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

Storyboard

There are 30 blocks to the storyboard. Our storyboard will be of great use to us during our filming process because it gives our filming a baseline to follow. From the first filming session onwards we can playback our footage and if our initial ideas did not follow through as we projected, there is an opportunity to re-film.  

The final 13 blocks of the storyboard consist of our title sequence, which explains who each character is played by and who was involved in every process of production. 

The storyboard: