Editing #3

During our third editing session, as a group we started to work out where we should place our credits. Josh Worrall came up with a great idea that we should have the theme that each character should walk into the credit and it disappears. For example, when Luke was walking down the stairs, we placed each credit on the stairs, therefore when Luke stepped on one credit it disappeared. Furthermore, I edited a few credits to make it look sharper. For example, for the credits I was decreasing the time of how long it was on the footage, it helped the disappearance of the credit look more realistic, therefore our product would look even more professional, as if we got our timing wrong, our product would of looked unprofessional. Also during this session, we had to include a title scene at the end of our opening sequence. Luke came up with a great idea that the main colour we should use is the colour red. This is because one of the conventions of a spy film is blood and blood is the colour red.

Editing #2

During our seconding session, we added our non diegetic background music behind our footage. Once we added the soundtrack, I realised that we had to reduce how loud the soundtrack was, when the characters are speaking. This is because you could only hear the characters quietly over the background music, which means I had to fade the soundtrack in many different sections in our opening sequence, in order for our audiences to hear the characters clearly. Furthermore, I started to choose the font for our subtitles. This is extremely important because I had to find a font that suited our genre, which is Spy. Once I found a suitable font, as a group we started to workout, where we should place our subtitles. This wasn't easy as we had to find a few shots that was long enough, so the audience can identify our subtitle clearly. Also with the placement of our subtitles, we had to be unique, so therefore Jack Rundle came up with the idea that we could place a couple of subtitles on the lining of the stairs in one of our shots.

New Editing #1

In my first session with our new footage, I had to piece all our new footage together in chronological order, therefore all our new footage would flow. We also made sure that there was continuity within our clips so that our non diegetic background music would fit together with our whole sequence. Furthermore, I realised that we should include short clips in between when Luke was speaking to Joel Beckford to get answers, in order to create a dramatic atmosphere. During our session, we realised that we had too many clips as our video was 3 minutes 15 seconds long. We had to change this, due to the fact that our opening sequence had to be 2 minutes long, therefore I shortened a variety of clips using the blade tool, in order for our opening sequence to be under 2 minutes.

New production schedule #2

Date	Description
Sunday 17th of February 2017	·         Arrive at the car park at 3:30 pm meet. ·         Set up tripods and cameras. ·         Film chronologically. ·         Review product and see what needs improving.
Friday 10th of March 2017	·         Meet at 1:05 pm in common room and head to location. ·         On arrival prepare tripods and cameras as well as props for correct placement. ·         Film the main scene first and do shorter scenes afterwards to make sure shots fit together. ·         Check if produce is good to use

A new production schedule was made due to the fact that we encountered many problems in our first footage.

Brief Meeting #2

Firstly, by organising a brief meeting before our filming helped us extremely throughout our footage. For example in our brief meeting, it was clearly emphasised that we needed to include a lot more shots, than what we did in our first filming and also included a variety as well, in order to make our opening sequence look professional.

Filming Pictures

From our second filming, I would say its been a successful compared to our first filming footage. For example we've used more of a variety of shot types and camera angles, which will help our opening sequence look professional. As a group we were happy with the quality of shots we filmed, for example our shots which we filmed were extremely steady. I personally was happy with the amount of shots we filmed. This is because it will help our opening sequence look professional, as we'll be able to express to the audience,  Joel Beckford's problems.

Our footage is completely different from last time. For example, I filmed a pan shot of both the bodyguards, speaking about what there going to do with Joel Beckford. By using this shot it helps set the scene as well as expressing Joel Beckford's problems. During our filming, I filmed many over the shoulder shots, which had to be extremely steady. One of the problems that occurred in our first filming was a variety of shots which we filmed were unsteady, therefore it looked unprofessional.

Call sheets

Problems Encountered

As a group, we've been looking over our footage over and over again and we've come to a decision that we needed to re-do our footage, due to the fact of a lack of continuity in our footage and the poor lighting in a series of shots. Straightaway, before we even started filming, we had problems in setting up the tripod. This is because when we took the tripod out the bag it was all in pieces, therefore we had to put all the pieces together, which took up a lot of time. Which also made me realise that we need to take more time with our footage, therefore we need to plan a day, where nobody has any plans. Before we started filming we had to work out who's filming what, as everybody has to have a chance of filming. For example, Jack Rundle was one of the main characters in our opening sequence, therefore we had to work which part he was going to film. What we could of done was plan before the actual filming day, therefore we would of been able to utilise all the time efficiently.
Furthermore, I noticed that we could of used a variety of different shots to express how confused Joel Beckford was. Therefore there was limited footage to use for our opening sequence, which means as a group we thought that we could do a lot better.

Editing #1

In the first session, we put all our footage onto the Mac. Once we had done that we realised straightaway that we didn't have enough footage. For example our first shot was a point of view shot, which was about 6 seconds long. I realised straightaway that we could of used a variety of different shots to express how confused Joel Beckford was. Therefore as a group we thought that we could do a lot better, which means that we had to organise another filming day which was on the 11th March. Meanwhile, before the 11th March, as a group we tried our best to try and fit all our shots together, but straightaway we could tell that our shots were too long. During our editing, I decided to edit our first few shots, which was a point of view shot and a long shot but it seemingly didn't flow too well. Also, we decided to put our non digetic background music behind our footage, seemingly it sounded extremely professional but this was the only positive we could take from our first editing session. Also, our editing had continuity so we made sure that all our clips link together in order to create a flowing sequence. During our editing session, I helped crop videos shorter to make it more flowing and also try and include more shots.

Filming #1

Day 1 Filming - When we arrived with the crew ( me, Jack Rundle, Josh Worrall and Luke Mckendry) in the Altrincham cinema car park, we had a short brief meeting about what camera shots we were going to use and also a variety of camera angles we were going to use. Before we started filming we had to work out who's filming what, as everybody has to have a chance of filming. For example, Jack Rundle was one of the main characters in our opening sequence, therefore we had to work which part he was going to film I thought it would be a good idea to use a point of view shot as our first shot as it will help create a sense of enigma to the audience about where Joel Beckford is. When this shot was taking place, I and Jack Rundle were making sure that the camera would focus straightaway on to one of the bodyguards (Josh Worrall)

Before we started filming, we had problems in setting up the tripod. This is because when we took the tripod out the bag it was all in pieces, therefore we had to put all the pieces together, which took up a lot of time. During our filming, we used lots of over the shoulder shots, which I and others filmed. In order to produce high quality filming, I had to keep a steady hand and make sure I was moving at the same speed as the person I was filming. Furthermore, we used many close ups of our main character (Jack Rundle)to show how stressed and confused he was, therefore this makes the audience feel worried for the main character, as they don't know whats going to happen next.

Shot lists

During our filming, I filmed a variety of shots within the opening sequence. In order to take a variety of shots, I had to have a steady hand, therefore the camera wouldn't shake a lot, which means that we didn't produce any bad quality filming.

Jack Davenport	Luke McKendry	Jack Rundle	Josh Worrall
Over the shoulder shot of Josh.	Long shot of Josh and Jack R.	POV shots at start.	Over the shoulder shot of Luke.
Over the shoulder shot of Josh and Luke.	Long shot of Josh and Jack R.	POV start of Josh.	Low angle mid shot of Luke.
Close up of Luke.	Close up of Jack R’S hands.	Mid shot of Josh Running through the door.	Mid long shot of Jack R and Luke.
Long shot of Jack, Josh, Luke.	Long shot of Josh and Jack R running away.		Extreme Close up of Jack R.
Medium close up shot of Josh and Luke.	Mid shot of Josh running through the door.		Extreme Close up of Jack R.
Long shot of everyone and moves closer to Jack.

Production Schedule