R+P Post 12:Our Animatic

The Animatic-stills of our shots and titles in chronological order with voice-overs, sound effects and music
This is our group's animatic for our film opening sequence. As there is only three of us we could only have maximum two actors in a shot at a time which makes things slightly confusing. For example our main character, Lola (Ella Budgett), is not meant to be shown until the first mirror motif shot of her but for the animatic's sake we had to use her from the start. In shots where there seems to be only one or two people dancing, in the real thing we will include much more people to create a realistic party scene.We also had to use Flo Donald to play Marlon which can be confusing!
We now realise we need to make our shot frames a lot tighter in places because lots of extra wasted space above actors looks messy and unprofessional. The shot at 1:13 is unclear but will be an over-the-shoulder shot over Lola's shoulder with Marlon and the girl talking to each other as what she shown to be looking at. After some discussion with Miss B and our group, we want to add in a shot at the end of our sequence of some pills spilling out of Lola's bag. This will explain why she's so unstable at this point and deglamourises the use of drugs which is implied in our opening sequence. This shot will also create a messy atmosphere and set up questions for our audience as to what's going on in Lola's life that is causing her to act in this destructive manner.
We did include a brief voice over of the dialogue for our trailer but it is purposely muffled and hard to make out because in the real thing, we want the actors to be miming and their voices to be practically unheard over the loud music and chaos of the party scene. We think this will add to the realism and detract from any imperfect acting (as none of us are particularly good at acting!).