Going 'Off Script'

Despite our strict following of the Step Outline, we did use our improvisation for a specific shot in the intro. We did this because we needed more footage for the edit, otherwise the scene would lack pace and would not be interesting for the viewers.

Our first piece of dialogue included Timur saying:
"Oi, it's a Saturday detention and you're still late! Where's your school uniform? Monday detention for you after school!".

Our new shot

The script originally stated that this shot was going to be just one shot. This was meant to be a high angle two shot to show how Jamil has become inferior in this situation. However, our movie is a thriller and we wanted to keep a quick tempo in our film suggesting that shots should be short and snappy. In spite of this, the proposed shot would have lasted nine seconds on screen due to the long line of dialogue. For this reason we decided to split the shot into two 4.5 seconds shots with a new shot from Timur's shoulder. A screenshot of this is included in the picture above, and the result of this is brilliant because the audience can really understand Jamil's emotion and reaction.