Filming

We filmed tonight as planned, (27/01/11) and we thought that it went very well with the footage we managed to achieve. We now have all of our footage for our horror opening recorded onto the camera, and it is saved onto our SD Memory Card. Tonight, we focused on creating the shots involving the blood. We used a variety of camera angles and movements to produce them. We then watched back through the footage we had obtained in todays filming, to check that we had everything we needed in the shots involving blood. We are very confident about the outcome of our final horror opening, as we now have plenty of footage to work with.

Filming

We filmed tonight as planned, (20/01/11), and got all of the footage which we had hoped to film today. Today, we focused on using the fake blood to cover all of the footage in which it was involved in one go. We also repeated some of our previous footage due to the lighting outside. As a group, we sat and went through all of what we have filmed so far, and discussed what was left to be done. We think that we only need one more filming session to finish all of the footage we want to edit together. We have arranged to film next Thursday night, (27/01/11).

Costume and Props

We considered the Costume aspect of Mise-En-Scene, and decided that I should wear typical teenage clothes. For the filming, I wear leggings, vest-top and a hoodie. I also wear a ring and necklace. For the outside footage I wear boots. These things will need to be kept exactly the same every time we film.

I have my hair straightened every time, and I also wear make-up.

Filming

As a group, we have gone out and bought some fake blood from fancy dress shop "Chameleon" to use in our filming.

Filming

We filmed as planned tonight, (12/01/11), and after doing this, me and my group think that we have a lot more footage to work with, and better camera angles to fit with the horror genre, for example low angle and high angle shots. We focused on our outdoor footage today, as we need the lighting to be the same throughout. We also focused on a scene of one of the characters crying. Again, we made sure costumes hair and make-up were the same.

We have altered our idea from our original storyboard, and changed some of the characters. The characters we have decided to remove from the opening is Karen and David Osborne. This is because we think that our original storyboards would have lasted a lot longer than two minutes, and we postpone the horror aspects for too long, therefore we wanted to cut out unnecessary sections.

Once created, I will upload the pictures of our new storyboard to my blog. We are next filming on Thursday 20th January.

Filming

We did our filming on Thursday as planned, and have now arranged to continue filming on Wednesday 12th January. On the Thursday, we filmed some of our indoor footage and dialogue. We have planned to film the footage which needs to be outside on Weds 12th. We will do it all on this date because the lighting will need to be exactly the same for continuity so it is important that if we do not finish the outdoor filming, then we will have to do it at the same time of day every time. We have also made sure that we have the outfits worn last time prepared for Wednesday as well. The only issue which may come up is if we cannot book out a camera. If this is the case, we will have to reschedule our filming.

Filming

We used the camera to start our filming on Thursday. We filmed some of our inside shots from our storyboard. However, as it was only our first time filming for our Horror Opening, we didn't think it went very well. So, as a group we are going to discuss when we are going to film next, and what we are going to film so that it will be more organised. We will be filming again one day next week and we are going to start our outside footage while it is still dark earlier. I will post to my blog when we have planned our next filming date.

Film Planning - 05/01/11

As a group, we have planned to start our filming tomorrow (Thursday 6th January) from roughly 3.30pm until 6.00pm. This is because in this time it will be the right lighting to fit our storyboard and plan. We have started at this date due to reasons such as not being able to book out a video camera, and also the location for our filming had christmas decorations, therefore we would not be able to ensure continuity in our footage.

Thinking about Mise-En-Scene, we know what the location will look like each time we film, what props may be in the background, and also what clothes and make-up the characters will be wearing. This needs to be made sure it is kept the same every time we film.

Tomorrow, we will discuss what further dates we will film on, so that we make sure we meet the deadline, and spread out the time we have left evenly so that we get all the footage we need.