Problems We Have Faced

During filming we have began to have some different problems. Whilst trying to get shots of empty places we have often had to wait for people to go past. We also have had to make sure no moving cars are in the shots because our two minute piece is supposed to have no people in it other than Nancy. Also, we have had to delete some shots when uploading them to Pinnacle because we noticed people in the distance. Another problem we have had is the weather. We firstly started filming when it was sunny, but then decided that the bright weather did not suit our film. We then began filming when it was cold but not raining. We have had problems when we have planned to film but the weather isn't right. We had to cancel filming on sunday because it was raining and we need the weather to be about the same in all of our two minutes. Also, we have had problems making sure the shots are not shakey. We started to film using a flip camera but found it difficult to use and the shots were shakey therefore we decided to use HD Panasonic camera and a tripod to make it more clear and less shakey.

Filming Continued

This week we have contunued to film and upload parts of our two minute piece. We filmed some of our piece on tuesday afternoon. We firstly filmed a clip of Nancy walking through a forest typed area. We used a tripod for these shots and found it made it easier to film. The tripod also helped to make the shots more still and not shakey. Also on tuesday we filmed Nancy waking up in the road and used a close up shot of her waking up and then a long shot. Then we filmed some clips in a park of a swing which we felt when we added to our piece it would make it feel more creepy. Finally, we filmed Nancy twitching when she was asleep and her waking up in her bed which will be the clip we use at the end of our two minute piece. We filmed her twitching so that it gives the idea that she is twitching.

Once we uploaded these clips we saw that they were all of quite good quality compared to the other shots we have done. We found that the shots were not as shakey and were very clear. We then began to edit the clips but cutting them to the right time so that they looked professional. We now have about 1 minute of our piece complete. Now we need to plan to film again and film more empty shots of places to complete our piece. We also need to add sound  and edit it more.

Filming

In our film there are not many social groups and in the two minute opening there is only one girl. She is a teenage girl and we are representing her as a fairly scared and vunerable person. This means that we are showing teen girls to be vunerable and easily frightened.

So far, we have began to film some shots in school and around the school. We firstly filmed some pan shots of the playground and Nancy running into the school. However, once we had uploaded these to the computer, we realised that the lighting was too sunny. We decided that the bright weather did not suit the mood of our film because it is supposed to be fairly scary. Therefore we re-filmed these shots. I have found filming quite simple, however after re-filming the parts in school we realised that the shots were quite shakey at times. We decided that we would therefore have still shots and that we would use a tripod when filming. We filmed Nancy going through the woods and for this we used match on action. We felt this worked quite well however we are going to re-film this because it was quite shakey.

Filming Schedule

Before we started filming we planned out our filming schedule so that everyone in our group knew when and where we were going to film.

Monday 1st November: We filmed Nancy through the forest.

Wednesday 3rd November: We recorded class rooms and a close up of a clock.

Wednesday 10th November: We filmed more shots inside school. We also went out of school to film to film shots of roads and a park.

Friday 12th November: We will film the retake of Nancy through the forest because our original shot turned out to be shakey.

Sunday 14th November: We will be filming in Gillingham and Rainham starting at 12:30 in the afternoon. We will be filming most of our shots on this day.

Monday 15th November: We will take a few more shots of abandoned places.

Locations

We have had to think a lot about where we are going to film for our two minute opening because we needed to think about many different places that we could film that would be empty. We have considered filming in many different locations and areas because we need to get plenty of short clips of empty places. In our group we are going to try and film in Rainham, Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester because these places are easy to get to and we can all meet and film at the different areas. We also need to film inside a house for the scene when Nancy (our main character) wakes up at the end of the two minutes. When we go to the locations we are going to try and get short shots of different places such as shops, parks, roads, churches, rivers, the town and houses. We have decided to take a large amount of shots of many places so that when we upload them we can choose the best ones for our two minute piece.

Animatics

Before beginning our filming of our two minute film, we have had to make a storyboard. We then had to film the storyboard and edit it. I feel that this has helped us to think about the sounds in our piece and has also helped us to learn more about using Pinicle. During editing our Animatics we found that it was a little blurry at times, however we didnt feel this was too important because it was only our rough plan. This was also helpful as we chose a font size and type that we felt would suit our film. I think that making the Animatics was helpful as we got to understand more about editing and we got to plan the scenes which we will have in our movie. We also got to understand more about the time that we have which is two minutes.