Filming

Saturday 11th December

Today we filmed the sequence which we thought would be the most difficult whilst editing - The journey home - In this scene we have decided to add a comical element as the boys are lost in their own world and walking to a track playing as if in a music video.

In order to achieve the music video look I experimented with various types of shots such as close ups and a lot of footage was recorded so that we can use it for fast cuts in editing. During this sequence we plan to introduce the actors/credits therefore highlighting the actors onscreen was important therefore I used focus pulls to emphasis the importance and focus on characters.
Below are a few examples:  

 

  

Poster Preparation

Below are a few samples of the different types of posters I have made for our film.

 I think the best choice for the poster would be the first sketch as the other pictures showing the various shadows may give away to much of the film and the concept of unseen individuals will not be a surprise to the audience.

Film Poster Analysis

For thistask I had to analyse a film poster which was similar to my film.

Evaluation of Group Presentation

What went well?

• Were able to pitch the film idea
• Presentation was very visual
• each member of our group spoke equally
• We presented with no notes 

What would you change?

• Make presentation more brief
• Include more pictures of some of the other pre-production planning tasks e.g. focus groups & filming schedule

What were you individual contributions to the planning and research so far?

• I contributed towards making the other half of the questionnaire focusing on questions linked to our films theme - Isolation.
• I wrote the script for the film with Aidah
• I casted the actors for the film with Aidah
• I created a mood board of various characters and themes which influence our film
  
• I designed the storyboard with Ryan
• Worked on the animatics with Conor.
• I chose appropriate costumes for the actors
• I made the Shooting Schedule

Pre-Production Planning: Shooting Schedule

Another element of the pre-production planning i took responsibility of was making a shooting schedule.

 

Mood Board

Here is a mood board showing various elements and themes we will have in our short film:

Pre-Production Planning: Scripting

One of the main things which had to be done to give the group a good outline of the Narrative structure of our film was the Script. Myself and Aidah took responsibility of completing the script - whilst scripting I took into consideration various elements to make it more professional: for example the structuring and even the font (Courier)

Now that the scripts had been completed - it  helped me out with some of the other things we had to do for our pre-production plannings such as story boarding.