Pre-Production
In order to create my short film I searched for short films that were part of the fantasy genre. I noticed that most short films in the fantasy genre are around half an hour long which is a lot longer than what I am expected to make. I therefore decided to instead take an extract from a fantasy film called 'Hellboy: The Golden Army' which I had recently watched. I was still unsure whether to create a modern fantasy film such as 'The Last Witch Hunter' and 'Hellboy: The Golden Army' or one that is a stereotypical medieval fantasy film such as 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Game of Thrones' and by choosing the extract from 'Hellboy: The Golden Army' I hoped it would help me decide. In regards to this I decided to not focus on the actors I chose as long as I could decide whether I would like to make a short film set in the modern day or attempt to create a medieval filmic universe.
The clip was an extract during which the protagonist Hellboy talks to a new recruit to BPRD (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence) and storyboarding was fairly straightforward as it was mainly conversation meaning a lot of over the shoulder shots. Knowing that I had to use a location that had lockers I chose to use the lockers in the sixth form block however I discovered that getting my actors into character was difficult as well as trying to film in an awkward location standing on the stairs to try and film some of it. I decided to use the dialogue from the original clip and found that lip-synching was increasingly difficult even once the actors knew the script. I did it very last minute and learnt that I'd need a lot more preparation to get everything together that I might need to avoid any mistakes or anything going wrong.
Production
The clip was an extract during which the protagonist Hellboy talks to a new recruit to BPRD (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defence) and storyboarding was fairly straightforward as it was mainly conversation meaning a lot of over the shoulder shots. Knowing that I had to use a location that had lockers I chose to use the lockers in the sixth form block however I discovered that getting my actors into character was difficult as well as trying to film in an awkward location standing on the stairs to try and film some of it. I decided to use the dialogue from the original clip and found that lip-synching was increasingly difficult even once the actors knew the script. I did it very last minute and learnt that I'd need a lot more preparation to get everything together that I might need to avoid any mistakes or anything going wrong.
Production
During the production process I only filmed each shot once which was not enough as there were small slip ups and I could have structured the shots better. This made me realise that I would have to film each shot the whole way through before repeating it at a different angle until I was happy with it. I knew that I would have to do this when it came to my short film because I was not as happy as I would have liked to be with the preliminary task.
Post-Production
Editing my preliminary task became brief and difficult as I was not happy with the footage I had. This made me realise that I must make sure that I am happy with the shots before finishing filming and that instead of apologising to my actors each time I ask them to do it again or to do it slightly that I should become the director and get what I need done, creating the finished product that I've imagined.
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