Sound

By tuesday all our footage will be cut and ready to add sound and our title sequences.
Today I was doing the final bits of research regarding the use of sound in our sequence. We have to ensure that the sound we use is copy right free. Therefore I visited this website called 'freeplaymusic.com' on this website there is a search bar, where you enter a keyword, e.g. the genre of sound you require, and you will be provided with a list of sounds that a relevant to your search.

The use of sound from this we site is free for educational purposes, therefore there will be no additional costs for us. 

my progression

Throughout this media course I have developed a lot of personal skills that have helped through the final stages of my coursework. At the beginning of the course, I was not completely sure of the amount of work that was involved with the project. As I became more and more aware, I started to change the way I worked. My level of commitment has increased, in terms of how I managed my time with getting the filming and editing complete. instead of waiting until next week or the weekend I learnt that there is no time like the present, filming needs to happen today, editing happens today and blogging also takes place today. By starting your work then and there allows your grow more time for changes and improvements if needed- in most cases this is needed.
Another large aspect of this media course is communication skills- therefore taking this into account and I created an iMessage group chat, therefore any ideas or plans that needed to be made would be clear- leading to less chance of misunderstandings.

A crucial skill I have developed is, my skill with the camera. at the start of the course when we conducted our continuity task, using the camera proved to be a lot harder than we had projected. however, when the filming process for the final piece had begun, the process of re filming certain scenes, really helped improve my skills with the camera. For example the execution of a pan shot is a lot harder than it looks, to get the camera to work in sync with the actor is a process that needs to be accurate. This shot requires the character to be in the middle of the shot throughout the pan. initially i found this difficult, because I couldn't keep the camera still whilst panning. however as they say, practice makes perfect. At this stage I now know how to keep the camera steady and execute various types of shots.


Overall as a group, we have defiantly made a vast amount of progress from where we began. We initially started off indirectly working against each other, there came a point where as a group if we did not pull together, we would have failed our coursework. This really bought us together as a group and highlighted everyones rolls and responsibilities within the group.

21st March

Today I re-filmed the pan shot in Aman's scene. I also got various other shots, that will enable us to have a variety of footage to play with, that way if later on during the editing process we decide that the pan shot does not work, we will have the other scenes to take place.

over the weekend the a re shoot of the alley way scene will be recorded, a re shoot is required because the feedback we received regarding the shots I had gathered, was that there was not enough variety within those shots.

overall at this stage the opening sequences coming on swiftly and I believe that the title sequences shall be complete within the next week.

update on progression- 19th March

A re-shoot of Luke's scene was required as there were some issues with the continuity of the scene.
So prior to the re shoot, I played back the old footage that we had, by doing this I could pin point what aspects of the scene I needed to pay special attention to, in order for it to be perfect.
once I had all the points of improvements I went out to re film.This process was efficient because I had clear objectives.

Whilst playing back all of the footage that I have gathered, we noticed there were some shaky points during a few of the shots. therefore over the last couple of weeks I have gone out with the actors and re shot the scenes.

This is a snippet of the editing in action. at this stage we have about a minutes worth of our footage edited. Therefore at this point I asked the teacher for feedback on our work so far.

alley way scene

16th march- I will be filming the alley way scene.
My main aims:

• to get as many shots that consist of a variety of angles and techniques- the reason i'll be doing this is so that when we come to edit the footage we will have a range of shots to decide from, it also helps if one shot does not fit the criteria but the another shot does, this will save a great deal of time as a re film will not need to be scheduled. 

this scene should last between 15-30 seconds. 

In this scene there will be a variety of mid shots, low angled shots to show the characters journey.

I filmed the alley way scene this morning, and got multiple shots of Jack walking up through the alley. I believe this filming process was successful because, I managed to get many shots that will and can be very useful as they fit the certain criteria that needs to be met.

The first shot of this scene was not successful, therefore Chelsea took charge of this scene and went out to re film this scene. After a second try of the whole shot, the scene seemed to work efficiently. Though the first shot was not of any use to us, regarding the final piece, I believe it was extremely beneficial as it highlighted areas for extra care, and extra ideas that may have needed adding.

shooting schedule

16th march - Alley way scene

17th and 18th march- re shoot of Luke's motorbike scene front on shot of Aman's scene, and a low angle back shot of Luke's feet walking away from the camera

17th- kitchen scene with mum 

Filming

Our filming is very much in full swing, however we have incurred a some problems. one of our scenes was heavily dependant on a train station. the problem here was that filming permission was needed from the council and the head office for the underground station. this seemed like an unrealistic to follow through with as time is something we do not have to play with. therefore to get over this problem we changed to location to filming outside school. this is a more practical location for us because if a re shoot is required it is more accessible. another positive impact of this decisions is that there are less obstructions, which means we will always have a clear shot.

After making the decision of moving the scene to outside school, the filming process has been more efficient and has worked just as well as planned. when we need to re shoot there has never been a hindrance in terms of location. we are able to take action almost right away. therefore the editing process isn't delayed and a project will not fall behind.

Train Scene

Over the weekend myself, Luke and Aman went out to Uxbridge station to film a part of our opening sequence. The process was efficient for the majority of the time and was a smooth process. However we did face a couple of issues. The first being that, we realised that you are not able to film in the station, unless you have permission from the London Underground. However we overcame this problem swiftly as we had alternative shots to use. the sec on minor problem that we faced was that during the filming process, a lot of the general public walked in front of the camera, vaguely interrupting the scene.

Over the last couple of days we have played back our footage and found many improvements.

First and foremost, though when you look at the shot normally, you cannot notice the camera shaking, however once looked at in detail, there is a visible shake in the camera. This means that the shots need to be re-shot as a shaky camera would significantly lower our grade. Though a re shoot is required, I believe that the first shot was extremely helpful, because we bought our shots to life and saw that if executed correctly, they will work well.

Secondly the pan that was used was not quite up to scratch as instead of following the characters actions, it was slightly behind. The pan shot needs to start and finish with the character in the middle of the shot. In order to achieve this myself and the character I am filming need to have some sort of mark that needs to be followed- this will allow synchronisation to be as precise as possible. Making the pan shot clear cut.

Shot List