Preliminary task- filming

 In my opinion filming went, it was quick and proffesional. Filming was well organised and the actors were focused and didn't really mess around. We finished filming quicker due to keeping it organised which gave us more time to edit our film. The only real filming problem we had was that one of our actors couldn't attend on the main day we were set to film on. This caused us to fall behind and when we did film it was slightly rushed. We did decide to keep this actor as they were well suited for the role, and just rearranged a new filming day.
In filming i was the cameraman/producer. I think that for the roles i had i did them well, i white balanced and manual focused every shot, which made the shots purer, more focused and less tacky. This made our film look more proffesional. As for the producer role, I was weaker at this as i've never done or seen it being done before, but i think i still did quite well. The main things i did for this was call action and count in to every shot. The swiftness of the filming shows that I did this role pretty well along with the camerawork.

Preliminary Task- evaluation

This is our evaluation for our production Gemini. For some reason when uploaded it was shortened from just under 6 minutes long to 3 minutes long, cutting out half of the important questions we had to answer. We have the original 6 minute version, however it is not on youtube. Embeded below is the evaluation that has been uploaded onto youtube:

Preliminary Task- Video and Poster

Here is the link to our video:


This is the poster me and Tom created together, we put the titles on the table to make them look like 3D:

Securing our location for 2nd december

Today i spoke to the teacher that was using the room we are filming in at the only other time we could have filmed. I asked him if there was any chance he could change room to allow us to film in it, as we've already filmed half our film in the room. So far he has agreed and will be sending my media teacher an email to confirm he will change room. This now gives up plenty of time to finish the film, letting us use the more effective angles as we will have more time to try them out.

Preliminary task- Camera Skills

Preliminary task- camera skills

Tripods give the cameraman stability when filming and make the film/show look proffesional. Without a tripod shots can look out of place and cheap. Also, shots without a tripod could loose you marks in the exam due the unproffesionalism of the shots.


Basic Tripod

Tripods can help the cameraman by providing steady low and high angle shots which can dramatically boost hte effectiveness of shots. The tripods also have the ability to do dutch tilts which can show distress or anarchy within the scene.  

Tripod dutch tilt




Dutch tilt shot in use





Preliminary task- Production schedule, Shot list and Recce's

Preliminary Task- Production Schedule

Cast Contact Details

Chris Lawrence......................................................................................... ACTOR “Lead”

Becky Pickavance.....................................................................................ACTRESS “support”

Crew Contact Details

Director/Editor/Sound/Lighting..............................................................Tom Hughes

Producer/Camera HD1/Editor.................................................................Jake Howells

Assistant Producer..................................................................................Mr Sheppard

Location (All filmed at Sawtry Community College)

Scene	Int/Ext	Location
1/3/5	Int	Dark Room
2	Int	Corridor
4	Int	Doorway

Scene Breakdown

INT. Dark Room- Dusk

Scene	1	3	5
Page	1,2	2	3

INT. Corridor- Dusk

Scene	2
Page	2

INT. Doorway- Dusk

Scene	4
Page	3

Shooting Schedule

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PRODUCTION	Gemini
RX DATE	23rd November				Day 1 of 2
FILM LOCATION 1	INT. Dark Room- Dusk
FILM LOCATION 2	INT. Corridor- Dusk
FILM LOCATION 3	INT. Doorway- Dusk
CAST AND CREW CALL TIME			CAST AND CREW FINISH TIME
SUNRISE			SUNSET
PARKING LOCATION	Not required
BASE
LOCATION 1- INT Dark Room- Dusk
		START		FINISH
SETUP
SCENE 1,3 AND 5
MOVE TO LOCATION 2
LOCATION 2- INT Corridor- Dusk
		START		FINISH
ARRIVE
SCENE 2
MOVE TO LOCATION 3
LOCATION 3- INT Doorway- Dusk
		START		FINISH
ARRIVE
SCENE 4

PRODUCTION	Gemini
RX DATE	2nd December				Day 2 of 2
FILM LOCATION 1	INT. Dark Room- Dusk
FILM LOCATION 2	INT. Corridor- Dusk
FILM LOCATION 3	INT. Doorway- Dusk
CAST AND CREW CALL TIME			CAST AND CREW FINISH TIME
SUNRISE			SUNSET
PARKING LOCATION	Not required
BASE
LOCATION 1- INT Dark Room- Dusk
		START		FINISH
SETUP
SCENE 1,3 AND 5
MOVE TO LOCATION 2
LOCATION 2- INT Corridor- Dusk
		START		FINISH
ARRIVE
SCENE 2
MOVE TO LOCATION 3
LOCATION 3- INT Doorway- Dusk
		START		FINISH
ARRIVE
SCENE 4

Production Design & Properties Requirements
SCENE	PROPERTIES	DESIGN
1	None
2	Bag, Coat
3	Bag, Coat
4	Bag, Book, Coat
5	Bag, Book, Coat
Costume Requirements
SCENE	ACTOR	COSTUME
1,3-5	Chris
2-5	Becky

Preliminary task- Shot list

SHOT LIST

Gemini

Tom Hughes, Jake Howells, Chris Lawrence and Rebecca Pickavance

Draft 1

Date: 22/11/2011

INT Small room- dusk
Shot number	Shot type	Description
1	Wide	Establish setting two twins talking at either ends of table
2	Medium close up	Of Twin 2 in chair at table
3	Point of view	Twin 2 looking at Twin 1 in chair at table
4	Close up	Twin 2 in chair at table
5	Wide shot	Two twins talking at either ends of table
6	Point of view	Twin 2 looking at Twin 1
7	Wide	Both Twins talking at either ends of the table
10	Over the shoulder	Of Twin 2 looking over girls shoulder
11	Over the shoulder	Of Girl over Twin 2’s shoulder
12	Mid	Of Twin 2 sitting in chair at table
13	Medium close up, tracking	Of girls feet until they cross paths with Twin 2’s and tracks back the other way.
18	Medium close up	Of girl and twin 2 walks into shot

INT CORRIDOR
Shot number	Shot type	Description
8	Pan	Of girl walking past
9	Point of view frame within a frame	Girls point of view looking at Twin 2 through the window
10	Close up	Of girl opening door with door handle

INT DOORWAY DUSK
Shot number	Shot type	Description
14	Long shot	Of Twin 2 opening door
15	Close up	Of Twin 2’s face
16	Vertical Pan Frame within a frame	Of Twin 1’s feet to head through door frame
17	Point of view	Twin 2 shutting door strangely from girls point of view.

Preliminary Task- Recce

Recce 1

Location Name: H9, Sawtry CC

Toilets: Close by

Parking: N/A

Permit Required: Yes

Sound- Exterior: Possibly staff

          - Interior: Small buzz from lights.

Film Friendly Neighbours: N/A

Lighting: Small amount of natural lighting and adequate tungsten lighting.

Electrical sockets: Yes

Conformation from owners: Yes

Any public interference: Possibly cleaners

Disturbs Business: No

Photographs: Yes , below.

Land Owners:  Sawtry CC

Access: Yes

Health + Safety: No real hazards

Medium close up (recce 1)

Through door shot (recce 1)





Over shoulder shot (recce 1)

Recce 2

Location Name: E1, Sawtry CC

Toilets: Next door to classroom.

Parking: N/A

Permit Required: Yes

Sound- Exterior: staff and students.

          - Interior: Small buzz from lights and computers.

Film Friendly Neighbours: N/A

Lighting: large amount of natural lighting if required as well as good tungsten lighting.

Electrical sockets: Yes

Conformation from owners: Yes

Any public interference: Possibly cleaners or teachers.

Disturbs Business: No

Photographs: Yes , below.

Land Owners:  Sawtry CC

Access: Yes

Health + Safety: No real hazards



Over Shoulder Shot (recce 2)



Mid Shot (recce 2)







Through door shot (recce 2)



When looking at the recce's we decided that recce 1 would be the better place to film in due to the smaller room making the atmosphere more tence and gripping to the viewer. also , we thought that recce 2 would really fit with our film as its large and has alot of natural lighting that will take away the darkness and fear from tthe film.