Drama Project - Tutorial

I was pleasantly surprised with the feedback we got today mainly because we didn’t get to do our first idea and we’ve had so many ideas since then that I thought this might look a bit un-thought out or rushed. I think we made the right decision to do a simple story in the end as that way we could concentrate on making it a quality piece with a variety of shots and also try and focus on sound which is something Esther also pointed out. Because the story is quite simple and set in only one place and also due to the nature of it Esther pointed out it would be a good idea to concentrate on the sounds and expression when the two men end of having a sort of nacho showdown, where they’re each fighting over the bowl. Afterwards we decided even though we already had a few close-ups of the faces that we would go back and get more and try filming them from different angles and varying levels of closeness like mid close ups, close ups and also extreme close ups of the mouths while eating and their eyes to add to the drama and tension. We also went back and recorded more sounds, as a result of the tutorial, like the crunching of the nachos but close up so you can really hear every little sound during this tense moment. While we were paying attention to detail we also recorded atmos of the pub like the pool table balls knocking against each other and footsteps walking to the pub. It is important to think about the sound more just for the fact that this isn’t a dialogue heavy piece so you need lots of other sounds and noises to fill the void and give a good sense of atmosphere and also giving people something to focus on. Another thing Esther pointed out was the colouring as the different lighting environments made the tones not look very even throughout some of it, this is something we had realised but as it was only our rough draft we had not got round to correcting yet.