Shots

On March 4th I posted a video that had been filmed in one shot.

From 0:52 to 1:20 we filmed one continuous shot and although this has cutaways, it reflects what I wanted to do with our piece.

Similarly, on February 2nd I posted a clip from Harry Potter, identifying the POV shot and the lighting which combined gave a sense of tension and mood that fitted well within the genre. Due to the change in location and therefore story our version wasn't as dark or mysterious. However, from 1:23 to 1:43 we have a similar shot in which we have a POV shot of somebody exploring their surroundings whilst watching somebody else's movements.

Final sequence

Finally, here it is!

19.3.10

We're signed off! It's a relief to have finished the piece; it's something that I'm really proud of and it has been fun to film and edit. We had to rush a lot in the last couple of days but so did most other groups. I'm happy with the finished result and I hope that the people who come to the screening agree with me.

15.3.10

Having captured the footage from yesterdays reshoot, I'm confident that we can reach the deadline. At the moment we're putting the finishing touches to our sequence before adding titles and music. The next few days will be tough but I'm sure that we can complete the task on time.

12.3.10

I'm looking forward to Sunday's reshoot and finally getting all the footage needed to make our sequence. Hopefully we can also come up with some new ideas as well as simply reshoot the shots that went wrong last time around.

In today's lesson we started to create the titles for our sequence and began to discuss the music for it. We're also cutting down the length of it which is extremely useful because it means we know how long the shots we will reshoot must be (for example we may be able to shave a second or two off of some shots).

9.3.10

Following our shoot, we've put together a very rough cut of our sequence; so far it's looking much much better than the test! However, its also a bit longer so hopefully over the next couple of days we can cut it down to the requirements.

5.3.10

In the lesson we came up with a new shot list for tomorrow's shoot; we are confident that this will work.

For the shoot I'm expected to bring hair gel and cardboard boxes.

4.3.10

The rest of the group have now read the list of problems (and more importantly, possible solutions) contained in our test shoot and we can discuss these in tomorrow's lesson. I have of course advised that they add to this list.

Tree!!!

Upon arriving at the set today for our test shoot, we discovered to our annoyance that a nearby tree had fallen on the shack while we were away. This has completely ruined our location since it interferes with our filming and we cannot work around this. As well as falling onto our set, it has blocked the path and therefore made it difficult for Joe to get to the location due to his crutches.

We then had an emergency group meeting and decided it would be best if we changed to our plan B and found a new location, which will mean us making some changes to our idea.