Spencer's cat (Rosie) has been taken and he won't stop until he gets it back. A trailer for a short film I made in my first year of university (which I received a 1st for).
Jonathan Schwab and I worked on the story, the storyboard and shared the filming.
I filmed the black limbo scenes, set up the microphones and edited this version
Music credits on my vimeo page
Skills Learnt: filming with a Sony PD 150/170, lighting with Red Heads, Dedos, using colour gels and gobos, setting up microphones, working with actors (who are not friends) and furthered my knowledge of Final Cut Pro 7
Jonathan Schwab and I worked on the story, the storyboard and shared the filming.
I filmed the black limbo scenes, set up the microphones and edited this version
Music credits on my vimeo page
Skills Learnt: filming with a Sony PD 150/170, lighting with Red Heads, Dedos, using colour gels and gobos, setting up microphones, working with actors (who are not friends) and furthered my knowledge of Final Cut Pro 7
Rosie was a chance to put my university knowledge, so far, it into practice.
Jonathan and I worked closely together meticulously planning the preproduction (detailed storyboard, release forms, lighting plan, prop list etc.). On the first day of shooting (filming the black limbo scene), we set up the lights before the actors arrived and positioned all our equipment. I replaced the boom holder (Jonathan was directing and I was on camera) with carefully placed chairs and bags (none wireless microphones, connected via XLR leads).
For the chase scene Jonathan was on camera and I looked after the health of the actors (took them through vital stretches, made sure they did not pull any muscles) and directed while Jonathan was busy. The final edit is not as final as I wanted, sound issues, off cutting in places and the colour correction could be better in the chase scene. However the experience was invaluable.
And here's the full film - the story is not quite what the trailer suggests.