Wednesday 17 March 2010

changes and things that went wrond druing procuion,

during the production of my trailer, several things had to be changed. in this post, i will document these changes and explain why they happened. Firstly it was impossible to get the scenes to be perfectly matched with their original script versions. this is partly due to the fact that we were very limited with regards to the timing we had to shoot the scenes, as was the case with the office scene, or we found it difficult to obtain the correct props, such as we couldn't find a briefcase for my main character for when he was talking to his boss on the phone. Another major change that was made was that we replaced the scenes that has the main character and the security guard running down hallways, with more varied chase sequences, such as the shots going into the lift and the more varied outdoor scenes. This was done because too many scenes of people running down corridors would have made the trailer less interesting for the viewers and would have also slowed the pace down quite considerably. As part of this, i also decided not to shoot the scone that involves the actor emerging from a cupboard of some description, as this would have proven extremely difficult to shoot, and i felt my time would be better spent focusing on other, more important shots. I also changed the confrontation scene that was originally due to take place in an office to directly in front of the villains super computer, and removed the scene in which the main character steals the computer program and is confronted by the scientist, as I felt this gave too much of the films narrative away. Finally, I had a slight problem shooting the scene by candlelight, as due to the fact the the college I'm at is incredibly small, had to sue the two actors who played the main character and security guard in this scene as the tow civilians listening to the portable radio. I also had to lower my expectations with regards to the prop list. an example of this is that we could no find a uniform for the guards or a briefcase for the main character. this is partly due to the fact that we have no production budget and partly due to the fac that other props on the list would be very difficult to come by.

1 comment:

Brother Paul said...

Spelling! Do try my suggestion below for making drafting and re-drafting easier. Otherwise a useful account of challenges and decisions in the production
process.