Filming Update . . .

Sevenoaks High Street

We fortunately got consent to film in Caffe Nero for our journalist interview, on Sunday 8th February. To improve on our previous draft of filming, we were advised to produce lots of separate shots, to make this particular clip look and have a more human feel to it. For example, letting the journalist hold a mug, go on her phone, be dressed not quite so formally, therefore, creating a relaxed feel to the scene. What we took way from our last filming of the cafe scene, was that it didn't look quite like a cafe, and more like someones home dining area. So, this time we would include an establishing shot, letting the audience definitely know that the scene is taking place a public cafe. In addition, we decided to add a  small clip of the barrister serving drinks, and get the sound of the hissing coffee machine, and clinking cups. To make the conversation between the journalist and the interviewee, we are bringing along some friends to sit close to their table, and make subtle, quiet noises of talking. A fellow team member, came up with a brilliant idea of using the freeze frame and credit sequence, from the opening Trainspotting, which will come into use with the running clips after the thief's run out of the bank. Finally, to be sure that we get it right this time round of filming, we are going to take more than enough shots, because over shooting is better than undershooting!

Our Survey . . .

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Filming Schedule

Health and Safety during filming . . .

In order for our film opening to be safe for everyone involved in the filming process, we need to consider the risks involved and what we can do to prevent them.

One hazard is that we are filming near a main road and part of this is running across it. As we might have to take this shot multiple times, there is an increased risk of the actors being run over by a car. However, we are reducing this risk as we have chosen to shoot where there is a zebra crossing in place and we are filming on a Sunday evening so this is a time when the road will not be as busy and we will take extra caution when filming this scene.

Another hazard is that we are filming with a tripod and our opening involves a lot of running. This means there is an increased risk of the actors tripping over the tripod whilst shooting. In order to prevent this, we will be warning and reminding the actors constantly to take extra care while running.

For one of the shots, in order to get the angle we want, one of us filming will have to get onto a high wall in order to succeed the high angle shot for our CCTV Footage scene. We will have to be careful when doing this as it is possible that we could fall off the wall and badly hurt ourselves. However, we are stopping this by helping each other to get onto the wall and off the wall.

Finally, the last hazard is that in order to create the correct tone and atmosphere for our particular genre, we need to film when it is starting to get dark. This means, it could potentially be quite dark when we are shooting. As running is involved, the actors may not be able to see where they are going very easily so we will be shooting where lots of street lights are present to prevent injury.

Iconic Sounds Connected With Crime Thriller . . .

Our New Logo . . .

Conventions of our genre . . .

Filming Update And First Draft Look Back . . .

Looking back on our first draft, we figured there were lots to improve on, to add and to decide on. With the adding of the time lapse, we filmed during school, (with consent from Ms Cope)to get the right light of day for the editing on iMovie. Learning from our mistakes, as we looked back on previous footage, the shots were too dark all together, and when trying to lighten it up on iMovie it lost all the quality, therefore meaning we needed to shoot in a lighter time of day.

Iconic Directors for Crime Action . . .

Coursework so far . . .

We are close to filming and this week we have started to get the final things ready. For example we have finished creating the two newspaper articles online using the website www.fodey.com, and downloading as an image to use in our movie.
Also, we are consulting our 4 actors using social media to contact them and tell them about filming schedules, allowing us to keep in touch.
We need to decide on sounds which is not a major priority until after filming due to it being part of the editing process.
We also have decided locations for filming, which is Lloyds in Sevenoaks and the backstreets in this town. The interviews will also take place in our houses, and will not take too long which gives us longer to edit.

Our Script . . .