Today we started editing,here we encountered numerous problems and continuity errors.
We immediately decided to refilm certain parts of our film so that it flowed better, it could be understood more and that we took more care with the environment so that there were no continuity errors throughout.
We are also kind of dissapointed with the quality of our film as it just doesnt seem right.I think this may be because we had to cut so much to get our film under two minutes.
Friday, 26 February 2010
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Editing Session 1
When we put the film onto Premier Elements, we encountered many continuity problems which were very obvious to the eye. These definitely created a problem straight away because there was an object on the chairs in one scene and in the next one it wasn't there any more. So we decided after this to re-film certain parts of the film to improve this and make the piece more understandable at the same time.
We decided to incorporate the music of 'Mysterious Girl' when Fogul left the community centre and put his earphones in to listen to his Ipod. We decided to put it in here because it would be like he is actually listening to the song and he does a cheesy action which matched the song.
The start of the film where Fogul introduced himself to the audience and walked down to the community centre was edited well and flowed very well. We didnt encounter any serious problems at this stage. The first major problem arose when Fogul entered the community centre and because of the camera angle that we used, it can be seen straight away that there are keys on the chair. After we had filmed this particular scene, the keys were moved without thought because they fell out of somebody's pocket. This then caused the continiuty error as they were not there when he was sat down. We then tried to solve this problem by cutting from as soon as he walks through to the door to where he sits down and says his first line, but we could not solve the error from this. This was a big reason for us re-filming this part.
In the kidnapping scene, we showed both Fogul and Harry in the shot, but stopped the filming of this too early and it was over way too quickly. We filmed Harry capturing Fogul but it only showed about two seconds before he was being forced into the toilets. We decided we would re-film this scene as well because we wanted to show Fogul struggle a bit and show that Harry had managed to get control of Fogul.
A big error that we noticed when editing was when Harry tied Fogul up with rope and left him. The problem was that it wasn't very strong and didn't tie up properly. This was evident from watching it as well as Fogul saying it was pretty loose after filming it. We decided it would definitely be more efficient to use tape instead of rope as it would definitely be more secure and would be more effective.
We decided to incorporate the music of 'Mysterious Girl' when Fogul left the community centre and put his earphones in to listen to his Ipod. We decided to put it in here because it would be like he is actually listening to the song and he does a cheesy action which matched the song.
The start of the film where Fogul introduced himself to the audience and walked down to the community centre was edited well and flowed very well. We didnt encounter any serious problems at this stage. The first major problem arose when Fogul entered the community centre and because of the camera angle that we used, it can be seen straight away that there are keys on the chair. After we had filmed this particular scene, the keys were moved without thought because they fell out of somebody's pocket. This then caused the continiuty error as they were not there when he was sat down. We then tried to solve this problem by cutting from as soon as he walks through to the door to where he sits down and says his first line, but we could not solve the error from this. This was a big reason for us re-filming this part.
In the kidnapping scene, we showed both Fogul and Harry in the shot, but stopped the filming of this too early and it was over way too quickly. We filmed Harry capturing Fogul but it only showed about two seconds before he was being forced into the toilets. We decided we would re-film this scene as well because we wanted to show Fogul struggle a bit and show that Harry had managed to get control of Fogul.
A big error that we noticed when editing was when Harry tied Fogul up with rope and left him. The problem was that it wasn't very strong and didn't tie up properly. This was evident from watching it as well as Fogul saying it was pretty loose after filming it. We decided it would definitely be more efficient to use tape instead of rope as it would definitely be more secure and would be more effective.
Construction Activity-ICT aspects used in piece
Sound effects
For our piece we researched different sound effects that would enhance our piece. We used the internet to discover different effects and we managed to acquire plenty of effects which would make the introduction to our piece better. ADD IN EFFECTS USED AFTER EDITING
Premier Elements
We decided from the start that the best way to download and edit our piece on would be Premier Elements because of the different features and elements that it includes. As well as putting the film from the camera on to Premier Elements and editing what we want from it, we can add and take away different features like effects we can add like sounds, titles etc.
Survey Monkey
We used survey monkey for our questionarirres which we sent out to everybody to see what they thought of our introduction. We thought that this was the best way to do our questionairre because it is easy to move about the page and commplete it. It gives a series of different options for types of questions, how you want your questions to be set out
Excel
We used this to create our first questionnaire,we used formulas and functions such as data validation to create drop down boxes
Harry
For our piece we researched different sound effects that would enhance our piece. We used the internet to discover different effects and we managed to acquire plenty of effects which would make the introduction to our piece better. ADD IN EFFECTS USED AFTER EDITING
Premier Elements
We decided from the start that the best way to download and edit our piece on would be Premier Elements because of the different features and elements that it includes. As well as putting the film from the camera on to Premier Elements and editing what we want from it, we can add and take away different features like effects we can add like sounds, titles etc.
Survey Monkey
We used survey monkey for our questionarirres which we sent out to everybody to see what they thought of our introduction. We thought that this was the best way to do our questionairre because it is easy to move about the page and commplete it. It gives a series of different options for types of questions, how you want your questions to be set out
Excel
We used this to create our first questionnaire,we used formulas and functions such as data validation to create drop down boxes
Harry
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Filming
We have completed our filming after school last week, we are just waiting to edit it and get the final bit done hopefully by the end of this week.
Jack, Harry and Robin
Jack, Harry and Robin
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Filming session 2
Filming session 2:
In this session we shot most of the scenes,such as the short dialogue in the centre,and all of the kidnapping of Fogul.
This took place after school in and around the 6th form centre, but only the kidnapping and the very start where Fogul runs towards the centre is outside of the sixth form block.
We started off filming in the centre,we had set everything up to find that another group was also planning on filming and their piece involved music, so upon hearing this we decide that maybe we were best to start by filming the kidnapping scene, which was outside and there were to be no distractions around the sixth form block. The filming of the scene went to plan and we managed to complete it in only three takes, the three takes were only because we had problems with actually managing to properly get the bag on his head. Another reason was that the cameraman turned the camera off too early.
The next scene we filmed was the dialogue inside,the filming of this scene also went quite well.It did take slightly longer than anticipated as we had to tweak a few lines and camera shots. We also needed quite a few takes as at point lines were forgotten or not said properly and also had a couple of accent problems, but these were cleared up quickly and once we decided on our certain lines and accents, we continued without any further problems.
The final scene we filmed was fogul being led to the toilets and then being tied up,In this scene we encountered quite a few problems as there wasn't a lot of space and it was difficult to find an angle that would be effective for this particular scene. We then decided to film an angle from a CCTV camera position. We thought this would be extremely effective because we would be clearly able to see the action and because of the limited space, this was the best angle available.
Altogether the filming was a success and it was achieved well as there were various things that needed sorted and arranging so that the filming would be a success.
Robin
In this session we shot most of the scenes,such as the short dialogue in the centre,and all of the kidnapping of Fogul.
This took place after school in and around the 6th form centre, but only the kidnapping and the very start where Fogul runs towards the centre is outside of the sixth form block.
We started off filming in the centre,we had set everything up to find that another group was also planning on filming and their piece involved music, so upon hearing this we decide that maybe we were best to start by filming the kidnapping scene, which was outside and there were to be no distractions around the sixth form block. The filming of the scene went to plan and we managed to complete it in only three takes, the three takes were only because we had problems with actually managing to properly get the bag on his head. Another reason was that the cameraman turned the camera off too early.
The next scene we filmed was the dialogue inside,the filming of this scene also went quite well.It did take slightly longer than anticipated as we had to tweak a few lines and camera shots. We also needed quite a few takes as at point lines were forgotten or not said properly and also had a couple of accent problems, but these were cleared up quickly and once we decided on our certain lines and accents, we continued without any further problems.
The final scene we filmed was fogul being led to the toilets and then being tied up,In this scene we encountered quite a few problems as there wasn't a lot of space and it was difficult to find an angle that would be effective for this particular scene. We then decided to film an angle from a CCTV camera position. We thought this would be extremely effective because we would be clearly able to see the action and because of the limited space, this was the best angle available.
Altogether the filming was a success and it was achieved well as there were various things that needed sorted and arranging so that the filming would be a success.
Robin
Friday, 5 February 2010
Decisions we made before and during filming
We made multiple decisions before we started filming and this post will explain all of them in detail.
Firstly before we filmed we had to choose a date that was suitable for all of us,we encountered problems doing this as on days that we were all free our extra Lloyd was not. We decided that as we had a time limit for when the project had to be completed and we were running behind schedule to do our filming without Lloyd. We thought that if we were clever in how we incorporated the acting and use of camera angles that it would work if I took Lloyd's place and either Jack or Harry filmed whilst I acted the parts originally written for Lloyd.
Another decision we had to make was weather. On our chosen day of filming we had to cut our filming into two sessions in the morning and after school.This was a decision we made as a group as the weather forecast for our chosen day of filming was rain at lunchtime and then snow showers the following day. Upon seeing this forecast we decided it would be best to film the outside scenes earlier in the morning before the rain and then all indoor filming after school based on the fact that the common room seating area would be free. We decided to get it all filmed in one day as the forecast was for snow the next day which may have caused us numerous problems and continuity errors. Another weather decision we had to take into account was if the natural lighting was correct as we couldn't film in sunlight and then film later when there was no natural sunlight as this would be a huge continuity error.
We made many other mis-en-scene related desions before and during filming such as lighting, props and actor positions.
We decided prop wise we would not bother with making our labels as we could just direct the cans and sweets in a direction so that the brand could not be seen. Another prop decision was the string we used to tie up Fogul, we used this so that only a little bit could be seen around his torso and put his hands behind his back to give the effect that his hands were tied.
During filming actor positions were crutial as we could only have two actors on screen at one time, this meant that during filming we had to move actors into appropriate positions. Another related decision to this was before filming when we had to decide which camera shots/angles we would use. As we were having trouble deciding which angles would be best we undertook a practice filming session and multiple practice run-throughs of our opening.
We decided during filming to change the location of the seen where Fogul is tied up as the area we were going to use became unavailable, so we switched from behind the stage to the 6th form toilets as we could not at short notice think of any other suitable places.
We did during filming also decide to make some small script edits as some lines didnt sound as we had planned and we also made script edits during the kidnapping.
Another decision we made during filming was to add in a mini scene showing Fogul being led into the toilets by Harry, as at the time we felt that we needed another scene because the it shows the location to the audience where Fogul is being led into.
Robin
Firstly before we filmed we had to choose a date that was suitable for all of us,we encountered problems doing this as on days that we were all free our extra Lloyd was not. We decided that as we had a time limit for when the project had to be completed and we were running behind schedule to do our filming without Lloyd. We thought that if we were clever in how we incorporated the acting and use of camera angles that it would work if I took Lloyd's place and either Jack or Harry filmed whilst I acted the parts originally written for Lloyd.
Another decision we had to make was weather. On our chosen day of filming we had to cut our filming into two sessions in the morning and after school.This was a decision we made as a group as the weather forecast for our chosen day of filming was rain at lunchtime and then snow showers the following day. Upon seeing this forecast we decided it would be best to film the outside scenes earlier in the morning before the rain and then all indoor filming after school based on the fact that the common room seating area would be free. We decided to get it all filmed in one day as the forecast was for snow the next day which may have caused us numerous problems and continuity errors. Another weather decision we had to take into account was if the natural lighting was correct as we couldn't film in sunlight and then film later when there was no natural sunlight as this would be a huge continuity error.
We made many other mis-en-scene related desions before and during filming such as lighting, props and actor positions.
We decided prop wise we would not bother with making our labels as we could just direct the cans and sweets in a direction so that the brand could not be seen. Another prop decision was the string we used to tie up Fogul, we used this so that only a little bit could be seen around his torso and put his hands behind his back to give the effect that his hands were tied.
During filming actor positions were crutial as we could only have two actors on screen at one time, this meant that during filming we had to move actors into appropriate positions. Another related decision to this was before filming when we had to decide which camera shots/angles we would use. As we were having trouble deciding which angles would be best we undertook a practice filming session and multiple practice run-throughs of our opening.
We decided during filming to change the location of the seen where Fogul is tied up as the area we were going to use became unavailable, so we switched from behind the stage to the 6th form toilets as we could not at short notice think of any other suitable places.
We did during filming also decide to make some small script edits as some lines didnt sound as we had planned and we also made script edits during the kidnapping.
Another decision we made during filming was to add in a mini scene showing Fogul being led into the toilets by Harry, as at the time we felt that we needed another scene because the it shows the location to the audience where Fogul is being led into.
Robin
Planning Stage
We were very thorough in our planning for the piece so that our target audience knew what was happening and without the necessary props in our piece we would struggle to get the message that we wanted to create to the audience.
The props that we used included cans that we all drank in the community centre, rope to tie Fogul up when he got kidnapped, sweets that Harry Bow ate all of the time, a bin bag for when Harry kidnapped Fogul, glasses for Fogul to wear and headphones for when Fogul was listening to his Ipod. Robin brought in sweets, rope and a bin bag; while Jack organised the glasses and the headphones.
When we first fully devised our script, we decided that we would need to bring in an extra to help us complete our piece. The other person decided that he would help us complete our piece but was unavailable for the day that we decided filming. Because of this we decided to edit our script slightly so that we would not need this other actor and that we could switch people using the camera. We could then still incorporate all the characters that we first decided we would use at the start.
Location was extremely difficult to decide on leading up to filming. At the start we were wary of other people filming and their locations and we wanted to make sure that we would not be interrupted and have the resources around us that were suitable to our film. We strongly considered filming out of school and thought of various different locations that would work for us. But in the end we decided to keep all of our filming in school. We decided to film around the sixth form block and inside the sixth form block after school. We finally decided to film in these particular places because all other students in the school would have gone home and there would not be hundreds of children walking past and making us stop. Also we could get straight on with our filming as it was straight after school and there was no excuses for me, Jack or Robin not coming to film.
We devised an original storyboard that we made incorporated our first storyline which we didn't pursue with. The characters stayed the same from the very start and we just slightly edited the stotryline so we kept the same base for the story board and just changed different sections of it to make it work. A slight problem that we encountered was that only two people were allowed in a scene because of the pull-out of our extra, so we had to make sure that every scene contained only two of the three characters.
Harry and Robin
The props that we used included cans that we all drank in the community centre, rope to tie Fogul up when he got kidnapped, sweets that Harry Bow ate all of the time, a bin bag for when Harry kidnapped Fogul, glasses for Fogul to wear and headphones for when Fogul was listening to his Ipod. Robin brought in sweets, rope and a bin bag; while Jack organised the glasses and the headphones.
When we first fully devised our script, we decided that we would need to bring in an extra to help us complete our piece. The other person decided that he would help us complete our piece but was unavailable for the day that we decided filming. Because of this we decided to edit our script slightly so that we would not need this other actor and that we could switch people using the camera. We could then still incorporate all the characters that we first decided we would use at the start.
Location was extremely difficult to decide on leading up to filming. At the start we were wary of other people filming and their locations and we wanted to make sure that we would not be interrupted and have the resources around us that were suitable to our film. We strongly considered filming out of school and thought of various different locations that would work for us. But in the end we decided to keep all of our filming in school. We decided to film around the sixth form block and inside the sixth form block after school. We finally decided to film in these particular places because all other students in the school would have gone home and there would not be hundreds of children walking past and making us stop. Also we could get straight on with our filming as it was straight after school and there was no excuses for me, Jack or Robin not coming to film.
We devised an original storyboard that we made incorporated our first storyline which we didn't pursue with. The characters stayed the same from the very start and we just slightly edited the stotryline so we kept the same base for the story board and just changed different sections of it to make it work. A slight problem that we encountered was that only two people were allowed in a scene because of the pull-out of our extra, so we had to make sure that every scene contained only two of the three characters.
Harry and Robin
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Filming Session 1
Filming Session 1:
This filming session took place on the morning of our chosen day of filming.
In this filming session we completed Fogul approaching and entering the community centre.
This filming sesion went very smoothly and didnt take to long to complete as we had planned all locations, timing, scripting and angles thoroughly so we could immediately start with filming in lesson.
We started off with the close up of Fogul staring at the camera and decided that as we had plenty of time to play around with it and film it a couple of times from different perspectives. We then went on to filming the next part which was Fogul trying to outrun the camera, this section was easy as it just involved simple angles that we had already planned and Fogul running. The next part we filmed was Fogul entering the centre, here we did have to film the scene a couple of times over as we made a few mistakes such as dropping the swipe card and getting our approach angles wrong.
This was only a small filming session as we decide we were best to film the bulk after school when all filming areas were free and clear. We also only had a limited amount of time anyway so it was sensible thinking to just generate ideas and decide on a definite way forward for filming after school.
Jack
This filming session took place on the morning of our chosen day of filming.
In this filming session we completed Fogul approaching and entering the community centre.
This filming sesion went very smoothly and didnt take to long to complete as we had planned all locations, timing, scripting and angles thoroughly so we could immediately start with filming in lesson.
We started off with the close up of Fogul staring at the camera and decided that as we had plenty of time to play around with it and film it a couple of times from different perspectives. We then went on to filming the next part which was Fogul trying to outrun the camera, this section was easy as it just involved simple angles that we had already planned and Fogul running. The next part we filmed was Fogul entering the centre, here we did have to film the scene a couple of times over as we made a few mistakes such as dropping the swipe card and getting our approach angles wrong.
This was only a small filming session as we decide we were best to film the bulk after school when all filming areas were free and clear. We also only had a limited amount of time anyway so it was sensible thinking to just generate ideas and decide on a definite way forward for filming after school.
Jack
Monday, 1 February 2010
Practice filming for our peice
We decided as we had a bit of time left after one lesson to complete some practice run throughs and camera practice for our main task. We also used this practice session to decide on which camera angles we would use in our piece.
We decided to complete some quick run-throughs and tweak which camera angles we would use.We all had a quick go with the camera
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Harry, Jack, and Robin
We decided to complete some quick run-throughs and tweak which camera angles we would use.We all had a quick go with the camera
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Harry, Jack, and Robin
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