18 November 2014
What have you done?
We planned locations and angles for scenes.
Decided what props we need.
Decided how much time we will spend shooting at each
location.
Targets:
Tom: To ask if you are allowed an hour out of the music
video.
Eliza:
Freddy: Think in more detail about the Pavilion scene.
Claudia: Make a Facebook group and add us all so we can
share pictures etc from the lesson.
Good vs Bad:
What went well and why:
Decided where we want to film and how we will film scenes in
the classroom.
What went bad and why:
Didn't discuss fully what we are going to film at the
Pavilion & the angles we will use. Didn't have enough time as we thought of
the idea at the end of the lesson.
19 November 2014
What have you done?
Today, we focused on our thriller length and complexity, and
decided it was too long for an introduction sequence. We completed our story
board for tomorrows practice lesson. We created a Whatsapp group so we could
communicate more easily. We fitted our sequence into around two minutes and
finalized the locations and props for tomorrow.
Targets:
Tom: To find time from the music video to go and take part
in the practice film session.
Eliza: Finish the storyboard drawings.
Freddy: Check over the original idea, make sure we haven't
missed anything that could make our sequence more thrilling.
Claudia: Contact each of the group to make sure Whatsapp
works.
Good vs Bad
What went well:
We established a way of contacting each other easily, so we
can organize things when we are at home. We also managed to decide on a story
that will fit roughly into the timespan.
What didn't go well:
We wasted a little time deciding on ideas that would fit
into the timespan and still be tense.
20 November 2014
Today we filmed the reccy shoot filming each shot in
chronological order, each in one take.
Targets:
Claudia-upload videos onto laptop so we have back up copies.
Eliza-
Tom-catch up on what missed and go through what problems
came up
Freddy-
Group- discuss ways to lengthen the sequence. Maybe we could
write some dialogue so that there is more substance to the shots so they don't
seem as long.
WWW- it was useful to see how the shot pieced together and
it helped us to get a more visual idea of how our thoughts worked together,
therefore making it easier to adapt and add in ideas to our sequence to improve
it.
WWB- we need to discuss in more detail how to extend the
sequence as it only came up to a minute. so that held us back as we were
running out of ideas and we need to discuss in more detail how to adapt our
idea.
MINUTE MEETING (21/11/14)
What has worked well:
To increase the
tension we positioned 'claudia' in the background to show a hooded figure in
the background which the girl cant see. this worked well we thought as it shows
the thrilling side of the opening scene opening the question of "who is
the person in the background?"
Another thing that worked well we felt was the
camera angle we used to show the girls face expressions of fear and
vulnerability. we used a closeup which worked really well to show these
emotions to the audience and increase suspense of whats going to happen to her.
What didn't work so well:
We felt the
general pace of the opening scene wasnt quite right and we maybe need to work
on that to make it quicker and therefore more tense or slower and slower. This
definitely is a weakness of the piece at the moment as it isn't flowing very
well with the pace we used in the tester film.
Also to improve
the piece we think that we could add more to it whether thats mroe sound or
another twist or even cut things out and replace them with other ideas because most
of the group agree at the moment the stroyline isn't strong enough to create
that thrilling effect on its own but needs more to be successful.
24 November 2014
What have you done:
Noticed our idea was still too complex and we were trying to
channel too many ideas into one, Decided final idea, of being at a funeral, we
see a lot of sad people and then the camera pans down to the coffin & we
see the woman is alive. It then cuts to a man laughing. We also talked through
a few points for the pitch
Targets:
Eliza: prepare pitch for tomorrow
Freddy: create a story board for the pitch tomorrow
Claudia: inform tom on what he missed in today's lesson.
WWW:
today we discussed what was bad in our idea and what we
could do to make it better, we finally decided our final idea & everyone is
happy with it. Decided who was going to present the pitch & who is going to
write feedback.
WWB:
Left it quite late to decide our final idea, which made our
overall summary & opening sequence suffer. We didn't really have a clear
pitch, we just talked through a few ideas of what we want to include, as eliza
is presenting the pitch, she is going to finish it at home.
26 November 2014
We started to make mood boards which we created through any
photos which we felt connected to our opening scene of our thriller piece.
These included the inside of a coffin and the different shots we might use to
show her trapped such as point of view angles or closeups. Also to our mood
board we added words such as 'trapped' setting the scene of the tense situation
shes in. Also we looked at the type of graveyard the coffin would be buried in
and added those pictrues to the mood board.Also we added pictures of the girl
who would be in the coffina and the general look we imagine her to have.
Targets (all pretty much the same)
Eliza=continue looking for photos for the mood board
Claudia= the same
Tom (if able to )= also look for some photos which link with
the ideas for our thriller title sequence
Freddy= same
18 November 2014
What have you done?
We planned locations and angles for scenes.
Decided what props we need.
Decided how much time we will spend shooting at each
location.
Targets:
Tom: To ask if you are allowed an hour out of the music
video.
Eliza:
Freddy: Think in more detail about the Pavilion scene.
Claudia: Make a Facebook group and add us all so we can
share pictures etc from the lesson.
Good vs Bad:
What went well and why:
Decided where we want to film and how we will film scenes in
the classroom.
What went bad and why:
Didn't discuss fully what we are going to film at the
Pavilion & the angles we will use. Didn't have enough time as we thought of
the idea at the end of the lesson.
19 November 2014
What have you done?
Today, we focused on our thriller length and complexity, and
decided it was too long for an introduction sequence. We completed our story
board for tomorrows practice lesson. We created a Whatsapp group so we could
communicate more easily. We fitted our sequence into around two minutes and
finalized the locations and props for tomorrow.
Targets:
Tom: To find time from the music video to go and take part
in the practice film session.
Eliza: Finish the storyboard drawings.
Freddy: Check over the original idea, make sure we haven't
missed anything that could make our sequence more thrilling.
Claudia: Contact each of the group to make sure Whatsapp
works.
Good vs Bad
What went well:
We established a way of contacting each other easily, so we
can organize things when we are at home. We also managed to decide on a story
that will fit roughly into the timespan.
What didn't go well:
We wasted a little time deciding on ideas that would fit
into the timespan and still be tense.
20 November 2014
Today we filmed the reccy shoot filming each shot in
chronological order, each in one take.
Targets:
Claudia-upload videos onto laptop so we have back up copies.
Eliza-
Tom-catch up on what missed and go through what problems
came up
Freddy-
Group- discuss ways to lengthen the sequence. Maybe we could
write some dialogue so that there is more substance to the shots so they don't
seem as long.
WWW- it was useful to see how the shot pieced together and
it helped us to get a more visual idea of how our thoughts worked together,
therefore making it easier to adapt and add in ideas to our sequence to improve
it.
WWB- we need to discuss in more detail how to extend the
sequence as it only came up to a minute. so that held us back as we were running
out of ideas and we need to discuss in more detail how to adapt our idea.
MINUTE MEETING (21/11/14)
What has worked well:
To increase the
tension we positioned 'claudia' in the background to show a hooded figure in
the background which the girl cant see. this worked well we thought as it shows
the thrilling side of the opening scene opening the question of "who is
the person in the background?"
Another thing that
worked well we felt was the camera angle we used to show the girls face
expressions of fear and vulnerability. we used a closeup which worked really
well to show these emotions to the audience and increase suspense of whats
going to happen to her.
What didn't work so well:
We felt the
general pace of the opening scene wasnt quite right and we maybe need to work
on that to make it quicker and therefore more tense or slower and slower. This
definitely is a weakness of the piece at the moment as it isn't flowing very
well with the pace we used in the tester film.
Also to improve
the piece we think that we could add more to it whether thats mroe sound or
another twist or even cut things out and replace them with other ideas because
most of the group agree at the moment the stroyline isn't strong enough to
create that thrilling effect on its own but needs more to be successful.
24 November 2014
What have you done:
Noticed our idea was still too complex and we were trying to
channel too many ideas into one, Decided final idea, of being at a funeral, we
see a lot of sad people and then the camera pans down to the coffin & we
see the woman is alive. It then cuts to a man laughing. We also talked through
a few points for the pitch
Targets:
Eliza: prepare pitch for tomorrow
Freddy: create a story board for the pitch tomorrow
Claudia: inform tom on what he missed in today's lesson.
WWW:
today we discussed what was bad in our idea and what we
could do to make it better, we finally decided our final idea & everyone is
happy with it. Decided who was going to present the pitch & who is going to
write feedback.
WWB:
Left it quite late to decide our final idea, which made our
overall summary & opening sequence suffer. We didn't really have a clear
pitch, we just talked through a few ideas of what we want to include, as eliza
is presenting the pitch, she is going to finish it at home.
26 November 2014
We started to make mood boards which we created through any
photos which we felt connected to our opening scene of our thriller piece.
These included the inside of a coffin and the different shots we might use to
show her trapped such as point of view angles or closeups. Also to our mood
board we added words such as 'trapped' setting the scene of the tense situation
shes in. Also we looked at the type of graveyard the coffin would be buried in
and added those pictrues to the mood board.Also we added pictures of the girl
who would be in the coffina and the general look we imagine her to have.
Targets (all pretty much the same)
Eliza=continue looking for photos for the mood board
Claudia= the same
Tom (if able to )= also look for some photos which link with
the ideas for our thriller title sequence
Freddy= same
18 November 2014
What have you done?
We planned locations and angles for scenes.
Decided what props we need.
Decided how much time we will spend shooting at each
location.
Targets:
Tom: To ask if you are allowed an hour out of the music
video.
Eliza:
Freddy: Think in more detail about the Pavilion scene.
Claudia: Make a Facebook group and add us all so we can
share pictures etc from the lesson.
Good vs Bad:
What went well and why:
Decided where we want to film and how we will film scenes in
the classroom.
What went bad and why:
Didn't discuss fully what we are going to film at the
Pavilion & the angles we will use. Didn't have enough time as we thought of
the idea at the end of the lesson.
19 November 2014
What have you done?
Today, we focused on our thriller length and complexity, and
decided it was too long for an introduction sequence. We completed our story
board for tomorrows practice lesson. We created a Whatsapp group so we could
communicate more easily. We fitted our sequence into around two minutes and
finalized the locations and props for tomorrow.
Targets:
Tom: To find time from the music video to go and take part
in the practice film session.
Eliza: Finish the storyboard drawings.
Freddy: Check over the original idea, make sure we haven't
missed anything that could make our sequence more thrilling.
Claudia: Contact each of the group to make sure Whatsapp
works.
Good vs Bad
What went well:
We established a way of contacting each other easily, so we
can organize things when we are at home. We also managed to decide on a story
that will fit roughly into the timespan.
What didn't go well:
We wasted a little time deciding on ideas that would fit
into the timespan and still be tense.
20 November 2014
Today we filmed the reccy shoot filming each shot in
chronological order, each in one take.
Targets:
Claudia-upload videos onto laptop so we have back up copies.
Eliza-
Tom-catch up on what missed and go through what problems
came up
Freddy-
Group- discuss ways to lengthen the sequence. Maybe we could
write some dialogue so that there is more substance to the shots so they don't
seem as long.
WWW- it was useful to see how the shot pieced together and
it helped us to get a more visual idea of how our thoughts worked together,
therefore making it easier to adapt and add in ideas to our sequence to improve
it.
WWB- we need to discuss in more detail how to extend the
sequence as it only came up to a minute. so that held us back as we were
running out of ideas and we need to discuss in more detail how to adapt our
idea.
MINUTE MEETING (21/11/14)
What has worked well:
To increase the
tension we positioned 'claudia' in the background to show a hooded figure in
the background which the girl cant see. this worked well we thought as it shows
the thrilling side of the opening scene opening the question of "who is
the person in the background?"
Another thing that
worked well we felt was the camera angle we used to show the girls face
expressions of fear and vulnerability. we used a closeup which worked really
well to show these emotions to the audience and increase suspense of whats
going to happen to her.
What didn't work so well:
We felt the
general pace of the opening scene wasnt quite right and we maybe need to work
on that to make it quicker and therefore more tense or slower and slower. This
definitely is a weakness of the piece at the moment as it isn't flowing very
well with the pace we used in the tester film.
Also to improve
the piece we think that we could add more to it whether thats mroe sound or
another twist or even cut things out and replace them with other ideas because
most of the group agree at the moment the stroyline isn't strong enough to
create that thrilling effect on its own but needs more to be successful.
24 November 2014
What have you done:
Noticed our idea was still too complex and we were trying to
channel too many ideas into one, Decided final idea, of being at a funeral, we
see a lot of sad people and then the camera pans down to the coffin & we
see the woman is alive. It then cuts to a man laughing. We also talked through
a few points for the pitch
Targets:
Eliza: prepare pitch for tomorrow
Freddy: create a story board for the pitch tomorrow
Claudia: inform tom on what he missed in today's lesson.
WWW:
today we discussed what was bad in our idea and what we
could do to make it better, we finally decided our final idea & everyone is
happy with it. Decided who was going to present the pitch & who is going to
write feedback.
WWB:
Left it quite late to decide our final idea, which made our
overall summary & opening sequence suffer. We didn't really have a clear
pitch, we just talked through a few ideas of what we want to include, as eliza
is presenting the pitch, she is going to finish it at home.
26 November 2014
We started to make mood boards which we created through any
photos which we felt connected to our opening scene of our thriller piece.
These included the inside of a coffin and the different shots we might use to
show her trapped such as point of view angles or closeups. Also to our mood
board we added words such as 'trapped' setting the scene of the tense situation
shes in. Also we looked at the type of graveyard the coffin would be buried in
and added those pictrues to the mood board.Also we added pictures of the girl
who would be in the coffina and the general look we imagine her to have.
Targets (all pretty much the same)
Eliza=continue looking for photos for the mood board
Claudia= the same
Tom (if able to )= also look for some photos which link with
the ideas for our thriller title sequence
Freddy= same