Scripted One Shot
I feel pretty happy with how this turned out. We had some issues with equipment when it came time to check out things, so we had to alter our plans on the spot. I wasn’t able to get the camera I had planned on getting and that changed the shots we needed because of the crop factor of the black magic (what we ended up using) and the lenses we were able to get. But I think I liked being tighter on my characters than I had planned because it added to the claustrophobia that I wanted my main character to be experiencing. I thought the lighting looked great in the location and the actors I got were very easy to work with and did great jobs with their roles.
I wish, however, I had planned out more of the scene. I understand that a director needs to know what they want at the get go and have everything figured out, but with this scene I wasn’t sure what I wanted. Or rather, I had too many ideas about what I wanted. I think I had like 15 different ideas about how I wanted it to start, so when it came time to block things out, I had to just pick the first one I thought of and stick with it. I feel like having a lot of ideas is a good thing, but can be detrimental to the project if you don’t eventually narrow that list down.
I also didn’t anticipate how hard it would be to make sure every camera movement was
motivated. I feel very grateful to have had Avery there with me because she was honest about things when they felt wrong or looked weird with the camera movements I had dictated to her. I really see the value in knowing--down to every line--what the meaning behind it and the character intention is behind it. You can’t have meaningful camera movement without knowing about the meaning behind the dialogue.
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