Teacher first cut feedback

Some very good shots but this needs more clues about the main characters and how the film will develop. Add shots that show your technique - shot reverse shot / match on action etc in order to justify higher grade

good shots

good shots

 

In our group we decided that these three shots were the ones we liked the most. The one on the left is of Billy and Matt running across a wide empty field and Billy falls over I like this because it shows that they are both quite panicked and we can see that these two people are not professional or put together. The second shot is where the camera zooms out on the dead body in the woods I like this because it shows the body alone left in a big empty woods and makes it look very small. The third shot is of Billy and Matt running past a CCTV sign this is good because it could be significant later on in the film.

                           

improvements

Improvements

 

When we showed our first cut to the class we realised that we needed to make many improvements one thing we need to do is to add the credits and our company logo to the film opening. We also need to film more shots because the clip needs to be longer and we need more variety of shots. the shots we decided we needed more of was the ones with the body lying in the woods this was because we felt the blooded murder weapon needed to be more prominent, the shots of Billy washing his hands also need to be filmed again because we felt they could be done better we also want to film more shots of billy and matt to give more of an insight into who they are. We also need to remove one of the company logos because three was too many and it went on for too long. Another thing we need to do is to cut some of our already existing shots down because the clip is supposed to be very fast paced. We also need to find different music for the running scene and the when the body is in the woods because we are not satisfied with the music we have.

Rock - Road Sign Post

 

Rock - Road Sign Post

For our film idea we was originally going to use a rock as the murder weapon but when we got to Trapstyles woods on the first day of woods we saw a broken road sign post that we believed would be a better object as we could not find a decent rock to use. As the post is a silver colour we also decided that the fake blood we show up a lot clearer than it would on a rock.

current stage of editing

Current stage of editing

At this stage we are quite near to finishing the first cut of our film opening the things we have left to do is to add the music and sound effects which we do have we just need to overlay them on the video. We also need to add the rest of our clips and edit them, and then we need to add the film production companies, logos, film credits and the film name.
Once all these things are done our first cut will be complete.

extra filming

 

 

Extra Filming

Whilst editing the clips we had together we discovered that the total time was below 1 minute 30 seconds, as the project has to be 2 minutes long we did not have enough footage. We then decided that as a group we would add more flash forward clips between each different shot of Billy and Matt running away. We will take a range of different shots and then decide which few we should do.

Some of the ideas included: A shot of Matt or Billy taking off their jacket, a washing machine spinning, Billy splashing water in his face after washing his hands, Matt putting his head into his hands and finally a text saying either 'Don't tell anyone' or 'This never happened' or 'What have we done'.

We also decided we needed one more shot of Billy washing his hands.

weather problems

AS Media Studies Production: Weather Problems

 

Weather Problems

After our first day of filming we decided that we would try and film the following day. However on the saturday before we were going to start filming it started to get really windy and rain alot. The problem that we faced was that we were in the forest so it would of been dangerous for us to be filming there as the ground would of been slippery. We also had the problem of the rain hitting all the leaves on the trees and creating a very different background sound to what we started with. We are now looking ahead of tme. We are researching when the weather will be good for filming and we are going to be filming on the days that the weather issimular to what we started with.

Sounds and Music links

Sounds and Music links

Sounds for Media
These are links to all the music and sounds needed for our scene, music for when the boys are running away, static white noise for the flash forward (and for the image) and forest noises for the when the body is laying in the forest.

Running music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NL4hpgYw5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2pZ3zp4Cvg

Static white noise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El8mLrBSPlA

Forest noises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeEahTsLLXU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWt3uGELets

AS Media Studies Production: 3rd day of Filming

AS Media Studies Production: 3rd day of Filming

                                          

3rd Day of Filming

On our 3rd day of filming we started off at the same location as last time but in a different area. To start off with we planned out all the different shots that we were going to take and compare them against the story board that we had created. Once we had planned all of our shots we started to experiment with the different angles and distances from which we should take then. After deciding we begun our filming.

After two hours we had finally got all of the shots that we needed and we were able to capture everything we needed just before it started to get dark. I think that the shots that we got are very good and are able to create the sense of panic that we were trying to show. I think that after some editing and cutting the shots we took would end up being very smooth and will follow our storyboard very well. We have now done all of the filming that we need, unless there are a few shots that need to be re-done.

editing

Editing

We are now at the point where we have finished recording and at the moment we are starting to edit our clips. We are about half way through putting the clips together however we have not yet added any sound effect or music to it however we will do this when we have put all the clips together and we are happy with them. We should be finished making our final cut quite soon.

flming day 2

         

 Filming Day 2

 

              

Our second day of filming was during our double Media Lesson on Thursday the 29th of November. During this time we filmed the flashback scene showing Billy washing his hands. He had put dirt of them to make it more realistic (he gets the dirt from when the boys were running away and he fell over). We filmed the scene in the school toilets, it was made to look as if he had found the nearest sink possible and that being a public restroom. We did three different shots a Point of view from Billy, a over the shoulder and a close up this was to show different shots every time it flashes back. Each of these flash backs will be quickly flashed onto screen as the camera zooms out from the dead body. They will be linked in with white noise and a static screen to help portray the sense of panic as Billy is washing his hands.