Thursday, 26 November 2015

BWB - Reflection on brighton shoot 4

When where and who?
Me, Oli, Luca and Freddie drove up to Brighton on the morning of 25th of November. Our intentions were devote 40 minutes to completing the dancing shots, firstly of just Me and Luca, then many more involving Ollie as well. We did this all in a skate park which we spotted on approach to the City centre. After successfully completing these shots we went into the city centre and parked up. We completed the rest of our footage here, away from the beach as we wanted to create the effect that we were still in London to create continuity from our last shoot, therefore deliberately avoiding the beach.

My role in Production
My role throughout production was to drive the crew to and from Brighton. When we arrived my role was to successfully play the protagonist throughout filming and playing the role of director in some circumstances. Additionally I choreographed a successful dance routine which both Luca and Oli could effectively execute.

How useful was the shot list?
The shot was very useful in helping us achieve the broad range of footage we filmed. We arrived in Brighton with a clear understanding of what we needed to film and could frequently refer back to the shot list if we had forgotten what to shoot next. The shot list meant we were confident that we completed all the shots before we left to go home.

What where your best shots?

Our best shots where definitely at the start of the day throughout the dancing sequence. This was due to the excellent quality of the graffiti and the sheer quantity of it which we could use. This enabled us to get a lot of dancing footage in front of different walls which can be used to create a faster intense cutting rate when edited, enhancing the audiences interest.

Any problematic shots?
We had issues when filming in the City centre. When filming many members of the public would be either looking or pointing at us whilst we were filming, therefore making some scenes look unnatural. In addition to this some of the framing of the shots was incorrect and we didn't manage to shoot enough close ups like we intended to.
 




Tuesday, 24 November 2015

FC - Refection on Shoot 3

On Tuesday the 18th of November at lunchtime Ollie, Brad and I filmed what will be the final scene of our video. We set up the drama studio with party related props such as balloons and we also made good use of the lights that were at our disposal. The best shot we collected was a pan which features the different coloured lights, this could be our opening shot. Furthermore we had to planned our shoot thoroughly to produce the best footage possible. for example we shot the footage on an own clothes day, we also asked people to attend our shoot during the assembly in the morning. Another factor of our shoot was that it required a lot of people to do what we asked them, I feel that we dealt with this well and minimised people messing around.

I shoot the footage of the over the shoulder shots however this didn't go very well because the footage was shaky and the lighting was revealed to be too dark when we looked at the footage afterwards. This means that these shots will need work in terms of editing and aftereffects so that's quite annoying.

Sunday, 22 November 2015

Group - Call sheet, shot list, risk assessment (25/11/15)


TWGSB Media Studies Film Production
Call Sheet & Shot list

Date: 25/11/2015  Location: Brighton
Meeting Time:9:00        Group:6      

Crew & Cast Contact details:

Bradley Warwick Browne        Phone: 07897483229

Oliver Hurditch               Phone: 07165587992

Freddie Carus                Phone: 07888672312

Luca Besate                   Phone: 07985463213

_____________________         Phone:

_____________________         Phone:



Props & Equipment                               crew responsible

Camera (canon 50d)                              All crew
Tripod                                          Freddie Carus    
Camera bag                                      Ollie Hurditch






Location
Shot number (on storyboard)
Cast
Technical notes
Brighton recreational park

Brad
Final one of two shot on graffiti wall to subsidise the missing ones from the London shoot.
Brighton recreational park

Brad
Second one of the two with Brad dancing against a graffiti wall
Brighton recreational park

Brad and Luca
Brad and Luca dacing against graffiti wall in sync 1
Brighton recreational park

Brad and Luca
Brad and Luca dacing against graffiti wall in sync 2
Brighton recreational park

Brad and Luca
Brad and Luca dacing against graffiti wall in sync 3
Brighton recreational park

Brad and Luca
Brad and Luca dacing against graffiti wall in sync 4
Brighton recreational park

Brad and Luca
Brad and Luca dacing against graffiti wall in sync 5
Brighton recreational park

Brad, Luca and Ollie
Brad, Ollie and Luca dancing on the same 5 back drops as Brad and Luca were dancing on in sequence 1
Brighton recreational park

Brad, Luca and Ollie
Brad, Ollie and Luca dancing on the same 5 back drops as Brad and Luca were dancing on in sequence 2
Brighton recreational park

Brad, Luca and Ollie
Brad, Ollie and Luca dancing on the same 5 back drops as Brad and Luca were dancing on in sequence 3
Brighton recreational park

Brad, Luca and Ollie
Brad, Ollie and Luca dancing on the same 5 back drops as Brad and Luca were dancing on in sequence 4
Brighton recreational park

Brad, Luca and Ollie
Brad, Ollie and Luca dancing on the same 5 back drops as Brad and Luca were dancing on in sequence 5
Brighton Lanes

Brad, Ollie and Luca
One long continuous shot where the camera continuously pans around the characters as they interact, this can then be intercut in post production
Brighton shopping center

Brad, Ollie and Luca
Walking around the shopping center, on this particular shot we’ll be going into urban outfitters looking at different types of clothes and picking them up
Brighton shopping center

Brad, Ollie and Luca
Walking around outside messing about on the benches and interacting
Brighton shopping center

Brad, Ollie and Luca
Walking to a spot to take a selfie
Brighton shopping center

Brad, Ollie and Luca
Shot of the selfie in a three shot with only our faces in the frame
Brighton shopping center

Brad, Ollie and Luca
Walking off to location after the camera pans down to look at the phone





TWGSB Media Studies Film Production
Risk Assessment


You need to consider all the potential risks at each location shoot and outline how you will work to prevent any accident or injury to you, your cast or the equipment.



Location
What is the hazard?

Think about road safety, filming at night, potential damage to equipment
Who/what might be harmed and why?

Think about who needs to be aware of the risk
How will you reduce the risk?


What steps will you take to ensure that the risk is lowered?

On the roads





Getting hit by a car if we are negligent when crossing the road

One of the team could be harmed and even the equipment could be damaged in the process.

Look both ways when crossing the road and make sure that all the team stay together


In the town





The possibility of getting mugged

We may get some of the equipment stolen which wont be good as we’ll have to then pay for it

Make sure that the equipment is on hand all of the time and that we don’t flash the expensive camera about for criminals to eye up.


In the town





The possibility that if the roads are wet due to it having rained then it could cause a slipping hazard.

The team would be at risk from slipping as well as the equipment if they are to be dropped as a result of the slip

Make sure that we take extra care if it does eventually rain.


Friday, 20 November 2015

Group - Print Progression (New Ideas)


Above is an Adobe Photoshop CS3 file open with the picture of Marc Kinchen on the left and on the right is a design which Ollie has created which ties in very well with a lot of Marc's other albums. The ideas that we have come up with for possibly the Mixmag or one pane of the album, or even both, is that we will cut out the skin of MK and put this pattern in place of where his skin would have been. This idea ties in very well with the ideas we've had for the music video as the characters skin comes into colour.