Journal - 24/01/13 - Green Screen and Re-shooting

 I faced a range of difficulties when editing the final green screens today, the first shots of Mr.Teddy in his office had to be edited in After Effects in which I used the keying tool - this technique had previously been successful when making the background matte black. However, in this shot the black background was making everything in the shot appear dark, expressing connotations which fitted more into the horror genre; the fact he was wearing a black suit made him blend into the background which was a negative aspect because he needs to stand out in order to be the main focus. I then tried putting an office location scene in the background, but this highlighted a situation my group had not previously considered- a still background with a track in clip didn't work because it would mean half the mis-en-scene will be 'jumping' around while the others just continued in the same position. When discussing this problem with my group we all came to the decision to re-shoot the whole scene, even though this seemed time consuming it would in fact save time in the long term. 

I feel the shooting went very well because this time we was able to correct any problems we previously faced, such as using the dolly to track in; before the track in created a wobbly movement and so we decided to remove it from the scene. Overall the shooting contributed to our team work because we had to quickly prepare and organise equipment, props and a location; I was very pleased on how everyone acted towards the situation and will be looking forward to editing these new shots.  We also went on to re-shooting the falling paper because we came up with the idea of using a thin piece of thread so the paper's decent would be smooth and slow; this was very successful because it means there will be less editing needed - no need to zoom and cut in order to remove hands holding the paper.