primary school teacher who works hard for her children as they're her priority. We added the idea that Deb is a primary school teacher due to her bubbly personality and because of her devotion to her children. Deb is also middle aged but younger than David who has long blonde hair and eye bags alluding to the idea of how David enters womanhood and as a result of this Deb shows the hardwork through her subtle facial features showing the audience how tired she is yet showing her love and happiness for her children.

IMPORTANCE OF SOUND EDITING-

• Good sound editing is invincible - the audience needs to lose themselves in the narrative world.

• Bad sound editing draws attention to the process of filmmaking and disrupts audience's viewing.

• Being able to tell were audio tracks cut in and out during the editing process enhancing how the audience's view key moments in a film.

Typical problems when EDITING-

• Weather - wind/rain

• External noise - noise outside filming environment i.e car alarms, nature.

• Internal noise - noise inside filming environment - white noise, talking.

Types of sounds - voice

- music

- sound effects

Poor recording of these sounds will alternately affect the viewers expectations. You need to be efficient recording onset during the production process or adding in post after filming.

'Until you get it to the right length it's like a woman who's on a diet who wants to get into a dress to go to an event. She keeps losing weight and finally the dress just fits perfectly.' (Thelma Schoonmaker)

In this shooting day we wanted to get an early start and made a schedule before shooting to come onset for 10am allowing time for us to set up and familiarize ourselves with the equipment.

We then began to look at scenes we wanted completed by 2pm this consisted of completing scene 1 and half of scene 2.

We decided to look at Deb's scenes first and to shoot them as we knew what we wanted within those scenes. This consisted of a 2 shot between Gemma and Chris but we did this separately shooting Gemma's lines and nicely light the tone of the scene which made her look stern and harsh. After Gemma's scenes we looked at Chris' first moments in the bedroom, waking up to his knowledge to find his wife leaving to his job leaving him in charge of looking after the children and taking control of Deb's job.

This was successful as the rehearsal and the shoot went smoothly. This resulted in our next plan for the rest of the day after 12pm and a 15 minute break, was to then shoot all the bedroom scenes and David sat at his desk using multiple camera angles such as a medium close, mid shot and extreme close ups making the scenes nerving and uncomfortable. We also had a range of lighting options to choose from using warm orange tones to imply 'David's perfect day' in contrast to the harsh bright filter when David realizes his new routine.

We had a lot of fun during shooting resulting in a successful scene 3 shoot, ending the day packing the equipment down and taking photos of the set to ensure if a shot needs retaking after reviewing. Throughout takes we ensured it was well rehearsed before a take to ensure everyone understands their role and how the scene would take place.

Second day of filming we looked at scene 4-9 we set our time slot for filming and rehearsals longer than day 1 to ensure everyone was comfortable in their roles and feel professional in setting up our set and different scenes also. Our slot for day 2 was 11-6pm giving us plenty of time to review the footage a day before shooting to ensure everything ran smoothly. My role as Director, I reviewed the footage and captured a couple things I wanted to reshoot because of shakiness of handheld footage. This was an easy fix as it was a couple moments of David waking up and a couple moments when David is sat at the desk which could've run smoother.

After reshooting a couple pieces we began looking at scene 4 onwards and focused on setting up the kitchen to make it look like a house and not look like an accomodation. After setting up we looked at a close up shot of David entering the kitchen in a hurry and making the kid's breakfast. My creative decision in this moment was to look at making the scene frantic and nerve wracking this was a successful task as we looked at continuity editing of the shot using close ups of the toast going in the toaster and a midshot of David realising the workload he's been left to do making the audience feel sympathy for him using comedy and Chris' wonderful facial expressions of disgust and frustration.

However, I had to change a couple angles and we, as a crew, couldn't find a car from our classmates to use to imply David drops the kids off at school. We then took a 10 minute break for me and Isobel Cox to look at a different situation we can place David in and we made the decision to use the hallway to suggest David is running late to take the kids to school as he swings open the door, leaving the apron on and running out into the hallway. This was a successful moment for us as we improvised a scene to keep the continuity of the narrative.

After shooting this scene we then moved onto the last 2 scenes, scene 8 and 9 resulting back into a quick shift in action as David's cramps worsen and his horrified realization of his 'womanhood'.

Scene 8 was more claustrophobic to film to begin with as it was a tight fitting space into the bathroom to David's horror of glitter rubbed into his beard and his period. We came up with a solution to have the camera on a tripod at an over the shoulder angle so we could see David's reactions in the mirror and a smooth shift into a handheld angle at a midshot to David's frightful panic sat on the toilet.

In conclusion to our 2 day shoot we successfully captured David's different emotions to his new surroundings using multiple camera angles to manipulate the pace of the continuation of scenes to make the scenes comical and to make the viewer feel sympathy for his new profound lifestyle. With the use of 3 lighting sources we were able to create warm earthy tones similar to my moodboard inspiration but also the cold, isolating cool blue tones to distinguish David's emotions but the reality of the narrative without David being unaware of his circumstances.

By reviewing this, this led me to feel inspired towards our story - with the use of the mood board this led to the decision for David to have a comical yet plain costume but a very influential impact on the story as the basic costume allows an active viewer to merge themselves into David's emotions and new profound lifestyle, feeling sympathy for his circumstances, leading David to be in Damien's situation and Sybille being in Deb's position.