Signed Off!

We've been signed off and it's all over. Im so happy with our final opening sequence and ive learnt so much along the way:

• I've learnt how to edit and add effects and titles
• Ive learnt how to use the camera properly and get good shots
• I've learnt how to be patient on shoot and while waiting to act
• I've learnt to work in team
• How important timing and planning is
• I've learnt how to properrly storyboard and get shots logs and shooting schedules compleleted

Overall I've really enjoyed this project and I couldn't have done it without my team who have been really good. However at least i won't be spending my life editing and stuck in the media block. I'm now excited for next years shooting and editing and hopefully my skills that i have improved from this project can be used again.

(the team)

Goodbye For Now

I am going on a geography fieldtrip this week which is also taking away India and James leaving Spencer to finish of our piece and make final ajustments. This week everyone will be getting signed off so hopefully Spencer will be ok and sort everything out.

I am really nervous we won't meet the deadline but we have had a group meeting and have sorted out all the jobs to do and we have made sure we know exactly what is happening so that Spencer won't have to make any crucial decisions.

Reshoot

We did a re shoot for my shed scene because our teacher didn't like some of the shots, and she felt we gave to much away of me in the shed. We used different lighting then last time so i don't know if our teacher will like it or not. We worked well however and got it done in a couple of hours. We lost the rope however so had to use tape so again have to see what our teacher thinks

Second Re Shoot

We did another re shoot of the shed scene, I guess 3rd time lucky! We changed the lighting back to dark and used a pag light. I again had to act and was so cold! But i actually really enjoyed todays shoot more then the others because we had a really good time and got on well. I hope this will be the end seeing James India and I are going on a geography field trip next week

Main Shoot

Today we had our main shoot 27th Of February at James's House we worked from 9 am to 7 pm getting all the shots we needed and using Alex Thomas our new actor and I

Actor

• Today we used our new main actor and I was very pleased with what we achieved
• He listened well to instructions and did what we asked him too
• We made sure we shot the inside shots first to allow him to act straight away and not have to wait for my shed scene to be shot
• We all got on really well and took regular breaks and provided him with food etc
• I shot some of the house scenes and tried out different shots
• My favourite shot was the pan I did from the kitchen to to the hall and followed him out
• I helped Alex by acting out different parts first so that he really uderstood what we mean't
• I looked at new shots that we could take of Alex so that our piece was more creative

The Shoot

• Im really happy with our work today we all worked together helping eachother and most importantly had fun at the same time
• I think we've made major improvements in the kitchen scene
• I recorded a radio announcement to play over our piece
• I heled with shooting, shot list and making sure everyone was doing the right thing and there were no problems

My acting

• I liked the way we did the lighting in the shed today, we used a pag light and covered up the windows to create a eerie effect
• I was so cold though! and i had to be patient while everything got set up so I wasn't very happy at some points.
• As soon as we could film though I really worked to get it done really quickly and get everything we needed

Overall today went well and I enjoyed it, now to see what our teachers think...!

Planning For the Main Shoot

I've been helping my group with the planning for the main shoot. There has been lots of paperwork to do and since our practise shoot we've noticed lots that need to be changed. We haev decided to change our main actor to Alex Thomas and i will stilll be acting for the 2nd part in the shed

Here is some of the paperwork we have been doing this week:

I really want this shoot to go well because I do not want to do shooting next weekend ( its my birthday weekend!) However if necessary then we will have too.

What I personally want to do on the shoot

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  Again I will be acting, which I'm looking forward to a bit more but I hate how cold it is in the shed.
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  I want to do lots of shots in the kitchen and perhaps try some new shots that we may include
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  I want to do lots of takes so that we have as many as possible
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  I am going to do the voiceover for our kitchen radio
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  I want to try and keep to schedule this time and finish on time.

Practise Editing Week

This week has been crazy and my social life is now over! We have all been in the edit suite each lunchtime and in lessons in order to complete our first edit in order to see what works well and what doesn't.

I've really been trying to get involved with editing and familarising myself with all the tools again.

• I've been using the razor tool to cut down our shots and get precise clips.
•  Ive been using different timelines as they make all the clips clear and so I can experiment little parts of the sequence in different timelines then choose to add them to the main sequence or not
• I learnt how to capture footage and put it onto the timeline.

The editing side of this whole process is my weakest side as im not as confident as i am with planning and shooting part. Therefore this week has really helped me because all my other team members have let me expereiment and have taught me short cuts. I hoop when were editing the main shoot I will be able to progress with my editing skills and really become confident



This is our first edit, there are a lot of continuity errors in it and we have issues with sound. Saying that we have learnt a lot about the filming process so we just need to plan again and improve our sequence for the main shoot in a couple of weeks.

Practise Shooting Day

I think the shooting day went ok but I think it could haev gone a lot better. We were easily distracted and didn't stick to out schedule therfore ended up missing out vital shots.

Acting

• I wasn't looking forward to acting because i was scared I wouldn't be good at it. However i am quite pleased with the outcome of the shots we got.

• My costume looked really good and i think the make up worked well. The fake blood looked really relistic so i hope to achieve this look again in the next shoot

• Some shots were really good and we could use some of them. I think the CU of the eyes wasn't that good and I need to get better shots at the next shoot

• The location worked well however we need to get polaroids done to make it look really good. We could also get some new props for the shed to add to the weirdness of the guy.

• Overall I was happy with the part I played and by doing the practise shoot i can now work to improve on it to get really good and realistic shots for the final shoot

Numbers sprayed on in the shed where I acted

We emptied the whole shed out and just left a chair

This was the view that we shot

The shot that linked my part to james'

Pictures and numbers on the wall i was the third girl

Signing Out Equpiment

Yesterday me and India took charge of looking after the equipment. I took the tripod and camera bag and India made sure we had paperwork and lighting. I'm really looking forward to the shoot I hoping it all goes well but I'm a bit nervous but i hope all our planning pays off. However this is only a practise so we can learn from the mistakes

For the Shoot

• I really want to be involded in a lot of the shooting as this is the best bit, i want to try CU and perhaps practise my pan shots and hopefully get some good takes
• I will be acting, I'm excited but i don't want to be rubbish so im going to put a lot of effort in and take it seriously
• I also want to enjoy the day and experience how timing and takes work and get use to using a shot log.