Thursday 31 March 2016

Re- shooting

So from the corrections given by the class we had to re shoot each character turning there particular page again with pictures of themselves placed already inside the book. This was a challange as the characters we used were all in different year groups which ment they didn't have study and lesson time the same as me, Bronte and Brittany. So when we wanted to film the actors and actresses they wasn't able to attend due to them being in a lesson. However we worked around it and was able to film after school with them all, filming after school was a much better idea as they could all attend, classrooms and sets we used were completely free as the rest of the students who go to school there had gone home and we could take as long as we want because we had no lessons left to go to.

Tuesday 29 March 2016

Corrections given by the class

After showing the class our nearly finished final cut version they had given us feedback and we then had things to changed in ordered for it to be complete. These comments were...

 - on the characters page let there already be a picture of them there and when the video plays its as if they come to life.
 - make the videos still as they are moving around the page.
 - the freaks opening scence is took dark, re film.
 - change the font on the geek an elite page.
 - swap footage around of Brittany walking to and from the bench.
 - take the flash of the text.
 - cut down the video of the jock walking into the basketball room.
 - add some pictures of school related stuff on the blank pages where the text is.
 - deleted the hat thought video at the end or find a better one.

 These were all correction given to us and we completed them in 4 days, this included re shooting, making new accessories for the inside the book plus editing new footage and tweeking old footage.

Thursday 24 March 2016

Geek book turning scene

Today we filmed Frankie "Ezra miller" opening the book to his page; his setting was the science room. We chose this because he's playing a geeky character and science connects with geeks. During school time we set off to film in the classroom however when we got there a supply teacher was using it with a science class, this delayed us however we done it after school instead when we knew it was going to be defiantly free. After school we set up to film, i tracked Frankie walking down the corridor to the science classroom with the book and instead of panning him walking in I decided to experience with different camera shots and done a two shot of him walking in. This means I filmed him from outside the door walking in and then filmed him from the inside walking in and them got Brittany to edit it together so there's not pause. This gave the title sequence a more creative look, as we didn't stick to the same filming pattern. When filming Frankie I had an advantage as the science classrooms have stalls instead of chairs, this gave me a good height above him I could easily film from above his head whilst he turned the pages.




Final version of Welling High title sequence

Tuesday 22 March 2016

Jock book turning scene

Today we also done the jocks scene of him looking through the book, this was filmed inside the sports department outside the sports hall. First of all I tracked him walking with the book into the sports hall then panned as him opened the door and went in, but we had one problem as the shorts we had for him had gone missing and we had no others, this ruined the costumes look so when I filmed him I had to make sure I didn't get his trousers in. But every footage i filmed of the characters walking with the book was shot from the wast up so it wasn't a huge problem. I then filmed him sitting on a bench reading through the book until he got to his page, what I liked about the sports hall was that in the background we had the basketball court lines which was perfect as they are playing basket ball players and the lighting wasn't bad either, it was grainy compared the freak scene, it was good enough so the light didn't reflect off the pictures placed inside the book.


The elite book turning scene

Today we filmed the elite girls opening the book, played by Brittany lily as "Emma Roberts" and Ella Bradford & Ellie Whelan as her best friends. Today was the perfect day to film because the weather was sunny, this gave the setting a glow when filming and the footage we took was the best yet. We tracked Brittany walking towards the bench to meet her friends and together they looked through the book, as i said about the sun being bright today it gave the book and background such a emphasis and when we played it back. Today was very successful and the filming was don't easily and quickly.

Monday 21 March 2016

acting for character videos

For the clips that go inside the book we had to shoot them in front of a white screen, this was done in school using the schools camera, tripod and white back drop. each one of the characters were dressed in their costume and had to walk into the camera shot and do some form of signature pose. For example, one of the jocks walked into and turned to the camera, whilst looking down the camera lens he pushed his hair back. another example was the main popular girl walking in with a sassy walk she turned to the camera smiling whilst playing with her hair, she then dropped her face with a bitch stare and looked down the camera lens. the geek done a rockstar sign with her hands and the geek walked in and waved with a geeky smile.

Feedback from our presentation


When we showed our first cut of our title sequence the class had given us feedback about our work. there was a rating section where they had to choose how many stars our title sequence was worth, 1 star was rated "in need of serious work" 2 stars being "it definitely has potential" and 3 stars saying "why isn't it on MTV already". the majority of the vote was between 2/3 stars which is good because our work was liked by teenagers who are our target audience.

The next section was 3 paragraphs asking the audience member "the elements that worked" "Things that need developing" and "things that don't work are". some comments were similar such as the music worked really well and the cinematography and editing was good, they liked the idea of our title sequence, they liked the fact we had the different characters looking at the book plus that we edited videos into the book.

However the comments weren't all good, we did have some improving to do within the title sequence. they said to makes sure camera shots weren't shaky and that blank spaces need to be filled. An every feedback sheet had this comment " make the images appear before the page turns, maybe re shoot with pictures in the book". so from this feedback we went back and reshot all the scenes where characters turned the book and added pictures on to the area where the video will be played of them.

Saturday 19 March 2016

Behind the scenes filming

As I was the cinematographer I had to set up the setting for the particular filming we had chosen to do that day. For example when we filmed the year book clips I had set up a white back ground with two lights pointing towards the centre, these two lights ovbousliy brought light to the set but the light enhanced the characters against the white background and when you play the footage you can see the difference between having lights and no lights. And for the filming we done of the characters walking we sometimes used a light depending on the location for example the jock walking into the basketball hall the lighting wasn't the best so we tyres to apply a light in the background and as I moved with the camera I had someone follow me with it. But when we played it back we realised it didn't work well so we videoed it normally and adjusted the brightness when editing.

Thursday 17 March 2016

Presentation on our title sequnace




Mistakes made during filming


Today we had to re shoot the freak opening the book in the toilet, this was because last week we showed the class our first cut of our title sequence and the class and teachers said that when we open the book onto the pages of the freak, geek, jock and popular girls that we need to have pictures of the characters there already because the page looked dull, an would look better if the pictures came to life to life because the next part would be the performance of the characters walking in front of the white screen for their "year book" picture.

So we attempted to re shoot the freaks scene where she's on the toilet opening the book, however we came across another problem when reattaching footage back. that the lighting makes the shot grainy, the focus is good and the lighting is however when its played back it looks grainy an when compared to other shots it looks really poor and with it being one of the first shots it brings the expectations down for the rest of it. we persavired on by moving locations in the bathroom and holding the book at different angles so the grainy effect went but we haven't succeeded yet.

Monday 14 March 2016

Re- shooting the geeks scene

When we uploaded the footage of the geek turning the pages in the book we saw that the video was shaky and out of focus, this was my fault as I was not concentrating properly. This footage was most defiantly not being put in the final cut so I went back with Frankie and re filmed it, this time I took more than 2 clips and made sure I was fully focused on what I was doing. After re filming it me and Brittany uploaded it to Final Cut Pro and straight away we saw a huge difference, it was perfectly still and focused correctly like the other videos we had for the characters.

Making the Props



To make the book we went to hobby craft and bought the book, we then bought accessories such as font, and symbols to create it. We had cocktails for the girls page and images that represent the characters such as a pile of books for the nerd. this was added to the book through out the book which made it up, making it was very successful however we thought it was going to take up most of our time but it didn't really as we worked together to make it. 

Friday 11 March 2016

Music for the Title Sequance


Music- Ben Sound 

For our title sequence we needed background music, one because music is key in order of a successful title sequence and two, so the audience can identify the genre.

We ran a poll on another group members blog with had a total of 10 votes, they had a choice between 3 songs one of them being ben sounds music piece. i voted for Ben's music because i thought it would really go well with the title seance and when i listen to it i automatically thought of teen comedy/ teenagers at high school.

Thursday 10 March 2016

Jock Scene


The jock scene in our title sequence was performed by Jacob, playing the character Michael b Jordan. We thought he would be the perfect fit one because he's generally a sporty person and does play basketball plus he's american anyway and he has the features of a american basketball player, he's tall, black and has muscle therefore he's showing the stereotype well.

His scence was done in the sports hall, which is where the basketball court is which is lucky because he's playing a basketball player and by having the court with the line and hoops really did help us deliver the codes and conventions of a basketball player.

The costume was a white jersey with red writing as shown in the picture with black shorts and trainers. Even though his costume was shown fully it was still seen and it helped him stand out amongst other characters.

Freak scene


The freak was played by myself, i was dressed in all black as you can see by the image above showing my costume. my blouse was inverted at the top which made it flick up towards my neck, this gave the outfit a really gothic look which really helped with the codes and conventions of this scene.

I done my makeup and gave myself a black smokey eye along with a white place face. i researched into films on how they portray freaks in high school films, they were shown as scary pale people with dark makeup, the paleness shows how they have no life because their inner person is dead.

The setting of my scene was in the bathroom, this is because we thought it would be a weird/ freaky place for her to be. with her being so strange we thought the toilet would be a great place to emphasis her freakiness.

Geek Scene


Frankie was our geek for this project, we thought he would fit the codes and conventions well. however we applied him with accessories that would help him deliver the performance much better, such as the glasses. we put white tape around his glasses to make him more geeky, this is because in high school films geeks glasses usually have white tape securing them together. This is because they would be broken by other people so the white type is fixing them.

The checkered shirt also gives him the geeky look, plus by having his top button done up gives him a more geeky look as well, this shows us that hes nerdy & geeky. the setting for his shooting is the science room, we shoot him walking into the science lab, he sat down and opened the book with the science lab in the background.

Popular girls scene


Here are two of the popular girls in our title sequence, they are dressed in girly colours such as pink and whites. Their make up is done pretty and bold this is so they to stand out from the background, by this it also shows the difference between the girls. It shows the difference between the freak and popular girls, the pinks indicates the girly side of girls and the freak dressed in black shows her gothic/death side.

When the girls open the book they are sitting outside together on the bench, i think by the setting being outside it will make the camera shot better beacuse it will have natural light to highlight the book better.

Friday 4 March 2016

Settings


I took pictures of two settings of our title sequence, however there are many other locations such as the basket ball room and a science room.

Outside was the location where the "popular girls" read the book, we filmed the main girl walking with the book, then going to meet one of her friends on the bench and them two read the book together.

The toilet was the location where the "freak" filmed her opening the book. We chose this because its a weird location, like herself and it helps emphasis how strange she is.