Changes in our film

CHANGE OF CASTING

Whilst we were filming the first stages of our sequence, we encountered casting problems. Our actress for Emma's character, Rhiannon, came from a different school and so we had to base our shooting schedule around the times that she could do. This became a problem because we had to make sure that we were filming at specific times which allowed smooth continuation and transition through out the day. This however became harder to do because of the narrow schedule that we were restricted to. This shooting schedule was also limited because we could not allow ourselves time to reshoot if needed. We could not be flexible to ensure the best possible clips and because of this restriction, we decided to change the actor. Instead, We decided that it would be best if I acted as Emma instead. This way, we knew that I was more available to film than Rhiannon was so we could be more flexible with how long we took to film. We changed the character profile of Emma to suit this change.

CHANGE IN STORYBOARD

After filming our classroom scene, when we came to editing it into our sequence, we realised that the shots that we had filmed were very dark and sometimes very bumpy. The whole "look" just didn't seem to work and we were not happy with the footage that we had shot. We had to find an effective way of getting over this obstacle. We thought of different ways to introduce Emma with lighting, practicability and casting. Since we had already asked a lot of people to spend time filming, we wondered whether we could limit the amount of people we used. This way we could spend as much time as we wanted filming and re-filming to get as much quality footage as we could. We decided that we still wanted to show Emma through a transparent/reflective medium, and for this reason, we chose a reflection through a mirror. We thought of ideal places to show a reflection. We preferably wanted to find a reflection through a mirror to guarantee a reflection -unlike our initial idea of the reflection through a window. We then realised that it would be effective to show this reflection through a mirror in the school toilets. We decided to show Emma through her reflection, joined by two other girls who appear to be friends. These girls fix their hair and talk amongst each other, although the audience cannot hear them because this is where the voice over occurs. We thought that this would be a better introduction to Emma's character because we were able to show her feelings and insecurities around her reflection and then compare this to the other girls' confidence to outline the importance of appearance for females. We then had to consider which camera shots and movement would work effectively with this idea and altered our storyboard to show this change.

CHANGE IN SCRIPT

Because of the changes we made, we also had to update our script. But, whilst editing our initial sequence with Rhiannon as the character, we noticed faults in our scripting and how effective it was. The actor of Harry, Aaron, had dialogue without his presence. This ended up sounding a little weird, especially alongside the actual words. For this reason, we changed the dialogue so that the conversation was a little bit more relaxed and natural, rather than Harry quoting an Oliver Twist book.