Our rough film that we turned into teacher was not conveying the meaning we wanted. The advice that was given was that our shots needed to make sense and come together so that the meaning is given, but isn't just blatantly out. I used a series of cuts as well as a fade somewhere in there. We used that to show a change of setting and a passage of time. The cuts were used to just introduce the setting and the main character. Most of these cuts were a mix of straight cuts and normal cuts.
To film all this we used just the tech we had within our grasp which was our phones. We also used a ring light as well to give some sort of contrast of the character and the environment around/behind them. We also used the editing tool call WeVideo to edit our shots together. I learned how to apply different filters to a shot and add non-diegetic sound like background music as well as some dialogue. Some tools were confusing at first, but I got the hang of it by getting help from my group members.
There weren't any uses of equipment that were difficult to use and most of them I knew how to use on my own. I also used a monochrome filter to give off an uneasy feeling as if something is wrong. During this scene I also used the sound of crickets in the background and some high, stringy music in the next few shots to give more tension and uneasiness to the viewer. I also used a phone ringtone as well. I inserted these sounds by importing them using the feature in WeVideo. The filter were also added using a feature in the editing app. There weren't many difficulties in the process of making the rough draft and there were a few A-ha moments, but they weren't caught on film. There were also some quick changes and fixes before we submitted like switching the shots and double checking the sounds.
