PRODUCTION SHOTS / POST-PRODUCTION EDITING
Coloring
As Steve awakens, the shot seems hazy and slightly distorted. In addition to this, Steve is overexposed and appears a lot paler than he actually is. This was done to open up the film and create confusion in our audience as to who this person may be and why he is waking up in such a daze. This daze is reflected throughout his beginning stumbles and the odd combination of overexposed colors and bright green grass and trees. As he runs into Dainty and begins to converse with her, this coloring stays and continues as we get closer to Dainty. These harsh colors go away the moment Maria comes into the story because it is no longer this one-on-one intimate conversation between Dainty and Steve. All of this was created using Adobe Premier.
Editing
The cuts between credits and shots are quick-paced in the beginning to symbolize the distress that Steve is going through once he first wakes up. The opacity gets changed when he starts walking around to illustrate his dizziness and nausea. As he meets Dainty, the cutting between their speaking doesn’t sync up entirely to what is shown on the screen, showing a more flowing conversation between the two. Once Maria came into the scene, the shots were not as quick as before and began to focus more only on Maria and Steve’s argument. All of this was edited using Adobe Premier and graphics through Adobe After Effects.
Shots
The shots for this were done in a POV perspective instead of over the shoulder to make the watcher feel uneasy and almost uncomfortable with the direct eye contact. Dainty’s show is also closer than Steve’s to accentuate her features and highlight how young she’s supposed to look. This shot was also done at a higher angle. Even though Steve and Dainty do have a significant height difference in real life, we wanted to emphasize how much smaller Dainty was, causing her to have to look up at him. The same was done vice versa for Steve, having the camera at a lower angle, forcing him to look farther down than Dainty really was. His shot was not shot as close because we wanted him to appear much larger and dominant over her. Once Maria is entered into the conversation, the shots change to side angles of the characters, no longer the POV shots. The interaction is no longer intimate and is now beginning to get loud, so the wider shots help create this environment.
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