Film Production- Film Scheduling

We were finally able to shoot on Friday, December 14th. Unfortunately, we were running on a tight schedule since the majority of the actors had to participate in other activities, so we only had around three hours at the most to shoot. In reality, the shooting took around an hour and a half, and ended up with 42 takes. The shooting took a lot more quickly than I expected, but it could be understandable seeing that we were in one location. In the long run, we began to improvise on the style and the types of takes that we were going to use, but I believe that compared to the original plan, our revision was a little bit more suitable. Although we did take as many takes as I would have liked, the majority of them fit well into our final product. However, if we had more time, I would have filmed more takes and been more meticulous in the shooting. Throughout the filming, it was a little bit difficult as some of the actors were laughing, goofing off, or off task. The small window of time that we had to film may have also contributed to some stress and impatience regarding the actors. The fact that some of the actors had difficulties staying focused was somewhat frustrating, but we were able to accomplish our task. In addition, some of the actors did not memorize their scripts so we had to use them as props for conference documents. However, some of the actors did improvise on their lines which made the scene more coherent.

Comments

Film Production- Storyboard

The first shot is an insert of Elf #1's feet as he walks down the hallway and approaches the conference room. It attempts to create a feeling of earnestness and curiosity as to where the board member is going and what will ensue. The second shot is a mid-shot of the Board of the North Pole at the end of the conference table, with the President of the Board and Elf #2 waiting for Elf #1 to sit in his empty seat. This tries to create an effect of seriousness and urgency to the situation of Santa Claus being fired. The third shot is an insert of a "Missing Rudolph" poster. This shot signifies the importance of Santa Claus's faults, as seen by losing his most important reindeer. The fourth shot listed is a wide shot of the Easter Bunny entering the conference room and slowly walking out after listening to the commotion. This shot attempts to incorporate humor by providing relief to the tension after addressing Santa Claus's wrongdoings, which could be s...

Creative Critical Reflection

Creative Critical Reflection Draft #1

How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues? The genre of the film is presented to be a comedy that also has some elements of a drama. Like a comedy, the film mainly tries to emphasize humor and amuse the audience. To get this reaction, comedies tend to exaggerate certain characteristics of the action, language, characters, setting, or plot to provide the humorous effect. In a similar way, we follow conventions of a comedy in which our product centers around Santa losing his job. In situational comedies such as Groundhog Day and Happy Gilmore, the humor is centered around the narrative, by which the main-character is found in unfamiliar circumstances. In this case, a Not-So-Merry Christmas follows situational comedies as Santa Claus’s position to get fired after Christmas Day is regarded as unusual. By placing Santa Claus in a business environment, it provides humor and irony as his situation highly cont...

AICE Media Studies

Search This Blog