Filming, 9th November 2008

This was on the same weekend as our first attempt, but luckily we were able to get a tape and so could still do this part of filming. It went quite well overall, at first we thought there would be a problem with the lighting however we were able to use artificial light effectively and in the end we were able to make it look good. We also plan to change the darkness of the shots in post film editing which should hopefully improve it further. During this editing, we are also going to have a look at changing the colour filtering because the indoor lighting we used made a lot of the shots look very pinky which doesn't suite the genre of the film. We were quite happy with the filming we got done in this session, and liked the camera work in a lot of the shots we did, for example this scenes using handicam worked well and helped to create tension in the scene. Although the filming went well, we found it much harder than we first anticipated, and in the end, very few of the shots were actually the same as the ones we planned in our storyboard.

Filming, 7th November 2008

We went out to film the latter part of our sequence on this day. We took out all the equipment and arrived at location at the arranged time. However, when we were setting up the equipment, we realised that we had forgotten the tape, and were unable to film on this day. This was our first real shooting experience and although it seemed like it had gone badly, we were able to obtain another tape, and we now know that we need to make sure we check everything before we go filming, which will help in the next few sessions of filming.

CF feedback background research

Excellent work. You have met all deadlines and this blog demonstrates that your research is clearly informing your creative process and that you are using ICT to collaborate as a group. I am particularly impressed by how your reccie has informed and improved your concept. The pitch was excellent – entertaining, well planned, informed by research into target audience, possible locations and generic conventions through film analysis. Your treatment was very convincing. Your storyboarding, scripting and location reccies show that you are carefully planning your work in advance of shooting.

Your planning mark currently stands at a level 4 - well done. There will be a slight variation in score due to differences in standard of film analysis, however this is the only area. As a group, you are working extremely well.

To achieve this overall, ensure that your time management and shoots are well organized and that all deadlines are met.

I’m looking forward to seeing how you carefully use location to establish the right “urban” tone!

Mrs Fernandez

Filming

After discussions in our group we have decided to try and get the majority of our filming done the first weekend. Due to work commitments and private commitments we have to try and get all the filming done friday after school and sunday evening. This could pose problems relating to light. But we are trying to link the filming on friday and sunday so we film at roughly the same time. If the light does cause us a large problem then we will have to resort to just filming the interior shots and doing the exterior shots at a later date. By trying to complete all the filming this weekend it enables us to spend a lot of time sorting out editing, soundtrack and title screens. We believe allowing ourselves to spend a lot of time on these three things will help improve our final opening sequence a great deal.

Pitch

Location

Our opening sequence is going to be taking place in a number of different locations. However the main two, are Jake's house and the surrounding area, and an abandoned factory near my house. Here are some pictures of Jakes house and the surrounding area which will be filmed:




These were the sites that we initially planned to shoot both the breaking in and running away scenes in, however we decided that there was too much greenery in the locations so instead, we have decided to shoot the running away scene in this factory near my house:


We chose this new location because it is near a large industrial site and will allow us to obtain the urban look we are going for.

Disscussion

After a small disscussion we have realised the light outside when shooting at our two seperate locations could be a big problem. Due to the fact that we are shooting on two seperat locations with shots outside we will have to be very carfeful when we shoot. We do not want one shot in the day light and one at night so we are going to shoot both shots as close to the same light as possible and we will try to use the editing techniques to cover up any differences.