JAKE COSSEY - A-LEVEL FILM STUDIES

The night before filming I charged up all my batteries for my drone, camera and zoom mic. I then contacted my actors (Adrian and Benedict) to make sure they were ready and what time we needed to meet.  I woke up at 6:30 for the shoot to get my opening and closing shots using the drone. Below are some snap shots of the drone footage. I have shown the edited and raw shots to show how I used colour grading and editing to enhance the video I also cropped and reversed the video too. Raw shot:  Edited shot:

 Before shooting my film I took every shot and shot idea and took a picture of it to see if it worked and if the shot looked good. Below are all the images I took along with my shot list for the day:

 While developing my story I started off creating a simple narrative arch, and then a photo narrative line and then a drawn story board. Doing this all helped me develop my story and have a visual idea for what my film is going to look like. After this I an going to do a photograph story board. This will help me figure out how to shoot each shot and if they work.

  The film shows this loop like format as the film only shows a small section of her job.  The film is impactful as we have an emotional relationship with Gemma and the call operator However as the film ends we hear the call operator take in a deep breath as we know she has to do this all over again. This shifts our emotional response more towards her as we see just a small part of what trauma she has to go through everyday. Clear camera movement and moody lighting gives a very cinematic look to the film while also keeping the audience engaged. Operator from Yann Heckmann on Vimeo .

 While watching this film I firstly wasn't too sure what was going on. I then pieced it together that the film was filmed in reverse. I really enjoyed the minimal dialogue in the film and the way that the simplicity of the shots and how they are all very wide long shots. The story feels very slow however this is used to juxtapose the shock of the man falling from the sky.