During the two week Christmas holiday, we had a final re-shoot to film a few shots that didn’t work in our sequence due to problems such as lighting, continuity and general mise-en-scene.
Re-shoot List:
-Nightmare Sequence (problem with bed covers, need white plain ones)
-Conversation in the kitchen (problem with sound)
-News broadcast on TV (problem with colour before)
-Reaction shots to the TV
-The stairs shot (we changed the shot)
We managed to shoot all the footage in one filming session so it didn’t take as long as we thought it would. Now we have solved those problems with new shots, we can start capturing and editing these shots in order to make the sequence better.
Things we have to do after we have captured the footage:
-Choose the shots we like and edit these in.
-Add in all the credits with our chosen font.
-Finish all the newspaper shots and photos to help people understand the storyline more.
-Record the newsreaders voice to play over the news broadcasting on TV.
-Work on sound, dialogue etc.
-Finish name and logo for Production Company.
-Put in title of the film.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Final Shoot
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Re-Shoot
We have decided to have a re-shoot which will be done in the Christmas holidays. This was done after we put the whole sequence together and realised that a few shots didn’t work well once in the sequence. We also had a few problems with lighting in the last few shots of the sequence because we ran out of time and it had got dark by the time we shot these.
We also had other problems such as the bed covers being too prominent and feminine. So as have decided to re-shoot the nightmare sequence with plain white covers so as not to distract the eye of the viewer and fit with the masculine view of the main character.
As a group, we have decided to change the shot of the character going down the stairs to make it shorter and therefore less boring. We chose to shoot the last few steps of the stairs and let the character walk into the shot and then pan across to the door of the bedroom. This takes out unnecessary footage that isn’t needed. The other shots that we have to re-shoot are the shots of the news broadcasting on the television and the reaction to this of the main character.
We have arranged 2 shooting days just in case we don’t finish in time on the first day. Hopefully this should be our last re-shoot and then we can just concentrate on editing.
We also had other problems such as the bed covers being too prominent and feminine. So as have decided to re-shoot the nightmare sequence with plain white covers so as not to distract the eye of the viewer and fit with the masculine view of the main character.
As a group, we have decided to change the shot of the character going down the stairs to make it shorter and therefore less boring. We chose to shoot the last few steps of the stairs and let the character walk into the shot and then pan across to the door of the bedroom. This takes out unnecessary footage that isn’t needed. The other shots that we have to re-shoot are the shots of the news broadcasting on the television and the reaction to this of the main character.
We have arranged 2 shooting days just in case we don’t finish in time on the first day. Hopefully this should be our last re-shoot and then we can just concentrate on editing.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Second Shoot
We had our second shoot on Saturday which went really well. We arrived at 12 and began filming straight away. This gave us loads of time to shoot every shot in our opening sequence, and also meant that the shots filmed last week could be re-shot, giving us more choice. We had planned already to re-shoot many shots, such as the waking up scene and the rummaging in the wardrobe, therefore it was very useful.
We started by recording the dialogue that Ben will say while he is on the phone to his mother. This means that if the dialogue is unclear in the shots we film, we can add this in after.
During filming, we managed to get more successful shots in less takes due to more organisation such as a shot list that we followed well, which meant we had more time to finish and spend longer on other shots. This also meant that we could film some shots that weren’t planned, such as from different angles and distances. This gives us a lot more variety and makes it much easier when editing.
We also filmed other types of shots such as altering the first few shots to the man having a nightmare and we see this while he’s sleeping as he’s twisting and turning. Then as he wakes up and sits up abruptly, it cuts to a shot directly in front of him and he’s breathing heavily. We also thought of an idea to have sound such as bombs and gun shots while he’s having a nightmare and this also stops suddenly when he wakes up. The soundtrack would then gradually fade in. This was just an idea that we thought of on the day, therefore we will see how it turned out during editing, and make a decision of whether to include it in or not.
Lighting in the house was a lot brighter than last week. This means the shots we film will be lighter, clearer and of better quality. Then if we want to darken any shots, we can do this on the computer whilst editing to get the effect that we are aiming for.
Shots that we couldn’t do last week due to not having the props were done today, such as the pan of the war photos and medal.
After receiving feedback yesterday from Mrs B about the poppies in the draw, we decided to line the draw with black material, and have five poppies lined up extremely neatly in a line under the knife, signifying that he has five more to kill. This would match the five men not crossed out in the photo, but circled in red.
Overall the shoot went really well, just hope its all ok when we edit. [There are a few photos on the group blog]
Next Week:
-Shot of the news on the television.
-Any re-shoots.
-Lots of editing.
We started by recording the dialogue that Ben will say while he is on the phone to his mother. This means that if the dialogue is unclear in the shots we film, we can add this in after.
During filming, we managed to get more successful shots in less takes due to more organisation such as a shot list that we followed well, which meant we had more time to finish and spend longer on other shots. This also meant that we could film some shots that weren’t planned, such as from different angles and distances. This gives us a lot more variety and makes it much easier when editing.
We also filmed other types of shots such as altering the first few shots to the man having a nightmare and we see this while he’s sleeping as he’s twisting and turning. Then as he wakes up and sits up abruptly, it cuts to a shot directly in front of him and he’s breathing heavily. We also thought of an idea to have sound such as bombs and gun shots while he’s having a nightmare and this also stops suddenly when he wakes up. The soundtrack would then gradually fade in. This was just an idea that we thought of on the day, therefore we will see how it turned out during editing, and make a decision of whether to include it in or not.
Lighting in the house was a lot brighter than last week. This means the shots we film will be lighter, clearer and of better quality. Then if we want to darken any shots, we can do this on the computer whilst editing to get the effect that we are aiming for.
Shots that we couldn’t do last week due to not having the props were done today, such as the pan of the war photos and medal.
After receiving feedback yesterday from Mrs B about the poppies in the draw, we decided to line the draw with black material, and have five poppies lined up extremely neatly in a line under the knife, signifying that he has five more to kill. This would match the five men not crossed out in the photo, but circled in red.
Overall the shoot went really well, just hope its all ok when we edit. [There are a few photos on the group blog]
Next Week:
-Shot of the news on the television.
-Any re-shoots.
-Lots of editing.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
The Real Shoot
We had our real shoot yesterday which went really well. We all arrived at 12 to finish paperwork for an hour or so. This was really helpful as it meant we could finish a script for Ben, with his dialogue on the phone to his mother. We tried to make it as realistic as possible and avoided the comical effect that we got when we did it during the test shoot.
We did manage to shoot quite a few shots, however we didn’t shoot all the shots for the opening sequence. This was firstly down to time, something as simple as a feet shot (when he got out of bed) took nearly 20 takes to get it perfect. Also the shot of the character going down the stairs was quite difficult as Ben is so tall, he kept banging his head on the ceiling above the stairs, this took another 12 takes. The lighting was also different to the test shoot, it was darker, therefore we had to use the lighting equipment which took quite long to get looking perfect in the shot. Apart from this though, we did take some good shots that will hopefully work, looking forward to watching it properly next week.
Another reason that we couldn’t shoot all the shots was that we didn’t have all the props necessary, such as all the poppies for the draw and the photo of the battalion and war medal for the pan across the shelf. However we plan to do these all next week.
Overall the shoot went really well and we know exactly what shots we have left to film, and hoping the shots that we took yesterday turn out good. There are also a few photos on the group blog.
We did manage to shoot quite a few shots, however we didn’t shoot all the shots for the opening sequence. This was firstly down to time, something as simple as a feet shot (when he got out of bed) took nearly 20 takes to get it perfect. Also the shot of the character going down the stairs was quite difficult as Ben is so tall, he kept banging his head on the ceiling above the stairs, this took another 12 takes. The lighting was also different to the test shoot, it was darker, therefore we had to use the lighting equipment which took quite long to get looking perfect in the shot. Apart from this though, we did take some good shots that will hopefully work, looking forward to watching it properly next week.
Another reason that we couldn’t shoot all the shots was that we didn’t have all the props necessary, such as all the poppies for the draw and the photo of the battalion and war medal for the pan across the shelf. However we plan to do these all next week.
Overall the shoot went really well and we know exactly what shots we have left to film, and hoping the shots that we took yesterday turn out good. There are also a few photos on the group blog.
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