Journal entry 6

Today our group finished off our first edit of our sequence. We finished off the text and titles and now only have a few shots which we will need to re film. We may also reconsider the soundtrack and whether or not it suits the pace and flow of the sequence. We finished off by exporting the sequence from final cut pro onto Ghanshyam's USB to present to the rest of our class during tomorrow's lesson.The main shot we will need to redo is the exchange shot with the briefcase. Originally we had filmed the briefcase exchange shot right in front of the mi6 building. However, we felt the lighting wasn't good enough and the fact that we couldn't get a good shot of the mi6 building itself spurred us on to film the shot on the other side of the River Thames. Myself and Ghanshyam were the two actors in the shot. The main problem with the shot was the camera was tilted because one of the tripod legs was wonky. This meant that the whole shot was off centred and therefore needed to be redone. Also, Ghanshyam had already played Morgan Freeman in the sequence. This shot required him to play Michael Caine. Therefore it didn't make much sense. When we come to redoing it we will have either Thomas or Adam in our group playing Michael Caine alongside me in this shot.