Lesson dated Wednesday February 4th 2009
Today we supposed to film at the graveyard but due to weather conditions we were unable to film there. Instead we filmed at MyLinh’s house; this is the first part of our thriller, when Samah is getting ready to leave the house. In this part of the thriller we are establishing the friendship between the two. Also in this scene to add an element of thriller, we also filmed Samah thinking that she saw MyLinh, this will make the audience wonder who that girl was and why was she being imagined. This will automatically raise questions for the audience and create a thrilling mood. I did a lot of close ups and over the shoulder shots. Also we have tried to film shots that may help when we will want to do match cutting for the final. Our next filming will be on Friday 6th February 2009 at Stoke Newington Graveyard.
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Unable to film
Due to bad weather conditions we were unable to film on Tuesday at MyLinh's house; therefore we will be filming at her house next week Tuesday. For tomorrows shooting we will be filming in Stoke Newington graveyard, that is if the weather allows us to film there.
Wednesday 28th January 2009 & Friday 30th January 2009
My group and I started filming on Wednesday. We went to Finsbury park and did a few shots their. This is the scene where Samah sees her “dead” friend MyLinh. We did some long shots and a lot of over the shoulder shots from Samah’s perspective. On Wednesday the weather was rainy and it our shooting didn’t go according to plan, but we did manage to get quite a few good shots. We returned to Finsbury Park on Friday and we did a few more shots. After filming in Finsbury park we realised that we may not want to use the shots we shot at Finsbury park, however we have closed the option completely on whether to use the shots we took or not. Also in case we did use those shots we decided to wrap the ending of the thriller. This included filming with hand held camera work. I had to go around Samah, while she thinks that she keeps on hearing MyLinh whispering her name. we did not use the tripod as much because we saw that hand held camera was easier and provided a thrilling effect. Our next location to film will be at MyLinh’s house on Tuesday 3rd February.
Monday, 2 February 2009
Filming the park scene- Samah Ibtes
For the second time, me, Rifath and Mylinh went to the park scene to film me walking out of the graveyard where my character keeps seeing glances of her 'dead' friend.
The weather was cold and below freezing point which made it difficult for us to film our scene, hand held in which we managed to do so anyway.
We have finished now filming the park scene.
The weather was cold and below freezing point which made it difficult for us to film our scene, hand held in which we managed to do so anyway.
We have finished now filming the park scene.
Sunday, 25 January 2009
Pitching lesson -Dated 23/01/09
Lesson dated 23-01-09:
During this lesson we were given a pitching activity to do, in which we had to present our idea to the class and our teacher. Our original idea was of two best friends, (played by: Samah and MyLinh) in which MyLinh has been found murdered at a church site. One normal day, Samah thinks she sees MyLinh (who is supposedly dead) in which she beings to follow this girl until she is taken to the church site where MyLynh was found one of the girls has been murdered. We had to change our idea slightly, because our original idea was too long and it would not have fitted into 2 minutes.
For our idea we still stayed in the theme of best fiends and murder. Our new idea will establish three main themes: it will firstly establish the friendship between the two characters this will be done in an ordinary setting of a home. We will establish friendship through photographs of the two friends.
We will then establish the death of MyLynh; this will be done in the setting of a graveyard where Samah will go to visit MyLynh’s grave. We will then use flashaback images of newspaper articles and photographs to show that she is dead.
The final establishment will be to create a surreal feeling and leave the audience to wonder whether or not MyLynh is really dead. Here we will use shots that will help create tension and uneasy feelings, making the audience want to continue watching on.
We will start filming from Wednesday 28th January 2008.
During this lesson we were given a pitching activity to do, in which we had to present our idea to the class and our teacher. Our original idea was of two best friends, (played by: Samah and MyLinh) in which MyLinh has been found murdered at a church site. One normal day, Samah thinks she sees MyLinh (who is supposedly dead) in which she beings to follow this girl until she is taken to the church site where MyLynh was found one of the girls has been murdered. We had to change our idea slightly, because our original idea was too long and it would not have fitted into 2 minutes.
For our idea we still stayed in the theme of best fiends and murder. Our new idea will establish three main themes: it will firstly establish the friendship between the two characters this will be done in an ordinary setting of a home. We will establish friendship through photographs of the two friends.
We will then establish the death of MyLynh; this will be done in the setting of a graveyard where Samah will go to visit MyLynh’s grave. We will then use flashaback images of newspaper articles and photographs to show that she is dead.
The final establishment will be to create a surreal feeling and leave the audience to wonder whether or not MyLynh is really dead. Here we will use shots that will help create tension and uneasy feelings, making the audience want to continue watching on.
We will start filming from Wednesday 28th January 2008.
Friday, 16 January 2009
Thursday, 15 January 2009
evaluation of previous AS student clips
The clips that we watched today were openings of thriller films created by previous AS media students. We watched five videos, all based on thriller. However each of them had a different approach on how to portray a thriller.
All the clips used a variety of different camera shots and angles, which added an impact on the thriller theme.
I realised that in all the clips, the use of music was very strong and this had a great effect when it came to portray a thriller theme. The music too the first clip was very well presented as it helped build a susceptive mood allowing questions to arise in the audiences minds. Another clip also contained very strong music which had a chilling effect on the audience as it also fit in with the setting of the clip; which was of a graveyard. I also think that a lot of the editing was good as there were very good cuts which all flowed in with each shot. Also the type set used for most of the clips were also very good and they strongly fit into the theme of the thriller. Finally, I also realised that transitions made in the clips were very effective as it made the clip flow well and look very professional.
I think that the role of planning played a very important part in the production. By planning it makes it a lot easier to film as everyone will be aware of what ti do. Also by having the clip structured out, the production of the film will be able to flow well.
I think my group will try to avoid using too many transitions and make sure that we do not repeat shots.
All the clips used a variety of different camera shots and angles, which added an impact on the thriller theme.
I realised that in all the clips, the use of music was very strong and this had a great effect when it came to portray a thriller theme. The music too the first clip was very well presented as it helped build a susceptive mood allowing questions to arise in the audiences minds. Another clip also contained very strong music which had a chilling effect on the audience as it also fit in with the setting of the clip; which was of a graveyard. I also think that a lot of the editing was good as there were very good cuts which all flowed in with each shot. Also the type set used for most of the clips were also very good and they strongly fit into the theme of the thriller. Finally, I also realised that transitions made in the clips were very effective as it made the clip flow well and look very professional.
I think that the role of planning played a very important part in the production. By planning it makes it a lot easier to film as everyone will be aware of what ti do. Also by having the clip structured out, the production of the film will be able to flow well.
I think my group will try to avoid using too many transitions and make sure that we do not repeat shots.
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