Emma's Make Up - Step 1 - The Victim

Step 1: We used white face paint to give Emma a scary more pale freaky looking effect to help scare the audience. We did this due to that when people are normally scared or in shock, they become more pale; this gives the effect that the victim (Emma) has just seen something terrifying/scary

Animated Story Board

 

 

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Research and Planning: Level 3 14/20
There is proficient work on scripting and shot lists.
There is a good level of care in the presentation of research and planning
Time management is good
Proficient organisation of actors, locations, costumes and props
Proficient research into similar products and a potential target audience.

To progress to level 4, make sure you have explained how your research impacted your decisions (for example in your audience profile posts, explain how you intend to address the potential target audience in your opening 2 minutes)
A storyboard is VITAL

Production: Level 2 34/60
There is evidence of proficiency in:
Using titles appropriately according to institutional conventions
Using editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer.
Shooting material appropriate to the task set including controlled use of camera and mise-en-scene

There is evidence of a basic ability in the following:
Using sound with images
Using a variety of shot types
Producing material appropriate for the task set and target audience.

To improve, consider using a wider variety of shot types. Look again at the last 45 seconds - can you film anything else for this?

Filming

On Tuesday, February 5th, Bryony, Jordan, Emma and I started filming our opening 2 minutes for our film.
We started filming at around 11am on Tuesday morning and went through a rough idea on what we had to film. The location we started filming was on a bridge which is over a river. We started filming Emma, walking down a mud path from various angles, then her reaching the bridge where she just looks over the bridge and staring at the river. Then there was a shot of the antagonist (Jordan) standing near Emma, then Jordan has the camera walking towards Emma, making it look we are filming from the Antagonist's point of view. We then filmed Emma turning  around in shock as she has just seen the antagonist (Jordan), we took a a couple of shots for this part as we kept on getting it wrong and also to chose the best one we are going to put in the film.
We are going to film the rest of the 2 minute film over the half term.

What are you doing here? Camera Task/Practise

We had to do a task by saying the phrase "What are you doing here?" 3 times in 3 total different areas. We used a tripod and a still camera but the sound was not clear. Our first "What are you doing here?" was a sort of suprised moment when Jordan walked down a flight of stairs and Emma, acting suprised, saying "What are you doing here", The shot for this was quite steady but we had to keep a steady hand as we didnt use a tripod for this shot.
Secondly, the next shot was not really planned and was quickly planned, this was because we saw a student we all knew and he was walking through the door, so we quickly filmed the shot with Emma being by the door waiting for the student (Archie) and saying the phrase "Archie, what are you doing here?" in a suspicious voice due to the fact he had to be in lesson, this worked really well with the shot because it was quickly planned and also that we had a steady camera due to the use of the tripod.
Our last shot was of Emma and Jordan messing around on the school stage and I coming in pretending as a teacher shouting and also using the phrase "What are YOU doing here!?" as if it was a rhetorical question.

Film Schedule

Bryony, Jordan, Emma and I will begin filming on Sunday the 3rd of February. Emma will be supplying the camera and our scene is shot in Fetcham as i've shown a few pictures of the venue in a previous post. Bryony will be supplying the clothing so I can wear more dark clothing and Emma can appear vulnerable with her white ragged clothing.
We will film from approximately 2 o'clock till 3:30 o'clock. This gives plenty of time to get the perfect shots and scenes that we need then we shall go back to Bryony or Emma's as their closer to the location that we are filming, and shall edit the film till about 5 o'clock. We will get the most simple shots and angles out of the way first and then move on to the most complex angles. This will give us a good idea of the schedule and do the harder work at the end so if the worst comes to the worst and we run out of time (which hopefully won't happen) we can leave out some of the complex work and stick with the previous simple work as it may turn out more effective

Cubase programme

We have started to look at making our own soundtrack and for this we started to use a programme called Cubase. This programme can help us record our own soundtrack by using a piano and choosing a different sounds to create the soundtrack. Cubase is also good for doing soundeffects, and we will be using cubase for the soundeddfects in our opening 2 minutes.
The things we found easy about this programme is that cubase was good for founding the right sounds you would like and it is very useful once you know what you are doing.
But the hard things about it is that if you are first learning on how to it, it is very hard to use and it is very confusing.
We hope that it will get easier as it progresses.