AS Media Studies Production: Second Day of Shooting

Filming Day 2

Our second day of filming was during our double Media Lesson on Thursday the 29th of November. During this time we filmed the flashback scene showing Billy washing his hands. He had put dirt of them to make it more realistic (he gets the dirt from when the boys were running away and he fell over). We filmed the scene in the school toilets, it was made to look as if he had found the nearest sink possible and that being a public restroom. We did three different shots a Point of view from Billy, a over the shoulder and a close up this was to show different shots every time it flashes back. Each of these flash backs will be quickly flashed onto screen as the camera zooms out from the dead body. They will be linked in with white noise and a static screen to help portray the sense of panic as Billy is washing his hands.

AS Media Studies Production: Location

Location

For our filming we have found a great location with the potential to film all of our clips that we have planned. At the start we have found a ditch in the forest where we can place the body. The rest of the forest is full of paths that we are able to use for our other two actors. They would be able to run down these paths without any problems. The camera would be able to film without any trees getting the way of the models. We have also found a great location for our final scene where the two boys are running down the path with the trees over the tops of them. Overall I think that this is going to be the best place for us to film.

AS Media Studies Production: Sound and Music

Sound and Music Ideas

The beginging of the scene we want it to be silent other than the noises of the forest. We can not just record this as Trapstyles woods is right next to the A10 so would pick up unwanted traffic noises. This means we will need to make our own diagetic sounds for the scene including wind, leaf crunching, and crow noises to represent death. During the flash back we will need to find a noise that is non diagetic and loud to catch the audience off guard we will also need to seperately record a tap running and heavy breathing. For the boys running away we need the noises of their footprints, heavy breathing and music to add to the drama. The music we are looking to find is some loud drumming music to build tension within the scene.

AS Media Studies Production: Weather Problems

Weather Problems

 

After our first day of filming we decided that we would try and film the following day. However on the saturday before we were going to start filming it started to get really windy and rain alot. The problem that we faced was that we were in the forest so it would of been dangerous for us to be filming there as the ground would of been slippery. We also had the problem of the rain hitting all the leaves on the trees and creating a very different background sound to what we started with. We are now looking ahead of tme. We are researching when the weather will be good for filming and we are going to be filming on the days that the weather issimular to what we started with.

AS Media Studies Production: First day of Filming

First Day of Filming

 

For our first day of filming we had set out a plan to try and film as much as we could. We had our storyboard set up to see what we needed to film and our camera and tripod were ready. We decided to film our opinion scene locally, we were filming in the local woods called Trap styles Woods, show in this picture.

The camera we were using was a Canon Legria FS200 with an additional microphone to be able to capture the sound perfectly.



Our first day of filming did not go quite to plan. In our story board we have go a certain way of filming those first few clips. The starting clips of the body on the floor. However when we came to filming it we couldn't find the position that we needed to get that shot that we wanted. After about 15 minutes we had got the tripod in a place that was able to make the shot look very close to what the storyboard looks like. After filming this scene we didn't feel like we had got the best shot that we could get. We kept moving our camera and tripod around to get different angles and make the body different sizes when zooming out. After an hour or two we were happy with the shots that we had got. Luckily just before it started getting dark. Instead of filming the quantity we had captured quality. We decided we would start on our other scenes in our second filming day. Overall we are very happy with the outcome of our shots.

These were the two main shots that we focus on, on the first day of shooting. We wanted to get the opening scene perfect and we tried it from qa load of different angles. I was happy with the outcome and the look of the videos.
 

Storyboard

Storyboard

Our storyboard isnt too long but we have been able to set the storyline of how we would like it to be. we know that there will be some big changes as we go along but this is how we feel will the best way to layout the film.

AS Media Studies Production: Change in Costume

Change in Costume
At first we wanted for our killers and the victim to quite stereotypical. They were going to look like what you would expect the murderer to look like and what the victim would look like. Before the first day of filming we decided to change the way our film would look and was percieved. We decided to make the film look more modern and try and defeat the stereotypes. We decided that the victim didnt need to look like someone that would get bullied. We wanted them to look more like a normal teenager. We also wanted this for our murderers aswell. We wanted this because we wanted to get the message across that anyone could become the victim or be the murderer. And this was the message we wanted to get to our target audience, teenagers.

For our victim we went with a more modern look. We decided to make the victim wear jeans because it made him seem more normal and quite modern. We still have him wearing the red gloves as a representation of blood and danger. He has got the brown coat on that blends in with the background a bit. he has got a green and yellow hat on. We also got him to wear red shoes so that the colour red was a common colouyr in this opening few clips. Tghis will then hopefully show the veiwer that there has been something bad going on and the boy has been serverly injured or killed.

For the two other boys that are the murderers we also decided to go with a more modern fashion. With these two boys we decided not to really have any signs or items of clothing that woudl show any rference to danger or pain. We made sure that boy boys had hoods on so that they would be able to hide their faces from passers by or poeople they may see on the way. They both have jeans on to make it more modern again.

 Film opening treatment



Red Handed

 This treatment is what I would like to make a two minute opening scene for. i have come up with this treatment and the idea of the film on my own. i think that this film would be good to make a opening scene with.
 

A normal neighbourhood that has got a mystery guest. The innocent town that had a suprise coming to it. A family made up of criminals from London have now decided to move to a smaller town called Ware after they are very nearly caught during a robbery. After moving into their new habitat they soon hear about the worlds largest diamond coming to ware museum for a limited time only. They start planning to steal this, however they do not realise thast their neighbours have realisised who they are. Before the plan is put into action the police are tipped off about where they live. Now their plan has gone from stealing the diamond to escaping with their lives. Follow their story of how they escaped with their lives and witness the rollercoaster ride of a lifetime.

AS Media Studies Production: My Group

 

My Group

 

In our group we have from left to right ( Matt Elsom, Billy Saxon, Jimmy Beaton and Max Allum)

AS Media Studies Production: Costumes

Costumes

 

When our group was thinking about what clothes or costumes we wanted our characters to wear we really thought hard about the type of characters we were trying to create. The story is about three young boys, one, that is dead from the start and the other two that are the murderers. We decided that the first boy should have his own identity then the other two boys could have similar identities.

 

Boy No 1.

Our first character is the boy that is dead from the start. We decided that this character is going to be quite clever so would be classed as a geek. We decided this because we needed a reason for the other boys to then attack him which caused his death. As the plot was that he would be camping we decided that the most suitable clothing for this character would be some traditional camping gear.

To start with we have got the walking boots, walking boots would be the most suitable shoes for a camping trip so we decided that this would be the best shoes for our character to wear. Next we have the jeans, they are just normal jeans, again they are jst a decision that we made beacaus we thought they would be suitable for the characters personality. We have then got the red shirt. We decided to have the shirt red because it is symbolising death and blood. It is also symbolising danger. Then there is just a normal camping coat that we again though would be a good thing for him to wear.

 

Boys No 2 & 3

Our two other character are going to be very similar in character and personality. So we decided that they could also be very similar with the clothes that they wear aswell. We decided that our two other characters were going to be characters that acted like chavs. We also decided that they would dress like them too. To start off we decide to just go with traditional white trainers. Then the black jogging bottoms and hoodie will both symbolise dasrkness and a different side to the boys. It will symbolise that the boys are like the Grim reaper as they are wearing all black. Then the hat is just an eaxtra feature we decided to have. We will have someone wiht a red had as uit is again symbolising death and blood.