Wednesday 9 December 2015

'The Way' Progress and Development - DAVID

16/11/2015 - Set up the treatment for the short film, which explained the film synopsis, genre, opening scene and shot, ending scene and shot, and it being a single strand narrative.

25/11/2015 - Came together as a group of 4, including myself. All pitched our ideas and this idea of mine was the one we went for. Our second idea was Daisy's idea, which involved a surgery of a creature that spans way out of control.

10/12/2015 - We went out and started filming particular shots in our movie. We filmed a lot of tracking shots of myself walking to and fro from different houses and buildings.

16-21/12/2015 - 16th = We went out as a group to Old Coulsdon Village, filming long shots, extreme close ups on the actor's face,eyes and mouth. We also decided to film extreme close ups on the piece of paper the actor is holding with the missing address on it. This required myself, Tom and James (camera operator).

17th = We stayed inside Coulsdon College and filmed a lot of walking scenes inside the college. During the day, we filmed tracking shots of the actor walking into the college, through doors and walking into a room where his friends are playing card games. We filmed various mid-shots of the actor and the table. We also filmed long shots of his friends playing different card games whilst the actor has sad facial expressions and tries to play the game.

20th = During the day, we filmed most of the shots needed in Sanderstead, mostly filmed at my house, situated in the village. We filmed mid-shots of the character and head shots soon after his mother died to express sad emotions of the actor.

21st = This day was the last day needed for filming in Sanderstead. We filmed all of the shots needed at All Saint's Church, Sanderstead, where we didn't need any permission to film at the location. First of all, we filmed tracking shots of the church itself and the gravestones that surround it. We filmed full body shots of the actor and filmed a tombstone which did not need permission from certain persons. We lastly filmed extreme close ups on the actor's face and the gravestone.

06/01/2016 - Final day of re-shooting various scenes. Filmed head shots, extreme close ups of the teenager making research on finding his brother. We, as a group, filmed at Coulsdon College, and decided to take some shots of the paper and folder to emphasise what he was looking for. We also filmed outside of Coulsdon College in the village of Old Coulsdon. We decided to film mid-shots of the teenager running around different houses and trying to find his brother.




Wednesday 2 December 2015

Final Group Planning (DAVID)

Production Schedule

The final filming deadline to get every bit of filming done is on the 17th December. For my particular film, we are going to start filming on Tuesday 15th December and finish filming on 10th January 2016. During the day, we are going to be filming grave scenes and a lot of house scenes at my house (I gave permission for my group to use my home). We hope to complete filming in that day because we would have a lot of time on our hands during the day and we will film a lot of shots and scenes, so we have a lot more to work with. If we need another day to film, we, as a group, came up with a date of Wednesday 16th December. The list of people involved in my short film are myself, James Fisher, Thomas Clarke and Daisy Da Silva. As this is my short film, I gave myself the role of Director. The role of the Director means I am in charge of making the whole movie. I will take control of my team and make sure that everyone behaves rightly in the right manner and if anybody misbehaves, I will take care of them in the correct manner. I will also be starring in my short movie. I will star as the 18 year old boy who loses his mother and goes out and tries to find his 'brother'. James Fisher is the camera operator which means he needs to make sure every shot is almost accurate to the 16 shot storyboard he created. He is also in charge of the care of the camera and tripod. Thomas Clarke is the location and props supervisor which means that he is in charge of picking the right location which was Sanderstead, which was where my short film is set. He is also in charge of organising the props that are needed for my short film. The props involved include cracked plates, cups and other accessories. Lastly, Daisy Da Silva is the sound engineer to my short film. This includes creating sound effects to add emphasis to the short film whether that being more plates crashing and smashing. She is also in charge of adding music to my short film as well. She will also be featured in the short film as the young woman who opens the door to myself and tells me about his brother. The equipment we are going to be using is one camera and one tripod which makes it a SINGLE CAMERA short film. The props we are going to be buy from Poundland, located in Croydon Town Centre, near Centrale.