Day 1 - On this day, which was at the very end of production day, we started to film the first part of our scene. This was the part where Baz walks up the stairs and opens the door to the hall way. We had to film the flashback and the normal sequence so we did the normal sequence first. This took all our time because we didn't really know how to use the camera very well and we kept on looking over our clips. eventually we filmed the part where she walks up the stairs and opens the door.
Day 2 - This was a whole hour that we had filming and we decided to scrap the last bit of filming that we did because you couldn't really see Baz' feet because she was holding the camera by herself as a point of view shot. Instead of a point of view shot we decided to have the camera behind the feet following her up the stairs. Then, at the top of the stairs, we shot a piece from the side to show her opening the door with her hand and walking out. We then filmed Baz walking down the corridor with a tracking shot from the front and with the camera as a close up on her feet tilting up to a close up of her hand which has the package in it in the flashback. After this we took the camera into the waiting area and shot the part where Baz walks past the door and realises she's gone too far so walks back and walks into the room while saying the first piece of dialogue: "Hey, i'm looking for Mr Ripley". We used the steady cam for the stairs and the corridor and the tripod for walking into the office.
Day 3 - Today, we started to film the dialogue part of the scene. This was Anna in the waiting room as the receptionist and Baz talking to her in the waiting room. We decided to shoot the scene twice from Anna's point of view and from Baz' point of view. We managed to shoot all of the one from Baz' point of view and we found it quite easy once we had set up the room and worked out what to say. We had to shoot it a few times because I (Anna) would say a few things wrong so we had to start again but overall it went quite well and we managed to get the footage that we needed.
Day 4 - We went back a bit in the filming process today and did the flashback of the bit where Baz walks up the stairs and through the corridor but with the object in her hand this time. When it got to the tracking shot from infront we decided to use a wheely chair so the camera man would sit on it and someone would pull her along so that the shot looks smooth and it's not jolty. We got all of this done and it looks pretty good.
Day 5 - Today we filmed the dialogue part of the script but from Anna's perspective and filming Baz. We did this pretty quickly because we knew what we were doing from when we shot it from Baz' point of view. After this we thought that we needed a bit more of a twist because it was a phsycological thriller, so we decided to have Baz lying in bed without the box by her side and the camera zoomed into Baz' eye which would then go into the dream (the things we have filmed already). Then, when the script was finished, we added a bit in where she comes out of her dream and the box is suddenly there beside her and she begins to open it looking confused.
Production Day and storyboard
In production day on monday we learnt a term called continuity. Continuity in media means to keep everything the same. For example, when you do a reverse over the shoulder shot you would use continuity to keep the characters clothing and hair in the same place each time you shoot the scene.
We got given a script about a man walking into a room, sitting down and exchanging dialogue with a receptionist. We then got given the genre psychological thriller and had to make the short scene in that genre. We then thought about the location of our film which was in the school geography office. We chose this place because it had a corridor and a waiting room area which fitted the script. After that we thought about character and we chose who was going to star in the film. We decided that Ashley would be BAZ and I would be ANNA. After this we got given a prop which was a brown wrapped present with a string bow on it which we had to use some way in our film. We decided that at the beginning of the film when Baz walks along the corridor he would have occasional flashbacks to which he was walking down the exact same corridor but with the present in his had. Then, at the end of the scene, the present would be shown somewhere in the waiting area but not in a flashback. This is what will make our film a psychological thriller.
We got given a script about a man walking into a room, sitting down and exchanging dialogue with a receptionist. We then got given the genre psychological thriller and had to make the short scene in that genre. We then thought about the location of our film which was in the school geography office. We chose this place because it had a corridor and a waiting room area which fitted the script. After that we thought about character and we chose who was going to star in the film. We decided that Ashley would be BAZ and I would be ANNA. After this we got given a prop which was a brown wrapped present with a string bow on it which we had to use some way in our film. We decided that at the beginning of the film when Baz walks along the corridor he would have occasional flashbacks to which he was walking down the exact same corridor but with the present in his had. Then, at the end of the scene, the present would be shown somewhere in the waiting area but not in a flashback. This is what will make our film a psychological thriller.
Convention
My definition of convention...
Convention - A collection of ideas to make up a genre. It is a piece or ingredient of a genre.
Convention - A collection of ideas to make up a genre. It is a piece or ingredient of a genre.
20 second 'Panic' film
Process of creating the film...
Creative Decision Creative Inspiration
- Location (alleyway) - Films (horror/drama)
- Camera (shaking) - Used phone (blackberry) and got shaking idea from films
- Representaion (me) - The colour of my clothing (black)
- Colour of shots (sepia) - Sepia (make it look like a horror not a colourful film)
- Sound (no sound) - Our invironment (what we have experinced through film)
Creativity
In the lesson on creativity we discussed what we thought creativity actually meant. We thought about it a lot and wrote our own definitions for it. My definition was...
Creativity - creativity is the process of which you take to get a final product which is influenced by your upbringing and your surroundings. It is not something that has to be unique or different because nothing can actually be completely unique.
Creativity - creativity is the process of which you take to get a final product which is influenced by your upbringing and your surroundings. It is not something that has to be unique or different because nothing can actually be completely unique.
Why Media Studies?
- I chose to do Media Studies because I am thinking about jobs in this industry. I am very interested in the technology and I love working with camera's. It's a subject that I think I could do quite well in as im not very good at the accademic subjects. I feel that I am quite a creative person so I think this is the subject for me because I think I could come up with some quite interesting concepts. I also take Media Studies because I do Photography and I think the two go quite well together. I would love a job in this industry hence why I took Media Studies.
What is Media Studies?
- Media Studies is all about the different types of media in the world and how up to date we are in the technology side of things. I think that it's mostly about filming things and what the outcome is in films but social networking sites and the different types of technology also play a big part in the media world. Some people would also say that magazines and newspapers are a big part in the media world although I don't think it fits in with it quite so well because it's not about technology it's just about what's going on in the world right now.
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