Interviews with Actors, Directors, Cinematographers and Editors

Actor

Why did you agree to be in the film opening?

I agreed to be in this film opening as I love murder mysteries and thought it would be a really good experience getting to act in part of one myself for this film opening. 

Were there any problems as an actor that you faced?

As an actor I faced the problem that as I was having to run down a walking round a corner where I couldn't see if anyone was walking round from the other way, I had to be really careful that I checked if I could see anyone coming first, and if there was wait, and then when I was running I just tried to not run too fast at my full speed so there was less chance of a collision with someone walking by.

How did you find the whole experience?

I really enjoyed the experience of getting to take part in filming a film opening and helping with this media project, the only parts I did not enjoy as much were when I had to be on the floor for the final shot as it was being filmed in not a very nice area and was not the nicest to be laying on the floor in. Despite that, overall I would definitely still take part in this experience again if I could.

Director/ cinematographer

Why did you decide to film the opening the way you did?

We decided to film the opening the way we did as after brainstorming a few different ideas and then re filming some more new ones we came up with on the days of filming we felt that what we came up with would look cinematic and have the mysterious effect we wanted the opening to have, establishing the genre from the off set. 

Were there any problems you faced while filming?

As we were filming in a public area, we had to re film some of the shots a few times as sometimes people would walk/ cycle through in the middle of us filming.

How did you find the whole experience?

We found the experience really interesting getting to see what it is like filming our own film opening and seeing the different problems we faced, finding ways to overcome them.

Editor

Why did you decide to edit the film opening the way you did?

I decided to edit the film opening the way I did as I felt having it all in slow motion and how I transitioned the cuts between shots made it look most effective, seeming mysterious and giving the audience a chance to take all the action and setting in with the slowed down shots.

Were there any problems you faced when editing?

When editing I faced some problems with matching up the match on action, getting them timed perfectly but after spending a long time working on it I'm happy with how well they all match up together. Also, I wanted to have a longer cross fad between the final two shots, however when it came to adding it I couldn't work out how to make it longer even after googling how to, so sadly I was unable to do this.

How did you find the whole experience?
I really enjoyed the whole experience, getting to develop my editing skills and bring our film opening idea together making it something I am very proud of doing.