Rough Cut After Initial Filming

We did our initial filming, in the right location, trying to get it as perfect as possible, we filmed on a rainy day to make it look gloomy and scary. We found a clearing in a really densely forested area and shot between 3 to 5 to give a darker lighting. We made sure we filmed it as many different angles using different shot lengths so we could come back and see what worked best. We then edited the shots roughly together and put some sounds on top to give an idea of what we want it to look like. We also added in a blinking bit, but it looked wrong and not like blinking at all. After reviewing it we want to make some small changes, so we are going to reshoot the following weekend, we want to change:


- more sound, as the actor is totally mute.


- one shot has bad framing at one point, the actors head is not fully in the frame, so we will reshoot this

- film a few additonal shots to lengthen the piece, perhaps of the actor running through the trees


- we want to add a shot in, a mid shot of the actor lying down, to go between the long shot fo the tree's and the close up of the face, so it flows better.

- change the over the shoulder shot to a point of view shot, so it looks more natural

- film a few additonal shots to lengthen the piece, perhaps of the actor running through the trees

- we are also adding in another actor just to stand within the tree's to give a scary look

This will help our group have a better understanding of how to improve our filming, although we liked the first one, we did need to make some changes, so re-filming will give us the oppertuntuity to do this.

New Drafted Storyboard

This is the new storyboard we are going to use for when we reshoot. Its not much different ot the old one, but has a few new additions and ideas for the reshoot, this way we know exactly what we are doing when we reshoot and we will stick to it.

Props

Here are a few props we decided to use in the opening.

Location Shots

We have decided to film the opening of our film at black park, as it is densley forested and to give the feeling of isolation , this will make it look scary and bleak. When we filmed, it was a rainy day, this made it look even gloomier to back up the scary gloomy feel. My main role was to take my camera and take a few shots at the exact location we are going to film.

This was an important step in deciding where to film, we knew we wanted an isolated densely forested area that was away most people, so it took us a bit of time to find the exact area.

Our Brainstorm

This is our brainstorm deciding on a sub or a hybrid genre for the thriller. We watched examples of a few ideas we like to help us come to a conclusion. We worked together as a group to come up with this mind map discussing the different variations of the thriller genre, then to choose one. 

Final Schedule

As a group we decided on our final schedule. We should stick to this unless the weather is really bad and we will have to re-schedule.


14th - Talk to actors/ actresses about time they have free
15th - Plan out a plan of the day
16th - Start going through the storyboard with actors and actresses
17th- Try out some shots at home c.u, m.s, etc.
20th - Meet up with actors/ actresses and try out some shots
21st - Film the nights scene
22nd - Film the day scene
23rd - Edit and delete unuseful material
24th - Edit
25th - Do some reshoots
27th - Do final reshoots and editing ready for monday morning


I have posted this blog because bad weather and ILP days so we have become behind with shooting. As the holidays are coming up soon it will be a perfect time to catch up and get our shooting out of the way so we are up to date.

shooting schedule

As a group we come up with a new shooting schedule. We all compared our free's and come up with this...

January
Tuesday 25th January - In the media lesson go and check out the woods opposite school and find a decent well covered area to film.

Wednesday 26th january- Finish off filming if neccasary

Friday 28th - Show Mr Ford and Mr Michie our opening 15 seconds and the sequence (un-edited) to see if we have kept in the 180 degree rule

Monday 31th January - depending on Sir's view on our sequence either find time to re-shoot or get on with some editing.

February

Tuesday 1st February- Editing or reshooting

Wednesday 2nd February- Editing or reshooting

Friday 4th February- Show sir editing so far or reshoot work

Tuesday 8th February - Editing, Do questionaire and print out for audience to fill in

Wednesday 9th February- Editing and set up with sir if we can show our work for a week on friday