Evaluation for filming

prezi of our evaluation.

VLOG - BTS 6

VLOG - BTS 5

VLOG - BTS 4

VLOG - BTS 3

VLOG - BTS 2

VLOG - Behind the scenes of mortuus

Official Cast List

Einas Mohamed as Ashley the schizophrenic/Prop woman

Jaleesa Braithwaite as Jade/hair and makeup/camera woman

Olamide Adediran as the camera woman/props/hair and makeup

Masuma Khanom as the picture taker/camera woman

Mariam Ali as the Prop/Costume woman

Wordles of our opening

Here are a few wordles which may help explain the main themes of our opening!

behind the scenes

Here is us filming on the stairs/ corridor

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shots of the actual filming

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Here you can see Jaleesa and Masuma both filming

Here you can see us taking different shots and then going down to the hall.

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Here we are filming in the garage

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Here is a shot of us in the hallway/garage

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Here is the fake cut on my wrist, and the fake blood we used

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Here we are making the sink look blooded and ready for the  filming

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Here we are filming at regents canal

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Picture of olamide, masuma and einas filming at regents canal

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Prelim evaluation

What went well:

• The title sequence was great as we put all the names and titles in the correct order, this means that when we are editing the real opening. 

 Our Match cuts went well as it fit well and there weren't any jumpcuts

• the school bell at the beginning of the preliminary was a good choice for sound as it fits well with our idea of a film including students and the film title being students.

What went bad: 

• I think the the sound after the school bell just went awry as the jazz music didn't fit with the whole idea of the preliminary and the speech was out of time with the shots, such as you can hear the people talking before the people actually move their mouths.
• before the sound of people talking comes on there was a blackout which is bad because it means the film wasn't edited properly or looked over to correct any mistakes.

What to improve on for our actual opening:

• Sound - Make sure it is in time with the film, make sure it fits in with the piece and not random music.
• Editing - Make sure there are no jump cuts, that it all fits together perfectly.

Behind the scenes - Blooper reel

I had just realised that i had spelt reel as real when I had turned it into an MP4 so please excuse us for this :)

Preliminary final with sound

Arlington Road Final Piece

Behind the scenes for Mortuus

Behind the Scene pictures for Mortuus

Vlog- Update!

Vlog update:

Just a quick update about how everything is going with the filming in and outside of college.

Ideas about sound and editing

During the Christmas holidays I had watched Requiem For A Dream - Directed by Darren Aronofsky, I was  really moved by that film but until a few weeks ago I didn't realise how it could help us sound wise. The music composer for the film is Clint Marshall and he has a track that is a really famous song associated with the film, the song is called 'Lux Aeterna' which a heavy but light orchestra sound which is great for a build up of a film such as the build up to the climax. I found this song really great for our film opening as I think it can inspire us while using soundtrack pro or if the exam board allows it, to actually use the song. Anyways its a great song and is used throughout the film to create tension, which is what the group wants!! Requiem For A Dream is an indie drama film so it cant really inspire us with the thriller side of our film but it does contain some psychological bits in it which can help me with my character. The film itself has rapid cuts throughout so it can also inspire us editing wise.

The song:

Example of the rapid cuts:

gif of a rapid cut

Planning - Production Schedule

Production Schedule:

29th jan	Planning the pitch and talking about our ideas. Then talk to a teacher about our idea
31st jan	Shots for pitch, start everything for the pitch from scratch
1st feb	Go workshop and carry on with pitch
2nd feb	Blog whatever needs to be blogged and talk about our locations
5th feb	Finish pitch first half of lesson. Then present  the pitch the 2nd half of lesson
7th feb	Put pitch on blog. Then start filming- olamide’s house, the bedroom scene.
12th feb	FILMING
14th feb	FILMING
	1 WEEK HALF TERM
15th feb	Discussion on what else needs to be filmed and about sound
18th feb	Last day of filming
	AFTER THE HOLIDAYS
26th feb	EDITING & BLOGGING
28th feb	EDITING & BLOGGING
	ROUGH CUT DEADLINE DUE
5thmarch	FINISHING EDITING
7th march	Blogging about whole process, evaluation, everything done
8th march	3PM-DEADLINE

Planning - Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment:

                                                     

EQUIPMENT/AREAS	HAZARD	HIGH/LOW	HOW TO PREVENT THE HAZARD.
Fire	Can cause fire	H	Not to use the fire in a public area. Also talk to teacher for advise of where it could be set
House (bedroom)	Things can be broken	L	Don’t mess about and be careful when in someone else’s house
Fake blood	-	L	-
Lighter	Can burn someone	H	Only use it when it needs to be
Phone	Can fall and break	L	Keep in pocket and don’t play with it
Razor	Can cut someone	H	Be careful when using it and only use when needed

Planning - Pitch

Here is a presentation of our pitch

Planning - Locations

this place would be good for filming as the character could be  walking along this pathway during the evening which would work good with the street lights

We visited areas around london, here are pictures of the areas we went to and why we think it would be good

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the character could stop here at this abandoned garage to think and it could be good to work with

this is a very clear place which could work well with filming

Planning - Target Audiences

We have decided that our target audience will be a mix of females and males from the ages of 15-18. We think that this is appropriate as there will be scenes of violence so people under the age of 15 may not like this and people over the age of 18 may not enjoy it too, as they may think it is only suitable for teenagers. Both genders may like this film as it can appeal to all and isn't orientated to just one type of gender.

Research - Title order

Title Openings for Psycho:

I decided to look through title openings for the film Psycho just so I could become more comfortable with the order that the titles go in, also so I could get an idea of how my group would want our titles to enter the screen for our opening whether it would be discrete or not.

Psycho Title Opening:

0.08- Alfred Hitchcocks's

0.12- Film Title- Psycho

0.24- Vera Miles

0.28- John Gavin

0.32- Co Starring Martin Balsam and John McIntire

0.38- Simon OakLand

0.48- Janet Leigh as Marion Crane

0.56- Screenplay by Joseph Stefano

etc..

This is just the first 1 minute of the opening titles for Pyscho.

Pyscho Opening:

First day of filming

Filming for our opening:

Myself and my group had our first go at filming for our Thriller opening this week. 

The location was set (mise-en-scene) At Olamide's house where we filmed the bedroom scene. This scene included on of our actors Einas who plays the role of a girl who is diagnosed with schizophrenia. In this scene we discover that she goes mad and she starts to hear voices in her head telling her to do evil things. By using all of the equiptment from media which consisted of a: Tripod, Camera, Torch.

We used the torch, shined it on her and shook it rapidly to create the effect of her going mad and going out of control.

It was a sucessful day of filming and we were able to get it done quickly and efficiently.

We plan to film more scenes for our opening next week as it will be our last week to film.

Build up to the pitch

Here is me vlogging from my room to talk about the pitch and my feelings towards the film opening coming up soon. (Please excuse my bad hair)

Build Up To Pitch

We've only got a couple of days to we need to pitch our idea to the panel and our class, and I'm starting to get quite stressed!
Me and my group has thrown loads of ideas around and we've been told they're too 'cliche' and 'complicated', which was quite a knock back... 
But we've finally got an idea that we're happy with! We're going to need quite a few shots and pictures but I think we'll get through it. 


I've had an idea for a costume too!

I had this shirt made for me in year 8 when I had to do a thriller performance and I remembered that I still had it. I think this will be perfect for our main character to wear.

Also there's going to be a part in our movie (which I can't reveal yet) but I took a picture of a part of my bedroom because I think it'll be perfect for a natural environment.