Post-Production: The "zoom shot"

 

The "zoom shot", originally a shot that was discarded in our first evaluation, quickly became an important shot in the "playing chess" scene. 

                                               The "zoom shot" in the "playing chess" Scene

During our first rough draft we realized that we were over the limit and believed that many of the shots in the first few scenes were redundant, showing almost the same thing. When we were going through what shots we should cut from the film, we were confident that the "zoom shot" of the "playing chess" scene was unnecessary and did not prove much value to the scene compared to the other shots.

 However, after meeting for the second time during post-production, we noticed that it does have a good purpose in the scene. Therefore, we placed it back in the film but instead of its original spot, we placed it at the end of the "playing chess" scene, utilizing it as a transition from the "playing chess" scene and the "queen's command" scene. After doing this, it set a path for us to easily figuring out what other shots are less valuable and throughout the entirety of the film.