For the 72 hour challenge, we had to produce a short film of any kind that includes a specific scene provided by the university. This allowed us to decide on the style and genre of the production and how we wanted to structure the production and story line. We were inspired to create a crime thriller from the film Catch Me if You Can, we wanted to create a similar story but focusing on the conman with his final scheme and how it can all fall apart within a matter of minutes. This gave us the base line for our plot that allowed us to expand our combined ideas.
In the planning stage we were able to create a schedule and filming all shots within a previously planned time that allowed us to use our filming time productively. We decided in a group to film in the Grand hotel due to someone in our team having connections with the hotel management team who agreed to let us use one of their conference rooms to allow us to film our short film in. This gave us the ability to structure the story in a more professional and upper class manner. We were also able to use the exterior of the hotel to get an establishing shot of the location, this helped back up the thought of the film being based in an upper class hotel.
When it came to editing the work we all worked together to structure the story on how we all planned and agreed it should look, however we did have creative differences when it came to some of the shots order and flashback sequence which we had to discuss in depth. We all had to make compromises on certain shots and the order they would be placed in as we all had different ideas on how we wanted it to look but after several hours we were able to come to an agreement and create the finished product within the allotted time.
Within the group we all had different roles within the production with some of us having several different roles and tasks to complete. We had to learn to work together to achieve the end product, although there were several times throughout the filming and editing process as certain members of the group would frequently disregard any suggestions made by other group members. This caused a lot of strife within the team and made filming very difficult as there was tension within the crew. However we were still able to work together and create the finished product of good quality.