Today is Friday's media lesson and Dulcie isn't here once again!! She hasn't text us to let us know with a reason or she hasn't notified the college either.
Tim also isn't here yet, but he did text Lainey saying "Lainey probably gonna be late, fell over on the ice when i was walking to the bus so just chillin here for a bit, will be in by 11.45, sorry but give me a text if you wanna run something past me sorry's x x"
So, whilst waiting for Tim to arrive Lainey and i are going over our final idea , which is group of teenager's camping in the woods, having a party, smoking and drinking with load music, but then they are all slaughtered. We have based an idea on the Blair Witch Project, where the camera is in someones hand and they are running, so all you see is the surroundings and their heavy breathing. You won't see anybody dying because that gives away too much of the plot.
Having a chat with Eno, he suggested that our idea needed to be more contrived, stylised. Otherwise it would of come across amateurish.
Richard all so suggested that we need to cut between these sort of shots with another contrasting style of shots. For Example:
- Making a picnic or packing a bag for the camping trip.
- Meeting up with each other.
- Loading the car with the camping gear.
- The Killer's normal daily life, like shopping, or their boring job.
These are all good idea's, so we are waiting for Tim to get here soon, so we can consult Tim.
Friday, 11 December 2009
Wednesdays lesson.
On wednesdays lesson we were all present, this gave us a final chance to choose a final idea. so, we decided to choose a completely different idea.
We thought about some horror/thrilla films we liked watching and the plotline behind them. We liked the idea of a 'Teenage Slasher Film', like Scream, but in the woods, like The Blair Witch Project and shrooms.
We then disscused about the types of scene and what plots we were going to use.
so we decided on the Wednesday of the first week of the Christmas Holdiays we would meet up and start shooting footage. Doing it this early will give us the chance to re-capture and shoot our footage, just in case its wrong or needs editing.
We all decided unanimously this was good and achieveable, so this is the idea we are going with. Now we can start properly planning and producing a story board!
We thought about some horror/thrilla films we liked watching and the plotline behind them. We liked the idea of a 'Teenage Slasher Film', like Scream, but in the woods, like The Blair Witch Project and shrooms.
We then disscused about the types of scene and what plots we were going to use.
so we decided on the Wednesday of the first week of the Christmas Holdiays we would meet up and start shooting footage. Doing it this early will give us the chance to re-capture and shoot our footage, just in case its wrong or needs editing.
We all decided unanimously this was good and achieveable, so this is the idea we are going with. Now we can start properly planning and producing a story board!
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Main task potential idea
Today, Dulcie isn't here again. She has text us to let us know that she may have eaten something funny the previous night an woke up ill. so can't make it in today.
So after Tim Lainey and i thought about our final idea's we managed to narrow it down to two.
- The abused child.
- The fatal school bus crash.
but in today's lesson we all caught up on our blogs as we haven't in a while. However Dulcie is very behind.
So next lesson is Monday's lesson and Dulcie should be here so we can run the final idea's past her an get planning.
So after Tim Lainey and i thought about our final idea's we managed to narrow it down to two.
- The abused child.
- The fatal school bus crash.
but in today's lesson we all caught up on our blogs as we haven't in a while. However Dulcie is very behind.
So next lesson is Monday's lesson and Dulcie should be here so we can run the final idea's past her an get planning.
introduction to the Main Task
On Monday's Media lesson, we had an introduction to the Main Task. This is the brief:
Main task:
The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source.
On Monday Tim wasn't here due to a personal reason and we just don't know were Dulcie got to.
So, after our introduction, me and Alice pitched some idea's. We cam up with 3 good ones:
- An old house being haunted by a ghost.
- A child being abused by her step-dad.
- A school bus fatally crashing, the driver is haunted by the ghosts of the children.
We ran these idea's past Tim and Dulcie on Wednesday's lesson, and we all liked them. We are yet to choose an idea that is achieveable.
Main task:
The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source.
On Monday Tim wasn't here due to a personal reason and we just don't know were Dulcie got to.
So, after our introduction, me and Alice pitched some idea's. We cam up with 3 good ones:
- An old house being haunted by a ghost.
- A child being abused by her step-dad.
- A school bus fatally crashing, the driver is haunted by the ghosts of the children.
We ran these idea's past Tim and Dulcie on Wednesday's lesson, and we all liked them. We are yet to choose an idea that is achieveable.
End of Preliminary task
It has now come to the end of the preliminary task so any incomplete work we will have to complete in our own time. Friday's lesson was our deadline.
We are now going to start on our Main Task.
We are now going to start on our Main Task.
Friday' s Media Lesson
On Friday's media lesson i was no here due to complications, i did let Tim and Lainey know.
So from what i heard they both got on with the footage, worked fast and well with each other. Although it was a shame that Dulcie and i was not here to have input with our own idea's. Personally i think if their was 4 of us around a computer not as much work would have been done and less focus.
So from what i heard they both got on with the footage, worked fast and well with each other. Although it was a shame that Dulcie and i was not here to have input with our own idea's. Personally i think if their was 4 of us around a computer not as much work would have been done and less focus.
Friday, 4 December 2009
Capturing out shots
On Wednesday's lesson we were yet stuck with another unusable camera. However we did manage to work around this and not waste our lesson time which was valuable.
Again Dulcie wasn't here so me Tim and Lainey logged the shots onto the computer by writing down the times of footage that we needed. This would save us time for when we had a camera that worked. We then Captured the shots. This didn't take no time at all as we got on with it. we all did think that we would have to stay behind in our free time to complete it however as we worked so well there was no need for this.
So Dulcie's let us know that she will be present tomorrow so hopefully our first draft will be complete.
Again Dulcie wasn't here so me Tim and Lainey logged the shots onto the computer by writing down the times of footage that we needed. This would save us time for when we had a camera that worked. We then Captured the shots. This didn't take no time at all as we got on with it. we all did think that we would have to stay behind in our free time to complete it however as we worked so well there was no need for this.
So Dulcie's let us know that she will be present tomorrow so hopefully our first draft will be complete.
Mondays media lesson
Today's media lesson was a complete waist of time. We didn't make any progress, but we did have a tutorial lesson in how to use the editing programme. Tomorrows lesson should improve as we have logged out shots and just need to capture them.
We couldn't do this yesterday as we ended up with a dogey camera that didn't work correctly and there was no spare. This annoyed us !
So hopefully all 4 group members will be present tomorrow and we wont get another dogey camra.
A productive lesson.We will need to spend more than lesson time on this piece of coursework, because the class is aiming to have it finished by Friday's lesson, which won't happen unless we get sorted tomorrow and FOCUS. Which we will do.
We couldn't do this yesterday as we ended up with a dogey camera that didn't work correctly and there was no spare. This annoyed us !
So hopefully all 4 group members will be present tomorrow and we wont get another dogey camra.
A productive lesson.We will need to spend more than lesson time on this piece of coursework, because the class is aiming to have it finished by Friday's lesson, which won't happen unless we get sorted tomorrow and FOCUS. Which we will do.
Re-Shooting the Footage
This was the first time i had seen the acting of Dulcie and Tim's work and i was impressed. However Eno wasn't happy with the standard of it and thought we could achieved better. So this meant that we had to re-shoot our footage.
He said this was down to the over the shoulder shot wasn't correct as there was to much head space at the top of the frame.
We re-shot this footage with the help of me helping Lainey with the camera movements whilst Dulcie and Tim concentrated on the acting. This had taken us approximately 40minuets to re-shoot, this included finding a new classroom to re-shoot with permission and reading over the script to recap.
The Filming is defiantly better and has improved a lot but there are still some improvements that we could make.
From reno pointing out the mistakes it has made a lot of us understand the consequences of how important it is shooting. This will help us in the future with further filming.
All of our group were here today, and so we all worked together to complete the coursework. We worked quite fast and i am happy with today's lesson. This now meant we all had an input to improving the shooting and acting.
He said this was down to the over the shoulder shot wasn't correct as there was to much head space at the top of the frame.
We re-shot this footage with the help of me helping Lainey with the camera movements whilst Dulcie and Tim concentrated on the acting. This had taken us approximately 40minuets to re-shoot, this included finding a new classroom to re-shoot with permission and reading over the script to recap.
The Filming is defiantly better and has improved a lot but there are still some improvements that we could make.
From reno pointing out the mistakes it has made a lot of us understand the consequences of how important it is shooting. This will help us in the future with further filming.
All of our group were here today, and so we all worked together to complete the coursework. We worked quite fast and i am happy with today's lesson. This now meant we all had an input to improving the shooting and acting.
Filming
On Wednesday the 18th i wasn't present at college due to being ill. However i text the group letting them know and apologizing. They said they were fine with this but have to work around it.
So as i was ment to play one of the characters Dulcie took my place. I was totaly fine with this as it was my fault i wasnt here.
Lainey and Tim on the other hand explained to me the idea's from the scrpit and the acting of our perliminary task. They used an empty classroom ( with permission ) to film the shot. Both Tim and Dulice helped Lainey with the camra movements as she was'nt acting. This made it more correct as it was a group dissions.
From what i have heard the lesson went well and they managed to get a good shot with working well as a group.
From what i have seen on the tap they had a good laugh filming but whilst getting the work done. The tap was good and i was inpressed with the progress they had made in the lesson.
Tim has played his character really well and we are all glad that he was the actor for that character. Dulcie we were very impressed with as she played the stroppy school girl, and played it well. overal this really helped our group in the acting part.
So as i was ment to play one of the characters Dulcie took my place. I was totaly fine with this as it was my fault i wasnt here.
Lainey and Tim on the other hand explained to me the idea's from the scrpit and the acting of our perliminary task. They used an empty classroom ( with permission ) to film the shot. Both Tim and Dulice helped Lainey with the camra movements as she was'nt acting. This made it more correct as it was a group dissions.
From what i have heard the lesson went well and they managed to get a good shot with working well as a group.
From what i have seen on the tap they had a good laugh filming but whilst getting the work done. The tap was good and i was inpressed with the progress they had made in the lesson.
Tim has played his character really well and we are all glad that he was the actor for that character. Dulcie we were very impressed with as she played the stroppy school girl, and played it well. overal this really helped our group in the acting part.
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