23/02/2010

Juno Task

Task- Film and edit your version of the opening of the film Juno.




*Notes added after filming **Plan before filming
Storyboard by Kirsty Clark

Juno - Kayleigh
Camera - Kirsty
Props & Production - Laura & Grace

Locations

Werrington Centre - Shop scenes
Bus Lane - Walking crossing the road scenes -
We decided not to use this as a location because of the lack of traffic, which would not fit with a crossing of a highstreet road.
Cuckoos Hollow/ Lakes / Underpass -
Walking scenes -
Most of our scenes were filmed here in the end, with a few shots of surrounding housing estates.
School -
Walking steps scene and Establishing shots - We decided not to use the School as a location because it would cause continuity between shots of lake scenes and a built up area such as the school grounds.

Props

Juno- Plastic Orange juice bottle, Jeans, Converse, Red hoodie - substituted to a similar cardigan & hair tied back.
Other- Cartoon sign & Tree branches for walking scenes.
Scenes we will focus on
Looking up, facing away drinking, opening bottle & two feet moving.

Difficulties during filming included the change in natural light between shots and the weather (snow) which, if we had to re- film would of caused problems. We also added our own take on the Juno opening sequence to make it more original to us and this allowed us to express some of our own ideas.

Evaluation-
We used Juno to develop our editing skills to create a flowing piece that made the audience believe they were watching a continuous shot of Juno walking. We also developed our own ideas to create a different take on the original allowing us to better use our locations. If we were to do this again we would better prepare with schedules to be more organised when filming. Technical problems with the editing software also caused us to be delayed. If we were going to edit this again we would cut our frames down in size as some last longer than they needed to.