Monday 16th February- First filming day
Filming commences at 11.00-16.00
Consisting of fillers and smaller shots
Meeting at Matthews house ON TIME
Busroute(43)
Break between 1-2
Most shots to be filmed inside the house
Tuesday 17th February- Second filming day
Filming commences at 11.00-16.00
Main filming section of slow motion rewind scenes/ fight scenes
Coppett woods
Meeting at Matthews house
People needed:Heather, Matt, Kieron, Poppy,Nathan and Georgia
Break between 1-2
Get as many different shots and angles as possible
CONTACT DON ON ARRIVAL.
Thursday 12 February 2015
Directors Interview
Here is the interview with the director of Stitches Matthew Hill as seen posted above.
We asked a variety of questions based around the film and filming.
We asked a variety of questions based around the film and filming.
DONNA'S FEEDBACK
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT :
CHANGE THE HEADER ON THE BLOG TO THE TITLE OF OUR FILM
-Make sure its of the title we are going to use (stitches).
CHANGE THE TITLE OF THE INTERVIEW WITH HEATHER
- change it to the interview with the actress/protagonist.
CHANGE THE BACKGROUND OF THE BLOG TO BLACK
- the blue contrasts too much, monochrome always works.
INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR AND ANOTHER CHARACTER FROM THE FILM
-Get their take on how filming is going.
POST SOME OF THE SHOTS WE HAVE TAKEN AND WILL DEFINITELY USE IN OUR FILM
- give a run down on what we have already achieved and what has ben successful.
CHANGE THE HEADER ON THE BLOG TO THE TITLE OF OUR FILM
-Make sure its of the title we are going to use (stitches).
CHANGE THE TITLE OF THE INTERVIEW WITH HEATHER
- change it to the interview with the actress/protagonist.
CHANGE THE BACKGROUND OF THE BLOG TO BLACK
- the blue contrasts too much, monochrome always works.
INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR AND ANOTHER CHARACTER FROM THE FILM
-Get their take on how filming is going.
POST SOME OF THE SHOTS WE HAVE TAKEN AND WILL DEFINITELY USE IN OUR FILM
- give a run down on what we have already achieved and what has ben successful.
Monday 9 February 2015
Hitchcock inspiration:
In our youth drama we will be focussing on a close up shot of the protagonist's eye once she is dead.
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| Close up (practice) shot of eye. |
Looking at work by Hitchcock we have gotten some great inspiration of ways to film our protagonist's eye. (Hitchcock eyes.)
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| Psycho shower scene. |
In this specific scene Hitchcock went from water going down a drain and faded into the victim's eye. This would be a good starting point for out youth as it is easy to replicate. Instead of using a drain we could you the moon, sun or the ground for example.
Thursday 5 February 2015
Character influences
The character I will be playing will be very similar to the character played by noel clarke in the film kidulthood. Charecter Sam Peel is the main antagonist within the stories plot and is played by Noel. I feel the way In which noel plays this chartecter is very effective and enables him to stand out from the rest of the charecters as the main antagonist. The relationship between sam and his partner is almost exactly the same as the one we intend to recreate in our film, so I decided to watch kidulthood again to take some tips from noel that I can implement into my charecter.
I found that throughout the film Noel is extremly agressive towards the other charecters, even more so to females, ive decided to interpret this theme into my charecter and try to appear in control throughout our film.
The protagonist always has the audience on their side, Heather channeled this through her acting and we put the emotive use of a letter to her mum to tug on the audiences heart strings.
By hiding the antagonists faces it adds mystery and stealth to the 'bad guys'.
I found that throughout the film Noel is extremly agressive towards the other charecters, even more so to females, ive decided to interpret this theme into my charecter and try to appear in control throughout our film.
The protagonist always has the audience on their side, Heather channeled this through her acting and we put the emotive use of a letter to her mum to tug on the audiences heart strings.
By hiding the antagonists faces it adds mystery and stealth to the 'bad guys'.
Interview With Heather
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Sub Genre's
What are the Sub Genre's Of Teen Drama Films ?
The term sub Genre simply defines a smaller category of a larger genre. Teen Drama Films are categorized into a number of sub genre's depending on various aspects of the film. The codes and conventions teen films go by are detrimental to how they are categorized into sub genres. Sterotypes and social groups are among the most common conventions found within teen drama's
The most common sub genre's of teen films are Comedy and Drama. I am very familiar with both these genre's and have watched film such as Kidulthood and White chicks over again, in order to spot the use of stereotypes and conventions and how the director has shown them through different aspects of the film such as the Sound, Editing & Misc En Scene.
The term sub Genre simply defines a smaller category of a larger genre. Teen Drama Films are categorized into a number of sub genre's depending on various aspects of the film. The codes and conventions teen films go by are detrimental to how they are categorized into sub genres. Sterotypes and social groups are among the most common conventions found within teen drama's
The most common sub genre's of teen films are Comedy and Drama. I am very familiar with both these genre's and have watched film such as Kidulthood and White chicks over again, in order to spot the use of stereotypes and conventions and how the director has shown them through different aspects of the film such as the Sound, Editing & Misc En Scene.
Monday 2 February 2015
Recording Review
Session 2 : Sunday 1st February
Yesterday's recording session was less successful than Saturday's. Again our group met up near Friern Barnet but this time with time we were accompanied by two additional college students who will also be in our film. We chose a different location for the recording of these shots and went to Coppice Woods.
We began by recording a Pan shot of the forest area from the entrance, As shown below.
Yesterday's recording session was less successful than Saturday's. Again our group met up near Friern Barnet but this time with time we were accompanied by two additional college students who will also be in our film. We chose a different location for the recording of these shots and went to Coppice Woods.
We began by recording a Pan shot of the forest area from the entrance, As shown below.
We then reviewed the shot to ensure we were happy with it and able to use it successfully in our film.
From there we moved on to recording the shots requiring actors. At this point Matthew began to direct the group, as he was the only one recording, the rest of us were acting. He begun by directing Heather to walk towards the entrance of the woods, as if she was making her way home. We took a number of takes for this shot because we wanted to allow ourselves options for which shot would fit in our film and be the most effective.
We then moved on to recording the shots where Heather is being chased through the woods by the other three actors who are playing gang members. Successfully recording these shots took a lot of retaking of the shot and re-organizing the actors. At first Matthew instructed us to run in the same direction Heather, but as he didn't elaborate on the way in which he wanted it done our first recording was not successful, we weren't running as a group. Matthew then gave us a formation to run in and stick to throughout the film. After trying this formation and recording again, I was very surprised to see how realistic the shot had become. Once we were happy with this we decided to move forward.
This picture shows the formation we were set to run in whilst recording.
Unfortunately we were only able to record one more shot, which was the a low angle shot showing the feet of each character running through the woods. After recording this shot Matthew noticed a considerable change in the lighting and decided it was time to use the dido light.
We made are way to another area of the wood in order to record our over the shoulder shot of Heather taking a picture of the group, We were sadly brought to a halt as we did not have the correct power supply for the dido light. We attempted to use a number of torches to emit the same effect as the dido light but this was unsuccessful as the light from the torches were not bright enough. For my group this meant that we had to stop recording for the day, With a number of shots still yet to record my group decided it would be best to re-group in college and decide on another day and time to record. This is still yet to be arranged but we will do a full production schedule to organize this plan.
Recording Review
Session 1: Saturday 31st Jan 2015
This saturday our group met up in order to record our film. To begin the filming Matthew and heather met up on saturday morning to record some shots at Matthew's house. During this time they recorded shots we plan to include in the introduction of our film, These include :
This saturday our group met up in order to record our film. To begin the filming Matthew and heather met up on saturday morning to record some shots at Matthew's house. During this time they recorded shots we plan to include in the introduction of our film, These include :
- Heather putting on her jumper
- Heather picking up her phone
- Heather picking up her bag
- Heater approaching the door
- Filling up of a water bottle
- The kettle boiling
- Heather putting on her shoes
We plan to use these shots in the title sequence of our film. we have chosen to place titles over moving images as it allows us to give a brief build up to our story, our intent is to use the shots we have taken and place them in an order the represents someone leaving there house to go and pursue a gang. We have planned to then place the Title of our film over a black background in order to focus the audience's attention to the title of our film.
Around lunch time on the same day I joined the group. we walked a short distance from the termination of the 43 bus , to an alleyway to record the shots for the scene were me and heather are arguing.
we found the perfect spot in the alleyway to record our scene , this was a wall that had a large graffite piece on it , we chose this location as it represents the idea of our film being a youth drama.
During this filming time we recorded a number of shots and fill in shots we are now able to use within our film. our first day of recording was very successful and we did not incur any problems apart from the temperature.
we found the perfect spot in the alleyway to record our scene , this was a wall that had a large graffite piece on it , we chose this location as it represents the idea of our film being a youth drama.
During this filming time we recorded a number of shots and fill in shots we are now able to use within our film. our first day of recording was very successful and we did not incur any problems apart from the temperature.
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