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