If we were going to continue on and make the full length film our budget was ,
£1.5million
However for the opening scene we spent about £40 altogether, this included,
-Travel Expenses
-Catering
Monday, 16 March 2009
Feedback
In our lesson we had the whole class, answer a series of questions about our film. We had 5 different feedbacks. The questions where:
1) Is it clear what the filmmakers set out to achieve?
All five group understood what our film was about and one comment was ,
"very, clear, the narrator sets it out"
2)
3) What in your view are the film's main strengths ?
Group 1 " The shots, angles, the setting, good use of space, lovely acting"
Group 2 "The plot is clear and they use a wide range of shots to show their point"
Group 3 The music really adds to the style they wanted to achieve , also the editing is good, I liked the animation of the production company. Overall i think this one of the best films and it is well done with lots of work put into it, hand held camera was good.
Group 4 "They had very good camera shots and very good variety, Good sound in general- voice over was good ,effect, editing, slow motions, pauses were good"
Group 5 " The editing was excellent, also the sound fitted the story well"
4) How do you think the film could be improved?
Group 1 "The titles could be more exciting and some special effects would be nice, but the freeze screen was good"
Group 2 "Not much could be improved"
Group 3 "Have more action e.g. not just running "
Group 4 "Voice over needs to be ' harder' and more confident"
Group 5 " A little bad on acting but not that noticeable, at the end rule of thirds was sloppy"
1) Is it clear what the filmmakers set out to achieve?
All five group understood what our film was about and one comment was ,
"very, clear, the narrator sets it out"
2)
3) What in your view are the film's main strengths ?
Group 1 " The shots, angles, the setting, good use of space, lovely acting"
Group 2 "The plot is clear and they use a wide range of shots to show their point"
Group 3 The music really adds to the style they wanted to achieve , also the editing is good, I liked the animation of the production company. Overall i think this one of the best films and it is well done with lots of work put into it, hand held camera was good.
Group 4 "They had very good camera shots and very good variety, Good sound in general- voice over was good ,effect, editing, slow motions, pauses were good"
Group 5 " The editing was excellent, also the sound fitted the story well"
4) How do you think the film could be improved?
Group 1 "The titles could be more exciting and some special effects would be nice, but the freeze screen was good"
Group 2 "Not much could be improved"
Group 3 "Have more action e.g. not just running "
Group 4 "Voice over needs to be ' harder' and more confident"
Group 5 " A little bad on acting but not that noticeable, at the end rule of thirds was sloppy"
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Our stop/start animation
This is the animation we created for our production company logo. We made it by drawing a scene on a whiteboard, then taking a photo of it, then moving the scene along and taking a photo every time. We then inverted the colours so it looked a bit better.
Sound and text
We created a soundtrack by looping some bars from a song. We chose a exciting, fast tempo song because it fitted with the chase scene and made it more fast paced.
We also added text displaying our names and the name of the film.
We also added text displaying our names and the name of the film.
editing
we have completed our editing, we had to change the storyline of our opening scene to fit the genre better. The original conversation we filmed did not suit the seriousness of our film and also slowed down the pace the of the chase, which was the main part of the opening scene. When we rearranged the clips by putting the beginning at the end, and starting the chase immediately. We thought it fitted together better this way and was more exciting.
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Filming in London (Problems and Solutions)
Problems
1. Not everyone was punctual meeting at Victoria Station.
2. We encountered another set of problems when we set up for filming Vinnie seeing Pete walk past. One of these problems was that we had to get permission from the shopkeeper to film outside his shop.
3. Another problem at this location was that there was building work going on opposite where we were filming so we had to work around a ladder being in the shot which became awkward.
4. Furthermore in this location, where Sam was walking up the alley, people kept looking up at the camera and making eye-contact with it, this would ruin the shot.
5. After lunch it began to rain and this would prove to be bad continuity for our scenes.
Solutions
1. No one was extremely late so it didn't cause a problem and thankfully no one was absent either.
2. We asked and we were allowed to film outside the shop with his chairs and tables.
3. After a while the builders left and we were able to resume with our filming.
4. To overcome this problem we had to keep re-shooting the same scene until we were happy that it wasn't evident that anyone was making eye-contact with the camera.
5. We just waited for it to stop raining. Luckily it didn't rain for long.
1. Not everyone was punctual meeting at Victoria Station.
2. We encountered another set of problems when we set up for filming Vinnie seeing Pete walk past. One of these problems was that we had to get permission from the shopkeeper to film outside his shop.
3. Another problem at this location was that there was building work going on opposite where we were filming so we had to work around a ladder being in the shot which became awkward.
4. Furthermore in this location, where Sam was walking up the alley, people kept looking up at the camera and making eye-contact with it, this would ruin the shot.
5. After lunch it began to rain and this would prove to be bad continuity for our scenes.
Solutions
1. No one was extremely late so it didn't cause a problem and thankfully no one was absent either.
2. We asked and we were allowed to film outside the shop with his chairs and tables.
3. After a while the builders left and we were able to resume with our filming.
4. To overcome this problem we had to keep re-shooting the same scene until we were happy that it wasn't evident that anyone was making eye-contact with the camera.
5. We just waited for it to stop raining. Luckily it didn't rain for long.
Filming in London (Location)
We went up to London on Wednesday the 11th February and we all met up at Waterloo Station at 11. Then we got the tube to Liverpool Street station as Kieran knew that there were good places to film around this location. After a few minutes of searching for an ideal location we came upon a couple of side streets near the station. This is where we filmed the majority of the opening sequence.
This photo was taken at the start of our filming of 'The English Life'. We're filming the opening scene of 'Pete' walking down a street in the area of Liverpool Street.
This photo was taken in the same location however the camera was set up in a different angle to film the character 'Pete' from behind. We had some problems with continuity (people walking who weren't there before), however with editing we were able to make the shots consistent with one another.
This photo was taken as we were filming a high angled shot from the top a multi-story carpark. We had access to this easily just by walking to the top of it and thus it allowed us to shoot some great shots. We kept in contact with one another via mobile phones. However there were also some problems, there were vans parked where we wanted to film which would make continuity difficult. Furthermore there was a building site next to the camera so the sound from there is quite evident, we would have to edit this out.
This photo was taken at the start of our filming of 'The English Life'. We're filming the opening scene of 'Pete' walking down a street in the area of Liverpool Street.
This photo was taken in the same location however the camera was set up in a different angle to film the character 'Pete' from behind. We had some problems with continuity (people walking who weren't there before), however with editing we were able to make the shots consistent with one another.
This photo was taken as we were filming a high angled shot from the top a multi-story carpark. We had access to this easily just by walking to the top of it and thus it allowed us to shoot some great shots. We kept in contact with one another via mobile phones. However there were also some problems, there were vans parked where we wanted to film which would make continuity difficult. Furthermore there was a building site next to the camera so the sound from there is quite evident, we would have to edit this out.
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