After the first four initial days filming I got a chance to edit what footage I had. This gave me a chance to get used to the software (Adobe Premiere, which I had never used before), experiment with some of the visual effects that were available and I was able to put together all of my footage so far. This allowed me to find any parts that needed re-filming and helped me to decide what needed changing completely, along with the visual effects I now wanted to add. I started off by filming some more shots of the performance, these were mostly close-ups of Liam's hand playing chords and extreme close-ups panning side-to-side of the guitar.
I then went on to film the bedroom argument scene with me and Liam. I originally wanted there to be a point of view shot from Liam's perspective which involved a focus shift. Unfortunately the camera I used would not allow me to do the focus shift to the quality and standard that I had hoped for. Instead, I opted for a slow pan. The shots with me and Liam arguing were difficult to light and don't look as good as they should which is a factor in my consideration of re-filming this scene.
I concluded by filming the last shots of Liam's narrative scene, these were the final shots of him getting dressed. I decided to add a few extra shots due to my new knowledge of video editing. I wanted my character to appear in the mirror as a figment of his imagination but I also wanted to fade away to avoid confusion with the audience due to my character being deceased at this point. I filmed this by filming one shot of Liam on his own looking in the mirror, stopping the recording then jumping into shot and recording for a further period of time. I then overlapped the two shots and slowly turned down the opacity on the shot I was in, causing it to give the effect of me slowly disappearing.
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