When looking over the call sheet, we saw that the next scene needed to be shot. We figured that filming the park scene with Eve and Elizabeth would be most useful as the weather and scenery of the West End recreational playground seemed appropriately dark and windy which connotes gloominess.Using the weather as a key advantage, we were able to incorporate this element as part of the mise en scene. I helped create a mood we can interpret as a mirror reflection of Eve's mood and her state of mind.
I took part in directing and editing the clips for the park scene using editing tools such as fade into certain scenes, adding in voice overs and sound effects such as diegetic sounds of screeching playground swings and wind spot sound effects despite the real wind blowing during our shoot.
However, we seemed to encounter a problem when coming back to edit as I had realised that the background noises we covering up all the dialogue between the doll and Eve. Given that we want our production to sound and look professional, we decided not to include the sound in but add in the voice over for which I wrote the script for in my free time. Recording the script took a couple of tries but however after, getting the rate take the overall composition turned out rather successful.
The scene starts off with an over the shoulder close up shot of the prop, to highlight the realistic features of the doll and to see where she has been positioned. From this shot, we are immediately triggered as to what the doll is doing on a kids swing in a playground. The next few scenes are close ups of the doll in question. this brings out a sense of unease in the audience which is used as an advantage on our part as the point of the film is to feel slightly frightened or creeped out by this young girl's mental state. The rest on the shots consisted of mid shots, wide shots, over the shoulder shots and close ups, also accompanied by voice overs and slow motion editing +the sound effects used previously.
A most thoughtful account of the aims and challenges of this shoot. Your issues with sound were sensibly resolved by changing to a voice-over with you taking responsibility for writing the script yourself. It works well now. As co-director and editor of this scene, you made a major contribution to locating a suitable set that lent a gloomy quality to the scene, as well as planning the shot types. I have seen the edit, which works very effectively.
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