This week has continued to change the footage for the final project, changing some details, movements etc. The professor has made very helpful comments such as changing the position of the characters, and the little girl being afraid acting details etc. Some shots have also been removed, all of which have made the short film better.
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Shot of the monster appearances
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The girl finds the lamp and focuses on it not realising the monster is next to her, the camera pulls away to allow the monster to come out.
The original shot here only showed the monster’s huge hands, and the torso. At the suggestion of the professor I changed the shot to show the head and shoulders of the monster so that the audience could immediately see what the other main character looked like and know what kind of danger the girl was facing.
Shot of the girl scared
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A few more details have been added here than in the original where the girl spots the monster and just ducks away.
The girl turned her head out of fear when the monster reached out for the lamp. Girl covering her head with her arms,
Shot of monster repairing lamp
In the previous version of the shot, the monster fixing something with its back to the girl was a close up to the waist and was in a still frame. With the professor’s guidance, I brought the shot closer and animated the monster’s arms so that he moved from side to side to look like he was fixing something. This made the plot that the shot was trying to convey much clearer and more vivid.