CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

19th december-5th january
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Shoot 3: How it went...

We completed our final shoot yesterday. We needed this shoot because we had some things to re-shoot and some new shots to complete. We had a half day from school and took full advantage. However none of us were very well which caused some problems

Favourite shot: the close up low angle of king-I had to sit in a really uncomfortable position btut it was worth it!!

Best part of the day: Having so much fun with everyone. It's like they're my own little media family!!

Worst part of the day: 4 sick people stuck in one tiny room-NOT GOOD
Everyone was coughing and spluttering and it was horrible, germs all over the place. but you gotta do what you gotta do

Overall the whole shooting experience has been great. I've enjoyed it so much. I think i have really stretched myself in my filming abilities.

xx

Shoot 2: How it went....

Shoot two went pretty good
We filmed all the stuff with lauras dad, and its looks BRILLIANT. We got so many angles and shots it's gonna look so effective. I thought the shot of him puttting thngs into the briefcase from his point of view was really effective and will look really cool when it's on the computer. It was lovely to meet King for the first time. He was so good at acting and picked up all the traits of the character immediately. He learn the script instantly and was really proffessional-whilst being really lovely.

Fave shot: the shot of King in the mirror

Best part of the day: Meeting king, and filming some of the briefcase bits

Worst part: Being crammed in the teeny cellar for about 5 hours!!!!!

Shoot 1: Reflections

The shoot went really well
we got MORE than enough footage to edit the girls part, and create some really effective match on actions

fave shot we took: the key board shot definately, it's really intersting but not invasive, i think it will really work well

fave bit of the day: filming the master shot, we were all so professional and got it all done

worst bit: When we/I started laughing. The lines was reading were so serious and I just got the giggles. In my defence Holly was laughing too-at the absolute rubbish i was typing, on the screen. None of it made sense!!
Can't wait to see the outtakes though-they'll be hilarious!!!!!


p.s. we've changed the storyline a small bit- no more 'Aunties' just an evil agony aunt but really a guy.
xx

Stage 2: Planning

Ok so we've started to plan our group film-and we've chosen a final idea
it's going to be based around the internet in which suicidal girls are preyed on by a character who goes by the pseudonym of 'Julie' to gain the trust of the girls, and eventually kills them. We've decided the editing and shooting style will be chopping and quick. We have also decided I will be the first victim and a friend of Laura's, called King, will be the main muderer.

Can't wait to get going now...

Stage 2: Test Shoot

I'll just fill you in our our stage two planning and how i contributed.
Firstly...

TEST SHOOT
Before going out on the shoot We needed to make sure we were prepared
Firstly we needed to check all of our equipment, that we had the necessary stuff to provide good test footage.
We also prepared a small script to ensure when screen testing both me and Laura, we had an adequate amount to say, and that what we said linked to our piece.

This is the test script we came up with for the female part:

Girl:

I've been doing a lot better this week.

My mum didn't drink this evening.You've really helped me.

Can I ask you a favour? (pause)

Would you come over this evening?

This worked well as it provided range, and gave us inspiration for our actual script.

Our test shoot-though missing one person, was successful as it gave us loads of inpiration for angles and shots for the real shoot. It gave us an idea of the lighting, and how the lighting in the cellar it pretty tricky, but we worked out that an eerie effect was created it lamps we placed in certain positions.
What I did: I shot a variety of different shotsin the cellar and in Laura's room, to give us variety, and show us what works and what doesn't. I tried to be experimental at this stage, because this is how you learn and choose what is right. I enjoyed the test shoot because it showed me that I can be more creative with my camera work.

Reflections of watching footage:

1. After watching the footage in the lesson, we realised some important factors to consider when doing our actual shoot, and made some observations and changes to the piece.
   It wasn't snappy enough (but we realised this towards the end of our takes after reviewing them).
2. We don't have enough continuity, so we need to change the action so that it involves continuity other than the conversation online.
3. We decided who would play the girl.
4. After watching the different shots of the murderer with the briefcase, we realised which lighting looked best, and discovered that a mixture of different shots and angles could look really effective. We can cut it up to make it SNAPPIER and show some more continuity by matching-on-action with sharpening knives etc.