Thursday 24th of January
This was our first ever meeting in which we discussed and researched the conventions of thrillers and also came up with a name for our production company. Johnnie (on the left) researched typical camera angles used. While I (Right) and Daud (centre) researched contemporary examples of thrillers such as Memento. Below are a few more pictures of our first brainstorming session:
Thursday the 2nd Feburary
Today as a group we discussed what sort of research we would take in order to find out our audiences reaction to a spy thriller. We decided to create a questionnaire to ask to various people. We agreed that I would record my audience reaction through film, Johnnie would get his results through writing and Dauud would get a mixture of photos and comments. We came up with ten questions that we would ask our audiences. We believe that the results will allow us to find out what the best aspects of an opening sequence are of a spy thriller.
Tuesday 28th February
I decided to conduct some further research of my own in order to find out about shooting schedules and storyboarding. I wanted to grasp a stronger understanding of what they entailed before going ahead and creating one. I went on the internet and used some sheets and booklets(images below) to find some research and then i added it to my blog.
Thursday 1st March
The following images are from our session in which we completed our animatic. As a group we split up in to different sections. I took care of the visual side of the animatic. Dauud and Johnnnie recorded the exterior sounds that we needed such as the shower and the keyboard. We then came together as a group and collaborated on what we had collected. We pieced all the components together to complete our animatic. For animatic visit the post labelled Animatic.
Wednesday 7th March
First day of filming- Chelsea Academy. Me and Dauud collected the neccesary equipment to film our first couple of scenes. The equipment included a video camera, tripod and camera. The camera was used to record proof of working and filming as we took various pictures in on our set. We were working under time constraints and this seemed to make us highly effective as we filmed five minutes worth of film and had it uploaded in about two hours. Some of the problems we had to deal with was being quiet due to lessons taking place and children coming out for break. However when this was the case we took that oppurtunity to take picture and move on to our next location.
Saturday 10th March
Today me and Dauud filmed the bulk of our opening sequence. He arrived at my house early in the morning and we went straight to work trying to capture the vital shots. I had before hand made the fake blood we would be needing for the scene. We had learnt from our preliminary task that the importance of continuity and framing and we made sure everything we did stayed the same throught out each shot. It was tough and there were moments were we struggled such as making sure the blood looked like it was in the right place but also dry. However we worked much more effiecently and actually took less time then we had expected. We were lucky enough to use a lot of high tech material that had been given by the school. For todays filming we used a video camera, tripod, dolly and camera for set shots. We made sure to take more than one shot for each moment to make sure that we were able to change and edit anything we didnt like when we arrived in school on Monday.
Monday 12th March
Today was the first day of editing. We had completed all our preliminary filming we would need for the opening sequence and would only re-shoot if necessary. I started of by cutting any unwanted sections of the clip and arrange them in the order most appropriate to our vision. I made sure to cut out background noise. Editing was tougher than I thought and trying to piece together a two minute film is difficult as we had so much footage to cut out.
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