Re-filming 10th february

When re-filming it took a bit longer to get started as people were late or they we needed to focus. but after everyone was on the same track we got started properly. Like the first time we had filmed the the 2nd half i took a point of view shot of Poppy sitting down as we thought that it was a good shot to keep as it was then adding to the variety of different shots we were using. This also gave you a shot before having the closeups off Poppy as this is where i ask if she is Okay.

We found it easier to put the news report on this TV this time as we knew what we were doing as we have now had a bit go experience with our timing so we could get it right when we were filming the news report last time.

We filmed this shot of Lacey walking out the house except unfortunately because of the time of day we filmed we couldn't use shot from last time showing the sky which was one our favourite shots so we had to retake the shot in the day. Which still worked but the one before hand would have worked better especially for our Thriller/suspense theme.

When re-filming Hannah was the one who took the close-ups of Poppy's face which worked well as we had managed to get them at the right angle. However when we looked at these after filming one was talking using the flash so did not match the others but we did not find this out until we started editing.

I think as a group this time we were more experienced which meant that we found it easier to swap and change which shots we took. We also Had another investigator (Matthew) as generally you would see a lot of thrillers have more than one investigator present. We found that this worked quite well as the focus was more not the questions and Poppy than on the rest of the characters. 

Re-filming 2nd half story board

For frame 4 we decided that we would do the Pan whilst Poppy gets put o answer there door bell to save time and so that there is a link to her walking out of the living room and opening the front door in the next frame. 

In Frame 7 after briefly talking to the investigator she invites her into the home by opening the slightly wider and stepping to the side. Here i thought it would be good that whilst they talk the ,music should fad out slightly and be more in the background rather than being too loud. 

I think for Frame 10 it would be good to have the heart beat get louder as it shows each closeup, generally when people are nervous or upset they bite the inside of there mouth or there lip so the close up of the mouth works well as it is a known nervous tick that most people have.

For Frame 14 the match on match between the Investigator and Poppy works well and the wide shot shows both characters. Showing The Investigator thanking Poppy fir answering her questions.

With our storyboards as a group we use them more as a guideline rather than a set script as when we are filming we finds it better to sometimes improvise or use a slightly different angle that works better for us and we feel looks better generally. 

Planning for 10th february.

We will be re-filming in the 10th of february for our second half of our opening scene, so as a group we made another production plan so we knew what we needed to do on the day:

The filming will take place at Hannah's house after school.

For props we need to use the TV to show the news report, Note pad and pen for investigator to make them look more professional, Also we will be using a fake business card to give to one of the family/friends like you would stereotypically see in an investigation as the family are always given a contact incase of extra information.

Characters will be: Susan Richmond-Me, Co-worker-Matthew, Samantha Jones-Miss Court, Poppy Greene, Jessica-Jasmine and Hannah and Laura are Extras.

People who will be: Paige, Matthew, Poppy, Jasmine, Hannah, Laura and Myself.

Shots that we need to re-film:

• Extreme close-up of the news report
• Long shot pan of the room
• Halfway through the pan, do close up of my face as i start talking
• Point of view, shot reverse shot of the conversation between Jasmine and myself
• Cut to the conversation between Matthew and Lacey
• Close-up of Lacey's Facial expressions, hands, eyes and mouth
• Mid-long shot of Lacey running out of the house
• Long shot of Lacey speed walking out of the the front door slamming it behind her
• Pan around as Lacey sits down against the wall
• Low angle shot of view, showing the sky
• Screen goes black.

Video discussion about re-filming

Our discussion

Match on match of van

When doing our match on match shot of the van we found that it was harder than we first thought to make it flow past without looking like it was jumping from one shot to the other. We tried multiple different ways of attempting to get it to go past almost unnoticeable, because the shots were very slightly different we had to crop down the actual image of the van to make it exactly the same between the two shots. We also found that by using a transition that blurs two shots together, which cause represent the passing of time and which indicates that something bad has happened while the van carries on past. Although this shot was the hardest to edit i think this is one of the best in our whole opening scene.

Re-filming the 2nd half

When we started editing we found that a lot of shots in the second half were blurry and we would need to re-film a fair few of the shots to improve the quality of the ending. Unfortunately we found that the reason the shots were blurry was because we were Hannah's personal camera which is more designed for pictures rather than videoing. So we will have to refill the majority if not all of our last section to improve the quality of the film. We also found we didn't have all the shots we needed and some were unusually short or were too fast as we needed to pace ourselves a little better. We decided since we are all available we will be re-filming on the Friday 10th February. We will be using either my camera as it is more used for filming or a school camera to ensure that our filming is clear. We will also be taking shots to make sure we have enough and that we have some to pick from that are better quality.