What we have to think about after filming

Now that we have gathered all footage, we need to know what to do with it next;

• How are we going to upload it onto the Apple Mac
• How are we going to put all the footage onto Final Cut Express
• How are we going to get the bits that we want
• How are we  going to select the correct bits to edit
• How are we going to edit in an effective way
• How are we going to add sounds
• How are we going to add transitions
• How are we going to add other effects
• How are we going to block out unwanted sounds

For most, if not all of the above we learnt how to do them in our Children's Film unit.

What we had to think about before we filmed

We had a to think about a variety of things such as;

• What day and time of day to film
• How to use the camera
• How to set up the tripod
• How we were going to create the best and most effective shots
• How we were going to make the filming look like it was a political thriller - Mise-en-scene, camerawork, cinematography, lighting, sounds etc.
• How we were going to edit out unwanted noises - such as trains and other people filming
• How to choose the correct and most suitable location for our political thriller

For many of the above points we learnt how to deal with them in our Children's Film unit.

Change to actors and roles

Unfortunately, due to absence Our Goverment Official 2 (Jordan TiGurr) could not play his part, instead we had to get someone from another group to play his part (Sam Brown).  In future, we need to make sure that when we allocate roles to people, they are certain to be present because of Jordan's absence this caused some delay for us to find somebody else suitable and someone who wanted to play the part a difficulty.

Actors and Roles

Altogether in our sequence we have 3 roles:

• Goverment Official 1: Jack McCurdy
• Goverment Official 2: Jordan TiGurr
• Subject 16: Lucy Clarke

And Cinematography;

• Camera: Holly Burkett

We allocated these roles to ourselves because we believe that they best suited us and also we thought it would be better having 2 male characters as the Goverment Officials, and we thought that Lucy best suited being Subject 16.

What We Learnt From Amar

Amar came and talked us through a presentation that divulged into the stages of preparing for a film shoot. His presentation was very insightful and has helped us prepare for our own shoot.

Script: Amar talked about the need for a script so we know what is happening in the scene. As a group we constructed a script to guide us and know the exact dialogue and action that is needed in our scene.

Setting The Scene: Amar suggested to us that we do a walk-through of our location as this would help us to get used to our area and identify any scripting problems. We chose not to do this though as we are filming in college premises and we are already widely familiar with its surroundings.

Location Recce: This is another of Amar's processes that we adopted. A location recce is an in-depth process that is similar to "setting the scene" though in a location recce the area is explored in more detail. this includes potential hazards, activity in the area, ambient sounds, lighting and any other potential things that could create flaws in our project. When we did ours we were careful to note all potential problems and how to overcome them.

Digital Storyboard: We also adopted this stage from Amar's planning also. This helps us to visualise what our final product will look like combines with the location recce.

Shot List: We also constructed a shot list, though it wasn't as detailed as Amar suggested. We didn't feel the need to create a fully detailed shot list, just something simple so we could combine it with our storyboard and keep track of what we need to do.

Digital Storyboard

Location Recee

Forest: 
Areas to consider when using our forest location scene are the weather conditions, if it is raining the camera could get wet and then damaged. Mud could cause someone to slip and get very muddy then effect our video because of continuity. We need to have a look at what/who is surrounding the forest area we have chosen to use, this is because background noise of people or trains could ruin our video.

The Office:
Areas to consider when using our office location scene, things such as; we need to make sure that there is nobody working in the office when we want to film, we need to make sure that we are the only people in the office and that there is no noise.

This is the forest area of Long Road where we will be filming.

Script

*A TELEPHONE RINGS. A crackle of white noise and a close-up of a formally dressed man answers the phone*

Government Official 1 (GV1) : Hello?

*a crackle of white noise and the shot changes to another smartly dressed man*

Governent Official 2 (GV2): Sir, we have a problem..

*another crackle of white noise and scene changes back to GV1, close up of the lips*

GV1: Please tell me this isn't going to comprimise the experiment. 

*shot changes again to GV2 sitting, facing away from the camera*

GV2: Well..  subject 16.. she's.. *white noise crackle and scene switches to a girl standing in forest*

GV1: DON'T GIVE ME THAT! YOU BETTER NOT BE ABOUT TO TELL ME WHAT I THINK YOU'RE ABOUT TO TELL ME. 

*crackle of white noise as scene changes back to a close up of GV1's left eye*

GV1: This is both our jobs on the line here. Expose me and i'll bring you down too.

*scene changes to GV2*

GV2: Sir, i can assure you, the White House, the public, they won't know. 

GV2: YOU BETTER HOPE THEY WON'T.

*crackle of white noise as scene changes to girl again*

GV1: She's an assent. get her. bring her to me. i need to see what the situation is. 

*Scene of girl changes to a different camerashot*

GV2: But Sir, she's too unstable. she's dangerous.

GV1: I DON'T CARE. i must see her, we have to see that this won't threaten the country. threaten us.. 

*Crackle of white noise as scene changes, close up of GV1's eyes*

GV2: But sir..

GV1: No buts. bring her.

*crackle of white noise as the scene changes back to subject 16 a close up and a sinister look*

GV1: Oh, and Mark, be careful

*sound of phone being put down as a white noise and scene ends*

Risk Assessment

Mise-en-Scene Blog

Location:

Our production takes place within the college of Long Road, this includes the woods surrounding the college and an office block within the college. We chose this as our location because the woods seemed appropriate for a thriller project. The office block is used because our sub genre is a political thriller and thus it to would be appropriate.

We are shooting our opening sequence within the college grounds because it is easy access and suitable for our project.

Props:

During our opening sequence we will use props to visually portray objects that the characters are using. We will use; A mobile phone and a office phone, office equipment to make the office seem genuine.

Costume:

For our production we will need good use of costume to portray the characters individual personalities. For example the young girl is wearing a green coat with a big hood and the other two characters are wearing smart, professional clothing because they are part of the government as this is a political thriller.

Lighting:

We will use natural restricted lighting in the forest areas, because we need a dark mood to the scene therefore we will use a darker part of the forest. In the office it will be artificial lighting that is lighter than the forest but not too bright (giving an impression of mystery) we are doing this because it fits in with the thriller conventions.

Storyboard/Shotlist

Storyboard

Shotlist

Initial Ideas Mindmap

Shooting Shedule

Thursday 10th: Office Scene with Government Official 2/1 depending on attendance

Monday 14th: Office Scene with Government Official 1/2 depending on attendance

Wednesday 16th: Forest Scene with Subject 16

Thursday 17th: left open in case of attendance issues.