Filming schedule

1.30-2.00; LEAVE SCHOOL. (Drive from Newport Heydon)

2.00-2.15; Safety check of the Cellar

2.15-2.30; (5 mins of eahc 3 shots) Close up, Long shot and tracking shot of hand

2.30-3.15; LUNCH.

3.15-3.30; Safety check of the road

3.30-3.40; establishing shot of road

3.40-3.50; long shot

3.50-4.00; framing shot

4.00-4.10; mid shot

4.10-4.20; zoom on the phone

4.20-4.30; over the shoulder shot (to see phone)

4.30-4.40; over the shoulder shot (to zoom on phone)

4.40-4.50; long shot

4.50-5.00; extreme close up

5.00-5.10; close up profile

5.20-5.30; BREAK

5.30-5.45; screening of TV

5.45-5.55; check footage 

6.00; LEAVE CAROLINES TO GO HOME

shot list

CELLAR

• close up
• long shot
• tacking shot of hand

THE ROAD

• establishing shot
• long shot
• framing shot
• mid shot
• zoom on phone
• over the shoulder shot (to see phone)
• over the shoulder shot (zoom on phone)
• longshot
• extreme close up
• close up profile

BLURRY

• a tv screen (whiteout)

6th January 2011 lesson.

 In todays lesson;

 Paige; Finished doing the animatic storyboard which she started last lesson, uploading it to YouTube and embedding it into a post. She had trouble doing this and she didn't export in Quick Time conversion but then it worked. She also uploading a picture of the storyboard in shots to the blog.

Miles; Wrote up the risk assessment for filming our final film.

We both then looked at the shots on the storyboard, seeing what type of shots we are using, which we will then write a shot list when caroline is here.

animatic storyboard

This is our animatic storyboard, which was made in final cut express. I used each individual shot to try and recreate what our real piece of film. I tried to make the length of each 'shot' (picture) similar to what they would be in the real film, to try and see how long the final film will be.

The animatic storyboard is 1.07 minuets long, which means we'll either have to add more shots, or they are too fast for whenthe footage is actually made.

shots of film in stroyboard format

These are the shots in which will make our opening thriller sequence, in order. We will shoot more shots as spare, or extra shots, which may make our opening sequence better.

risk assesment

Activity	risk	solution
Filming on a road	Although we have used a very quite road there is still a risk of  motorvehicles	High visibility clothing to be worn by all production team and actress.
Actress barefoot on a road	There may be sharp objects on the road	Actress to wear shoes until filming, prior to which a thorough check of the road will take place.
Actress outside in winter for a prolonged period of time with a thin costume.	Prolonged exposure to cold weather is harmful to health	When not being filmedthe actress will be provided with warm winter clothing.
Actress being filmed on a cellar floor	There may be sharp objects on the floor	Prior to filming the cellar floor will be cleared of all possible hazards.
Spending a lot of time in front of a computer editing	Prolonged periods of time infront of a computer can cause eye problems and headaches	A period of 45 mins maximum computer time will be put in place for each team member per media session
Spending a lot of time around charging cameras etc	There is a slight risk of tripping over wires	Make sure the wire is not on the floor and is connected to a power point of atleast waist height

Planning for our Thriller.

Costume.

We have decided that we want our costumes to be very simple. The person that we have asked to be in our thriller will not be wearing any shoes, and will only be in a very simple, white cotton dress. We have done this because we think that this creates effect and will cause the audience to wonder what is going on and will make them want to watch the rest of the film.

Cast

We wanted to keep our thriller very simple, so we have decided that there will only be one person in our thriller. We have done this because we think that it makes it more mysterious for the viewer and doesn't give too much away in the opening scenes. We have asked Amelia Quinn to star in our thriller as we think that she is perfect for what we want to film.


Music

From an earlier post you can see the music that we have selected to feature in our thriller. We have already asked for permission from the person who created the music (they had no copyright on it) and they agreed that we could use it. The music is very creepy, and is a children's nursery rhyme. However, we have recently realised that when we put the music onto the Mac, it sounds very crackly and doesn't sound very good. Although it could be seen as quite a good effect, we realised that we would probably be down marked for the fact that the quality of the sound isn't very good.

Camera shots

We have already decided the different camera shots that we are going to use. We want the camera to be over her shoulder, as we don't want the viewer to ever see her face. The camera will also be tracking her. We also want to have a point of view shot, where the character is in the cupboard and you can see them frantically looking around trying to see where they are and how they could escape. We have come up of a plan of the different shots we would use, and when we are going to shoot them.

Location

The location has already been decided. We also showed this on a earlier blog. We will film our thriller down a long country road, that has tree's either side. The character will be walking down the middle of it, to show that they have just been somewhere and are walking to get away. The road is very quiet and there aren't many cars that go up it.