The Filming Progress

The Filming Progress

When the group was all together at my house on the weekend we had a lot of fun filming, and most importantly we managed to get the majority of the filming done which is a huge relief. Due to the weather circumstances (snow) we were very fortunate that everyone in the group were able to attend, and we got a big section of the filming done. I think we all had a great time filming as we all helped with the filming, setting up props and directing. Here are some photos to show you us doing so:

Me having a go at filming.

Melissa having a go at filming.

All of us watching back some of the footage we filmed.

 When we were all together filming, we had to make sure the camera angles were all correct and that there was a sufficient amount of light, so that it was perfectly clear to see what was taking place. We took a number of shots for each of the clips so that we could choose the most well put together and use that in our film. Our actor Callum Carroll did a wonderful job and he carried out all of the acting tasks that we asked of him, and I believe that he had a fun time playing a part in our opening title sequence.

We decided that some parts of our animatic did not look quite right and were not very practical, apart form these minor tweaks we made I feel that on a whole the filming was a success, and if there is any re-filming to do, we have enough time to do so. On a whole I feel that I have gained a lot of  knowledge and experience from this process, and I had a great time doing it which is a nice added bonus.

Our Animatic

This is our animatic which is a short video summary made up of the storyboard clips, it contains every single shot that is going to be in our opening title sequence. What we did was we imprted the pictures that we took of our storyboard into Adobe Premier Pro, this is application we placed the photos in order and made it last the correct amout of time. We added in some diegetic scripting (the speech from the interview) and we also added some non- diegetic music, transitions , effects and titles.

Through this process of making the animatic helped me to understand how to use Adobe Premier Pro, which will come in useful when we begin to edit our actual project. The task of making our animatic was extremely helpful to allow my group mates and I to have a rough understanding of what our final opining  title sequence will look like, it also enabled me to see possible problems that we might have. an example of this is; we were going to use a shot reverse shot in the interview, however we thought that this would not create realism, as in real life interviews, the interviewer and the person who is being interviewed are usually sitting or standing side by side looking towards the camera. After this I feel confident about beginning the filming process for the actual opening title sequence.

Shooting Schedule

Shooting Schedule

Currently at this point the group and I are preparing to begin the filing process for our final piece. As a group we have collectively agreed on specific dates in which we are hoping to get the majority of the filming done. We decided that as this is our coursework we shall begin early so that if we have to take a step back and re-film some of our scenes we are able to do so over a substantial time period. The idea of starting early will allow us to take our time and not rush to and get the whole project done before the deadline for the rough cut which is 15th of February. We have planned to film the interview which will be the opening of the title sequence today (16th January).

This scene is an interview which takes place out side the front of our school (Chalfonts Community College), where the Prime Minister (played by Reece Garside) is being interviewed by the interviewer (played by Millie Warren). 

The process of filming this interview will require us to film it in a few chunks as one of the shots is the Prime Minister having blood and bruises on his face (this is to show the teacher who plans to kill him imagining the Prime Minister in pain), then we plan to have a shot of his face normal again to make it clear to the audience that the teacher (played by Callum Carroll) is imagining it. 

Unfortunately my group mate Hannah Dunsdon and I we unable to be present during this section of the filming as we had to attend classes. However we handed over the task to Melissa and Finely to direct. 

We have planned to all meet and film the rest of the scenes, which will include the montage sequence on Saturday 19th January. This section of the filming will take place at my house which is located in Beaconsfield, and everyone in the group will be present during this process. Callum Carroll will be wearing a smart tie and smart clothing to resemble a teacher. We will be using props which will be set up before the filming begins and we are hoping that all of the filming will be finished by the end of the day. After the filming process we will put it all together on the editing software (Adobe Premier Pro) and this will allow us to see if there are any scenes that require re-filming.

Political Aspect

Political Aspect 

When we were talking to our teacher about the angle that we are approaching our film from, we came to a group decision that we had come from the psycological instead of a political based route, which is not what we had intended to do. So Melissa decided to go back and research the codes and conventions of Political Thrillers.

From the research that Melissa has found it is clear to see that we need to make a few changes in our storyboard. For example we need to add some political information that is occurring that is happening at the moment, we could achieve this by looking at recent news and gaining ideas from this. Our film wont be giving a reason as to why the protagonist wants to assassinate the Prime Minister, we will denote what the Prime Minister is giving the interview about and that's what the audience will assume has angered the protagonist. The protagonist believes he's helping the world by attempting to kill the Prime Minister, not causing trouble. As well as this we may be including another character (the teachers wife) so that we have an innocent character creating a juxtaposition between the protagonist and his wife, connoting the wifes innocence and the protagonists dangerousness.