CHRISTMAS CLOSURE!

YAY, IT'S CHRIIIIIIISTMAS!!!
THIS BLOG WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE DURATION OF THE TWO-WEEK HOLIDAY!
MERRY XMAS!
:D

Final Shoot [Re-Shoot] Problem

Unfortunately we were not able to do our re-shoot last Saturday, as our actor was extremely ill. However, we have come up with a plan to either do it tomorrow or Thursday after school...as long as our actor is feeling better! We know we will not be able to shoot during the holidays so we must make sure we get the footage before the end of term! Fingers crossed he gets better soon!

Editing!

Thus far, the editing process has been okay...We have managed to put our sequence together [although we do need to re-shoot some parts!] and it looks pretty good! We're yet to add the titles and newspapers to the sequence [that can wait 'till after the holidays] but we've got the soundtrack and SFX in there. I would say that editing is not one of my strong points; I am fine when I am with other members of my group, but when left to my own devices, I do not feel confident enough to add titles and sound etc. To resolve this, I plan to sit down with the people in my group and watch how they do the titling; hopefully being able to contribute at some point! All in all, we still have quite a bit of work to do but are moving forward at a steady speed. Watch this space for more updates!

Second Shoot

Yesterday, we did our second shooting session! Everyone arrived promptly [shock, horror!] and we got down to business straight away. It was a very productive session - we were able to film every shot we needed; the shooting script was extremely helpful and we're so grateful we had more of a structure this time! We were lucky also because it was quite bright, therefore we didn't really need to use the Paglights for the first few shots [however, as it got darker we used them in the last two]. Because we were organised, we were able to complete the shots in fewer takes; allowing us to experiment a little with alternate angles and shots we came up with on the spot. I really like the idea of the character waking up from a nightmare in the morning, with the sound of explosions and gun-fire fading in as he tosses and turns [great thinking guys!] Next week, we have to film the News Report and any re-shoots. I am extremely happy with yesterday's shoot; the only thing that was a slight nuisance was the fact that we only have a small camera battery [which ran out during filming so we had to use the mains - good thing we were indoors!] ...Check out the Group Blog for a more detailed account and some pictures!