My filming experience

When we first told by our teachers that we have to make a pitch for our film I was quite scared because it all seemed to be happening so quickly and it seemed that we have a lot to do in such little time. But then when we created our pitch I realised that if we work hard we would be able to finish our film in a week or two. We started filming last Wednesday where we filmed my part, who plays the character of Katie. I thought that filming on that day was successful because we were able to film very good shots and angles in a very short amount of time. We also filmed yesterday where we filmed the scene of the killer and the princess. One problem that we came across was that me and shahed had different ideas for how we wanted to film the scene of the killer. To resolve this problem we decided that I would film it the way that I wanted and he also did the same and when we start to edit our film we will then decide which shot is better suited for the film. We also came across the problem of not using enough props so that was why we decided to re film Safia's scene today with her using a suitcase this time. And then the last day of filming was today where we filmed the scene of Jack on the bus and the scene where all of the characters meet at the woods. I think that overall filming has been successful because we have recorded some interesting shots and we have finished filming ahead of when we thought we would. I think that the reason for why we have been successful is because through this week we have all communicated with each other well. What our group has to do now is edit our film and we will start on Monday the 24th of February.

Filming day 4

Today our whole group met up at Angel station. What we wanted to do in the morning was to re-record Safia's scene because when watching our footage back yesterday we thought of a different way to film her scene. And also yesterday we did not have a suitcase but today we brang a suitcase so that Safia can use it as a prop. As Safia plays the character of Chloe who is the princess, who dresses up inappropriately for a camping trip. Then we travelled to Highgate woods so that we could finish filming the scene where the three characters meet at the woods and where Katie texts Jack saying to meet them at the camp site because he is running late. Afterwards we got on a bus so that we could film the ending scene of our opening where Jack receives the text from Katie and he has a smirk on his face because he knows what he will do when he gets to the camp site. Today we have finished filming all the parts of our film, now from Monday we will be editing our film. Below I have created a video of all the photos from today that we took to use as evidence.

Vlog day 3

This is our first vlog for our filming process. We will be making more for our other filming days and also when we will be editing our film. 

Filming day 2 and 3

Yesterday Shahed and Tho met up to film the scene of Aaron leaving his house and where he gets a phone call from Chloe who tells him that she'll see him later on.Today me(rusne),Safia,Shahed and our friend Tho met up in the morning. As Paige had a hospital appointment today she was not able to come. Our plan for the day was to film the scene of the killer and the scene of where Chloe is leaving her house and she calls Aaron to tell him how excited she is about the camping trip. We first all went over to Tho's house who plays the character Jack. In his house we filmed the scene of the killer where he packs his clothes for the camping trip and he also packs a knife. For this scene we filmed it from many different angles and used close ups and medium shots so that when we are editing we can then decide which shot we will use. Afterwards we went to Safia's and filmed her part of her leaving her house while on the phone to Aaron. We then decided to go to Highgate woods to film the trees, this shot will then be used for the very opening of our film where the name of the film and the director will be introduced. Filming today was successful because we were able to finish what we planned to do for the day. Tomorrow will hopefully be our last day of filming because we only have two more scenes to film. Tomorrow we will all be meeting up as a group at Angel station and travelling to Highgate woods to finish the last part of our film.

Changes made today

Since yesterday we have been discussing as a group on ways that we can change our opening to make it more interesting for the viewer. First of all we have changed the location of where we will be filming, we first wanted to film in Lee Valley camp-site but we decided that it would be too far to travel for us with all of the filming equipment. So what we decided was to film in Highgate woods because it is close to where we live which means that it is easy for us to travel there with all of the equipment.  We have decided to take out the scene of the characters travelling on the train and we have changed this to just Jack(the killer) travelling on a bus to Highgate woods.In this scene he also receives a text from Katie saying that they've already arrived so he should just meet them at the camp-site. This connects all of the characters together to make it clear to the viewer that all of the characters are going on the same camping trip. We have also decided to use a suitcase as the piece of luggage that Safia (chloe) will bring to show that she plays the character of the princess. We hope that by making these changes we will be able to get a better mark for our coursework.

Instagram and Facebook

Recently I have created a instagram account and a Facebook account. On instagram we will be uploading photos and videos of what we are doing on set, interviews with the characters and what to expect from our film. On Facebook we will be writing about our film and what to expect from it. We have now created an event for the 25th of March as being the release date for our film. 

Planning for half term

On Wednesday the 19th we will hire out the cameras and other equipment from our college. We plan to film  most of our scenes on Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st. If we are not able to finish everything then we will also have the weekend. On Thursday we are planning to film the scene of the nerd and the killer and the scene of where they all meet at Essex road station. Then on Friday we plan to film the scene of them all arriving at Lee Valley campsite.

The weather forecast shows that it might rain on both of the days that we are planning to film. If on the day it does rain then we will have to reschedule and film on another day. This is because most of what we have left to film has to be filmed outside. We will keep updating our blog with planning and vlogs of what we are doing and when.