Video Diary #2

Part 2. Filming Complete

LOCATION 1

We have taken new photographs of the locations we have used for our opening scene due to our last ones being old photographs that we had before for other lessons. We decided to film our location scenes on some abandoned train tracks, we changed the location recently due to us realising that it would be much safer as in the past we have noticed that alarms go off at the place we originally wanted to use, also because we wanted to use a fake gun for our film we thought it would be much safer to go somewhere that is not being used. It was also much quicker for us to get to this location and safer. We decided to use a small space of the location as we know that this is just an opening scene so we can not do too much work on this or it could seem like a short film without some sort of mystery ending. The film in film scene will be shot in one of our main character's home. This is to show how close the main characters were for the film in film showing the old memories and to show their social groups. We also think that filming our opening scene around this time of year is better because homes look very cosy and welcoming due to the decorations. We have taken photos of the house outside and some inside photos of where we think we will most likely film. We have decided to film the film in film on another day just because we want to take it on day where we are ready and we want to make sure the social groups are shown well. Also not all of our team need to be there, therefore we have planned on face timing each other to assist one another when filming as the main character and I will be able to film it ourselves and if it goes wrong we can easily do it again.

LOCATION 2

Today's filming for our location scenes went very quickly and smoothly today compared to our last filming, we decided this time to have more people our age or older so that we did not have to worry about being too serious and getting on with the film quickly because last time we had to make sure the people in our film were also enjoying it too. Also our last task was hard due to the day of filming we struggled with props, actors and the actual idea of what we wanted to do, this is because our storyboard plan was too over the top as our imagination went too far so the plan was too unrealistic and difficult to work around. This time we have been more organised, we have followed our storyboard and we followed our call sheet. The weather when we started filming was just right, it was cold and gloomy, then it got sunny and then it started to rain for a couple of minutes towards the end of filming however we were prepared with sensible clothing case it did rain. We only really changed one specific part in our film and that was using an apple instead of berries, however at the location we did find some berries but now I do not remember why we did not actually use them but anyway the apple worked too. We decided to film all of our parts on different angles so that if anyone wanted to use a different one when editing we had different options to choose from. We all had a go at something different in this film which was nice as we all could help each other out and learn new skills.

FILMING SELFIE:)

Part 1. FILMING DAY!!

We have just over an hour before we start filming our location part of our post apocalyptic opening scene. We have previously organised ourselves to meet on this day purely because everyone in our team has work therefore this was the only day we could film the location scenes and we knew we were going to have to work with whatever weather it was going to be... but luckily the weather is good for us! We were not really bothered if it was going to rain as long as it wasn't too heavy and there wasn't any storms. We are all very pleased with the weather because it isn't sunny, it looks very gloomy at the minute which we think will be just right for the filming. Our location scenes need to be perfect today because we won't have time to be able to meet up again due to work and school because by the time we can all meet it will already be too dark to film. We have all packed bags with all of our props, everyone's basically looking after whatever props and equipment they have what we will need and bringing it along with them just because it's a lot easier for us to do this rather than organise who's bringing what when they might not have it, we are all also bringing any other useful props in case our original ideas do not work out nicely on camera. We will be taking photographs of our location when we get there again as we have used old photographs for our mood boards and now we want to show more recent images of the location and explain why we chose it, we will also take character profile photographs of how they look in the film and on another day we will take a photo of the characters for the film in film to show what life was like before the tragedy and compare the clothing and mise-en-scene. We will also make a video diary of how our filming is getting on with our phones and we will edit and post them all very soon.

Forsaken's Script

We created a script for our opening scene to be ready to know exactly what to do on the filming day, it is very important to stick to the script and to our storyboard, this will save us time and help us be more organised. 

Forsake Script from ewelina stefaniak

How we will represent Social Groups

For our opening scene we are making our actors act a little older than what they are, also because we are having young adults as our main characters we cannot properly give a stereotypical look of them to make our social classes very obvious apart from branding and some mise-en-scene props.The way that we will be representing social groups in our opening scene will be through our film in film shot. Throughout our opening scene you will not be able to tell too much that the main characters used to be fairly wealthy, some viewers may be able to tell due to some of the clothing and props may be giving hints, for example sun glasses could give it away if there are brand names on them and perhaps bags if they look quite modern, etc. Our film will be set in the modern day due to the brands on pieces being visible and it will be nice to give the audience an idea of when the tragedy happened in the film. The audience will also see the social groups being presented very well when they watch our film in film. The film in film will show what life was like before the apocalypse. We will be paying a lot of attention to our mise-en-scene throughout this to make sure that what we are filming is very obvious and shows how wealthy and young the main characters were and show the closeness of the family perhaps, as I have mentioned in the character profiles how they are described as wealthy and young people.

Character Profiles, Call Sheet and Risk Assessment

PA Sound

Recently we have been learning about how to make our sound in our post apocalyptic films seem more realistic. We are wanting to create very smooth filming and editing once we are ready to go out and start it. There is a way to create a clear sounded film which is something called creating Foley sound. The name came from Jack Foley, Foley sound is a way to make your film not seem amateur. Foley effects are sound effects added to films after the shooting is complete. This can be sounds such as footsteps, slamming, gun shots, etc. These sounds are better recorded on their own and to place on top of the film to make the sound clear. When shooting the sound the boom operator will only be focusing on dialogue so that they can add in the Foley sounds after. Whilst editing we can edit the sound by fading it and controlling the intensity. Foley is performed by specialised artists that sound on a stage around props. The artists will watch the film and perform trying to be in time of the sounds.

We will be recording our "Foley" sounds on the day of our filming, we will be recording sounds such as a twig snapping with our phones and the sound that our gun prop makes when it makes a loud "shot" kind of noise, if we do not like our sounds recorded on our phones when we edit our work we will be having to use some sounds from non copyright websites or we shall think of alternative ways to exaggerate the sounds.

Planning for PA opening scene including story board

Below I have created a slideshow with my mood board, a plan, mise-en-scene and sounds. I have also added in my storyboard and animatic to show how the whole opening scene will turn out.