Thursday 25 February 2010
Wednesday 10 February 2010
Music
As we have to have original music, I went home and me and my Sister (who does play the piano!) to record some music we thought would fit. We took a nursery rhyme sound and we put this over out opening credits and through the first few shots. We thought this was effective because the nature of a nursery rhyme reflected with the nature of this film if eerie and achieves the childlike atmosphere we were aiming for with Jenni.
Film Diary
Monday 18th January 2010; Day 1
Today we did the shots of Mr Jones getting out of the car, Katie at the school gate, the following down the alley and Katie writing down the names in the classroom then scribbling them out. My contribution to these was the filming of Mr Jones getting out of the car and also ideas with the rest of my group on how we should film it. We talked about redoing the alley shot another day, because we agreed it was too long and we didn’t have the amount of time we wanted to get it perfect.
Tuesday 19th January; Day 2
Today, we organised the photographs and objects that we will use for “The Wall”. We’ve been taking photographs of our main character Mr Jones to add to this. We have also been collecting various numbers of everyday objects such as public transport tickets, cinemas tickets and bits of paper to add to the overall stalking effect. Tomorrow, we will use these and put them on the wall
at Hazel’s. Any footage we now have, Jo and I added in Adobe Premier Elements. My contribution the “The Wall” was organizing any photographs we wanted and printed them out.
Wednesday 20th January; Day 3
Today we went to Hazel’s house to film the scenes with Katie. We wanted to give the room a neglected feel and to show that Katie was uncared for. We blocked the window with a blue sheet
which gave the room dark and for the walls we used a plain light bulb with no cover so the light was very stark. There was only a grey mattress in the room making it look like a prison cell, which we aimed for to make Katie look neglected.
Throughout the day, we made our fake blood (see below) and added more complex ideas. For example, Katie at the end is holding a knife in her hands – which we used in Hazel’s house from her kitchen – and with the blood dripping it makes it look like Katie has been self harming. We as the producers of this film know that is not the case, but we agree that the ending is now very ambiguous which we hope would want to make people watch on. My contribution to this was the filming of the door, the second angle Katie’s monologue and also the panning upwards towards Katie’s face.
Thursday 21st January; Day 4
Today we filmed at lunch, as it was just Jo and I; we did the shot where Mr Jones gives Katie her work and also the star pupil faces. We were very pleased with our efforts. My contribution to the filming of this was the star pupil’s faces and also the close-up of Katie’s and Mr Jones’s hands.
Friday 22nd January; Day 5
Today we were at Hazel’s house we did the scenes with Mr Jones and his friend having a conversation where Mr Jones is confessing his anxiety. We didn’t stick to the script we made, as our actors forgot their copies and we had none spare. It took us a while to get this scene perfect but when we looked back over it, the lighting quality was very poor so we are going to re-film this as soon as possible. We also shot the scene of Mr Jones going in and then out again of this front door; as we are now not using the shot of inside the house, we therefore can’t use these.
Tuesday 26th January; Day 6
Jo and I re-filmed the scene with Mr Jones and his friend today. As we were unable to use Hazel’s house because of the lighting, we used the family room kitchen within our school and this was effective as we got Mr Jones to clean, therefore making the shot more realistic.
Today we did the shots of Mr Jones getting out of the car, Katie at the school gate, the following down the alley and Katie writing down the names in the classroom then scribbling them out. My contribution to these was the filming of Mr Jones getting out of the car and also ideas with the rest of my group on how we should film it. We talked about redoing the alley shot another day, because we agreed it was too long and we didn’t have the amount of time we wanted to get it perfect.Tuesday 19th January; Day 2
Today, we organised the photographs and objects that we will use for “The Wall”. We’ve been taking photographs of our main character Mr Jones to add to this. We have also been collecting various numbers of everyday objects such as public transport tickets, cinemas tickets and bits of paper to add to the overall stalking effect. Tomorrow, we will use these and put them on the wall
at Hazel’s. Any footage we now have, Jo and I added in Adobe Premier Elements. My contribution the “The Wall” was organizing any photographs we wanted and printed them out.Wednesday 20th January; Day 3
Today we went to Hazel’s house to film the scenes with Katie. We wanted to give the room a neglected feel and to show that Katie was uncared for. We blocked the window with a blue sheet
which gave the room dark and for the walls we used a plain light bulb with no cover so the light was very stark. There was only a grey mattress in the room making it look like a prison cell, which we aimed for to make Katie look neglected.Throughout the day, we made our fake blood (see below) and added more complex ideas. For example, Katie at the end is holding a knife in her hands – which we used in Hazel’s house from her kitchen – and with the blood dripping it makes it look like Katie has been self harming. We as the producers of this film know that is not the case, but we agree that the ending is now very ambiguous which we hope would want to make people watch on. My contribution to this was the filming of the door, the second angle Katie’s monologue and also the panning upwards towards Katie’s face.
Thursday 21st January; Day 4
Today we filmed at lunch, as it was just Jo and I; we did the shot where Mr Jones gives Katie her work and also the star pupil faces. We were very pleased with our efforts. My contribution to the filming of this was the star pupil’s faces and also the close-up of Katie’s and Mr Jones’s hands.
Friday 22nd January; Day 5
Today we were at Hazel’s house we did the scenes with Mr Jones and his friend having a conversation where Mr Jones is confessing his anxiety. We didn’t stick to the script we made, as our actors forgot their copies and we had none spare. It took us a while to get this scene perfect but when we looked back over it, the lighting quality was very poor so we are going to re-film this as soon as possible. We also shot the scene of Mr Jones going in and then out again of this front door; as we are now not using the shot of inside the house, we therefore can’t use these.
Tuesday 26th January; Day 6
Jo and I re-filmed the scene with Mr Jones and his friend today. As we were unable to use Hazel’s house because of the lighting, we used the family room kitchen within our school and this was effective as we got Mr Jones to clean, therefore making the shot more realistic.
Music
As we have to have original music, I went home and me and my Sister (who does play the piano!) to record some music we thought would fit. We took almost a nursery rhyme sound and we put this over out opening credits and through the first few shots. We thought this was effective because the nature of a nursery rhyme reflected with the nature of this film.
Friday 5 February 2010
Fake Blood and other Props.
During filming on the Wednesday, Hazel and I made the fake blood that was to be used in the scene with Jennifer.
We mixed ketchup and water in a bowl but when it became too runny we added some icing sugar with the intent to make the mixture thicker to resemble blood more. Then, we added some red food colouring the make the perfect and realistic colour of red.
To see photo's of this fake blood click here to see the group blog.
We also looked at different knives, and discussed the pros and cons for each knife. These are on the group blog.
Also we used:
- Chairs: For students and Jenni to sit on.
- Mattress - For Jenni's room.
- Fake blood - click here
- Photos and blue tac - To add to the wall for an authentic look of stalking.
- Receipts - As above.
- Post-it notes - As above.
- A box of matches - To light the credits.
- Tables - To empathise the school environment.
- A car - For Mr Jones to get out of.
- A door - To show Mr Jones's house.
- A pen - To write and scribble the names.
- Paper - To aid the above.
Click here to see this on our group blog.
We mixed ketchup and water in a bowl but when it became too runny we added some icing sugar with the intent to make the mixture thicker to resemble blood more. Then, we added some red food colouring the make the perfect and realistic colour of red.
To see photo's of this fake blood click here to see the group blog.
We also looked at different knives, and discussed the pros and cons for each knife. These are on the group blog.
Also we used:
- Chairs: For students and Jenni to sit on.
- Mattress - For Jenni's room.
- Fake blood - click here
- Photos and blue tac - To add to the wall for an authentic look of stalking.
- Receipts - As above.
- Post-it notes - As above.
- A box of matches - To light the credits.
- Tables - To empathise the school environment.
- A car - For Mr Jones to get out of.
- A door - To show Mr Jones's house.
- A pen - To write and scribble the names.
- Paper - To aid the above.
Click here to see this on our group blog.
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Gantt Charts
I also was main control of the Gantt Chart and it was updated regularly.
Click to see the first, second and third gantt charts.
This helped us to plan our time wisely and for us to decide who is doing what and when and also to make sure we all got equal things to do. It has helped us to learn how to plan our time which has been crucial for filming.
Click to see the first, second and third gantt charts.
This helped us to plan our time wisely and for us to decide who is doing what and when and also to make sure we all got equal things to do. It has helped us to learn how to plan our time which has been crucial for filming.
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Location Scouting
As I have previously stated, I had an idea to use Clacton beach which eventually we discarded. We all contributed ideas and went around the school grounds together to chose where we would like to film.
Click here to see the full location scouting.
Click here to see the full location scouting.
Casting and auditions
For this, we all contributed equally to who we would chose to play the part of the Stalker. My own personal contribution was taking photographs of the girls we looked at and the reasons why we have chosen/not chosen them in detail.
Click here to see my final list of female cast.
This is our audition video.
Click here to see my final list of female cast.
This is our audition video.
Monday 1 February 2010
Institution Logo
I helped to write a post on our group blog explaining why we chose to do what we did for our institution logo. Click here to see the full version.
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