Making a silent movie was very different from the other projects we’ve done so far, in that there were a lot of different aspects that I’d never covered before. Because there was no dialogue we had to tell the story completely through actions, especially because we didn’t use any text slides. We had to convey a lot through our expressions and exaggerate more than we normally would (like inserting clips of me with an evil face) to show what was really happening, otherwise parts of the plot might get lost. Another thing that we’d never done before is work with a camera to get shots from several different angles, though I was disappointed that some of our final clips didn’t end up in the final draft - the part where I take off my disguise and knock out Erin was replaced by an earlier clip that wasn’t as good. This also allowed us to retake shots that we didn’t like or wanted to improve. Adding the music and editing clips to speed them up allowed us to make scenes funnier or create a different mood, and I liked that we got to make up the plot.
We could have improved on drawing out our scenes and making them longer. We really just did the scene, and as long as it went well we put it into the final draft. As a result we didn’t focus much on using the right body language or maximizing the comedic effect. I wish we had done more takes of the beginning scene because I would have liked to have worked more on taking off the disguise and being more dramatic about it. I also think that if we had all had had a part in editing the video we could have gotten in the clips that didn’t end up in the video. We probably could have also worked out getting the video of Erin and I at the beginning to alternate with the part where Maddie robs the bank.
I thought I did a good job emphasizing my movements when there was a lot of action going on, like during the scene where I trip and the chase scene.
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