50171645 Robert Dunsden Level 3 TV and Film: Single Camera Drama

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Tuesday, 3 June 2014

The Shadowing Focus group

I participated in a focus group in a lesson between me and two others. This gave me the chance to get a small amount of feedback and opinion on the idea. I pitched my short movie idea and I got positive feedback. This has got me and my group excited to start filming and editing our idea.

48 hour film project Complete

We finished editing our project which we was pleased with but we was unable to export it. We found this was due to one of the handy cams we used and was our own fault for not doing test runs with the camera. But we have learned from this for next time but we are pleased with how our project looks. Our team was me, Reggie, Shaun and Ellis who all pitched in with directing, ideas, camera work and editing. We found that our pre production work needs more motivation to do it as it will help us with our work in the long run. We screened our project to the class and due to rendering problems some of the soundtrack and voice overs had been deleted so some scenes did not make much sense. But we got positive feedback for our Parody Documentary and was told camera work throughout was well planned and shot well. This has been good practise for my Single Camera Drama.

48 hour film project Filming 2

16/09/13

In our morning session we went out filming for 3 hours were we did our previous interview and changed the character profile around. We decided to do this as a more rude boy kind of character fit better for our audience and made the scene more funny for the audience. In the afternoon we spent a further 2 hours editing. During this editing we fit in a soundtrack to our intro to the programme, and also added new footage and a soft voice for a voice over to give the project a better look and feel of a documentary.

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48 hour film project Filming 1

11/09/13

During lunch breaks we grabbed a handheld camera and spent 3 hours filming our project. We got over half the footage we needed and all our interviews with the students done. In the afternoon we grouped all our footage and began editing and putting it all into sequence. We did not have any problems when filming, it all went through in a few goes of trying. When editing we got all our shots into place where we wanted them but did not make time to cut the shots how we wanted them so we left that for another time.

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48 hour film project pre production

09/09/13

Our group discussed a project idea we decided on a inbetweeners type programme but soon changed this to a new idea of a comedy sketch of student life at college. We developed a draft script as the idea will be improvised to make it feel real. And finished up the rest of the ore production in the afternoon.

5 hours

Diary entry Jel

October 8th filming began for Jel the musical. The Opening scene for Jel was shot and edited in the same day. The following day more filming was shot. Dialogue scenes where shot and edited. These scenes came up with sound difficulties and were reshot two weeks later on 22nd of October. Filming was then delayed due to equipment issues and was carried on, on November the 7th, The first musical scene was filmed at a home location. Shooting appeared difficult but was eventually done to a good standard, although when edited we found the microphone was not tested properly and singing and dialogue was not picked up well and so we decided to reshoot which eventually was done mid November.
On Monday the 25th of November our lead female role dropped out causing massive issue in filming as her part will now have to be either recasted or the entire production will have to go back into pre production and changed for the script to work without the role. After a week of trying to replace the lead female role we found we couldnt get her replaced in time for the project to be completed.
On Monday the 2nd of December the entire Jel the musical project was dropped and cancelled and the team got straight to work on a new project called 'The Shadowing'

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

The Shadowing Short Film

Friday, 20 December 2013

The Shadowing Storyboards

Tuesday, 17 December 2013

The Shadowing 10 Minute Version

The Shadowing Soundtrack Planning

For our movie we decided on using a shotgun microphone attached to our camera. We used this because they pick up sound very well where ever you aim the microphone and cuts out unneeded noises such as wind. Throughout the movie we knew sound effects and foley would be needed for our film and so when filming we acted as if we would hear someone or something and would later edit this in. We got all of our soundtrack and foley sounds from the application soundtrack pro.

List of Sound Recordings:

Mud Footsteps (Foley)

Dinosaur Roar (Soundtrack Pro Sound Effect)

Bass Effect (Download)

Stick Breaking (Foley)

Abstract 34 (Sondtrack Pro)

Abstract 48 (Soundtrack Pro)

Bone Break 1 (Foley)

Bone Break 2 (Foley)

Static Wave (Soundtrack Pro Edited)

Scrambling Microphone (Self Recorded)

The Shadowing Location Report Magnolia Woods

Location- Magnolia Woods

Address:Rochford

Contact Person: Rochford Council

Position: Council

Phone Number: 08455212345

Email address: @Rochfordcouncil.com

Feasible shooting space
there re lots of open areas to film in within

Electricity

no electricity is available so if we need power we will have to supply a separate source of power.

Audio

there could be some wind picked up by the micro phone so we have taken a shot gun mic and a protector for wind noise.

Lighting

It is natural lighting from the sun

Set

What will be in the background: Will consist of trees plans and gravel dirt

Logistics

How long will it take to get there: From college to magnolia it takes about 15 minutes in car to get there.

Parking (disabled access): car park with loads of spaces

The Shadowing Risk Assessment Magnolia woods

Risk Assessment Magnolia Woods

RISK ASSESSMENT RECORD

Production / Activity	Forest Light Pictures
Location	Magnolia Woods
Date & Duration	4/12/13
Description of Work Activity	Reggie, Shaun, Rob and George

Hazard		Hazard Present		DETAILS
Identification		Yes	NO
00. Extra Production Equipment (Jib, Track etc.)			NO
01. Access / Exits			NO
02. Animals (domestic or wild)			NO
03. Audiences			NO
04. Biological Agents / Infection / Illness / Injury		YES		DIRTY POND
05. Cables			NO
06. Civil Unrest / Crime			NO
07. Confined Spaces			NO
08. Cranes / Hoists			NO
09. Derelict Buildings			NO
10. Electricity or Gas (other than normal supplies)			NO
11. Explosives / Incendiaries			NO
12. Fire / Flammable Materials			NO
13. Firearms / Weapons			NO
14. Flying			NO
15. Hazardous Substances			NO
16. Hazardous Terrain		YES		TREES AND WEATHER
17. Heat / Cold / Extreme Weather		YES		COLD
18. Inexperience			NO
19. Lasers / Stroboscopic Effects			NO
20. Machinery / Industry			NO
21. Manual Handling / Lifting			NO
22. Night Operations / Difficult Lighting Conditions		YES		NIGHT FILMING
23. Noise / High Sound Levels			NO
24. Personal Protective Equipment			NO
25. Physical Exertion			NO
26. Public / Crowds		YES		GENERAL PUBLIC
27. Pyrotechnics			NO
28. Radiation			NO
29. Roads / Motorways			NO
30. Scaffolds / Rostra			NO
31. Special Effects			NO
32. Special Needs (children, disabilities etc.)			NO
33. Specialist Equipment		YES		CAMERA/ MICROPHONE
34. Specialist Rescue / First Aid			NO
35. Stunts / Dangerous Activities			NO
36. Transportation		YES		CAR
37. Tools			NO
38. Underwater / Underground			NO
39. Vehicles / Speed			NO
40. Water / Proximity to Water		YES		POND
41. Working at Height			NO

The Shadowing Risk Assessment Classroom