Filming - Saturday 25th February

Yesterday, our group needed to film a sequence of shots that where set in an external location, this been Hughenden Manor. As a group we where towing and throwing with ideas of where to set this shoot, I said that we should use Windsor Castle as it is a possible location for someone to steal something from. However Amy then said that she thought it would be better to use Hughenden Manor as it would be less bizzy and easy to film as there was more locations. Amy was correct Hughenden was a better location to film as we where able to get all the shots we needed.

We planned to use our main male actor Daniel Pirie and one other person, However all the people we ask could not make the date we ask them to do. So we had no other choice but, to use myself as the other character. This work out well as I knew what we need to do, so there was not confusion with where as need. We planned for our two actor to run through an archway, which we found and filmed however, behind us was a Manor and we all agreed that it would look better if we have the Manor in the background to set the scene and tone for the sequence. However there was not an archway so we changed it to be, the two actor running out from behind a tree, that look like we where running out from the backdoor of the Manor.

What was great about Hughenden was the choice of different areas that we could film in, as it goes for being and Manor to a wood. This gave us the ability to create distance with in our sequence as our main character runs from the Manor to the wood which creates the feeling that he has run a long distance. The day was very sunny which meant that our continuity would be good but also that it would brake the stereotype of a criminal. This is something that we wanted to do.

I feel that this shoot was very good, as we achieve all that we needed to in good time and all the footage looks great. Also this shoot was great because there was no major problems with the location as we where just allow to film where we needed to. This shoot feels be better that our MI5 scene as it is more dramatic and grabs the audience attention. I feel that this scene will edit together really well.

Filming - Thursday 23rd February

In our lesson on Thursday we had planned to film tracking shots around and towards Chelsea in our MI5 scene. Unfortunately due to events out of our control we had to move room as other students where having a lesson in the room we used before. Also our main female lead had had a hair cut and therefore we should not use the footage from our previous shoot as it would not be consistent and would have broken our continuity. So as well as having to shoot the tracking shots, we also had to re-shoot all of the scene. However this prove to be a benefit as all of our footage was continuous and therefor improved our continuity. We also gathered people together to sit in front of Chelsea so when we did the tracking shot it would look like she was talking to people in the room and briefing them. This is the effect the we desired at the beginning of the production. This filming schedule was very tight and we where very close to not getting it finished. We only had 50 minutes to complete the set up, filming and restoring the room to its previous layout. However we did complete it but it was close to not being finished. 

On reflection I can say that our second shoot was better and improved on our first shoot as we knew what we want to achieved and also we all ready had practice from our previous shoot. Overall I feel that this shoot was successful in completing what was needed to do and the footage for the shoot also looks great, just what we want to achieve.

Filming - Thursday 16th February

Today me and Amy went to London to take the finial photos of the London landmark with a SLR camera. We chose to re-shot these scenes as the quality of the late shot was not good enough. This was vital as to give a professional feel to our opening we needed the best quality of photos. This time going was quicker and easier to get around as we had all ready been and know where to go and what we need to shoot. (We knew that we need to re-shoot Houses of Parliament, London Eye, Buckingham Palace and The Tower of London.) These images will been used at the begin of our opening and will given the impression to the audience that some one is taking the photo. This has supported of production and post-production as this was a large part of the opening and how we have the photos we can start editing it down and also continue filming the rest of the footage we need.

I feel this shoot went well aas we got all the photo we need and also completed it in a quicker time. This has also help us to complete the rest of our opening as we now have more footage to edit with and can start the finial shoot, knowing what there is another sequence less to shoot. As well as this the footage that we have I feel is the best quality we could have got and all the shots are frame in the correct way form the feeling and tone that we are trying to create with our title sequence.

Deadlines and Planning

We have been reminded of our deadline and we need to plan our filming and editing accordingly. HEre is our deadlines:

February 29th: Filming to be completed: Ensure you have plenty of footage. Post-production should have started.

March 16th: Rough Cut in Full to be presented to FRD-Media 1 Lunchtime.

March 30th: Projects to be completed: Final Cuts This is the lastday before Easter holidays

April 16th: Blog completed with finished Evaluation ( ppt with visual aids) This is after Easter

Today me and Amy planned when we will be filming next and want we will be filming, as alice was editing the footage from last week shoot. We have three more shoot to do and also need to consider if we need to go and re-shoot again thing. So we have plan where we are next filming. Here is for set data:

February 16th: London Shoot (Landmarks photos)

February 23th: MI5 Tracking shot and any re-shot that need to be done.

February 26th: 5 year ago until the end shot. 

February 27th, 28th and 29th Re-shot days. 

We feel that we have consider every thing that we need to and now we need to make sure that our actors are ready and we have the equipment and we are ready for the next weeks shoots.

Ownership,expansion and new media technologies

This is my presentation on NME's ownership, expansion and new media technologies

Filming - Thursday 2nd February

Here is my comment of the filming shoot in the 2nd February: