Recently my friend Rod and I went up to a local dam to do a bit of location scouting for some future projects. Whilst we were there, we ended up filming some footage, consisting of a chase scene through the bush that we came up with on the spot. Similar to the little film I made with my kids, this had no preparation, no script and essentially no budget. I also had it edited with a soundtrack within 3 days.
Considering I am terrible with music, that is quite a feat.
I had been meaning to post this when I first uploaded this to Youtube, but I started doing the post and have just left it sitting here as a draft since.
It is very short. We didn't really film much footage at all, and editing what I had down into something usable was a bit hard. I learnt a few things that I need to look out for in future:
- Make sure that the exposure doesn't blow out the whites, especially if the sky is in frame or someone in the shot is wearing a white shirt.
- Even if you get a good shot, do a few extra takes to cover yourself in case there was something wrong you don't notice until later.
- And this is an important one... make sure everyone has their fly done up.
That last one was the reason it took 3 days to edit the film. During the editing of the footage, I noticed in the shot of me walking up to Rod and kicking him and shooting him, that my fly is undone. It was incredibly distracting and was the first thing anyone noticed when they saw the raw footage.
So whilst there were a few things added into the short film with After Effects, the most labour intensive special effect in the whole thing was to make sure my fly remained closed.
It was a learning experience and I can't wait to do something with Rod that has a bit more content and acting. Here is a piece that we filmed afterwards on our way home, explaining what we did that day:
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