We showed our footage which we filmed at the weekend to Mr Ford and he said that we could use most of it in our final film, however there were some parts which he thought we should re shoot. The main part which we need to re shoot is there scene where the woman being tortured has just woken up and speaks to the man. We all agreed that the dialouge needed to be changed as it wasn't really what would be said in a conventional thriller/horror film. We've decided that Charlee and I will go back and look at some horror thrilelrs which are similar to ours, particularly scenes where somebody has just woken up after being kidnapped, so that we can get ideas from this and then write a new script.
At the moment this is the only part which we need to re film, however we may also need to re shoot the whole scene showing the people who have been tortured as the setting will change and so will the actors makeup. Therefore we may need to film this whole scene again so that the continuity is similar.
Thursday 31 January 2013
Sunday 27 January 2013
FILMING- Second Time Filming
Today we filmed, myself, Charlee and Oscar were there but Bethany couldn't come so we had to make do without her. When we arrived we planned where we would film and what we needed to change or move in the rooms. We decided to use the garage as the torture room so we covered up anything which wouldn't look right in the film up with white sheets. We filmed the living room scene in a room upstairs, which the stairs then led down to where the garage was, this was the closest we could get to how the film was originally going to be.
One of our actresses Lucy does art and helped us doing the actors makeup, she did hers and Jonny's fake blood and cuts.
The first scene we filmed was the scene with the protagonist sitting in the living room with his daughter playing; this was quite easy to film as we had the storyboard with us so we knew exactly what we needed to film. After a few times film,ing this we got the shot which we needed, we then went on to filming the child playing which we decided to use a low angle shot which then tilted up; this was quite hard to film as we didn't have the equpitment to do the pan with so I'm not sure if this shot will actually work or not.
For the second part of filming we had to have a few shots of theprotagonist walking down the stairs; these stairs were different to the ones in our storyboard and they weren't straight which meant that we had to do a few different shots of him walking down, some filmed at high angle and some filmed at low angles; I think this scene was good as awe included a variety of different shots. We didn't come acorss any problems whilst filming this, apart from the lighting when he stood by the door as it was quite dark at points and the lighting did change. Oscar filmed the majority of the film whilst myself and Charlee decided some of the places to film, which angles we should use that were different to those on the storyboard. Itw as really useful having images of the storyboard with us whilst filming as it allowed us to check them every time we filmed and make sure that we were filming the correct parts and that each shot was different.
The last scene which we had to film was the torutre scene which we filmed in a garage which we had layed down white sheets splattered with blood on. The two actors, Lucy and Jonny were both positioned on the floor, Jonyn was layign down covered in blood, dead and Lucy was tied up to a shelf. This scene was quite hard to film as we decided not to show the protagonists face in the opening, which meant we had to use very clever angles, mainly either vbery high angles or very low.
Alsop in this scene we filmed out title sequecne which we had used polaroid pictures for; we had hand written titles written on polaroids placed on a table in the garage scene. Myself and Charlee don't think that we should use these shots as the names aren't written clearly and the images are blurry and hard to make out.
Overall I think that the filming went successfully as we managed to get all of the footage which we needed; I thinkt hat there are some parts which we will need to re-film, such as the
One of our actresses Lucy does art and helped us doing the actors makeup, she did hers and Jonny's fake blood and cuts.
The first scene we filmed was the scene with the protagonist sitting in the living room with his daughter playing; this was quite easy to film as we had the storyboard with us so we knew exactly what we needed to film. After a few times film,ing this we got the shot which we needed, we then went on to filming the child playing which we decided to use a low angle shot which then tilted up; this was quite hard to film as we didn't have the equpitment to do the pan with so I'm not sure if this shot will actually work or not.
For the second part of filming we had to have a few shots of theprotagonist walking down the stairs; these stairs were different to the ones in our storyboard and they weren't straight which meant that we had to do a few different shots of him walking down, some filmed at high angle and some filmed at low angles; I think this scene was good as awe included a variety of different shots. We didn't come acorss any problems whilst filming this, apart from the lighting when he stood by the door as it was quite dark at points and the lighting did change. Oscar filmed the majority of the film whilst myself and Charlee decided some of the places to film, which angles we should use that were different to those on the storyboard. Itw as really useful having images of the storyboard with us whilst filming as it allowed us to check them every time we filmed and make sure that we were filming the correct parts and that each shot was different.
The last scene which we had to film was the torutre scene which we filmed in a garage which we had layed down white sheets splattered with blood on. The two actors, Lucy and Jonny were both positioned on the floor, Jonyn was layign down covered in blood, dead and Lucy was tied up to a shelf. This scene was quite hard to film as we decided not to show the protagonists face in the opening, which meant we had to use very clever angles, mainly either vbery high angles or very low.
Alsop in this scene we filmed out title sequecne which we had used polaroid pictures for; we had hand written titles written on polaroids placed on a table in the garage scene. Myself and Charlee don't think that we should use these shots as the names aren't written clearly and the images are blurry and hard to make out.
Overall I think that the filming went successfully as we managed to get all of the footage which we needed; I thinkt hat there are some parts which we will need to re-film, such as the
Friday 25 January 2013
PLANNING- Shooting Schedule
We will be filming the scene with the Priest giving the speech on Monday the 14th of January and we will be filming the rest of the film on Sunday the 27th of January.
Charlee, Oscar, Beth and I will all be there when we film the scene with the Priest.
Charlee, Oscar and myself will be filming the rest of the film as Beth is unable to attend.
Charlee, Oscar, Beth and I will all be there when we film the scene with the Priest.
Charlee, Oscar and myself will be filming the rest of the film as Beth is unable to attend.
Thursday 17 January 2013
PLANNING- Actors and Locations
Actors:
Protagonist: Giles Westgarth
Girl being tortured: Lucy Wise
Boy being tortured: Jonathan Morris
Child: Rachel Mockler
Priest: Oscar Bath
Location:
Originally we were supposed to be filming at Bethany's house, however for reasons which she hasn't explained we can't film at her house anymore which also meant that we couldn't use her brother as an actor in our film so this last week has been a challenge as we've basically had to change the whole location and find a new actor. Instead of filming at Beth's we will now be filming at one of our actors Giles' house, this will mean changing a few things in the film, some of the shots will have to change and the locations.
The child has now changed from a young boy to a young girl which will still work in the film and hasn't changed anything majorly.
Protagonist: Giles Westgarth
Girl being tortured: Lucy Wise
Boy being tortured: Jonathan Morris
Child: Rachel Mockler
Priest: Oscar Bath
Location:
Originally we were supposed to be filming at Bethany's house, however for reasons which she hasn't explained we can't film at her house anymore which also meant that we couldn't use her brother as an actor in our film so this last week has been a challenge as we've basically had to change the whole location and find a new actor. Instead of filming at Beth's we will now be filming at one of our actors Giles' house, this will mean changing a few things in the film, some of the shots will have to change and the locations.
The child has now changed from a young boy to a young girl which will still work in the film and hasn't changed anything majorly.
FILMING- First Time Filming
On Monday we started filming for our thriller. The film begins with a shot of the protagonist watching a priest giving a speech in front of a church on TV so in order for us to film the rest of our thriller we needed this to be finished first so that it could be played during the filming of the opening. We decided to film at a local church, we only needed a short scene of the Priest talking about the missing people so it was quite easy to film this.
We hadn't really planned where abouts we were going to film around the church before we arrived so we looked and tried various locations around the church until we decided where we would finally film. Beth had written a speech for the actor who was played by Oscar Bath; we decided to film him at a mid shot as this is what most people are filmed at when presenting news. Myself, Charlee and Beth all helped film and decide the camera angle and how we would film it. Considering it was our first time filming our thriller it was quite easy however it was snowing during the filming which meant that it was hard to film as we had to keep the camera covered and get the filming finahed as quickly as possible so that Oscar didn't get cold. It didn't take us very long to get the shots that we needed, after we had filmed we all agreed that the footage we had was successful and what we needed.
Overall our first filming session was successful, we didn't have any problems whilst filming and the footage which we filmed is really good and we will be using it in our film opening.
We hadn't really planned where abouts we were going to film around the church before we arrived so we looked and tried various locations around the church until we decided where we would finally film. Beth had written a speech for the actor who was played by Oscar Bath; we decided to film him at a mid shot as this is what most people are filmed at when presenting news. Myself, Charlee and Beth all helped film and decide the camera angle and how we would film it. Considering it was our first time filming our thriller it was quite easy however it was snowing during the filming which meant that it was hard to film as we had to keep the camera covered and get the filming finahed as quickly as possible so that Oscar didn't get cold. It didn't take us very long to get the shots that we needed, after we had filmed we all agreed that the footage we had was successful and what we needed.
Overall our first filming session was successful, we didn't have any problems whilst filming and the footage which we filmed is really good and we will be using it in our film opening.
Sunday 13 January 2013
COURSEWORK- Dates
Last week in media we received the dates for the deadlines for each part of our coursework.
15th January- storyboard and animatic complete
28th January- filming finished
15th January- post production, rough cut
8th March- final deadline, film complete
29th March- individual evaluations finished
Having these deadlines will be useful as it will give us something to work towards so we know what needs to be finished for when.
In a recent lesson we planned what each of us need to do to prepare ourselves for filming.
We decided that Oscar would do most of the animatic, I would create the new shot list and make changes to the old one, we would all decide final locations and photograph the location and actors, create a shooting schedule, Beth would come up with the costumes and props.
15th January- storyboard and animatic complete
28th January- filming finished
15th January- post production, rough cut
8th March- final deadline, film complete
29th March- individual evaluations finished
Having these deadlines will be useful as it will give us something to work towards so we know what needs to be finished for when.
In a recent lesson we planned what each of us need to do to prepare ourselves for filming.
We decided that Oscar would do most of the animatic, I would create the new shot list and make changes to the old one, we would all decide final locations and photograph the location and actors, create a shooting schedule, Beth would come up with the costumes and props.
PLANNING- Revised Shot List/Storyboard Changes
1. Close up of TV, slow zoom, shot of protagonist on sofa.
2. Zoom of previous shot,
3. Long shot of table with religious items and Polaroids
4. Close up of Polaroids, title, jump cut to next shot
5. Medium shot of child playing on the floor
6. Close up of Polaroids, title
7. Mid shot of protagonist from behind watching TV
8. Mid shot of child playing with toys, zoom up
9. Close up of Polaroids, title
10. Medium shot of TV and sofa
11. Close up of Polaroids, title
12. Medium high angle shot of door
13. Close up, low angle of door handle
14. Close up of Polaroids, title
15. Low angle, long shot of door from the bottom of the stairs
16. Long shot of door
17. Extreme close up of lock on door
18. Close up of Polaroids, title
19. Long shot of boy playing with toys
20. Close up of Polaroids, title
21. Close up of male torture victims hands
22. Extreme close of of victims face
23. Close up of Polaroids, title
24. High angle, extreme close up of protagonist and victims
25. Long shot of female torture victim
26. Close up of polaroids
27. Blurred medium shot of protagonist
28. Blurred but then changes into focused extreme close up of protagonists eye
Since we made our first shot list and story boarded, we decided that we needed to make some changes to the storyboard. We changed it by adding in a few more shots and more shots of the Polaroids in order to fit in more titles. After we changed this we made additional changes such as adding in a wider variety of camera angles as we didn't have many angles it was mainly camera distances so we made some more changes. As well as is we changed some of the timings of the shots, some were too long and some weren't long enough; I still need to write the timings on the shot list which will be done once we have decided. We still need to make some changes to the storyboard and the shot list such as changing the shot transitions to make it more interesting and to change the meaning of some shots. We can still make changes to the storyboard after we have done the anamatic so I think that we will change the transitions once we've seen what it looks like on the anamatic.
This is the story board from beginning to end.
2. Zoom of previous shot,
3. Long shot of table with religious items and Polaroids
4. Close up of Polaroids, title, jump cut to next shot
5. Medium shot of child playing on the floor
6. Close up of Polaroids, title
7. Mid shot of protagonist from behind watching TV
8. Mid shot of child playing with toys, zoom up
9. Close up of Polaroids, title
10. Medium shot of TV and sofa
11. Close up of Polaroids, title
12. Medium high angle shot of door
13. Close up, low angle of door handle
14. Close up of Polaroids, title
15. Low angle, long shot of door from the bottom of the stairs
16. Long shot of door
17. Extreme close up of lock on door
18. Close up of Polaroids, title
19. Long shot of boy playing with toys
20. Close up of Polaroids, title
21. Close up of male torture victims hands
22. Extreme close of of victims face
23. Close up of Polaroids, title
24. High angle, extreme close up of protagonist and victims
25. Long shot of female torture victim
26. Close up of polaroids
27. Blurred medium shot of protagonist
28. Blurred but then changes into focused extreme close up of protagonists eye
Since we made our first shot list and story boarded, we decided that we needed to make some changes to the storyboard. We changed it by adding in a few more shots and more shots of the Polaroids in order to fit in more titles. After we changed this we made additional changes such as adding in a wider variety of camera angles as we didn't have many angles it was mainly camera distances so we made some more changes. As well as is we changed some of the timings of the shots, some were too long and some weren't long enough; I still need to write the timings on the shot list which will be done once we have decided. We still need to make some changes to the storyboard and the shot list such as changing the shot transitions to make it more interesting and to change the meaning of some shots. We can still make changes to the storyboard after we have done the anamatic so I think that we will change the transitions once we've seen what it looks like on the anamatic.
This is the story board from beginning to end.
Tuesday 8 January 2013
Continuity Task- Evaulation
How has the continuity task aided your understanding of the film making process?
The continuity task has helped me understand the process of film making and it's made me realise that the whole process of film making is a lot more difficult than it looks and seems; it takes a lot more time and effort than it appears. The task has been really good practice and I know it will help me when it comes to filming and editing our coursework film. The problems we faced in this task will help us improve in our coursework as we will be able to make sure that we don't make these mistakes again, any mistakes we made in our continuity task are a good thing because we are now able to look out for these mistakes and make sure we don't make them again.
What problems did we come across during the continuity task and how did we overcome them?
During the continuity task we came across a few problems but honestly not as much as I had expected. One of the first problems we came across was the location of the first place we filmed. As we had chosen to film in school we needed to make sure that we filmed during a lesson so that there weren't many people around, however as we were filming near an entrance to a busy place there were a lot of people who needed access via our location. This meant that we had to wait and sometimes even stop filming so they could come through, wasting our time. This has taught me that when we come to filming our coursework film we will need to make sure our locations are reliable and we don't film anywhere that will be disturbed whilst we are filming. Another problem which we came across was that when we edited it we hadn't really planned the music beforehand or the sound effects so it was quite hard to find non diagetic music suitable. When we film our coursework I think we will have needed to plan the sound before or have more of an idea of the type of music we want to include.
I think that the camera angles we used throughout our task were really good and worked really well within the film, I think this was because we spent a lot of time planning them on our storyboard so we didn't have to decide which shots to do there and then, this made our film more successful as well as making it easier to film at the time and saving us time. This is something which we will continue to do when planning our coursework film, I think that story boarding is very useful and I will definitely make sure we continue to spend a long time story boarding for our coursework. I also believe that our editing was really good, we spent a lot of time on editing and it had helped that we had previously edited a video so we were familiar with Adobe Premier Pro which was what we used to edit our video, I'd still like to spend a bit more time learning to use this before we make our coursework so that the editing can be as good as possible. I'm pleased with the fact that we didn't break the 180 degree rule as that was something we had only recently learned about so I was worried that we would struggle to follow the rules but we did so I'm very happy with that and we will continue to think about this in our coursework.
Sunday 6 January 2013
COURSEWORK- Actors, Props, Locations, Equipment
These are the final decisions, lists of actor, locations, props and equipment:
Actors and Actresses:
Protagonist - Giles Westgarth
Child - Still Need Naming
Male Captive - Connor Barbor
Female Captive - Lucy Wise
Priest on TV - Oscar Bath
Basement - Giles Garage
Stairs - Beth's House
Living room - Beth's house
Church for TV Segment - St Joseph's Church
Props:
Religious Paraphernalia: Beth
Children's Toys: Beth
Table: Myself
Tatter clothing: Everyone
Preacher costume: Myself
Equipment:
HDV Camera
Boom Mic
Tripod
Lighting Rig
Adobe Premier Pro CS6 Editing Software
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