Noticed a lot of things I didn't like in the rough cut screening, having other people look at the unfinished work in such a big room and a critical way was painful! The biggest two things I noticed was the off eye lines and the soft focus of one of the shots on the sister that kept getting cut back to.
I understand why the eyelines were off, it was something I considered on the day, we shot inbetween the two characters and turned very little. We should have shot from one side of both characters and just framed up differently. As far as the focus is concerned there isn't really an excuse, its tricky on the little screens but I will just have to be more careful next time.
The other issue was that the characters and camera weren't moving with the ambulance. I tested this by shooting handcam and by shaking the ambulance from outside but neither got the desired effect. It's something I will have to research more for the next project.
There were also suggestions about using visual effects to make the brother seem more drunk. Whilst this is a good idea in the future I'm against blurry POV's for drunk people, I think they rarely look good and usually cheapen the film.
I will be going back to the ambulance to shoot a few close ups that were suggested such as the leaflet and medical equipment that looks somewhat abstract in a Breaking Bad style.
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