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Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Feedback on First Cut
Positives:
- Camera angles were of a good standard.
- Pace of shots worked nicely, considering the flashforward cuts.
- Setting, Costumes and Actors are all very fitting with genre.
Negatives:
- Music and sound effects should be included to add to the emotions we are trying to get across with our film.
- Change sound levels, as some background sounds were too loud. E.g. Cars passing when character crosses the road.
There was also one other criticism with our film, that one or two particular shots were too long. We considered this issue, but decided not to take action as it would alter the length of our film which we were not willing to do.
Second week of filming + Editing
The flashforwards were what had to be filmed next. This is the footage that appears in a series of alternate cuts while the character is walking home, so we had to think of quick movements and gestures that our character could act, that would make the audience understand the concept.
The filming took place in my shed at the bottom of my garden. We chose the shed because it looks quite doom and gloom, and run down, therefore not a nice place to be staying for a young girl.
As we were filming, it started to rain (again) but this was not a problem as all of the filming was to take place inside the shed fortunately.
All in all we filmed more flashforwards that were intended, but we did this purposely because this way we would have more choice when it came to editing.
When editing the flashforwards into our film, there was a slight issue with the first one, as it came too soon. But we had to do this to avoid a jump cut, so it was a small sacrifice we were willing to make.
All in all, i think our first cut looks appealing and is exactly what i imagined from our plan.
The filming took place in my shed at the bottom of my garden. We chose the shed because it looks quite doom and gloom, and run down, therefore not a nice place to be staying for a young girl.
As we were filming, it started to rain (again) but this was not a problem as all of the filming was to take place inside the shed fortunately.
All in all we filmed more flashforwards that were intended, but we did this purposely because this way we would have more choice when it came to editing.
When editing the flashforwards into our film, there was a slight issue with the first one, as it came too soon. But we had to do this to avoid a jump cut, so it was a small sacrifice we were willing to make.
All in all, i think our first cut looks appealing and is exactly what i imagined from our plan.
AS Media Foundation Production. Filming week 1 - 22nd Nov '09
On our first day of filming, i gathered some of my friends that were going to be in the film to get ready for production. Then as it got dark we met with megan and Rachael, and headed up to goffs school car park, in Cheshunt.
Outside the school was a good area to film in because plenty of lighting which was beneficial when filming a night time scene. Around this time it was about 5:30pm.
The characters in our film worked really well together and with us. They responded well to what they had to do which was a real help to make the production all round alot better.
We managed to get the first half of the filming done, with not too many stalls in filming. Then By around 6:00pm it started to rain, so we came to a decision to film again on a date in the week.
By this time we had all of the 'journey home' filmed, so all that was left to film was the flashforwards.
Once we got to school with the footage we had so far, we uploaded the film onto the computer and checked to see if any of our shots needed re-filming.
As we expected, all of our shots were fine and we could now start editing and cutting, taking away some footage as it had talking or laughing in it.
Filming and editing so far has been successful, although the software on the computers did repeatedly crash and delete our work, but everyone in the class had this problem. We came to a conclusion that we have to save our work after every significant piece of editing had taken place.
Outside the school was a good area to film in because plenty of lighting which was beneficial when filming a night time scene. Around this time it was about 5:30pm.
The characters in our film worked really well together and with us. They responded well to what they had to do which was a real help to make the production all round alot better.
We managed to get the first half of the filming done, with not too many stalls in filming. Then By around 6:00pm it started to rain, so we came to a decision to film again on a date in the week.
By this time we had all of the 'journey home' filmed, so all that was left to film was the flashforwards.
Once we got to school with the footage we had so far, we uploaded the film onto the computer and checked to see if any of our shots needed re-filming.
As we expected, all of our shots were fine and we could now start editing and cutting, taking away some footage as it had talking or laughing in it.
Filming and editing so far has been successful, although the software on the computers did repeatedly crash and delete our work, but everyone in the class had this problem. We came to a conclusion that we have to save our work after every significant piece of editing had taken place.
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Comments on our animatic
- Our animatic is a clear representation of the events that occur during our film opening.
- It is timed correctly, and shows the length our film will hopefully turn out.
- Although the length does seem long, this is convenient as it gives us more freedom to take out shots and mess around with timings. in our film
- There is already a sense of suspense when looking at this particular animatic, which is deliberate as our film is a thriller.
- The sound in the animatic would have been preferred to be taken away, but this is not a major problem.
- Overall i think our animatic is a successful depiction of the story that is ahead of us.
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