Conversation Task 📦 (Continuity editing)

 Multiple shot types

Conventional conversation between 2 characters

        This is my, David, and Zen working on a conversation between 2 spies talking about a confidential package delivery. Albeit it was short, it was fun to make and experiment all around with shot types and redoing the lines for the 6th or so time. Zen and David are nothing short of a good teammate, and got on with my demand of retaking the shots 

• I think our finished sequence is effective to an extent that it has multiple shots, namely the two shots when Zen and I were sitting across the table; the shot-reverse-shot that is shot over Zen's shoulder and mine (which was quite fuzzy as my hair and movement was hard to align in editing). 

• Moreover, I think we went along with the 180º rule, as which David had to stay within the area that eyeline axis draws the boundary. In this case, it was the area in front of the window and facing towards the door in the two shot, thus shooting the over-the-shoulder shot within that region, facing outwards. 

• The eyeline match was a doozy to latched onto while editing, as we didn't have a tripod to hold our camera steady at a preset height. Therefore, David had to almost slump over to record us sitting down, holding onto his balance, resulting in various eye line in the frame proportion. To an extent, I resolved this issue by cutting part of the frame or stretch it downwards to match previous eye line, however, making some frame smaller and lower in resolution than the rest.

• If we had the time or equipment capabilities to, I'd wish for us to have a clip-on mic for all the dialogues. The sound recorded with the iPhone was surrounded by atmospheric noise, even as severe as some audio from the 2nd, 3rd take being inaudible. Hence, it made our line delivery less convincing, as I resorted to the keeping one best audio track and span it out the entire sequence, trying to match the mouth movement. 

• Overall, the editing was streamline with continuity, apart from some small errors and abruption that can be filled in with own interpretation from persistence of vision. However, our editing didn't try as much matching the color grading of each frame, as the natural lighting from the window shutters varied, making some warmer and more saturation or blurry than the rest. Having a better editing program and time commitment, I'd like to try color grading to give it a better, more realistic feel.