On Friday 20th of January we started to film out film opening. We had to sign out of the school in order to get Reece's dog 'Charley'. We went thought the back entrance of the school so we didn't have the dog walking through the school because we wasn't allowed as it said in the email that Bret sent to the head of business and finance.
We went down the back of the Science block in Sir Harry Smith School, we had to check with the science technicians just to make sure we was actually allowed to film down there. The filming was going alright until at one point we had the children from P.E running outside from the class changeover and making a bit of noise but we managed to re-film that scene and get all of the filming done in the double lesson that we had without many interruptions.
Although Yasmin wasn't here to film i think it went quite well. We had to re-film some of the scenes because of school children talking and we also had to re-film some of the scenes that involved Charley because she sometimes didn't want to walk up and down the muddy path and she sometimes got distracted and started to follow one of us. We had to stop and restart the filming process which took a bit of time but it wasnt that bad..
We painted Reece's face with face paint which we got from the drama department. We put blue, red, and black paint around his eyes to make it look like he was cold, bleeding and the black to give emphasis around his eyes and the yellow on his cheeks to make it look like he was ill and dead.
We filmed scenes using the 180 degree rule where I was walking Charley we did this becuase we didn't want the audience to see inside the classes near the Science block, match on action also where i am walking down the path with Charley we did this so the audience could get a better understanding of what was going on, a close up shot of when I screamed so the camera could fade to black quickly to show the title of the film dramatically, mid shots of when i stopped walking and turned when I heard a rustling and a two shot where I walked past Reece who was standing in the background.
It was a quick process and we enjoyed filming it.
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Our film opening.
Click on the link below to view our film opening:
Our film is titled 'Prohibited' We felt this was a good name for our film because it is one word which will stick in your mind and will be easy to remember and it describes the area of where I was walking through and where Reece was staying, it was forbidden to people but I didn't know so I went in and got myself killed.
Our film is titled 'Prohibited' We felt this was a good name for our film because it is one word which will stick in your mind and will be easy to remember and it describes the area of where I was walking through and where Reece was staying, it was forbidden to people but I didn't know so I went in and got myself killed.
Changes we made.
Yasmin wasn't here when we were filming so we had to improvise and change the storyboard a bit, I took her place as the female character walking her dog and Reece got his dog 'Charlie' which we had trained as well as Tyler just in case we couldn't have Tyler on the schools property or if Yasmin wasn't here to film.
I had to take Yasmin's place as she wasn't here to film so I had to become the female character that is walking her dog and gets killed at the end. Some of the shots were terrible and I wasn't happy with the outcome of them so I decided with Bret and Reece to re-film them.
We also shortened our film opening because we thought it would look better if we kept it all in one place and not jump to another scene, if we kept with the original idea then we would have had to film at the same time and hope that the weather would have been the same this would have been quite difficult because we cant change the weather.
When we filmed it was raining so it was very muddy, this would have been hard to carry on in Coates as it might not have rained when we wanted to film again and the area wouldn't have the same foliage so that's why we didn't film in coates as well as in school.
Also at the end of the film we decided to have it so that the camera still panned into the screaming mouth but I was standing up and also after that happens we will fade to black then cut to action again with Reece as the zombie eating my neck and snarling at the camera, the screen will go black and say '3 weeks later...'. This shows how I died and I wont be continuing into the rest of the film and how the film will then move onto the actual main body of the film .
We also decided to not have the music playing from my iPod where the audience could here it because we all realized that I didn't take my headphones out whilst we were filming so we couldn't have the effect where the music faded when i wasn't listening to it.
I had to take Yasmin's place as she wasn't here to film so I had to become the female character that is walking her dog and gets killed at the end. Some of the shots were terrible and I wasn't happy with the outcome of them so I decided with Bret and Reece to re-film them.
We also shortened our film opening because we thought it would look better if we kept it all in one place and not jump to another scene, if we kept with the original idea then we would have had to film at the same time and hope that the weather would have been the same this would have been quite difficult because we cant change the weather.
When we filmed it was raining so it was very muddy, this would have been hard to carry on in Coates as it might not have rained when we wanted to film again and the area wouldn't have the same foliage so that's why we didn't film in coates as well as in school.
Also at the end of the film we decided to have it so that the camera still panned into the screaming mouth but I was standing up and also after that happens we will fade to black then cut to action again with Reece as the zombie eating my neck and snarling at the camera, the screen will go black and say '3 weeks later...'. This shows how I died and I wont be continuing into the rest of the film and how the film will then move onto the actual main body of the film .
We also decided to not have the music playing from my iPod where the audience could here it because we all realized that I didn't take my headphones out whilst we were filming so we couldn't have the effect where the music faded when i wasn't listening to it.
Friday, 20 January 2012
Permission for filming with a dog.
We had to send an email to the head of business and finance to see if we were aloud Yasmin's dog onto the school property if we didn't have permission then we couldn't film with Yasmin's dog and we would have to change our idea for our film opening.
We all figured out what Bret was going to put before sending the email to them because we wanted to make sure they were persuaded into letting us bring Yasmin's dog. This is the email that Bret sent to them.
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We all figured out what Bret was going to put before sending the email to them because we wanted to make sure they were persuaded into letting us bring Yasmin's dog. This is the email that Bret sent to them.
The principle sent a reply to the email that Bret sent four days after it was sent. It said that permission was granted for having Yasmin's dog on the school grounds but with some guidelines that we needed to follow:
'The dog is not aloud in the building', we will have to take the dog around the back of the school near the field and into the playground. 'It is kept under control', We will have to have the dog on his lead at all times but when the dog runs off in the film opening we will need someone at the other end of the area to catch him. 'You clear up anything it leaves behind', We will bring doggy bags if he decides to have a poo. 'The filming is restricted to those participating in the film and does not include other students to comply with our Safeguarding policy', We wont allow anyone else to handle the dog that won't be in our group for health and safety reasons.
Below is a copy of the email.
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This is the email that Bret sent back to them. He put that we will follow the rules that he has given us and saying thank you to him.
Film opening planning/scripting.
While Yasmin is walking her dog we were thinking of having the film playing with her iPod in her ears and when the camera gets close to her it will play the music out loud so everyone can hear it like the 'Misfits gear up scene' Which you can view from the link below.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO
We will have it differently to how 'Misfits' have done it so it will be our own interpretation of it as they had 'Kelly' 'Simon' and 'Nathan' all picking different songs to listen to, we will only be using one that will fit in with the film opening we were thinking about linking the song to what is happening in the action of the film opening.
For our film opening we wont be needing a script because all we will say in the film is screaming and snarling. Yasmin will shout 'Tyler' and 'Help me' and this will be the only 'real' dialogue in the whole of the film opening.
Coates locations
This is a front view of the field that were we were planning of having Yasmin running to. It is set in Coates and will be perfect for our film opening as it is big and there is nothing in it also there is trees around the edges so it will fit in with the previous scene of Yasmin running through the trees.
This is a birds eye view of the field as you can see it is very big and deserted, this will be good for our film opening because Yasmin will need to end up in a deserted place trying to figure out where her dog is. Group Storyboard
This is our storyboard that we have done. It is very simple and easy to follow.
The first image is to set the scene of where our film is going to be filmed, also it shows who it is produced by and which effects that we are going to use for it. We will be having the camera fading in from black to showing the audience Yasmin's feet while she is walking. This will make the audience wonder where Yasmin is and who she is. The scene then quickly snaps to black where we will put writing that says 'Avenue Studios Presents' after this the scene will show Yasmin's dogs feet walking. This will give the audience more information on what the person they saw before is doing. Again it will flash to a black screen saying 'A BRYF Productions' then you will see a view of Yasmin's iPod which the camera will pan up to Yasmin's face so you can see the headphone in her ear which will be playing a song which the audience will hear. The camera will then show Yasmin's dogs face which will show the audience which type of dog she has and will reveal more about what type of character Yasmin is. The last scene on the first page is where you see Yasmin and her dog walk through a gate with a sign which is decayed but Yasmin doesn't see that is says 'DO NOT ENTER'.
After Yasmin walks through the gate we will have a camera shot were we are looking straight at her front as she is walking her dog through the gate, this will show a match on action shot. We will have over the action the names of who is starring in the film: 'Yasmin Wadsworth', 'Reece Taylor', 'Bret Newman' and 'Fay Sawyn'. In the next scene we will have a shot of Yasmin walking with her dog and we will be showing the back of Reece's head showing that he is stalking Yasmin. While we will be filming Yasmin walking we will see Reece following her getting closer and closer each camera shot. Yasmin will then hear Reece over her iPod music and she will get worried which this will then make her walk faster and trip over and lose her dog, she will then shout out Tyler's name but he doesn't come back to her, she hears some more rustling and she turns to see a zombie (Reece) then starts to run.
As you can see on the third image of the storyboard Reece will be chasing after Yasmin, she will be scared for her and her dog because she won't know where he is. She will run through a lot of trees and will appear in an empty field, she will look to find Tyler but he will be no were to be seen. Yasmin will turn around towards the trees where she had just came from and she will see three sets of eyes all staring hungrily at her. The three sets of eyes are Bret, Reece and myself, Yasmin will scream as we jump out of the trees and attack her. The final shot is where Yasmin is laying on the ground while Bret, Reece and myself are eating her, she will be screaming and this is when we will make the camera pan down into Yasmin's mouth then the screen will go black with the title of our film appearing.
For the last scene we have put 'Title' because we haven't decided on a name for our film yet.
The first image is to set the scene of where our film is going to be filmed, also it shows who it is produced by and which effects that we are going to use for it. We will be having the camera fading in from black to showing the audience Yasmin's feet while she is walking. This will make the audience wonder where Yasmin is and who she is. The scene then quickly snaps to black where we will put writing that says 'Avenue Studios Presents' after this the scene will show Yasmin's dogs feet walking. This will give the audience more information on what the person they saw before is doing. Again it will flash to a black screen saying 'A BRYF Productions' then you will see a view of Yasmin's iPod which the camera will pan up to Yasmin's face so you can see the headphone in her ear which will be playing a song which the audience will hear. The camera will then show Yasmin's dogs face which will show the audience which type of dog she has and will reveal more about what type of character Yasmin is. The last scene on the first page is where you see Yasmin and her dog walk through a gate with a sign which is decayed but Yasmin doesn't see that is says 'DO NOT ENTER'. 
After Yasmin walks through the gate we will have a camera shot were we are looking straight at her front as she is walking her dog through the gate, this will show a match on action shot. We will have over the action the names of who is starring in the film: 'Yasmin Wadsworth', 'Reece Taylor', 'Bret Newman' and 'Fay Sawyn'. In the next scene we will have a shot of Yasmin walking with her dog and we will be showing the back of Reece's head showing that he is stalking Yasmin. While we will be filming Yasmin walking we will see Reece following her getting closer and closer each camera shot. Yasmin will then hear Reece over her iPod music and she will get worried which this will then make her walk faster and trip over and lose her dog, she will then shout out Tyler's name but he doesn't come back to her, she hears some more rustling and she turns to see a zombie (Reece) then starts to run.
As you can see on the third image of the storyboard Reece will be chasing after Yasmin, she will be scared for her and her dog because she won't know where he is. She will run through a lot of trees and will appear in an empty field, she will look to find Tyler but he will be no were to be seen. Yasmin will turn around towards the trees where she had just came from and she will see three sets of eyes all staring hungrily at her. The three sets of eyes are Bret, Reece and myself, Yasmin will scream as we jump out of the trees and attack her. The final shot is where Yasmin is laying on the ground while Bret, Reece and myself are eating her, she will be screaming and this is when we will make the camera pan down into Yasmin's mouth then the screen will go black with the title of our film appearing.
For the last scene we have put 'Title' because we haven't decided on a name for our film yet.
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