Final shooting and editing

Over the last week or so we have finished filming before our second cut. For the last bit of filming we improved the shots outside, improving the lip syncing and having a more realistic location. This shot in particular was what we changed.

When we got back to school, we had quite alot of editing to do, as we wanted to make it as good as possible before our deadline for the 2nd cut. This included editing the spinny shot so that it flowed better and making the opacity much better on the flashbacks.

2nd cut

2nd cut feeback

After showing both our peers and teacher the second cut of our production we got some good feedback which will help us improve the production even further to hopefully achieve a higher grade.
The feedback that we got for improving the production was:

- First dissolve doesn't work- To improve this we will have a look and experiment with different effects and hopefully find one that works.

- Zoom on stairs at train station isnt't needed- To improve this we will have to re-shoot the scene and not zoom in at the end as it is a bit jumpy. If we position the camera correctly we shouldn't have this problem

-Handheld/POV shot is too long- To improve this we will shorten the handheld shot by cutting away to the poker table to perhaps give the perspective of the other players when im entering

- 360 Degree shot isn't perfect- Even though this can potentially become one of our best shots, we still haven't mastered how to make this scene look as good as it can be. One of the ideas that we have is to get a rotating object (chair?) and put the camera on that and spin it, but this shot will be very challenging.

-Add more flashbacks/emphasis on character's financial position- We will add another flashback as we are now confident in what opacity we need to make it look good. Some ideas given to us have been the character going to withdraw money and not having any or finding a 'Final Warning' letter demanding money.

If we apply all these changes and possibly more if we feel necessary we are confident that we can achieve a 'B' grade at the end of our production. We have to ensure that after christmas we continue to put alot of effort into both our production and ancillary tasks in order to get a good grade.

Filming 29-30/11/11

Yesterday and today we again filmed what we needed to improve. These shots consisted of the split screen shot which needed to zoom in on my characters face more, the entrance to the poker scene (the correct daylight etc). We also did the reaction shots again of Matteo as he didn't pull a completely straight face last time. Next Tuesday we will edit this together, and make everything else as good as it can get in the two hours, so we can film the following weekend and add the finishing touches before the deadline.

This is the improved shot of me entering.

This shot, especially the highlighted area was improved.

22/11/11 Editing

Today we edited what we filmed over the weekend. Firstly we uploaded the videos from the camera, then imported them onto our premier file. We then went through the shots and decided which ones were usable and which ones weren't. While doing this we found that we didn't actually capture a good enough shot of the spinny shot as it was again too jumpy and the speed wasn't equal the whole scene. Another shot that we found wasn't good enough, was the shot of my reaction for the split screen shot. The shot looks okay, but the camera is too far away and it doesn't clearly show my reaction to winning. Apart from them two faults, the rest of the stuff we re shot such as the train scene and the exit and entrance via the stairs were fine, but because we didn't achieve an adequate standard for the others, we are yet again re filming them so that our production will look professional.

20/11/11 Filmimg

Last Thursday and Friday we were not in school so we decided to use this time to re shoot some of the shots that we got feedback on from our first cut. Over the weekend we re shot the train lip syncing. This had to be done again as the lip syncing wasn't very good and the framing of the shots were not correct. When doing this again we made sure that we followed the rule of thirds and framed it so there is more room for flashbacks. After filming the scene on the train, we went to the golf club where we re-shot some of the poker scene shots. We started by doing the shots of the stairs. The problem with this was that we had to use a piece of material to block the light out of the windows and you can see that in the shot, so we waited till about 4pm when it was darker and shot it then so we didn't need to cover the window up. We then did an appropriate shot for my reaction after winning on the split screen shot. The new shot shows me leaning back and shows my reaction which is what we needed. Also we re-shot the spinny shot, we did encounter some problems when re filming this as we couldn't find a good way of maintaining the same speed when spinning it round, but eventually we think we got a decent shot. Lastly we did the exit from the golf club. The feedback we got for the shot was good, but I noticed that there is the shadow of Matteo on the right, so we re filmed this without any problems. On Tuesday, we will upload the videos and start editing on these new shots.


-These two images are the improved shots.-

10/11/11

Today we made a shot list of what we need to re-shoot after our feedback from our First cut. We decided that we need to take advantage of the long weekend we have next week and use that time to do this filming. We decided that we need to re do all of the lip syncing on the train and frame the shot better, so that you can see more of the window so it gives extra room to put the flashbacks on. Also the walking down the street shot where i am lip syncing. The poker scene also needs some of it to be re shot, this includes walking up and down the stairs, the entrance (dusk rather than night), the spinny shot, need to keep a better pace and the last shot of the split screen shot.

Revised Production Schedule

Our schedule is quite simple, we plan to film on Monday afternoons and edit that in our lesson on Tuesday, and obviously other free time we have, such as weekends etc.

Editing 8/11/11

Today we edited what we filmed yesterday. We encountered some problems when editing. As we tried a scene of 'match on action' while lip syncing we found that the shot was to quick and didn't showcase the lip syncing very well. After putting on the timeline on premier, we found that we will probably have to re-shoot this.

First cut

Filming 7/11/11

Today once we had all finished our lessons, we all met up and decided to re-shoot the lip syncing scene of me walking down a rough road. For this we travelled to Waltham Cross and found a good alley where we shot this. After a quick look on the camera the lip syncing is much better and the location is much better as well. Tomorrow we will edit the scene

Filming 26th and Editing 27th October

Yesterday Me and Ryan filmed some extra scenes at my house, we tried to contact Laurence but couldn't get hold of him. The scenes are of me emptying money onto the table and there is a shot of me rummaging through the empty cupboards, we placed the camera inside the cupboard which looked quite good. The shots will be used as flashbacks to emphasise his 'Underdog' status. Tomorrow we are going to edit as arranged.


These are the flashbacks after they were edited into our production.

First Cut Feedback

Yesterday we showed our teacher and the rest of the class the first cut of our production. Then after showing the class our production we would receive feedback showing us how to improve it. Before the showing we knew what the main things we needed to change and we can re-shoot and edit again to keep on improving the production so we can achieve a higher grade. The feedback we got for our production was as follows, the comments in brackets are my ideas to how we could improve on the feedback given:

Holding shot steady- Unsteady shot on train, need to cut away or superimpose other shots. (We know we have to re-shoot this as not only is the shot not steady but the lip syncing isn't very good)

Framing a shot- Vary shot height, use this to represent characters mood (We can use high or low angle shots to show that he is the underdog.

- More dramatic shot after lyrics "got my cloak and dagger". (We could possibly cut to another shot using sharp, up tempo editing)

Appropriate Material- Make shots of leaving station and walking along bleak streets more interesting. (Going to re-shoot on Monday, better location etc)

- A reaction shot when he wins the money (could use different angles to show emotion?)

Selecting Mise en Scene- Staircase shot; not attractive (make the shot shorter)

- Build more of a storyline (use of flashbacks of him before the poker game)

Editing for Meaning- On the train need a more dramatic shot as the electric guitar kicks in (Possibly flash forward to what his life could be like after he has won the money)

Use of sound with images/editing- Lip syncing needs to be improve (Re-shoot all lip syncing shots, emphasis words)

After looking at the feedback given, it shows that there is space for alot of improvement and I think that maybe using green screen could show our different skills.

Editing 18th and 20th October

These pictures are of me, Ryan and Laurence editing our production further.

This week we started to make the lip syncing as good as it can be and start to add transitions and effects such as 'cross disolve' etc. It was quite surprising by just adding simple transitions how much it improves your work. At the end of today's lesson, as a group we decided that we needed to do more editing over half term if we are to meet the deadline for our first cut, so we arranged to meet up next Thursday.

Editing 13/10/11

Today we started to progress further with our editing, we started to cut down the shots and put them together, which was good as we got to see what the shots looked like. We also cut down the music and worked out where it ends when put with the actual video. Also today, we realised that perhaps we might have to work on it over half term, as possibly more filming could be necessary, but we will have to wait and see and find out on Tuesday when our next lesson is.

Editing 11/10/11

Today in lesson, we started by uploading the videos from the camera, however the first computer we used didn't work properly. So after we moved computer, we uploaded all of our shots and started to look at whether they were good or bad and most of them looked quite good with a variety of shots, much better than the previous filming. On Thursday we will start to put it together with the music and hopefully make a lot of progress

Production Schedule

This is our production schedule which will be used to ensure that we meet our deadline for the 1st cut.

Call sheet used for Filming on 8th October

Director: Ryan B, Laurence K
Actor: George B
Producer: All
Shooting Day Number: 2
Scene 1: Train: Shot 1: George enters the train, camera inside the train. Shot 2: George proceeds to sit down on a chair. Shot 3: Looks out window with camera capturing a profile (middle of stomach to top of head). Shot 4: Close up of face with window in background, lip sync part of chorus. Shot 5: High angle looking square onto the seat in which protagonist is sitting.
Scene 2: Street: Shot 1: Feet walking towards the camera. Shot 2: Gradual zoom out and pan upwards towards the head and shoulders. Lip sync Shot 3: Switch to side view with buildings/cars in background. Shot 4: View from behind the head whilst walking. Shot 5: Bird's eye view with subject walking across from left of lens to right.

Filming 8th October

Yesterday we met up at Cheshunt station and filmed on the train and in parts of Cheshunt. Firstly we filmed on the train to do a varitey of shots, these shots were of me lip syncing and we found it difficult as many people were on the train so it took time to find an area of the train that wasn't busy. Also a problem was when we was filming me walking on and off the train as other people were coming on or going off. After filming on the train for a good hour, we walked round Cheshunt to find a rough are and shot there. We found a area with garages that had graffiti on them, which was perfect and we shot again there. Overall the day was very successful and even though there was some shots that we had difficulty with, we got around it and managed to shoot them.


These are the two scenes shot at Cheshunt mentioned from our filming yesterday.

Ideas for Saturday filming

Also today we decided to plan for saturday, which is when we are next going to film. We are going to go to Cheshunt and other places if necessary to find rough areas where the main person can walk around and lip sync (on way to poker game) and we also need to find some double doors so that we can film me walking in and out of them, as the doors at the golf club are not right for the scene. As well as this we need to film the train scene where there is lip syncing.

Also on today we realised that improvements need to be made to our poker scene, so as the lighting is one of the problems, we are going to re-shoot certain parts in the evening which will help. Other things we need to improve are more close ups and reaction shots of me and Matteo (my nemisis), quicker shots and also a variety of shots, such as different pans and high angle, low angle shots etc.

Editing Poker Scene

Today in class, Me, Ryan and Laurence all had different tasks. Ryan was on a laptop, sorting out the production schedule and making sure it is up to date and to take a picture of it to put on the blog, Laurence was making a call sheet for our filming we are doing on saturday, which will also be put on the blog, and I was uploading the film from Tuesday and going through them and getting rid of the shots that we were not very good. We also started to put the shots in order, and worked out (by looking at our animatic) that the poker scene starts 1 minute 30 seconds into the song.

Poker scene props and location

October 4th 2011, we filmed the poker scene, here are some images of the location and the props used.

This shot is of the entrance to the golf club.

This shot is of the upstairs where we shot our scene.
This image is of the table and it's surroundings.

This is an image of the briefcase and poker chips that we used.

Shots we used

At our first filming session, we decided to be creative with the different shots. One of our shots is with the camera in the middle of the table and it pans round to show everyone's faces. We also tried many other shots, such as close ups of the cards, when the player is looking at them, so the audience knows what's going to happen as well. Overall we are happy with the shots we used and feel that we can go and edit them and try to improve on them

Filming Poker Scene

Today, instead of staying in lesson, we went off to start our filming. We filmed the entire scene at Whitehill Golf Club and was very successful. As we discovered during our AS production and Kneboworth filming, we knew that we had to film more than we needed, so that it would be okay once edited. The extras in this scene are Laurence and friends of Ryan and I; Charlie and Matteo. Overall the filming was successful as we used new ideas and developed on our original ones. As well as filming today, we took still images of the setting to show in our planning.

Permission Letter

 3^rd October 2011

Dear Sir / Madam

I am currently doing my A-levels at Chauncy school and am producing a music video as part of my Media Studies coursework. I am writing to you to ask if it would be possible for us to have access to your snooker room at Whitehill Golf to shoot part of our production.

Yours Faithfully,

George Blackwell

Filming problems

After last weekend not going well, this weekend didn't seem to change. Filming was put on hold as today we were scheduled to film at the Golf Club but due to work duties, we couldn't get access to the room that we wanted to shoot in so we have decided to shoot the poker scene in our lesson on Tuesday 4th October, when we have been told is fine to shoot and we will have all actors available to us.

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Animatic

Planning

After a productive week of storyboarding our ideas and putting together our production schedule in class, yesterday we decided to go to London to take still pictures of the places in which we would like to shoot, so when we do film, we know where to go and what places to use in advance. However, after meeting at 11am, we had to wait 2 hours to find out that all trains into London were suspended, which was a waste of time, and very annoying. Now we have to rearrange when we can take these pictures and hopefully go on a day where the trains are running.

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Knebworth Filming Practice

On the 12th of July our media class visited Knebworth house for the day to practice shooting a music video. In my group was myself, Ryan Bartlett and Laurence Kingdon. The song that we decided to choose was 'Sunny Afternoon' by 'The Kinks'. We chose this song as the theme for this music video was summer and the name suggests that this song was perfect. Prior to our visit to Knebworth House we had 4 lessons; over 2 weeks to prepare. Our group prepared by printing out the lyrics, practising lip syncing so it looked good for the video. We also made a storyboard which was a guideline to what types of shots we would do for each part of the song and it gave us an idea of where the shots would be taken. Overall the filming went quite well, we got most of our filming done at the actual house rather than the park. However, when we then started to edit our music video we found that you can never shoot too much and it showed as we had a lot of empty space which we struggled to fill. Overall I feel that the task was extremely helpful and now doing our A2 production, which is a music video, we will be more confident in what to do as we have the experience.

Exam Revision Materials

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Production schedule

NovemberThursday 25th - Filming
Friday 26th - Filming
Saturday 27th - Filming
Monday 28th
Tuesday30th
DecemberWednesday 1stThursday
Editing2nd -Friday
3rdSaturday
4thSunday
5thMonday
6thTuesday 7th
- Editing
Wednesday 8th
Thursday 9th - Editing
Friday 10th
Monday 13th
Tuesday 14th - Exporting
Wednesday 15th
Thursday 16th Deadline

Proffessional film opening analysis

TOY STORY 2
Year of release: 11th February 2000Director: John Lasseter
Genre: Animation/Adventure/Comedy
Summary of what happens in the opening 2-5 minutes: Rex is playing a video game and it is not known to the audience that he is, as it seems as if buzz is actually fighting Zurg. It then cuts to Rex playing the game, which releases an enigma code. Also there is a garage sale, and woody accidentally gets put up for sale. Andy’s mum says he is not for sale, but he is then stolen.
Locations: Andy’s roomCharacters: Woody, Buzz, Zurg, Rex, Hamm, Stinky Pete, Andy’s mum.
Enigma Codes: it is unknown to the audience to weather Woody will return safely or not.Cinematography and the effects: CGI is used.
Editing Techniques and their effects: the effects used is the use of CGI, and tight cutting.
Use of Sound: Dialogue, theme music, background noise.
Genre Characteristics: the light hearted music, the animated effect and the mise en scene shows what type of genre it is.
Target Audience: predominantly young children, but it applies to all ages..Titles: the titles in this opening are not showing the director etc, but only the film title.

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Locations

We had to choose suitable locations for us to shoot, this is to make it feel as though we were actually in them places, this is because we had a scene in a "doctors office", and as we were in our school we needed to make it look like one, using props such as posters.

This is the location where we filmed the autograph scene, this is becuase it has a different look to the rest of the school.


This is the location of all of our football shots as it gives the right impresion as football should be played on a football pitch.

This room was our doctors office, we made it look more like a doctors office by putting up posters, which were the sort that you would see(diagram of skeleton etc)

We shot a flashback in this location, this was because we need to film someone struggling to walk up some steps.

This is the outside of the doctors office, you see this briefly before you go into the doctors office.