Last day of filming (Little Clown)

Well by the end of filming I felt I had progressed further and further into my role a Script Supervisor as I could go. A vast learning curve being on set once again, learned more on set than I could ever in a classroom.

Everyone was getting on with their roles in a professional manner, although time did become a factor and it did show in the producers as they wiped everyone into shape who held up the shoot in anyway. It also was showing in Bob (Beau) that his time on set was wearing him down as he became more and more restless, this was to be aspected with kids being on set, and the producers dealt with him in a very professional manner to keep him motivated to keep filming.

By time thats a wrap was called I was so much into my role and so was everyone else that we worked like a well oiled machine, timecodes were called out promptly to myself and Luke without us having to battle through people to get it. I also noticed I was getting into a ryphm of tram lining my script then filling out the continuity form right after cut was called, even if there was a ten minute set-up after. I made sure I was ready to go by the time the set-up was completed, as on the first few days I found myself still not knowing what shot we were filming when the set-up was underway.

This is something I would do better next time, I would insist on being given a schedule from day one and familiarise myself alot more with it. I would also make sure I properly timed each scene, as this didn't happen for all the shots we shot. Action would be called and It wouldn't occur to me to time it till ten or so seconds in, and by then it was pointless.

But overall the last day went really well, I felt I was doing my job to the best of my abilities (at the time) and would feel I could do the job again if required. But only if there was no other choice, as numbers and paperwork isn't in my best attributes.


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My role involved me keeping the script moving at a good pace and that actors were reading the script right, also continuity was also a key role.

-Keeping timecodes for every shot/scene - Not to be mistaken for editors timecodes!


- Photograph every shot for future reference in continuity terms


- Time each scene to keep the movie moving at a good pace, compare to original timings


- le-ase with AD to keep on track what shots are next and also if any new shots are being added, not from script or schedule


- After each day fill out a daily progress form to chart how the shoot is moving along
- Consists of how much as been shot - against original estimates
- How long set ups are taking
- Times for lunches and breaks

- Tram lining script to show to editors (myself) just what was covered in each shot filmed. Makes the job of searching for a particular shot alot easier in post.

Overall I feel I did my role to the best of my abilities at the time, and after a slow start of getting into the role I feel I did O.K, I would still do alot differently and would definitely be alot more capable next time around. I really enjoyed learning the new skills of my role, and can now at-least say I have done it. If there was a next time around I would make sure i comunicate alot more openly about any concerns I have about the pacing of the script and continuity. I felt sometimes abit overwhelmed as to how much was going on at the one time to speak up and voice any concerns I had. But when I eventually did I found everyone more than accommodating to address any issues I had with these items.

So overall, research my role alot more so I don't feel I'm being chucked into the deep end and also feel more confident in my role to do it to the best of my abilities, which would have a knock on affect on how openly I would feel I could communicate to the rest of the crew.


Editors Notes


On-Set


Being one of the editors on set, I found myself being asked if different shots would cut together in post, although an editor would never usually be on the set, me being there was an advantage. Although I did find it very hard at times to visualise how different shots would cut together with so much going on it the back-ground. This didn't happen that often as myself and Phil had already given our in-put before hand in meetings with the director, and had flagged up a number of shots that would jar when presented with the shooting schedule. Things such as cutting from a MS to another MS could jar in the edit.

Post


Myself and Phil have been in early each morning to begin the process of editing the footage. We hit a wall almost instantly with the timecodes being messed up somehow. Partly due to the DV deck we were using, this was traced down because after switching DV decks most of the problems disappeared. Although alot still remained.

It couldn't be down to timecode taking as myself and Luke's timecodes match, for us to be both exactly wrong in this way is near impossible. It may be down to something as simple as battery changes on the camera. In the end what's done is done and Phil is making a brilliant job of sorting it all out whilst I edit scenes 1-6 which we have managed to capture. Phil will be editing the remaining scenes. This makes sense in a way as Paul pointed out, as our two different editing styles will work nicely as the equilibrium changes after Sylvia is introduced, and so will the editing style.

I found editing the footage very enjoyable, seeing how its all finally fitting together after so long of pre-production and shooting, to see it all connecting together so well a joy. I have however noticed a few continuity errors, which I only have myself to blame, things such as Beau holding a juggling ball in the wrong hand and such. Not major errors that are impossible to cut around but errors non-the less.

I especially like editing the film just because it is so different, I feel I can try new techniques out on it. Adding new styles to my editing scarp book. Its fun to see how different styles of cutting works on this film, the fantasy sequence gives alot of room for testing new cutting styles out on.

I look forward to tweaking what I have edited so far with the director to see it all come together at last. Although a long road of grading and dubbing still remains! I have never done either so another learning curve to look forward to.