Test screning.

After filming and editing a short noir film featuring two student leads, the importance of camera placement and lighting became clear not only in shots but also in the editing of the film itself. With the use of two lights: the key light and the fill light we were able to make a small scene which consisted of the actors and some general objects being a table and a coat hanger. The lights were set directly at the scene, the key light being directed to our main male lead and the fill light softened over our main female lead. The camera followed the 180 degree rule and remained on the right hand side of the scene. However a change of direction could have been done by panning to the opposite side. By using a moving shot the scenes angles can change without breaking this rule. To complement this rule when editing shots, to prevent a quick shot the angle change must surpass 30 degrees. The editing of the noir was just as important as the filming as it is important to not only apply those rules but to do so in an effective way. The original film shots were in colour but were changed slightly by saturating the shot but to a certain degree that allowed views to see hints of colours. The main issue presented itself as audio as at points voices would be lost or would become overpowering which is believed to be down to the camera itself. Audio was an acoustic song so the conversation was not tainted and remained the centre part of the scene. Furthermore, edits consisted of actual frame changes and camera angles with the aid of the iMovie to zoom, crop and change shots.