Film Planning - Megan, Mark and Chris

Synopsis - Chris

Below is the synopsis for what will happen after our opening:

After the opening, there is a police investigation conducted around the death of the worker and who did it. After part of the investigation has been completed, it is discovered that the victim was an ex-police officer who took part in an undercover investigation where they infiltrated a local gang. The officer left after the gang discovered that a mole was in the gang, but not the identity of the mole. The remainder of the film focuses on the investigation team tracking down the gang, whilst more police officers are being murdered. It ends with a gun fight between officers and the gang, where the gang manages to escape.

Props - Megan

• Table
• 2 chairs
• Pencil & Paper for shot where Victim is writing report
• Phone
• Posters for the walls - 'have you seen this man'

Clothing: 

• 'Officer & Victim' characters will wear smart clothing, shirts & ties, in keeping with those of plain clothes police officers
• 'Attacker' will wear smart-casual clothes, such as jeans

Location - Mark

More location information (RA and Survey) can be found here.
Below is our written permission from Sainsbury's, allowing us to use their store for filming.




Script - Mark, Chris & Megan
Chief Scene:
Victim  -  Hello Officer
Officer  -  Hi Alan, thanks for doing this for us. Are you sure about it considering the risks?
Victim  -  I think so, it's not going to be too dangerous is it?
Officer  -  Well, you'll be going undercover into the local gang to find out where their main operations are, so hopefully not. But as you know we have been trying to track them down for weeks, so they might be suspecting something.
Victim  -  Yeah I suppose, but it sounds simple enough.
Officer - You'll have to be undercover for 6 months, that should give us enough time to get sufficient evidence to arrest them.
Victim - Ok, I'll be needing to write a review then?
Officer - Yeah, preferably. Thanks for this, I know I can trust you Alan.


Timings - Mark.
Shot 1 - 2 Seconds
Shot 2 - 2 Seconds
Shot 3 - 2 Seconds
Shot 4 - 2 Seconds
Shot 5 - 1 Second
Shot 6 - 2 Seconds
Shot 7 - 2 Seconds
Shot 8 - 3 Seconds
Shot 9 - 2 Seconds
Shot 10 - 2 Seconds
Shot 11 - 2 Seconds
Shot 12 - 3 Seconds
Shot 13 - 2-3 Seconds
Shot 14 - 2 Seconds
Shot 15 - 2-3 Seconds
Shot 16 - 2 Seconds
Shot 17 - 3 Seconds
Shot 18 - 2 Seconds
Shot 19 - 2 Seconds
Shot 20 - 2 Seconds
Shot 21 - 4 Seconds
Shot 22 - 3 Seconds
Shot 23 - 4 Seconds
Shot 24 - 3 Seconds
Shot 25 - 3 Seconds
Shot 26 - 3 Seconds
Shot 27 - 3 Seconds
Shot 28 - 3 Seconds
Shot 29 - 3 Seconds
Shot 30 - 2 Seconds
Shot 31 - 2 Seconds
Shot 32 - 3 Seconds

Storyboard - Animatics - Megan, Mark and Chris
Megan did complete all of the storyboards.

This is our Animatic without the voiceover, so how it would be but without titles.




Below is our storyboard with the voiceover.

Our Final Film!

Here is our final video, after a few checks through we finally produced it today and completed our final film!

Editing Screen Grabs

Here are some screen grabs from our editing process. The first one shows a section from our match on action, then the 180 degree rule and a shot/reverse shot.

Filming

Today we started filming and managed to do all of the shots that we planned to. We may need to film more once we begin our editing if any shots are missing, or not good enough for the final film.

Disruptions
Whilst filming, we came across a few issues. None of them caused major disruption to our filming, but did cause us to wait longer between shots and to do extra takes of some shots. These were:

• Forgetting lines
• Background interruptions
• Laughing during takes

Solutions


Forgetting lines - This was easily solved for later takes. Looking over our script and doing a few more takes we were able to film the shots we needed without and errors or mistakes within them.

Background Interruptions - Whilst this caused disruptions, it didn't effect the shots themselves. Due to this, the only action we had to take was to wait a few moments before starting each take. Even when people were coming through during a take, they were happy to wait out of shot for a few moments whilst we finished.

Laughing During Takes - Whilst this was an issue, it had the same impact and resolution as the background interruptions. We had to do extra takes to get a good shot, but it didn't have a great impact on our overall filming schedule. Even though it was time consuming, as we clearly knew what we had to film, we were able to make up time and even manage to finish filming in the same day.

Here are some photos of us filming today on the second floor.

Location hunting

This lesson we went round the college looking for some locations to shoot. We found a few locations; attached are the common room and the hallway outside SF21 looked to be a good location, and possibly the quiet area on the first floor but couldn't get a photo of it. Next lesson we will be filming!

Prelim Storyline

Character walks through a door into a room

Walks towards seating and sits down where another person already is

They have a discussion - Discussion about soon due in computing project (Match on action during script pass)(see script for dialogue)

First person passes paper with assignment instructions on

First character leaves

Script

* Character 2 enters the room and sits down *

1. Character 1 – Hi Dave
2. Character 2 - Hi Jack      Names could change
3. Character 1 - How are you?
4. Character 2 - I’m good thanks you?
5. Character 1 - Could be better, just been given this computing assignment
6. Character 2 - Oh right is it that bad?
7. Character 1 - Yeah take a look yourself! *hands assignment*
8. Character 2 - *stares blankly at assignment* Wow, that looks really difficult, do you want any help with that?
9. Character 1 - I think I will, can you join me in the library at lunch?
10. Character 2 - Yeah sure see you there!
11. Character 1 - Ok bye.
12. Character 2 – Bye
13. Character 1 - *walks out room*

Shot list

1. Shot of c1 – high angle, ms
2. Shot of c2 entering through door – ls, eye level
3. Mid shot of c2 sitting down – ms, high angle
4. Mcu of c1 – eye level   - dialogue begins
5. Mcu of c2 – eye level  
6. OTS of c2 looking at c1
7. OTS of c1 looking at c2
8. Continues until line 6
9. Mid shot of c1 beginning to pass over assignment
10. CU of hands meeting in pass over
11. MCU c2’s reaction – eye level  dialogue continues
12. Returns to shot/reverse shot up till line end of 10
13. MLS of c2 getting up – High angle
14. LS of c2 leaving – Slightly low angle

The Brief

In our brief, we have been tasked to create a short video sequence. The clip has to include the following continuity techniques:

• Shot/Reverse Shot
• Match on Action
• The 180 Degree Rule

Following this link will lead you to the brief for the prelim task.

Hello

Our first post to our foundation portfolio blog