Re-shoot of Flashback Scene Evaluation

One of the main criticism from our main cut was how the "flashback" sequence was slightly confusing and reduced the continuity of the overall piece. To combat this as a group we decided reshooting the whole sequence would be the best option as there where many things in hindsight we could of done better.

Mise-en-scene

The most noticeable difference between this version and the last is the incorporation of a second actress. Not having a reaction from our protagonist was one of the flaws in the last cut as it lead on to her reaction seeming unjustified. With the inclusion of her know we believe it flows much better. The actress we used was also something we had to carefully think about. We wanted to use a much younger actress for this sequence compared to that of which we used for all the other clips. Due to the fact we wanted to ensure this was a "flashback" to the audience we took a deliberate step of selecting  a much younger actress. Some of the things we had to think about when doing this was when selecting potential actresses making sure they looked similar to our other actress to create authenticity and sense of realism. Further ways to ensure authenticity was having the actresses dressed in appropriate clothing that being a school uniform for the protagonist and smart/casual teaching dress for our teacher.

The backdrop for this scene we tried to keep as neutral as possible directing all of the focus to the two character. Unfortunately we could't do it for all of the room but gave it our best efforts.

Decisions like this in the mise-en-scnene I believe help add to a sequence with much better continuity thats keeps the audience interested.

 Camera

To try and establish for the audience what is happening we opened using a long shot showing both characters looking concerned. We then went to a close up of the girl to try and show the true emotion which was the purpose of the sequence and is best showed through the actresses facial expression. Following this we cut to a close up of the teacher telling her the tragic new of her brother going missing again using the close up to show emotion to the audience. The final shot then cuts back to the girl to show her reaction. Although very simplistic we believe in these shot we display everything we intended.

Sound

The most important aspect regarding sound in this section was the diegetic sound of the two people communicating. The soft spoken voice combined with the close up showing emotion we believe displays a sad and sombre tone which we wished to do.


The next stage it to edit this into the main sequence and possibley add some post production fx like we did in the first cut making it monochrome as that was one of the things that was commonly seen when researching flashbacks