Group Meeting: 1st Dec

As part of group planning it is important that as a group we meet up regularly to discuss and plan. This is what we did when we met up:

Connie and Katie are working on The Usual Suspects: Title tagging, whereas Chloe is editing the shots from the remake using Final Cut Pro.

Group Meeting: 28th Nov.

As we are filing our sequence as a group it is important that we meet regularly and discuss what we should be doing. This is what went on in this meeting...

We have all come in today to film our remake of Parity, for this we have brought in ketchup to use as blood and have borrowed a bucket and mop from the school cleaners. The filming is taking place in the boys toilet as it has a mirror we can use and a similar setting to the toilet used in Parity.

For our remake we asked a friend of ours called Josh, who acted as the murderer, and Connie acted as the victim. Katie directed the remake by using a shot list  and the stills sir had posted on his blog to use as guidelines. Frankie was behind the camera, paying close attention to the directions Katie was giving. Chloe is in in the process of editing the shots.

Here are the stills:

Group Meeting: 24th Nov

As we are filming our final sequence as a group it is important that we meet regularly to discuss what we should be doing. This is what went on in this meeting...

We came together as a group to discuss the shooting of Parity which is a remake of another student's work. The topics we discussed were how we were going to shoot it and the mise en scene aspects we will need to film it as close to the original as we can. We watched the video itself and paid close attention to the stills Sir has posted on his blog. We propose to create a shot list, obtain the following props; fake blood, a knife, a bucket and a mop. Also, we are going to message two boys asking them to star in our remake, we will be print-screening the message as evidence.

We have decided to meet every Mondays after school, Tuesdays 3rd Period and Thursdays 3rd Period. Plus, we will write a list of the things we will complete before the following meeting.

Here is the video of Parity:

Group Meeting: 22nd Nov.

As our sequence will be shot as a group, it is important that we all meet up regularly and discuss what will be happening. This is what went on in this meeting...

We met up as a group in order to film our remake of Resevoir Dogs.
We had met up on the 16th and the 21st to film however the people who we had asked to be in our remake did not show up, so today we all met up and got a group of boys together in order to film.
We used goals as our location as their was a wall we could use. 

Frankie was behind the camera, Connie was directing as well as Katie and Chloe will be editing the final piece. Katie messaged and invited the people we asked to a group via facebook, so she will print-screen the group invitations and the message.

Reservoir Dogs Title Sequence Remake:

Mr. Barton asked us to remake the title sequence for Reservoir Dogs in order for us to get used to using the cameras and to give us an incite to what filming our final idea will be like.

This is the re-make:

http://youtu.be/_36tRAyIWSY

These are the roles each person in the group were given:

Katie: Directed and communicated with the actors, Titles Map
Connie: Directed, Titles Map
Frankie: Filmed, Shot list
Chloe: Edited

When filming this sequence I learnt that it is important to rehearse properly, to communicate with actors efficiently and to organise props effectively.

Things i would do differently:

I would ensure all props are present, that the actors have seen the original sequence before the shoot so that they have a good idea of how they should be acting, and that the actors and camera have both rehearsed.

When it comes to making our final thriller opening sequence i will take what i have learnt on board and ensure that our sequence is rehearsed by at least once preferably twice by actors, we should also ensure that the actors have seen the animatic in order to give them an idea of how the sequence should look. As well as making sure the camera-man is aware of how to film the scene by test running the camera three times before filming each shot. We should also make sure that all props are organised before the filming dates and the responsibility of carrying/making sure props are present on set is allocated to a group member. 

Group Meeting: 1st Nov

As we are making the final sequence as a group it is important that we meet up regularly to discuss what we should be doing. This is what went on in this meeting...

This is a group meeting to say who is doing what and what needs to be done in order to complete research.

Frankie: Iconic Directors. Frankie must finish and post her work on Ionic Directors, she will be doing a video of present the information.

Chloe: History of Thrillers. Chloe needs to complete and post her work on History of Thrillers. This will be presented in a movie.

Connie: Typical Thriller Synopsis. Connie needs to complete and post her work on the Typical Thriller Synopsis. This will also be presented with a video.

Preliminary Task:

As a group we were required to make a Preliminary task which demon-straights match-on-action, the 180 degree rule and continuity.

This is our product:

Group Meeting; 6th Oct.

As were are filing our sequence as a group it in important that we meet regularly to discuss what we should be doing. This is what went on in this meeting...

Chloe: Intro- summary, what is a thriller (story/theme/mood)

Connie: Sub-Genres  of thriller (explain differences)

Frankie: Key films and why  - plot, characters & themes.

? : Conclusion - how the thriller has developed over the decades. (stories, themes, characters)