Filming

On Saturday 11th December, Group 2 completed just under four hours of filming.
During this time, the weather was very cold, which worked well for us, as people would be less inclined to go out, so there would be less interference with our filming.

One of the main problems of shooting handheld was the shakiness, however, after many takes, i managed to find a solution. If i locked my arm into my chest, and tried to walk as smooth as possible this would produce a clean shake free shot. If there is a good take, but you can still detect some movement, we can edit this out and make it smoother by using a program called 'Adobe After Effects.'

During this time, we filmed the rest of the opening sequence when the four friends are walking down the street. During these shots we experimented with focus pulls, shooting from different angles and shooting behind railings to give a different effect.

We filmed on Mount Nod Road which is located beside Dunraven School.
This was an ideal shooting location, as it has 'no entry' from one direction, which decreases the flow of traffic. This was perfect for us, as there would be minimum interference with our filming.

These images show some screen shots from Saturdays filming.

Weather Conditions.

Due to the current weather conditions in South London, we have had to edit our shooting schedule. This has meant we are now approximately one week behind due to a large amount of snow and ice.

Although it would have been interesting to film in the snow, we have completed some filming in dry weather conditions.  Therefore we felt as the snow would affect the continuity  it was agreed as a group that we would halt filming until weather conditions improved.

My Film Poster Mock.

I have decided to draw a mock drawing for a film poster for our film, Exodus. 

Film Poster

For this task, i was told to reasearch a current poster for a film that has been made and annotate the important aspects and areas that relate to your genre.

The general codes and conventions of film posters are

To have a focal picture that will entice given demographic of target audience.

To display a large title that is easily read.

Coming soon or release date displayed.

May use famous actors to promote the film.

Suggestion of the film genre.

A website is increasingly displayed on film posters

A tagline is usually evident on the poster.

Directors and Production Company displayed.

Age certification usually displayed.

 



Animatic.

On final completion of the Storyboard, shot list and script, we made an 'Animatic.'

An animatic, is a video, which shows all your shots put together, like a mini film, with a voice over placed upon it.

This means we can view what our film will be like.

I photographed all the photos, and edited them in Final Cut Express, a program used on a Mac.

Adeel & I recorded the voice overs.

Animatic

Once Ryan & Adeel had completed the storyboarding, i took the photos of all the pictures, and put them into an Animatic.

Adeel & I recorded the voice over, and i was responsible for editing, and synchronising the whole Animatic. 

The image shows a screen shot using Final Cut Express, during the process of editing. 

Locations

In our film, there is a scene that shows Eddy, Parham and Alex walking down the road. On the other side of the road they meet Tyreece. This image below shows the type of location where we would be inclined to film. A quite residential road, with not too much traffic, so it would't interfere with our filming. 

We also need to film in a cafe. This is a picture of a Costa Coffee. Although we doubt we will be able to film in this exact location. This is the type of location of where we would like to film.