A lot of progress had been made since we started the coursework between both me and the project. Individually I have learnt a lot since we have been filming. Its not as easy as I thought it would have been. I've learnt that its always best to take lots of shots of the same scene but with the camera in different places and angles so you have a choice and you can choose which one works best. This can also help with not having to reshoot because for quite a lot of our footage we have had to re film as there has been a problem with it. Timing has also been an issue, as we are filming in school we have to fit filming in around lessons and after school so its been hard getting the actors and the locations available. However, when we do get our actors and enough time we can manage to film quite a lot. Editing has been quite a big problem, I have found it quite hard personally and it has taken a while for me to understand how to do things. We wanted to create the effect of the footage being in black and white but certain items in red but this has proved very difficult. I have been getting on well with the group and I feel comfortable putting forward my ideas to them.
The project has made a lot of progress. We have made a lot of changes to it for example the black and white with the red tie has caused quite a lot of problems so we have had to change quite a lot around that. Some shots have proved difficult to do so we have also had to adpat that, tilt shots are very hard when you have to try and keep the camera still. Our narrative has also changed quite a few times as well. Some parts haven't really worked very well as it hasn't always been clear what is going on and we have given away to much just for the opening so we have had to adapt quite a lot to try and fix this problem. We are really having to put a lot of work and effort into our project now as the deadline is next week, we probably should have had more motivation at the start however, we have still got quite a lot done and there are only a few things we have left to add before we have all of our footage.
Thursday 27 March 2014
Sunday 23 March 2014
Locations
These are the locations we are using now as we couldn't get permission to film in any cinemas or theatres.
We are using the school hall as it works well as our theatre setting because it has a stage and curtains that we can use. The scene here is tiffany playing a piano performance including sinister music which will be used as a sound bridge for some of the rest of the film. We can also alter the lighting here which makes it easier to make it black and white when it comes to editing and it looks more like a realistic theatre.
We are using the schools chikara centre drama studio to do the majority of the filming. We can create teired seating in there to make the effect of seats in the theatre the only drawback is that we cant have the proper red chairs which would have looked better. They also have good lighting in there and everything is black which makes it look realistic and it adds a sinister effect.
We are using the school hall as it works well as our theatre setting because it has a stage and curtains that we can use. The scene here is tiffany playing a piano performance including sinister music which will be used as a sound bridge for some of the rest of the film. We can also alter the lighting here which makes it easier to make it black and white when it comes to editing and it looks more like a realistic theatre.
We are using the schools chikara centre drama studio to do the majority of the filming. We can create teired seating in there to make the effect of seats in the theatre the only drawback is that we cant have the proper red chairs which would have looked better. They also have good lighting in there and everything is black which makes it look realistic and it adds a sinister effect.
Thursday 20 March 2014
Props List
Prada typed up our prop list.
Costumes
Jack
- Dark coloured suit
- White shirt
- Red tie
- Smart shoes
Shauna
- Floral dress
- Cream fur coat
- Black kitten heels
- Skin coloured tights
Simran
- Black fur coat
- Red blouse/ top
- Black skirt
- Black tights
- Black high heels
General Props
- Briefcase filled with banknotes
- Gun/knife
- Fake blood
- Classic red car
- Piano
These props are needed to make our films verisimilitude more effective. We got the majority of props from the drama cupboard at school so there wasn't a wide range of choice however, some clothes used will be what the actors bring themselves so it will be important they look the same for all the shoots we do. We bought the fake blood off the internet and it was worth it because it looks really effective.
Sunday 9 March 2014
Changes to Narrative
Last lesson Jade and Tiffany weren't in and Prada and I discussed a few changes to our storyboard.
Between the first and second shots we are now going to have a shot of Shaunas feet walking and stopping then Jacks feet walking and stoping next to her. Here there is going to be some dialogue between them. Then we are going to film their feet turn and walk towards the doors. We are going to zoom out from their feet to a long shot while they are walking towards the doors. We will then use match in action of them walking into the auditorium with music playing.
Bearing in mind all of these changes need to be discussed with the rest of the group.
Between the first and second shots we are now going to have a shot of Shaunas feet walking and stopping then Jacks feet walking and stoping next to her. Here there is going to be some dialogue between them. Then we are going to film their feet turn and walk towards the doors. We are going to zoom out from their feet to a long shot while they are walking towards the doors. We will then use match in action of them walking into the auditorium with music playing.
Bearing in mind all of these changes need to be discussed with the rest of the group.
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