H.G: Reflection on Shoot 2

When and where was the shoot?

• This shoot took place on the 14th of January 2016.
• It was filmed from 4pm until 6pm
• Like the last shoot it was filmed at Louis house which is located In Sevenoaks, Riverhead.

What Scenes were you focusing on

•  We were particularly focusing on the parallel line of action with the protagonist walking home and with the antagonist lurking in the protagonists house. We needed to make sure that the shots followed the 180 degree rule and also try and use individual shots to help explain the parallel line of action

What was your individual contribution to the shoot?

•  When the protagonist was walking home I took the role of camera man as Louis was the actor in this part of the parallel line of action
• This changed when Louis became the camera man and took the role of the antagonist ( the other side of the parallel line of action

What do you think worked particularly well?

•  In the previous shoot it was slightly to light, so this time we filmed a little later in the day and think when looking at this on the time line it looks a lot more effective.
• I also think the antagonist wearing all black looks more conventional of the horror genre then before wearing normal clothes as it didn't really fit in with the action

What were the challenges of this particular shoot?

• A challenge we faced in this shoot was timing when to shoot as if it got too dark then the footage would be to dark and graining and would be useless.
• Another challenge we over came was using the track and dolly; we had to try time it perfectly so the protagonist walked past it and then revealed the house in the same shoot. 

LLM and HG: Reflection on todays lesson

Some feedback on our groups footage so far, and what happens next:

• In todays lesson we discussed with our peers and teachers a way of improving the footage we have filmed so far.
• Firstly, the problem recognised is the change in time and light from the scene of the walk home, the scene filmed in the house. The reason behind this is because the school camera is not effective enough to film in the dark - to tackle this challenge is to adjust the brightness and contrast when editing our footage.
• Some positives from our footage is the two lines of action of the walk of the protagonist home, and a scene of the antagonist walking around the house that the protagonist is walking to.
• For what happens next, our group needs to go on another shoot and add more shots to build suspense up until the climax of the action at the end of the sequence.
• For example, we know we now need to include more POV shots from the point of view of the protagonist so that the audience can get an understanding of what he is looking at each time he continues around the house.
• Further, we need to include an establishing shot for our last scene to give the audience a greater understanding of what the film is about and what happens next.

LLM: Reflection on shoot 2

• Our second shoot was much more effective for our sequence than the first; we included more shots to give us a range to choose from when editing. Further, we used the track in this shoot which provided us with some footage of good quality.

When and where was the shoot?

• This shoot took place on the 14th of January 2016.
• It was filmed from 4pm until 6pm
• Again, it was filmed at my house which is located In Sevenoaks, Riverhead.

What Scenes were you focusing on?

• There were two scenes we focused on in this shoot.
• First, it was the parallel lines of action for the opening sequence, this time of the antagonist.
• Secondly, it was the end sequence, involving both the protagonist and the antagonist.

What was your individual contribution to the shoot?

• When filming the parallel lines of action, of the antagonist, I took the role of being the camera man.
• For the final sequence filming, I am involved in the screening and so therefore I am the actor.

What do you think worked particularly well?

• I believe that in this particular shoot, filming the second part of the opening sequence seems very effective and when we put it into our edit I think it will look great with the two lines of different action.
• Along with this, I believe the lighting worked really well in our shoot for the final sequence, with the lights going on and off, with a different shot each time.

What were the challenges of this particular shoot?

• The challenges of this particular shoot was getting the track to work well; we wanted to get a track shot where it follows the camera and the focuses onto the protagonists house; however the camera was to near and didn't get the whole of the house in the shot, this is were we will have to re-shoot and try again.

Goup: Editing- Progress and Draft

• For the past 10 days, our group began editing the footage we gathered over the Christmas Holidays on Premier elements 9.0.
• As yet, we have got 2 minutes of footage that we have edited for our sequence; the footage has shown us what to use and what not use. It has illustrated that we need to re-shoot some of our footage, and also what we need to add.

• Our group have edited during the lessons, whilst one of us is editing the other is reviewing and putting forward ideas to improve the final piece.
• Non-Diegetic sound is indicated through the character when he picks up the phone and says 'hello' in a worried tone; further, the non-diegetic sound of the phone ringing, the toaster and the loud bang upstairs are all red herrings to create tension.

When reviewing our footage, to keep the continuity thorough, we had to use the cut tool. for     example when the character opens the cupboard door and then turns to put theplate on the side. 

 





LLM: Reflection of shoot 1

When and where was the shoot?

• The first shoot took place on the 23rd of December 2015.
• It was filmed around 3pm to 530pm.
• filmed at my house is Sevenoaks, Riverhead.

What Scenes were you focusing on?

• The main theme we were focusing on was the opening scene.
• We aimed to film the protagonist walking home, whilst being silently followed.
• We also aimed to film a short sequence were the antagonist makes an appearance to gather an idea of how effective our ideas are for his characteristics.

What was your individual contribution to the shoot?

• I was the actor for the shoot.
• I also participated in some filing of the antagonist shoots.
• I also helped out with providing ideas for what camera angles we should use for each shoot.

To what extent did the storyboard affect your use of camera and framing?

• At the beginning of the shoot, we followed our storyboard.
• As time went on, we began to think up better use of camera techniques to use.
• We found this useful as it gave our group a range of shots which we could choose from when editing our shots.

What do you think work particularly well?

• In this shoot, the walk home I was particularly pleased with, even though we have decided that we are going to re-film, to included different angles and include the tracking shot for a more effective shoot.

What were the challenges of this particular shoot?

• What I found challenging was using the school cameras whilst filming in the dark.
• The figure filmed was not picked out correctly and it didn't create the scary atmosphere that we wanted.

HG: Reflection of shoot 1

When and where was the shoot
The shoot took place in Riverhead, which is where Louis' house is situated. The shoot took place in the Christmas holidays on the 21st December.

What Scenes were you focusing on?
We were mainly focusing on the walk home which is the first part of our opening sequence. This involves Louis ( The protagonist) walking back from work when he starts to feel he is being watched and followed by the antagonist which is me.

What was your individual contribution to the shoot?
My individual contribution to the shoot was being the main person filming the footage. I was experimenting with various different angles whilst Louis was the actor. Louis also gave me shots the he thought would look affective and together decided what would be most suitable.

To what extent did the storyboard affect your use of camera and framing?
Our storyboard did affect are use of camera and framing to a certain extent, the frames we did use were very helpful but we started to use are imagination more then using the storyboard which did lead us with having a lot more footage then we actually needed from our first shot.

What do you think work particularly well?
I think the continuity of the walk home worked really well, we were able to experiment with a rane of camera angles and shots.

What were the challenges of this particular shoot?
Shooting in a busy road means that we had to film around cars coming up the road and people walking along it. This hindered us as if we were filming would have to reshoot that bit as something would have be noticeable in the footage

LLM and HG : Risk assesment and Call sheet

This is our and call sheet for out first shoot:

This is our risk assessment for our first shoot :