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.

Recce: Location One.

As part of our planning we were asked to take photo's of the locations were are using for our final opening sequence. The first location is a bathroom. I have taken photographs of the key parts of the bathroom being filmed. The corner. Where the woman will dress and the mirror is where the woman will transform.

Here are the pictures:

The location has plug sockets just out side the room which can be used for camera charging.
Just out side the door of the room, where the second picture is taken there is enough space to be able to film without capturing any wall ect this is good because the camera can be outside the room, leaving enough space for actors to act ect. This will be productive when filming the scenes with Psycho-girl in the mirror as the camera will not be seen.

This is a residentual bathroom which with a few probs like travel sized complimentarys can be changed to look like a hotle.

There is also a kitchen in this house that can be used for refreshments which i will provide. Tea, coffee ect this is important as we will need to keep actors energy levels up in order for them to perform well.

There is a seperate toilet that the owners of the house/cast/crew can use so that they are not inperupting filiming time.

the lighting is good and the titles are easily wiped which means that there is not a great risk in staining anything.

The bathroom has a good morder feel which will make our film look professional.

There is a spare room in the house which can be used by the cast and crew as a costume/make-up department and can also be used to store equipment without being damaged.

Parity Opening Sequence Remake:

Mr. Barton asked us to remake the opening of Parity 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.

Here is the opening sequence we produced:
http://youtu.be/8hXWeEXVySc

These are the roles each member of our group was allocated:
Editing: Kaite
Camera: Frankie
Directing: Chloe
Acting/Directing: Connie


When completing this task i learnt that in order for production to run smoothly we will need to ensure we know what were are producing inside and out. That we create a shotlist to know which shots should be filmed when ect.


When filming our final sequence, we will make sure that we know exactly what we are doing and that we practise each shot three times before filming. That we are more organised. 

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:

Title Map: Seven.

In this lesson we were asked to produce a title map of a thriller of our choice.
I learnt that a title map is useful when making a film and that we should definitely use a title map in the making of our own sequence. An also learnt that a title map is a time-line of what exactly goes on in the title sequence and where.


I watch Seven and here is the title map that I produced:

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.