Details about shoot days

My role in the group is costume therefore many days before the shoot day I routed through my dad’s dark coloured clothes just in case Sophie’s dad didn’t have the necessary clothing. Additionally due to Jess not being here for the shoots days I also took on the role of preparing props, for example I purchased a rough looking bag which would be used in the third and fourth scene. I believe that as a group we prepared very well, for example during lesson time and in our own time we created a list of shot types that each scene was going to use as well as preparing the set before the actors arrived so when they did arrive we could begin shooting near enough straight away.

We decided that to create a better picture, we would use Sophie’s camera therefore Sophie took a managerial role of using the camera but me and Jake still contributed to the camera work, for example when shooting the over shoulder shot the tripod was unfortunately not high enough causing difficulties. We then decided that we should attempt to have Sophie holding the tripod of the floor. As she was holding the tripod with two hands, to make it steadier, she could not zoom in or press the record therefore I helped her do this by flicking the zoom in and out button and also the record button.

As I have stated in previous posts, I took a managerial role while shooting scene one. I thought that the shooting of this scene went incredibly well making the process quick. However, I stated my idea to Jake and Sophie about how we should shoot from different angles and we should range the positioning of the camera. This idea then lead to a decision on what footage out of a number of clips, for example during scene one Rick is seen to send a text and I decided that the footage we should use should be the one that covers Jake (in the car boot) more to make it more tense.

An obstacle in which I and my group had to overcome was the weather. For example, on Tuesday we began filming at 12:00pm when the weather was ok and the lighting was bright but by the time we arrived at the astro turf the weather took a turn for the worst, it began to rain heavily. This then meant the lighting darkened and the location was wet which was a major disaster for us as when Jake receives the text it would be obvious to the audience that he didn’t actually receive the text at the same time as the others because when shooting Nathan and Jack the pavement is completely dry and the lighting it very bright, when its meant to look as though all four of them received the text at the same time.

Throughout the days we all stuck to the roles we were given, for example I concentrated on what ‘Rick’ was wearing, Jake took photos of the location and Sophie took charge of the camera. However as stated previously I took on the role of props as Jess was unfortunately not here and luckily we did not need makeup in of the scenes we filmed. 

When it finally came to editing the footage we had got we noticed a few mistakes, for example the times on each of the phones.

In order for the audience to understand the opening sequence it is meant to seem like the four boys receive the mysterious text at the same time but when we zoom in on the phone the times are different on each one showing that they obviously didn’t get the text at the same time. Additionally as a group we decided to leave filming Jess’ scene until she was back meaning filming will continue on Sunday 2^nd March and Monday 3^rd March.

The preparation I have done for this reshoot is online shopping of black clothing and look through my dad’s clothes as Mark (Rick) is wearing a dark green jumper which advertises a roofing company and also white trainers, I believe this is because he didn’t have the necessary clothing or I didn’t communicate my costume idea fully for my group to understand therefore I will continue to research online for the suitable clothes and show it to my group to make sure they fully understand my intentions. Furthermore as a group we have made a note of every mistake we have noticed and how we intend to overcome this on Sunday and Monday, so we don’t make the same mistakes. The places where we filmed will stay the same as we all agreed that they were suitable and were what we expected.

What are the next steps?
On Tuesday after the re-shoot we will begin the editing process. It is clear within the group that some of us are better at editing than others therefore we have decided to work together on editing but allow some of us to take a managerial role until the others fully understand editing. We will use the Final Cut Pro X programme for editing our film.

Shooting schedule (2)

Thursday 20^th February

Time	Day/ night Exterior/ interior	Shot description/ summary	Location	Characters
12:30 – 1:30	Contacted characters and waited for them to arrive, we also had to wait for heavy showers to stop
1:35 – 2:00	Day Exterior	Panned Jake running, he then stops to look at a text message (mid shot), the camera then zooms to use an over shoulder shot, then a long shot of him continuing to run	Timperley astro	Jamie
2:10 – 2:40	Day Exterior	Establishing shot shows the car coming up the road towards us, we see the car arrive and a bag thrown out of the passenger window then the camera pans the car driving off	Car park in Timperley	Driver of the car Jamie Brandon Rob Chris
2:45 – 3:00	Day Exterior	Long shot of the group looking down at the bag, Nathan then bends down to see what is in the bag	Car park in Timperley	Driver of the car Jamie Brandon Rob Chris

Shooting schedule (1)

Tuesday 18^th February

Time	Day/ night Exterior/ interior	Shot description/ summary	Location	Characters
12:00 – 12:30	Me, Jake and Sophie met at Sophie’s house and discussed what the plan was for the day
12:30	Made contact with the characters
1:00 – 1:30	Day Exterior	Jake in the boot of the car and we see Rick sending the text (using a mid shot), then zooms to an over shoulder shot to see the phone, zooms out to a long shot of Rick shutting the boot	Sophie’s house	Rick Jake
1:40 – 2:10	Day Interior and exterior	Mid shot of Nathan watching TV, he soon gets a text then the camera zooms to an over shoulder shot to reveal text then a mid shot of him leaving the room, tracking from behind of him leaving the house, finally a long shot of him getting in the car and see him drive off	Sophie’s house	Brandon
2:15 – 2:35	Travelled to a local shop in Timperley
2:35 – 2:55	Characters arrived and were told what was expected of them
3:00 – 3:30	Day Interior and exterior	Long shot of Jack looking at the drink, receives a text so the camera zooms to an over the shoulder shot to show text then zooms out to a long shot and then tracks him leaving	Local shop in Timperley	Chris
3:35 – 3:40	Travelled to the Hare and Hounds pub
3:45 – 4:15	Day Interior	Mid shot of Reece sitting at a table, he receives a text and the camera zooms in to an over the shoulder shot to see text message, it then zooms out to a long shot and pans him beginning to walk out the shop. Lastly the camera uses a match on action shot of him pushing the door then a long shot (from the front) which shows him leaving	Hare and Hounds pub	Rob

Contact sheet

Position	Name	Phone number	Another way of contacting them
Director	Megan Edwards	07791865538	Social networking sites
Director	Jake Wilson	07544662173	Social networking sites
Director	Sophie Walker	07976592328	Social networking sites
Director	Jessica Fairhurst	07854795362	Social networking sites
Chris	Jack Marshall	07812847866	Social networking sites
Rob	Reece Rudman	07775338532	Social networking sites
Brandon	Nathan Walker	07892944436	Through Sophie (his sister)
Jamie	Jake Crewe	-	Facebook
Driver of the car/ Rick	Mark Walker	07725923286	Through Sophie (his daughter)

Journal (6)

Today I, Jake and Sophie continued to film our opening sequence. Unfortunately when we did meet up the weather was horrendous making us not start filming until at least an hour and a half later and even when we did begin filming the rain was still on and off.

We managed to film up until the end of the third scene leaving us to film the final scene next weekend when Jess is back from her holiday. 

Journal (5)

Yesterday myself, Jake and Sophie began to record our opening sequence. Unfortunately due a family holiday Jess couldn’t join us in the process of filming what we did.

We began by meeting at Sophie’s house and 12:00 and discussing what the jobs for today were. We managed to get as far as filming half way through the third scene before there was a tragic change in weather and the battery on the video recorder being drained.

I believe I took a managerial role when filming the first scene and Sophie took a managerial role when shooting her scene.

We hope to continue filming on Thursday. 

Preliminary Task