Me and Louise are back friends and have apologised. Sorry Lou :((((((((((xxxx

I REFUSE TO WORK WITH LOUISE BROWBANK FOR THIS PROJECT. :((((((((((((

Music

We handed in our rough cut of the opening sequence for our project and the song that we originally chose to use "Walk The Line" by Johnny Cash but we spoke about it with our teacher and the song didn't seem to work very well with the type of style that our opening clip had. Instead we did some research and looked at some songs that would be more suitable. We found a cover of "Taper Jean Girl" By Kings Of Leon on youtube and this seemed quite a good song to use. Instead we kept looking and decided the instrumental of Johnny B Good was the best an it made the whole film a lot better. This song was recorded over 50 years ago so we didn't need copy right permission.

Call Sheet

Meeting times	Saturday 21st January Saturday 28th January Sunday 19th February
Location	Wharton Park
Cast	Kelly Senior, Ellie Snowdon and Louise Browbank
Props	Toys guns
Extras	Catherine Kirk as a stand in

On Saturday we chose to meet up and film a few more shots that would go towards our chase scene at the beginning. Once we got to our location we had some trouble finding places to film because it was a sunny day and this meant that the lighting didnt fit the previous clips that we had already filmed.
I think this shot above was good because it gave us more varied shot as it was the first close up that we had included.

Rough cut

This is our rough cut for the final media project. This is not complete and we need to refilm most of the dialogue and various other shots. We are also going to add more running shots which i have mentioned on a previous post.

Re-shoot (This post was saved in my drafts from an earlier date)

When editing the rough cut of our final project we realised that the continuity was not good and made the whole clip look unprofessional and of low quality. We  have decided to finish the rough cut with the poor continuity and make it look as good as possible and then in the half term we are going to refilm again.

Although the beginning of our scene, where it shows the chase I think we have included some very successful and effectve camera angles. But we spoke to our teacher and we all agree that we should take more shots from more varied angles, for example
- Close up of actors feet running
- Point of view shot of victim running
- Point of view shot of 'bad character' running
- Close up of face
- Close up on weapon
- Shot of feet running at the camera

We also need to include a successful shot/reverse shot to show the conversation. In the past we have struggeled with this because we always find that when it comes to editing the contiunity is off. To shop this happening we have decided to take several different shots from different angles. We are going to position the camera as a over the shoulder shot focusing on Louise and film the whole dialogue scene, then do the same with another over the shoulder shot of Ellie. Then we will take some other shots of them talking from side medium shots etc. This means when it comes to editing our clip we will be able to take shot clips from each over the shoulder shot and medium shot to go together and make a successful take.

We chose to film on Saturday the 21^st quite early on the morning, this ensured that we would have enough time to get the shots and scenes we wanted before it got dark.  We wanted to start by filming an action chase up the stairs and around the Wharton Park area. Each shot we took we wanted to film it more than once to make sure we got it filmed correctly and gave it more chance of it looking like we wanted. At some points we had trouble filming as the sound of the wind affected the dialogue. And also our location was next to a train station which sometimes became a problem and was able to be heard on various shots. I think the location was good because it gave us the opportunity to film in open field spaces as well as dark forested areas which added to the action and spy genre.  I thought some of our chase shots were extremely effective and well positioned. 

For example, in this shot we wanted to have Ellie (the person being chased) coming from the side of the camera, as if its part of the action. This long shot helps establish the setting well and the shadow gives the scene a unknown mysterious feel.

I think this shot is also effective. We wanted to film the shot to be slightly tilted and off which gives the illusion that something is wrong and distrubed in the scene. The old fashioned location is also very interesting.