So, since our first Wednesday nights filming we have been able to start editing on the Thursday! which was quiet exciting because it was such a quick turnover!
On Thursday we started by setting up our own account on the corner computer and we tried to get most of our filming from the camera to the mac. This took a fair amount of time as we had to put in so many inputs and outputs on each clip so we would know which part is which!
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
The LAST night of filming!!!
So, this night it was just Vicki and me for the camera crew! We did the usual wait until its dark and then we started to film!
Most of the filming was done, so we just needed to get a few scenes which weren't perfect or we hadn't filmed yet. It was done quiet quickly and we were relieved that we'd completed the filming!
Second nights filming!
So once again we met in Tesco car park after games and bundles into the car. But this time the film crew was just Vicki, Susie and me!
So like usual we waited for it to get dark... but just as we were about to start filming my mum came to pick me up and i had to go to work :( . So i didn't end up getting to do any filming but it was left in the capable hands of Vicki and Susie who did some amazing filming, and got lots of it done!
They did all the upstairs filming, jess running up the stairs, in the childs room and the window scenes!
They did some crazy stuff to get the scenes we wanted...
Our first day of filming!
This week we had our first night of filming INTRUDER!
After games we all met in Tescos car park to be picked up by Vicki's grandad! We all bundles inside the car and were on our way to our 'filming location'. When we got there we had to wait for it to get dark as this darkness would add to our mis en scene and was in our planning stages. We contemplated using the darkening filters on the macs at editing stage but decided against it because it was nearly dark anyway so it would just be easier to wait as we would have run out of time trying to film in the light. So we sat around brainstorming our ideas further and planning where and how exactly to filming (e.g. the line/ where the camera must go) and had a general run through of our filming.
All of a sudden it was dark, and we commenced filming. With camera in hand we were off to a wonky start...
We corrected the camera legs and... ACTION (or 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 Action as we were told - to allow the camera to fire up and make sure we had enough film either end of our clip in editing)
We filmed the outside beginning shots first. Which is were we had our first problem...well one and a half!
1.) We all thought we would rather have the camera gliding to the house. But as the driveway was gravel it was difficult for us to use wheels e.g. on a skateboard or office chair or anything like that. We contemplated using a car but the turnover from car to walking would just be too difficult for us to line it all up and have the car driving at the same speed etc every time! So we stuck to walking, which is were our second problem cropped up...
1a.) The sound of the footsteps was so loud on the gravel. But we knew in the editing stages we could turn the volume down, meaning it was only a minor blip.
We all had a few goes at walking up to the house so we would get a variety of different peoples shots and we would be able to choose the best version when we were in the editing stages. We had to make sure the camera man ended the shot perfectly in the center of the diamond on the door so it would be easy for us to join up the camera inside the door. This went well and we got the shots done quiet quickly.
So we moved inside to film the camera coming in the door and the babysitters first conversation. From the outside shots, we had to make sure the camera was aligned perfectly on the diamond,of the door which took a bit of time, but we got it perfect in the end!
Suddenly, on filming the corridor pan we came across a dilemmas which we needed to solve, and fast... In our storyboard we wanted the camera to float through the door and glide into the room where the babysitter was sitting watching TV and generally chilling. But when we were tried to put this into motion, we found it was more difficult than we were expecting. There was a massive blip on the floor where it turned from wood to carpet! So putting our thinking caps on, we played around with some ideas to solve the inconvenient bump. There were many ideas thrown in the pot like skateboard and just a person walking with the camera. But in the end we came up with a somewhat improvised idea...
We had Leah lying on the floor (out of view of the camera lens) she pulled the doormat along the wood up to the point of the carpet, were simultaneously, without slowing down or fastening the movement of the camera, Vicki and i would pull the mat all the way through the door and to the point where we could see Jess.
So, we were quick to solve this dilemma, but we went into filming knowing that it's not unusual to find flaws and problems when filming, which is what we found out during our continuity task!
Also we all completely forgot just how long it would take us to film. We thought we would whizz through and get it all filmed in one night! Well, we're not even half way after that nights filming...
Sunday, 22 March 2009
Susies desperate housewives idea
Susie came up with a great idea for the begining of our film to create a spooky atmosphere. Hopefully it will really make it look as if there is someone around! Its a camera shot of a scene in Desperate Housewives. The camera comes up the drive and 'fades' through the door into the house.
Mr V did a mock up of what we wanted in the leason today, so we know its possible! It looks brilliant and will really add to the effect of our film
Mr V did a mock up of what we wanted in the leason today, so we know its possible! It looks brilliant and will really add to the effect of our film
Intruder storyboard!
After having planned the first two minuets of our film, Vickie drew us out a storyboard of our film, as a plan for filming...
Camera Filming plan - INTRUDER
Filming Plan
Start on a wide shot of the house
Camera walks towards the front door (like a zoom)
Fades from front door to inside the house (editing)
Camera carries on walking through the hall and turns right into living room to see a girl (Jess) sitting on the sofa
Wide shot of the room, with girls back to camera (still sitting on sofa). Phone rings and girl picks it up and is talking on phone.
Cuts to a shot taken from outside the house, looking at girl through the window. Hear the girl talking through the glass – muffled
From window shot, see girl get up and starts walking
Cuts to inside the house, shot behind the girl
Camera follows the girl to the bottom of the stairs
Camera cuts (and is moved to the top of the stairs) to see girl coming up the stairs
When girl reaches top, camera pans left and follows girl into room (over the shoulder view)
Cuts to wide shot of girls head poking in the door of the room and see child in bed asleep
Suddenly cuts to shot of phone downstairs ringing.
Girls’ right hand comes into shot
As she brings it to her ear, camera pans up and right to a close up shot
Cuts to camera shot through the window, of the girl. She is talking and pacing up and down, heavy breathing is heard from phone
Cuts to close up of girl looking puzzled and scared
Full body shot of girl and sofa as she goes and sits down and reaches for remote
Cuts to shot of phone on table – ringing
Wide shot/full body shot of girl as she picks up the phone and answers
Camera watches girl look up to ceiling and pans up with her head movement as footsteps and creaking are heard from above
Camera follows the girl, as she gets up, to the bottom of the stairs
ENDING ONE
Camera cuts (and is moved to the top of the stairs) to see girl coming up the stairs
When girl reaches top of stairs
Camera comes in behind her to an over the shoulder shot and follows girl into room
Follows her to window and her looking out, camera can’t see what girl sees
ENDING ONE A
Cuts to extreme close up of girls face gasping
ENDING ONE B
Camera cuts to extreme close up of girls face, and zooms out as she whizzes round and falls down to a crouching position, holding her knees.
ENDING TWO
Cuts to a perspective shot of girl coming up the stairs and reaching the top
Scary looking boy walks from one room to another
Girl follows boy in, wide shot of an empty room.
Start on a wide shot of the house
Camera walks towards the front door (like a zoom)
Fades from front door to inside the house (editing)
Camera carries on walking through the hall and turns right into living room to see a girl (Jess) sitting on the sofa
Wide shot of the room, with girls back to camera (still sitting on sofa). Phone rings and girl picks it up and is talking on phone.
Cuts to a shot taken from outside the house, looking at girl through the window. Hear the girl talking through the glass – muffled
From window shot, see girl get up and starts walking
Cuts to inside the house, shot behind the girl
Camera follows the girl to the bottom of the stairs
Camera cuts (and is moved to the top of the stairs) to see girl coming up the stairs
When girl reaches top, camera pans left and follows girl into room (over the shoulder view)
Cuts to wide shot of girls head poking in the door of the room and see child in bed asleep
Suddenly cuts to shot of phone downstairs ringing.
Girls’ right hand comes into shot
As she brings it to her ear, camera pans up and right to a close up shot
Cuts to camera shot through the window, of the girl. She is talking and pacing up and down, heavy breathing is heard from phone
Cuts to close up of girl looking puzzled and scared
Full body shot of girl and sofa as she goes and sits down and reaches for remote
Cuts to shot of phone on table – ringing
Wide shot/full body shot of girl as she picks up the phone and answers
Camera watches girl look up to ceiling and pans up with her head movement as footsteps and creaking are heard from above
Camera follows the girl, as she gets up, to the bottom of the stairs
ENDING ONE
Camera cuts (and is moved to the top of the stairs) to see girl coming up the stairs
When girl reaches top of stairs
Camera comes in behind her to an over the shoulder shot and follows girl into room
Follows her to window and her looking out, camera can’t see what girl sees
ENDING ONE A
Cuts to extreme close up of girls face gasping
ENDING ONE B
Camera cuts to extreme close up of girls face, and zooms out as she whizzes round and falls down to a crouching position, holding her knees.
ENDING TWO
Cuts to a perspective shot of girl coming up the stairs and reaching the top
Scary looking boy walks from one room to another
Girl follows boy in, wide shot of an empty room.
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