Planning:production paper work

 Risk assessment
We created risk assessment sheets in class for our thriller. This was created to keep all the filming crew and actors safe this lowered the chances of getting in trouble with the school. every group member received a sheet and signed it to confirm they will be safe.



                                                               Production schedule

Production schedule helps us save time stating when, where and what time we would all meet to film. All group members and actors recieved a sheet so they are aware of the times set.





Location recce 
Location recce is all about where filming would take place a picture of the setting so that people are aware of where we are filming incase we're in trouble.

Preliminary task

                                           
The preliminary task is designed for us to familiarize ourselves with the camera and how to film a short sequence. This task has a purpose introducing us to filming and editing so we can get some knowledge on how to produce our thriller. The task also gave us good insight into the technical side of filming such as camera handling the way in which we handhold the camera keeping it steady if need to be and camera framing.

The examiner needs to see this as it measures our progress and development over the unit. From now and how our research has helped us progress over the unit.

The filming process.
We came up with a short film narrative that we could film and it had to be 30 seconds long. Jordan filmed while me and chardelle where acting. The short narrative starts as we walk down the agora when suddenly we stop to talk and chardelles bracelet falls to the bottom of the agora. I offer to run and receive the bracelet in a very heroic way and the scene ends. We tried to use as much cinematography as possible, different shot sizes and angles really exploring our creative side as a group. We filmed for half an hour and edited for around 40 minutes.

The editing process
we started the editing process by deleting any unwanted shots this reduced time and was helpful. Then we just played each scene and cut out which parts where not needed. Then we dragged the shots we wanted to use into the section bellow in the order of the narrative structure beginning middle and end.

What I've learnt
Me and my group now have a good knowledge of camera work and we know how to edit and cut shots. This will help us when creating our 2 minute thriller.

Difficulties whilst filming and editing

When filming there where a lot of things our group had to think about and one of them was cinematography. The most difficult thing for our group was to incorporate all the different angles and shot sizes. We overcame this problem by just using the camera more and getting used to holding it. Another problem we encountered was that people kept getting in our shots and it was hard to concentrate with them there. So in order to stop this we found a new location which was the first floor because it was much quieter, filming was much easier and we finally finished.

 

What roles we all got

In the filming and editing process we started taking on role naturally. For example chardelle was the director because she came up with was in which we could be show and what directions we should face. Jordan was the camera operator because he had the most steady hands when the camera was handheld so we felt that he would have the best job of filming our thriller. I thought of good loctions and the senario of the task this gave me the role of being incharge of keeping the narrative through out the thriller and location manager.



Planning:production roles

                                         Production Roles


Actors-                                           Liz  and Rickada
Camera operator-                           Jordan Cleveland
Storyboard organiser-                     Jordan Cleveland
Location manager-                         Chardelle Willer
Sound editor-                                 Lashane Williams
Editor-                                           Jordan Cleveland
lighting-                                         Lashane Williams
director-                                        Chardelle Willer
producer-                                       Lashane Williams



My roles
Sound editor- This role was given to me for my creative side of being a dancer and a good creator of music and sound. I passed my music GCSE's in year 11 and I know how to use the equipment needed to edit. This will ensure that the right sounds are in the right scenes creating the right emotion that should be felt by the audience just by editing the sound.
Producer-A producer has the role of being organised and on top of things and my group all decided that those where the qualities I had when coming to create our thriller and I should take role of the producer.
lighting operator-I am very good with operating the lights because I am the most visual-ant in the group of what light i think would best suit the scene. This will help us get the best filming results possible.


Chardelle's roles
director-chardelle was picked by me and Jordan to be director because she is very dominant and the actors will listen to her when giving direction. She was also picked for this role because she has had experience directing before so she was the best option.
location manager-This role was fit perfect for Chardelle because she is the best with knowing places in the group. She lives next to a park and she suggested that we could use that park as well as her house. She knew all the locations very well so she could manage where we film.
costume hair & make up-As Chardelle is the only girl she wears make up and has a good sense of style and fashion. As a result we suggested she should take on this role making sure the characters look the part. She also used to do fashion textiles and with that experience she was at an advantage.


Jordan's roles
camera operator-Jordan has had experience behind a camera so as a team it was sensible to let him operate the camera. Jordan has very good steady hands and that's good because we want good shot sizes and angles. He also understands the use of cinematography and what better way for him to show that by using the camera.
editor-In our group me and Jordan work good with the editing however I suited sound editor and Jordan was good at cutting and putting together scene's from past experience also. When editing Jordan will understand what we have discussed as a group for what type of editing will go in which shot to create the chilling response intended.
writer/storyboard-For this role we discussed as a group who we all felt was the best at explaining our thriller plot. From our ideas we decided to go with Jordan's but with some things changed. When story-boarding your meant to explain the plot using pictures and because it was Jordan's idea he could explain it very well for us all to understand.