Monday, 25 February 2013
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Filming Schedule
Thursday 3rd January 2013
Lauren and I met up on Thursday at 12 o'clock as we wanted to plan what we would film and then travel over to the location which was in Ashtead. We managed to film a few scenes that will look quite effective in our trailer and we thought of a few more shots that we could take as we were in the location which gave us lots more ideas and we really benefited from it. My favorite shot that we took today was the villain dragging our victim across the floor as it looks very mysterious and gruesome and would make the audience very frightened.
Saturday 5th January 2013
Lauren and I met up on Saturday to plan and film our trailer. We met up at two o’clock so that we could write down exactly what we wanted to do today and so that it wouldn't be too dark after we had made a plan. We were one actor down which meant that we could only film in one of our locations so we tried to make the best of what we had. We used a car as a prop and showed it in different shots and scenes. However when it came to putting the footage onto the computer we found out that it was much too dark and it would have to be all re filmed. This is very frustrating as we felt that we had filmed lots of good shots which would be really effective in our trailer. Although the only advantage is it will be easier when it comes to filming it again as we will know exactly what we are doing and where to put the camera. When we re film this footage we will have to remember to take it when it is a little lighter as the character will be seen more clearly and their surroundings.
Filming Schedule
Thursday 3rd January 2013
Lauren and I met up on Thursday at 12
o'clock as we wanted to plan what we would film and then travel over to the
location which was in Ashtead. We managed to film a few scenes that will look
quite effective in our trailer and we thought of a few more shots that we could
take as we were in the location which gave us lots more ideas and we really
benefited from it. My favorite shot that we took today was the villain dragging
our victim across the floor as it looks very mysterious and gruesome and would
make the audience very frightened.
Laren and I met up on Saturday to plan and film our trailer. We met up at two o’clock
so that we could write down exactly what we wanted to do today and so that it
wouldn't be too dark after we had made a plan. We were one actor down which
meant that we could only film in one of our locations so we tried to make the
best of what we had. We used a car as a prop and showed it in different shots
and scenes. However when it came to putting the footage onto the computer we
found out that it was much too dark and it would have to be all re filmed. This
is very frustrating as we felt that we had filmed lots of good shots which
would be really effective in our trailer. Although the only advantage is it
will be easier when it comes to filming it again as we will know exactly what
we are doing and where to put the camera. When we re film this footage we will
have to remember to take it when it is a little lighter as the character will
be seen more clearly and their surroundings.
Saturday 12th January
2013
Today Lauren and I met up to film some new shots,
that we thought would look effective in our trailer. We re-filmed some
shots from last week that were too dark, and tried to come up with new,
interesting angles that would show creativity. We filmed slightly earlier than
last time, but still in the evening as we did not want our film to be too dark.
A problem we encountered was that very bad, rain and wind. This meant that we
were not able to do some shots outside as it was simply dreadful.
18th, 19th & 20th
January 2013
These three days were snow days which was a big
advantage to us and our filming. When it snows, the sky reflects onto a white
surface so it is generally always lighter than usual. This was an advantage to
us as the snow gave us new ideas for shots, and meant that we were able to
capture the snow in some shots which could create the idea of a 'snowed in'
situation for our victim, where no one would be able to help because the snow
restricted anyone getting to her. It also gave our shots something different,
and meant that not everything looked identical. Our filming was spread over 3
days as, as the days went on the snow got heavier and better to film with.
Saturday 9th February
2013
In our filming today today, we decided to add a new
killer, along with our first killer. We had this inspiration through our
killer's brother being home. At the time we had two masks, one of which we
painted, and the other that we left blank. By having two masks, it reminded us
of the film 'The Strangers' which has 3 killers, and is very frightening as
their identity is concealed. We chose white masks as they show up brilliantly
in the darkness, and are so simple, yet scary. The use of a new killer creates
the sense that one could be following our victim, as the other one waits in the
shadows for her to appear.
Today we were one killer
down. Due to this, we had to be inventive with the shots we were doing as we
only had one killer available. We decided to reshoot some of our car shots, and
just refilm any shots that were too dark. We also
decided to do some shots with the stairs and landing as we had not really used
these before. It is quite good that we only had one killer, as when only one killer
is shown, it creates questioning with the audience about where the other killer
is.
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Choice for our film institution
For
our film trailer we have decided to use Paramount Pictures as our film institution.
We believe this is best suited to our film and we also think that it fits in
well with the other films that it has created. For example this institution has
also supported films such as 'The Ruins' which after 3 weeks exited the top 10,
another very big success was 'Sleepy Hollow' which included big names such as
Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.
Equipment for filming
The video camera that we intend to use for our film enabled us to film in any location that we need to as it was portable. This meant that when choosing the location for our film we had a range of options. The camera was also very good at picking up sound which meant that all the speech and sound effects can be heard clearly over the music. Another reason that we decided to use this camera is beacuse last year we found that the smaller camera that was like a phone was not very effective as it turned orange and black when there was not enough light. This meant that it was very difficult to film in the darkness and make it scary.
A tripod is a portable three-legged frame which is used for keeping the stability and supporting the weight of a camera. Our group used a tripod which meant that we could shoot footage that wasn’t wobbly. This meant that all of our shots are at the right angle and the picture of the screen can be seen clearly. The only disadvantage is that it was quite heavy and bulky to carry to the location of the film.
The editing software that we used was called Adobe Premiere Elementswhich helped us to overlay the music for our film and edit all the shots so that they fitted together and the clip would flow. The only trouble we experienced with the technology was that the software would stop working and we would lose some of our footage, this became a problem near the end as it was difficult in stopping this from happening another issue that occurred whilst editing was that it would not let us put our screen titles on the right clip which meant that it took along time to get it right.
When we started our research and planning for our film we used a blogdemonstrate our findings and evaluations of different films. This meant that we could publish our posts on the World Wide Web for everyone to view and read. This was made purely by me although some of the ideas and post were created by the whole group as we were working on a group production of a film. The blog was very useful as it meant I was able to post my finding and ideas wherever I was and they could be uploaded quickly and efficiently.
We used Photoshop when creating our film which means we learnt how to edit photos by adapting their colour, size, composition and the focus of the writing. We decided to use this piece of equipment as we wanted to change the look and mood of the montage of photographs that we have selected for the opening of our film. The functions and properties that Photoshop had enabled us to use a lot of techniques to change the appearance of the photographs such as injecting colour into a photograph which was originally dark and unattractive to being eye catching and a bit disturbing to the audience.
We used YouTube for our project, which is a world wide video-sharing website, where users can upload, view and share videos. We used this a lot when filming as we uploaded a range of videos from our group talking about film production to videos of our group on set of our film. This was an easy piece of equipment to use and we became formulary with a typical advertising tool of film companies.
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Final choice for actors
To make our trailer more original and scary, we have decided to have two killers who are working together, making them a team and have an alliance. We are going to do this as with two killers, there is really nowhere to run or hide for our victims, because if one killer was to follow them, the other could be lurking waiting for them to run towards them. Our other killer will be Michael (bottom) who is very tall and slim, making him more powerful against our vulnerable victims.
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