Int. shots Firing #27

     This part of the recording was the most anticipated as it was the last one, and it meant that the project was almost over. However we still wanted to incorporate the same attitude and amount of effort that we did for other scenes.
    The same skills and techniques learnt from the last scenes were used for this part of the music video. We used simple continuity editing, framing, lighting etc to construct the scene shown above and below.

The Look
     So to get the look we wanted we had to do a few things before post production. We used my portable light to make the lighting more prominent on the character's face and to get enough light to edit. Selective manual focus was also very important  for us to get a more professional look with the DSLR camera that we were recording with.

Framing

    We framed the scene specifically from our previous ideas and also from the storyboard we created. My thoughts were never to have the boss be in frame above the shoulders, and this is becauseI wanted the audience to focus on his body language alone and the protagonist's reaction to it.

Colour Correction

   We used two visual editing tools (apart form the blade tool) to make this scene what it was. Colour correction has been an extremely useful tool over the whole of this project and its boundless use doesn't stop here. For each scene we created a sort of colour palette that each of the shots within the scene conformed to. Between this scene and the one that proceeds it there isn't too much of a difference and this is what we wanted. We wanted its visual integrity to stay in tact. Each scene and their colour represents the meanings and feelings presented within in the scene. We wanted to produce this with a bit of a green tint to look professional, and although the mise-en-scène is of an usual office space it gives a sense of joy to the scene. This contrasts with the narrative and what typical connotations would mean to lose your job - sad, angry etc. However our character takes this as an opportunity to change his life around, and this is the starting event that kicks it all off.



Slow Motion

   The slow motion in this scene was used to accentuate the meaning of the narrative. We wanted slow, long shots with powerful, blunt sounds to collaborate together to show the character being fired. The slow motion also gives a sense of a dream-like experience and this is exactly what I wanted. I wanted the scene to seem surreal to the character, and this is a similar technique used by directors in situations where their character's are hearing life changing situations. Everything slows down, visually and audibly, and this is what I wanted to show with this scene.