After reading the script, I realised that the main female character, Katherine, isn't at all interested in the conversation in which she is having with the elder character, she is more interested in what is going on around and behind her, so I had to try and emphasise this as much as possible within the editing.
The opening shot consists of a close up of a sudoku book that Katherine is completing, the camera then pans up to revealing two people, a man and a woman, talking to one and other. The man walks off camera. I chose to start with this shot as it straight away shows what Katherine is really focussing on, and is only pretending to be interested in the sudoku book. I then cut to a close up of Katherine's eyes, which are locked onto the woman. I then cut to the woman again as she notices Katherine staring at her, I feel as though this technique of cutting from one to the other slowly works really well, as it creates tension between the characters, and really grasps the audience and reels them in. I then cut to a mid shot of Katherine as she begins to stand up. Mid-way through standing up, I cut to the previous close up shot of her face as she moves towards a man across the room. This worked really well, as I cut perfectly to motion making the cut seem seamless. I then cut to motion again shortly after as she walks toward the man, the shot changes midway through her walk toward him, from her walking away from the camera, to her walking toward it.
Shot reverse shot editing than begins as they engage in conversation, from an over the shoulder shot of the male, to an over the shoulder shot of Katherine. As the conversation goes on, the over the shoulder shot of the male changes as Katherine turns her head to look behind her and the camera then focusses on her face. As she turns her head, I cut back to the other the shoulder shot of Katherine to make a seamless edit and reveal what she is looking at behind her, I feel this worked well, however, when I then cut back to the other shot, it doesn't quite feel right, it almost feels rushed, and unnatural, and in future edits that would be maybe something I would need to work on.
The shot reverse shot editing than continues, and in my opinion this all looks really nice and very professional, cuts are timed perfectly and the reactions of characters are shown after one character has finished speaking. I made a poor selection of shot choice at one point in the scene when the two characters are behind Katherine leaving the room, Katherine is completely out of focus, I cut straight into this shot and it seemed very strange cutting into a shot in which the foreground was blurred. The shot then cuts back to the man talking to her, as he waits for a response from Katherine, I decided to cut back to her, to show the lack of understanding and confusion upon her face, as she quite obviously isn't listening to what he is saying, she is more interested in what is going on around her. Shot reverse shot editing is then used for the remainder of the conversation and video, however I feel I should've included one more cut. During one of the shots, the focus changes from the man, to Katherine. The camera also moves and shakes, and it looks very unprofessional, adding a cut at this point, would've made all the difference.
Shot reverse shot editing than begins as they engage in conversation, from an over the shoulder shot of the male, to an over the shoulder shot of Katherine. As the conversation goes on, the over the shoulder shot of the male changes as Katherine turns her head to look behind her and the camera then focusses on her face. As she turns her head, I cut back to the other the shoulder shot of Katherine to make a seamless edit and reveal what she is looking at behind her, I feel this worked well, however, when I then cut back to the other shot, it doesn't quite feel right, it almost feels rushed, and unnatural, and in future edits that would be maybe something I would need to work on.
The shot reverse shot editing than continues, and in my opinion this all looks really nice and very professional, cuts are timed perfectly and the reactions of characters are shown after one character has finished speaking. I made a poor selection of shot choice at one point in the scene when the two characters are behind Katherine leaving the room, Katherine is completely out of focus, I cut straight into this shot and it seemed very strange cutting into a shot in which the foreground was blurred. The shot then cuts back to the man talking to her, as he waits for a response from Katherine, I decided to cut back to her, to show the lack of understanding and confusion upon her face, as she quite obviously isn't listening to what he is saying, she is more interested in what is going on around her. Shot reverse shot editing is then used for the remainder of the conversation and video, however I feel I should've included one more cut. During one of the shots, the focus changes from the man, to Katherine. The camera also moves and shakes, and it looks very unprofessional, adding a cut at this point, would've made all the difference.
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