Thirteenth set of shots

We decided to re-film the shot where Sian pushed me into a locker, so that the audience can see the whole scene and while doing so we filmed a close up shot of my face so that you could see my reaction to Sian. We cut these shots together with the previous ones we took so that it appeared continuous. 

We wanted to add a shot where I am looking at my reflection in some water and Sian walks through the middle as an aggressive act, in the process appearing to destroy the reflection momentarily. We filmed this shot several times until we got the positioning right and were happy with the way it looked.

Twelfth set of shots

We wanted to add more shots to the scene where I run  down some stairs away from Sian so we re-filmed some of the journey but from different angles and positions and in post we cut these together with the other shots of me running, so that the cuts aren't necessarily noticeable. 

We decided to add another shot of the dead body before the camera focuses on my moving hand, so filmed a shot of the body from a different angle. While we were filmed Sian accidentally moved in front of the light and it cast a shadow over me, but we kept the shot, since we realised it gave the shot a darker, creepier feel and could show that the murderer has come back and is now watching the body.  

Eleventh set of shots

We re-filmed the shots where Sian and I were walking into the school building, but this time we showed more of the journey and used continuity editing. We also added an extra shot where Ollie filmed from inside the building, to show that Sian pulled the door shut before I got to it, which emphasises my isolation from everyone around. 

We decided to add another shot at the end of our film opening to create suspense and drama. In the shot the audience sees the dead body that was previously dragged under a staircase, but as the camera zooms in to my hand, I twitch suggesting I'm not really dead. At first we tried taking a shot from a high angle and then zoomed in on the hand. Then we tried a pan shot from a low angle that moved right until the camera stopped on my twitching hand. Sian filmed this by sliding the camera across the floor. We included the second take of the shot in our film as another glimpse into the present, before it would go back to past events. 

Tenth set of shots

We spent this day re-filming previous scenes in order to get better shots that we could use in our final film. 

We re-filmed this shot from different angles and experimented with using close up shots, to show the violence.   

We re-filmed this because we didn't feel it looked right with Sian walking up behind me, so shot it again with only me looking into the mirror. This was the shot we preferred out of the two so we used this one in our final film as it showed that I was isolated and lonely. 

We re-filmed this shot but from a different angle to show more of what was happening in the scene.

Ninth set of shots

We decided to experiment to see if the argument scene could be taken out. Ollie filmed a shot of Sian walking past where the audience had seen me run to just before. Sian stops and turns to glare at me to show that she doesn't like me. We didn't include this shot in the final film and instead kept the argument scene.





We again decided to experiment with shots and wanted to show more development between mine and Sian's character. We filmed a shot where I go to walk through a doorway but Sian grabs me to stop me. We filmed this several times and from different angles. We also didn't use this shot in our final film.  

To again show more aspects of the relationship between Sian and I, we filmed a scene where I was staring at myself in the mirror and Sian comes up behind me. Ollie filmed this shot several times until we were happy with it.  

So that the audience could see more about our characters, we filmed a shot where I go to get something out of a locker and Sian pushes me against them. We filmed this a few times before we liked the shot.

Eighth set of shots

We had the idea to add in another shot to the argument scene, where we see Sian walking away from me to show more of the decline in our friendship and to further show my isolation. Ollie filmed this from a low angle and it took several takes to get the shot that we wanted.

Sian had the idea to include a shot where it looked as though she was burying the camera by dropping earth on it. We filmed this with the camera laid on the floor and pointing upwards with a plastic sheet covering the lens. It took several takes before the ending of the shot looked good. This shot will show what's happening in the present time, since the rest of the film shows the events that led up to Sian killing me. 

Lesson Tasks

1. Complete your film (1:55 min) and ensure that you add the credits where you think the have the most dramatic impact.


2. Make sure you have used the right font/colour for your credits according to the genre and feel of your film. Make sure you have recorded explorations on your blog, stating why you have chosen them. Remember that you will probably use different fonts for distribution/production companies
but probably the same for the rest of the credits.

3. I would recommend you have layers of sound - one soundtrack and SFX( see free sound.org or YouTube audio library which you cut accordingly. Max can show you how to alter sound levels.

4. Show your film to people in the class - get their honest feedback  which you can record on your blog. Tweak film according to feedback.

5. Upload extracts onto social media - ask a range of questions to your audience about your film- not generic ones - but ask about narrative:sound:mise character/etc and screenshot feedback and upload to blog.



Targets: (28/3/17)
1) use fonts on premiere, experiment with all and get feedback. link to previous research and put stills on blog.
2) blog everything done on film
3) research companies that would create and market (distribution/ production companies)- similar sorts of films they have made. DNA productions, bfi, bbc film?

Seventh set of shots

I had the idea to have a shot where the audience would see somebody dragging the dead body under some stairs in order to hide it. Ollie filmed it from the floor, then had the idea to film it as a birds-eye view, to create drama or tension. We had to film this shot several times before it looked the way we wanted it to. This shot now appears at the beginning, right after the shot of the body with Sian standing above it.

We re-filmed the classroom scene, because we thought the other shots were too yellow due to the room colour. To fix this we filmed in a different room and filmed from some other angles. Again Sian and I were sat away from each other to show that we were distanced from one another. This time we also filmed me walking out of the room, to show that I didn't want to be near Sian. 

Sixth set of shots

We re-filmed one of the shots from our storyboard but from another couple of different angles as an experiment to see if they would be better shots to include in our film.   

We filmed some shots outside the front of the school. Sian walked ahead of me to again show that I was isolated and distanced from everyone else. Sian then pulled the door shut behind her so that it would appear that we weren't friends at this time. We only filmed a few takes to get this shot and filmed from a couple of different angles. 

Fifth set of shots

We again went onto the field to film shots of me walking away from Sian, then of Sian walking away from me in these medium-close ups. These two shots mirror each other. 

To establish our location/setting we filmed a long shot outside the front of the school where me and Sian are both sat until Sian gets up and walks away. We didn't use this shot in our final film, even though it did show that my character was isolated. 

To further show the isolation of my character, we filmed a shot in a classroom where Sian was sat away from me and kept casting warning glances towards me. We filmed this shot a couple of times and from a different angles in order to see what would be best. These shots weren't part of the final film.



Fourth set of shots

We looked at including continuity editing, so filmed my journey running down the stairs from many different angles. When editing, we cut these shots together so that the cuts weren't that noticeable. We had to film these shots quite a few times in order to get them to look the way we wanted.

We then filmed a shot of Sian walking down the stairs, so that it would seem like she is following me but at a more leisurely pace. We didn't use this shot in the final film.

Lastly we filmed some shots from our storyboard, where Sian and I are arguing under some stairs. We filmed this scene many times from various places or angles and then cut the shots together in post, so that the whole argument could be seen. 



Third set of shots

We filmed a shot in the small woods on the school field, that wasn't originally from our storyboard. Sian had the idea to get a shot as if someone is looking at us from behind a tree, so Ollie started by holding the camera so that we couldn't be seen at first, then he slowly moved the camera to the left until we were visible. We got this shot in only a few takes.

While we were on the field we filmed a shot of Sian standing in the same place where we shot previously. We had Sian standing on her own to mirror the earlier shot where we were stood holding hands and to show that we are getting more distant from one another.

To show the other half of the friendship, we filmed a shot in the canteen, where I am alone to show that my character is isolated. We decided not to use this shot in our final film.

Second set of shots

We filmed the scene where the audience discovers that my character is dead and there is someone standing over me. This is the very first shot from our storyboard and will be the first shot from the film. We filmed this in the drama room, where we turned all of the lights off and used our phone torches as the only light source. This took many takes to get the right shot and we filmed this scene from loads of different angles and with varying positions of the torches to see what looked best.  

We then filmed another shot that was similar to one on our storyboard but was adapted slightly. We filmed these shots in the canteen and shot it from different angles. At first we only had four people in the shot, but to make it more realistic, we shot the scene again with more people. We then decided that the one with less people was actually the one we were going to use in our film after all.