Reshoots

While we were eventually able to gather all of the footage we needed, a few shots and scenes needed a second attempt to make sure they were as good as they could be. We also managed to correct a few errors in the process. Details of the shots and scenes that were redone can be found below.

In the example seen above, Lily wakes from her coma and sits up on the hospital bed. In the original shot, shallow focus remains on the medical gloves in the foreground throughout the entirety of the shot. However, we decided during editing that it would be better to implement a pull focus as Lily sat up to signify her regaining consciousness, which is the reshoot.

This example is the opening of the first scene in Lily and Brett's home. In the original shot, we had a panning shot that tracked Lily as she walked from the staircase to her chair at the table. However, during editing, we were not satisfied with this shot as the framing was inadequate, and it seemed rather out of place. Instead, we decided to create a sound bridge from a shot outside the house (which was present in the original shoot) to the radio (using non-diegetic to diegetic sound). This is then followed by Brett sitting at the table with Lily already there (it was the other way round in the original). He offers her a cup of tea, and the scene continues as normal. We felt that this allowed the scene to flow much more smoothly.

Our third and final reshoot was of a majority of the final scene, in which Lily attacks Brett. In the original, a tracking shot follows Lily into the kitchen. We disliked this shot as it didn't seem as cinematic as we had intended. In the reshoot, we replaced this shot with an over-the-shoulder shot of Brett (from over Lily's shoulder), which we felt worked much better. The next part of the original shot was a direct address of Brett from Lily's point of view which I (Ross) personally disliked. I felt it seemed out of place and unnecessary, and was also slightly out of focus. Ergo, we replaced this shot with a shallow focus shot of Lily holding the knife (with Brett out of focus and the knife in focus). As in the original, Brett still calls Lily out over her unusual behavior in this shot, only this time, it can be heard over several shots rather than just one, which I felt was a much better alternative. For the part in which Lily actually attacks Brett, the original was a handheld shot from over Lily's shoulder. As with the first tracking shot, we felt this looked rather unprofessional. In the reshoot, this was replaced with a still shot in which Brett can be seen backing away, after which we see a close-up of Lily before she drops the knife to the floor. This seemed far more cinematic and professional, and proved to be the superior of the two shots.