Today (29th February)

Today we are starting the voice over.  We are also going to be filming the scene where the geek is in the science lab doing experiments.

possible music

This is the possible choice of music we want to use. This music would be used when the geek is running to her classroom. We would only use the beginning part of the song as it has a good beat and tune for the running. The music would start from the production logo and finnish when the geek storms into the room and the acting begins.

Update on filming

Unfortunately, this week we have been unable to stick to our plans for filming on Wednesday and Thursday due to members of the group having a lot of other work to do and were unable to balance it all. We have decided to try and do as much as possible tomorrow. I think we will be unable to finish it all tomorrow but hopefully will be able to early next week and then will be ready to start editing.

Agreement 22-2-2012

We have agreed that as we want to finish filming and start on editing by the end of this week as we have a lot to do, we will be staying after school to re-film a particular scene due to the quality. As well as the fact that we will be able to film with a dance class as there will be lots more people we can use in this scene which will improve the way it looks.

Video discussion of plans for today, 22nd February

This is a video of us discussing what we are planning to film today.

Open discussion about filming on 9th February

We declare this is an open discussion about what went well and what didn't during filming on 9th February.  We used sound cloud to make this recording.

This weeks plans

This is our last week of filming so we are planning to film hopefully every day this week, meaning we will be staying after school and working through our lunches.  We already have the majority of our opening sequence filmed we just need to film a couple of scenes and then we will be ready to start editing it all together.

Opinion on the up coming deadline

Seeing as our group was unable to film during the half term due to members going away and then others working for most of the days when we get back to school we will have to work very hard before the deadline date.

From my point of view it will be a challenge as we will have to work in nearly all of our frees and break times but then i know that we are committed and that we will not waste any time and make sure everything is finished which is the most important thing.

Additionally, all four members of our group have got the idea of what needs to be done to record accurately for example filming from different angles to choose which footage best suits the scene and so on.

Sound cloud

On the last day before the holidays began which was also the last day of filming until after the holidays for our group. We decided that we wanted to use Sound cloud to record ourselves saying what went well, what didn't go well and what we would improve when we filmed our last scene before the holiday began. Due to the fact that members of our group are not available for filming consequently, we cannot record using Sound cloud until after the holidays as different members of our group are going to say different things about filming from their personal perspective. We could not record this before the holidays a we had many things to do as we are not able to do anything in the half term so wanted to get as much as we could done in the time we have for filming.As a result, we used our time to do other necessities such as, filming or updating our blog on things we did daily.

Filming in the half-term

As a group we all have different plans for the half term as a result of this we are not able to film during this holiday. As some of us our away while others are not we cannot film as different members are allocated different parts and as we are not together it is not possible to film as well as the fact that we are not able to get the filming equipment.However, we can still update our blog with our plans, progress etc. and plan how we are going to film after the half term so that things will run more smoothly as we do not have that much time to film once we get back to school.

Re-filming (9th February)

Today, we went to McDonald's again to film the 'greasy slob' coming out of McDonald's with her hands full of bags of food. We filmed this again due to the tripod being wonky and this messed up our alignment and would therefore, have effected our final grade so we had to change this. As we had to film from different angles to see where we could get the right shot from, I had to stand on a small road to get a good shot of the 'greasy slob' coming out but cars needed to go past quite a lot as it distracted us which took up a lot of time making our trip longer.

Re-filming (8th February)

Yesterday, we went to go and re-film the McDonald's sign due to the fact that the first time we filmed it the tripod was wonky which effected the alignment of our shot. We filmed this about 3 or 4 times just to be safe in case some of the shots were not so good so this was a back up for us.As McDonald's is a popular place many people were going past the camera interrupting, disturbing our concentration as well as distracting us our shots consequently, making filming longer though in the end it was worth it.

Filming (9th February)

Today, we filmed another scene from our opening sequence with the part including the 'don'. We decided to upload a recording of ourselves talking about how filming went for us today including what went well, what didn't go well and what we would improve. We are going to use Sound cloud to do this which will be uploaded soon.

Cheerleading 1st footage

Having filmed the cheerleading scene for the first time we recognised that there was copy right music playing in the background therefore we will have to re film this with freshly composed music that will suit the scene.

Poor shots!

Due to the lack of support from the other members of the group who were not behind the cameras the following footage was not accurate in terms of the alignment. Also the tripod was not positioned well so this was another reason why the shot was not done properly. We will have to re film this particular shot and take it numerous times to make sure it is correct.

Behind the Scenes footage

Here is some footage of our experience behind the scenes:

Shot Experimentation

During shot experimentation,  from Jessica's point of view it was hard to film Ana running using the tripod because she was unable to move the tripod quick enough without it jolting and looking stiff. We tried using handheld to experiment better, we discovered that it is easier yo use handheld as it didn't jolt and if we spend the correct amount of time filming we can do this correctly.From Dolapo's point of view filming was also quite hard as i did a close up of Ana's eyes to get a point of view shot, this was hard as we had heard that to do a pan shot it is easier to use a rubber band to move the camera around so i tried this but it did not help as it just made the camera jerk.

Behind the scenes

While filming the first scene of our film, we had some problems, for example, trying to set up the tripod or laughing when we were trying to film something. We decided to film ourselves behind the scenes so you will also be able to see the struggles that we had as well as how we planned our filming and how long it took to film because of certain things like laughing. The video for behind the scenes will shortly be put up.

Filming

Yesterday, we filmed the first scene of our opening sequence where some of the shots were successful while two of our shots were tilted due to the tripod not being positioned correctly wich was one of the problems that we had during film-making. Consequently, now we need to allocate some time to re-film this scene as this could affect our final grade if we do not.

First day of filming

Today we did our first filming of our opening for our film. We travelled to McDonalds by bus during our frees and media lesson and filmed the scene where the 'Greasy Slob' walks out of McDonalds with many bags and eats a burger. This was taken by many different shots including:

• Master shots
• Close ups
• Mid shots

Each shot we took around 2 or 3 times as some had mistakes or we wanted to improve the shots. All together the scene was completed just under 2 hours and turned out very well.

Throughout the week we will be shooting more scenes for our film and showing the behind the scenes in short videos that we will add to the blog. By the end of the week we will have completed many scenes and shots for our film and we would be ready to edit.

Today's lesson (3rd February)

In today's lesson we sorted out our final draft of our filming schedule and we are starting filming on Monday. The final draft of our filming schedule is very important as it will help us keep on task for all the filming we have to do.

We also scanned in our screen play, which can be found on our blog.  This is also important as the actors will need this to guide them for what they need to do for our opening sequence.

Finally, we finished doing our shot experimentations and the different shots we have tried will be put onto the blog soon.

Saul Bass-help in discussion on titles

Saul Bass was the greatest font designer. As a group we discussed tittle choice and came to a conclusion that the title of our film should be '4 faces' but in discussing the title that our film should be we looked at videos from soul bass to get some inspiration.
We watched a documentary on Saul Bass which is based on his various title use in different films. There were a number of elements to Basses documentary which inspired us in the decision-making of our film title:

• In the documentary Saul Bass said that a film title should ' Set the stage symbolically for what was about to come.' In discussing our film title we took into consideration what title could be comedic, as our film is a comedy, or portray a kind of humour in a way without giving anything away too much but will set the stage for our film, symbolically.
• Another thing that Saul Bass said in his documentary is that a title of a film should also be a 'significant contribution to the storytelling process'. We took this into consideration when picking the title of our film as we discussed our title being clear cut and straightforward and by this its significance to the film would be revealed; as well as the fact it will add to the storytelling process.

Overall. Saul Bass inspired a great deal of our thinking in terms of the title of our film. As we decided on the title of our film which will be '4faces' we took several elements from Basses documentary. For example, Bass said that a title of a film should be significant and add to the storytelling process. Our title is significant to our film as there are 4 people brought together with very different personalities from different social groups to form another social group which will be difficult, thus making the part of our title  'faces' as it represents different people/personalities. This will also add to the storytelling process as that is the main plot of the opening sequence put into two words for the audience.

Shot experimentation thoughts

As a group we discussed that it would be a good idea to experiment some shots with the camera so when it came to us actually filming things would run much smoother as we had practised it before. We experimented with a pan shot; this would be used when the geek (main character) enters the classroom and looks around the class to see the different characters various reactions. This went well as we practised filming a pan shot several times until we got the hang of it and were confident in doing it when we have to film our opening sequence.
The next shot that we experimented with was a tilt; when the main character, the geek, runs through the corridor at the beginning of the opening sequence as she is late for her lesson, there is a tilt at the beginning of the geeks feet as she runs towards the camera then the camera tilts up to the geeks back as she runs past the camera.
Lastly, we then experimented with a close-up of the geeks eyes; when the geek storms into the classroom when she is late there will be a close up of the geeks eyes which will then go into a pan shot which shows what the geek sees from her point of view, this is also point of view shot.

Screen Play thoughts

Prior to making our screen play we discussed each of the characters roles and what the geek, who is the main character, would say ( in the voice over) about getting into a group with these individual characters. We finalised our ideas for the script for our opening sequence and put it into our screenplay.

Screen Play

Some of the cast members

Here are some pictures of some of the cast members and the roles they will be playing in our opening sequence '4Faces'

Picture number one is the character known as the 'greasy slob', this role is being played by Megan Wilbourn. This is a minor character compared to the 'geek' role but is still significant to the opening sequence as it introduces one of the four "different" personalities.

Below we have Nargis which will be playing the role of a teacher.The role of the teacher is a very minor character as she only says two lines but is needed as she sets the atmosphere of the opening sequence. To the right of Nargis we have Ana who is acting out the role of the geek, who is the main character, it is up to our group to emphasis the diffrentiation of the four personalities.

Today's lesson (1st February)

In today's lesson we completed out final draft of our story board, making it into an animation using iMovie and it has been posted onto the blog.

 We also started to get on with shot experimentation and filmed two different shots in different ways to see which is going to work best in our film. These will be posted on our blog soon.

Animated storyboard

This is our final version of our storyboard print screened individually to be made into a video using imovie.