GROUP DISCUSSIONS

24th JANUARY 2012

My group have conducted a meeting to relay our ideas of what the our final piece should be. Whilst deciding we have peer assessed each other's presentations of the conventions of thriller. With this, I had a wider range of knowledge as what thriller incorporates in it's films and the significance of using it. I wish to apply what I have l have learnt into out final piece.

We also researched on the other thrillers such as action thriller, psychological thriller, romantic thriller, etc. After careful consideration of our research we have concluded and compromised with what it should be and have decided that our final piece shall be a Spy-Thriller.


2nd FEBRUARY 2012

Me and my group had conducted a questionnaire as part of the audience research in order for us to gain an insight for what our final piece could be. prior to this, we had discussed what type of thriller we want for our final piece and concluded that we would like it be a spy thriller. With this, I had constructed an interview with three people who had recently watched Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. The questions are intended to support or choice for our final piece. We had chosen Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as it was our main film for reference as it exercises many of the conventions we want to implement to our final piece.  






28th FEBRUARY 2012

Me and my group decided to conduct some further research of our own in order to find out about shooting schedules and storyboarding. We wanted to grasp a stronger understanding of what they entailed before going ahead and creating one. We went on the internet and used some sheets and booklets to find some research and then we added it to our blog.

1st MARCH 2012

The following images are from our session in which we completed our animatic. As a group we split up in to different sections. I took care of the visual side of the animatic. Me and Johnnnie recorded the exterior sounds that we needed such as the shower and the keyboard. We then came together as a group and collaborated on what we had collected. We pieced all the components together to complete our animatic. 

7th MARCH 2012

First day of filming- Chelsea Academy. Me and Ricardo collected the neccesary equipment to film our first couple of scenes. The equipment included a video camera, tripod and camera. The camera was used to record proof of working and filming as we took various pictures in on our set. We were working under time constraints and this seemed to make us highly effective as we filmed five minutes worth of film and had it uploaded in about two hours. Some of the problems we had to deal with was being quiet due to lessons taking place and children coming out for break. However when this was the case we took that oppurtunity to take picture and move on to our next location.
 
 

10th MARCH 2012

Today me and Ricardo filmed the bulk of our opening sequence. I arrived at his house early in the morning and we went straight to work trying to capture the vital shots. Ricardo had before hand made the fake blood we would be needing for the scene. We had learnt from our provisional task the importance of continuity and framing and we made sure everything we did stayed the same through out each shot. It was tough and there were moments where we struggled such as making sure the blood looked like it was in the right place but also dry. However we worked much more effiecently and actually took less time then we had expected. For todays filming we used a video camera, tripod, dolly and camera for set shots. We made sure to take more than one shot for each moment to make sure that we were able to change and edit anything we didnt like when we arrived in school on Monday.

 
 

12th MARCH 2012

Today was the first day of editing. We had completed all our preliminary filming we would need for the opening sequence and would only re-shoot if necessary. I started of by cutting any unwanted sections of the clip and arrange them in the order most appropriate to our vision. I made sure to cut out background noise. Editing was tougher than i thought and trying to piece together a two minute film is difficult as we had so much footage to cut out.

Here is a casting shot of the Celluloid Pictures group (From left to right: Dauud, Ricardo, Johnnie)