Robert began to edit the clips from the bedroom, in with what film we already had from the previous lesson. We decided to put it black and white, as it looked scaryier and more sinister. We put white and black fades in to signify the difference between flashbacks and present.
We still need to settle on a soundtrack, we've decided to go for a muffled bassline, as she is suppose to be at a party. Hopefully, Rob's brother will create a track for us otherwise next lesson we shall be searching for different copyright free tracks.
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Sunday 7 March 2010
Bedroom filming.
We all met up at 5.30pm today at our house location where we shot our last pieces of filming. Fitting 6 people into a small room with bed and trying to keep quiet while filming was hard.
We had a problem with costume, as we only had one pair of tights which we ripped last time, so our actress Ellie wore them backwards.
We casted a male actor, Jake Frost, an AS Drama student, he was chosen for his size and build, as we needed someone to look dominating and slightly scary.
We filmed an extra 3 mins of clips to edit together with the other clips from last saturday in tuesdays lesson.
Below is what happened, taken from Catherine White's Blog (http://catherinethriller.blogspot.com/)
(Before the rest of the cast/crew actually got to my house and it was only me, Elle (main actress) and Sarah and so we decided to do the first scene on our own. This was the scene of Ellie actually gagging in the sink and then taking a swig of her wine.
The rest of the crew/cast then turned up and we got on with the rest of the filming that we needed to do. We started with a shot of Ellie's feet and her holding her bottle of wine across the edge of the bed and then Jake's (our actor) feet moving in closer to Ellie's feet. We had to do this a couple of times to make absolutely sure that we had the right walk and got the right amount of footwork in the scene.
The next shot was going to be the one in which Ellie gets pushed onto the bed in a harsh way and then starts to scramble away as if she knows what is going to happen to her. This again took a few shots because most of the pushes weren't hard enough and we really needed to get the perfect shot.
The third shot was the one in which the rapist gets on top of the victim, Jake didn't really grasp how he had to do it properly the first time, but after a few shots we got what we needed.
Jake then needed to pull Ellie back to him and smother her with a pillow to get the effect of him trying to 'shut her up' this again took a few shots because we wanted it to be as harsh as possible to give a nasty effect. In the end we got it exactly how we wanted it, Ellie really struggling and Jake putting in a lot of force.
We then needed a shot of Ellie's tights being ripped because we had already shot her walking home in the morning and her tights are ripped all over, meaning there needed to be a reason for it. The tights were quite hard to rip and I had to do it with a key in the first place, so it made a bit difficult for Jake to rip them, but in the end we got there.
We then needed Ellie to take her tights off because we realised that rape wouldn't be able to occur if tights were on. So she took them off and Sarah hung them on a nearby stand to ensure that they were still seen by the audience in the next shot.
This shot was of Ellie then just lying on the bed, distraught and alone, whilst then panning towards Jake doing his trousers up and walking off scene. This only needed one shot as everyone said my pan was okay.
We then wanted a shot of Jake walking out of the door from one angle, behind him, and then another angle from Ellie's point of view lying on the bed, shot by Sarah.
We had a problem with costume, as we only had one pair of tights which we ripped last time, so our actress Ellie wore them backwards.
We casted a male actor, Jake Frost, an AS Drama student, he was chosen for his size and build, as we needed someone to look dominating and slightly scary.
We filmed an extra 3 mins of clips to edit together with the other clips from last saturday in tuesdays lesson.
Below is what happened, taken from Catherine White's Blog (http://catherinethriller.blogspot.com/)
(Before the rest of the cast/crew actually got to my house and it was only me, Elle (main actress) and Sarah and so we decided to do the first scene on our own. This was the scene of Ellie actually gagging in the sink and then taking a swig of her wine.
The rest of the crew/cast then turned up and we got on with the rest of the filming that we needed to do. We started with a shot of Ellie's feet and her holding her bottle of wine across the edge of the bed and then Jake's (our actor) feet moving in closer to Ellie's feet. We had to do this a couple of times to make absolutely sure that we had the right walk and got the right amount of footwork in the scene.
The next shot was going to be the one in which Ellie gets pushed onto the bed in a harsh way and then starts to scramble away as if she knows what is going to happen to her. This again took a few shots because most of the pushes weren't hard enough and we really needed to get the perfect shot.
The third shot was the one in which the rapist gets on top of the victim, Jake didn't really grasp how he had to do it properly the first time, but after a few shots we got what we needed.
Jake then needed to pull Ellie back to him and smother her with a pillow to get the effect of him trying to 'shut her up' this again took a few shots because we wanted it to be as harsh as possible to give a nasty effect. In the end we got it exactly how we wanted it, Ellie really struggling and Jake putting in a lot of force.
We then needed a shot of Ellie's tights being ripped because we had already shot her walking home in the morning and her tights are ripped all over, meaning there needed to be a reason for it. The tights were quite hard to rip and I had to do it with a key in the first place, so it made a bit difficult for Jake to rip them, but in the end we got there.
We then needed Ellie to take her tights off because we realised that rape wouldn't be able to occur if tights were on. So she took them off and Sarah hung them on a nearby stand to ensure that they were still seen by the audience in the next shot.
This shot was of Ellie then just lying on the bed, distraught and alone, whilst then panning towards Jake doing his trousers up and walking off scene. This only needed one shot as everyone said my pan was okay.
We then wanted a shot of Jake walking out of the door from one angle, behind him, and then another angle from Ellie's point of view lying on the bed, shot by Sarah.
Capturing and Editing More Filming
We captured the film however, there were no different clips so Robert and Catherine went through cutting and editing the 5 minute of footage. They then began to put them in order, however as we had no flashback footage it was hard. Aiden and I went to film more shots of the location for different angles, however as the weather was sunny, it wouldn't have gone with our overcast shots, therefore we abandoned the ideas.
Monday 1 March 2010
Filming - Saturday.
We met at 6 o clock in the fields, we wanted until 7 for the right light, we were trying to get a morning light, however the clouds made it hard for the light, however it means that the lighting was even all the way through filming.
We tryed to stick to the plans as much as possible for speed however, we tryed some different angles and different locations, including a bus stop which was on the way to our house location.
Catherine and I helped Ellie our actress with make-up and costume. Rob set up the camera, checking the white balance, with Catherine and I had forgotten to do in our preliminary task. The tripod had a screw missing that we hadn't noticed before which made the camera slightly unsteady, so we may have to re-shoot.
We got through filming pretty fast so we wrapped up at 9.30am, we are still yet to cast a male actor for the rapist role, there is some dispute into who would fit the role, and who would be sensitive about the role.
Next Saturday we are to film the flashbacks in our bedroom location, by then we shall have agreed on an actor.
We tryed to stick to the plans as much as possible for speed however, we tryed some different angles and different locations, including a bus stop which was on the way to our house location.
Catherine and I helped Ellie our actress with make-up and costume. Rob set up the camera, checking the white balance, with Catherine and I had forgotten to do in our preliminary task. The tripod had a screw missing that we hadn't noticed before which made the camera slightly unsteady, so we may have to re-shoot.
We got through filming pretty fast so we wrapped up at 9.30am, we are still yet to cast a male actor for the rapist role, there is some dispute into who would fit the role, and who would be sensitive about the role.
Next Saturday we are to film the flashbacks in our bedroom location, by then we shall have agreed on an actor.
Test Filming and Plans
Robert and Catherine worked on editing the test clips together, Rob put some effects and slowed some of the clips down to show what sort of effects we could do.
I wrote up some brief filming plans for Saturday, so that we didn't have to keep checking the storyboard.
Rob had some technical trouble with premiere as he'd tryed to create a storyboard video, however the pictures didn't load so we couldn't upload them.
Catherine and I held a casting meeting she found an actress who had experience as she was doing AS Drama, and she'd had a small role on the BBC show Doctors.
We are not sure who to cast as the role as the boy/rapist as it is a sensative subject so we would need a serious male actor to play the role.
I wrote up some brief filming plans for Saturday, so that we didn't have to keep checking the storyboard.
Rob had some technical trouble with premiere as he'd tryed to create a storyboard video, however the pictures didn't load so we couldn't upload them.
Catherine and I held a casting meeting she found an actress who had experience as she was doing AS Drama, and she'd had a small role on the BBC show Doctors.
We are not sure who to cast as the role as the boy/rapist as it is a sensative subject so we would need a serious male actor to play the role.
Test Filming
We went off sit into Chilwell fields to test out the location. It was severly muddy and impossible to film on as we couldn't get the tripod level, Catherine tryed to walk across but it was deemed to slippy for filming.
We went to our house set and tryed some angles and takes as we wanted some hand held camera work walking up to the door, we tryed to camera at different heights.
To be edited and uploaded next lesson.
We went to our house set and tryed some angles and takes as we wanted some hand held camera work walking up to the door, we tryed to camera at different heights.
To be edited and uploaded next lesson.
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