Minute Meetings

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