Construction: Evidence of Reflection (First Recording)

After filming our first take of our horror opening i noticed several mistakes in our recording, this consisted of the following:

• Very shaky establishing shot
• People smiling to make it look like it was staged
• Actors looking into the camera
• Diegetic sound being unclear to hear in certain shots
• Setting of the classroom being unorganised and unprofessional
• No books infant of actors to make it seem like they are studying
• Quality of the camera was very weak and unclear (unfocused)
• Lighting of some scenes were different to others so characters were hard to see
• Main character did not look scared and sometimes grinned
• Time was limited
• Shot list was not specific and complete

After realising the number of mistakes that were made we decided to record for the second time and hope we can cancel everything that went wrong. For this it meant we had to gather and recruit new characters as some were in progress of doing mock examinations and our main character was severely ill and has no chance of coming in to record for us.

The people we gathered was 2 girls and 1 boy to be the main character (Kai). Were unsuccessful getting a fourth character to record but this was not an issue as the script was easily altered, if it were two people, it would make our script and shot list confusing.

After seeing how bad the quality and stable our first recording was we decided to improve our equipment and get a DSLR camera to record with. Alongside our improved camera we decided a tripod was essential as our shots were very shaky and didn't seem like a professional recording.

We also considered changing our location to another room, but had no choice as we wanted the lockers and door to class to be within range to make editing seamless.

After all the changes we were ready to record with our opening for a second time.

Construction: Evidence Of Raw Footage (First Recording)

Below is a compilation of all the raw footage that was taken in our first attempt of filming for our two-minute opening. It contains each and every mistake we had made whilst filming every scene of our horror opening (be it from mistakes made by us or the actors); whilst it contains the footage we wanted to use to produce our opening. This footage gave use good understanding of how we should record properly and what things she should look out for.

Construction: Evidence of Filming Taking Place (First Recording)

Before starting our recording we knew it would necessary for us to take pictures of us doing our recording to ensure there is evidence shown that we recorded. out of our group, Sam and Lewis volunteered to take pictures of our recording process

  

The images below show our process and stages of filming the raw footage needed to start the construction evidence. The images will show the filming process while the others are directing and setting up the scenes including telling the characters their dialogue just to make sure they fully understand what they going to say and do.

This Image is u first getting ready to record our 1st scene on our shot list

(Kai pulls out book from locker and view is from across the corridor)

This image is our 3rd scene being explained to the actors with use of our shot list and recorded

(Kai's friends walks up to locker to meet Kai)

This image is the recording of Kai going towards the classroom

unfortunately no more images were taken this recording as we underestimated time and how specific the shot list had to be

Planning - Filming Schedule

This is our filming schedule, which will allow us to better understand what to do in our recording stages of our coursework.




Like our shot list, this will easily tell our group what shot will be taking place and what characters an angles will be used, although the schedule gives our group a set date to record to be more organised before recording.

This will prevent people having reasons why they can't record if they plan late, rather than everyone agreeing on a date in which they are all free.

Our filming schedule will ensure that all shots were accounted for, as well as this we filmed in the afternoon filming each scene mostly in chronological order. If we didn't have a filming schedule we wouldn't be able to film the shots in the most productive and effective way. Weather, location, cast, crew and props should be taken in to account. 

Date	Location	Shot(s)	Cast Needed	Props
10 or 11/2/16	Outside	Low-Angle Shot	N/A
10 or 11/2/16	Outside of School	Establishing Shot	N/A
10 or 11/2/16	Corridor in Pavilion	Long Shot	Kai
10 or 11/2/16	Lockers	Mid shot	Kai
10 or 11/2/16	Corridor in Pavilion	Tracking out	Alisha, Sarah, Jermaine & Kai
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Long Shot	Alisha, Sarah, Jermaine & Kai	Chairs, tables and interactive whiteboard.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Mid Shot	Alisha, Sarah, Jermaine & Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Long Shot	Alisha, Sarah, Jermaine & Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Mid shot	Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Point of View	Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Close Up	Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Over the Shoulder	Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Mid Shot	Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Long Shot	Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Mid Shot	Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Point of view Shot	Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Close Up	Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Extreme Close up	Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	Classroom	Close up	Kai	Same as above.
10 or 11/2/16	N/A	Black out	N/A

Risk assessments 

We have to spot the possible dangers before filming, as the actors are at risk of being harmed. 

The only possible threat we encountered is the lights possible creating a spark or breaking above the actor's head after repeatedly switching the lights on and off. Apart from this, we thought it was fine and had a healthy ans stable environment for our actors to be recorded in.