One Shot

I chose my scene from the film Being John Malkovich. I mostly wanted to focus on the comedy here, so I knew that the shifting positions of the characters would be important to show the shifting powers in this scene. I planned dolly shots to keep the image interesting when they would stay still. I had a lot more movements planned out before I shot, but when we saw the limitations of the space, I kept the most important ones. There were some things that needed to be changed, and one of the things that was most helpful to me was the MacKendrick viewing which helped me realize that there needed to be a motivation for all the characters to make the movements that they did. I was very intentional in choosing the movements that I did, that they had both a literal meaning and that they meant something to the overall story of the scene.

One of the things that I wish I could have improved on would be spending more time to perfect following the characters with the camera. I should have planned more time to get that done so that it would not distract from everything good that's going on. I really liked how most of the compositions turned out, I just wish we got there sooner. I also feel that the whip pan didn't fit with the scene as much as I though it would. It did feel a little out of place, and so I think if I were to do it again, I would include more extreme movements like that, or take it out. Overall, I think that the scene turned out very well, because it is very funny and the relationship between the characters is very dynamic, which is important to the rest of the story. The exposition also feels more meaningful and doesn't sound like exposition as much as it could.