Saturday, 29 December 2012

Genius plan!

We thought of a genius plan to get around the weather issue- we incorporate the rain into the opening!!! Now bare with me now it makes a lot of sense ...
As you know our opening consists of our protagonist (Leanne) being in Trafalgar Square and making her way home on the train and by foot.

  • Trafalgar square - Time lapse
  • Starts to make her way home- walking slowly by foot to the train station
  • Gets onto the train - thinks people are staring and suspicious of her so starts becoming panicked
  • Gets off the train and starts to become even more panicked 
  • Hears a siren and starts to run 
  • Now as she its running it starts to rain and HEY PRESTO the weather issue is solved, it ends with her in a field (preferably forty hall) crying on the ground.
  • Then its the one week earlier.
So whenever it starts to rain while when we are filming Leanne must be running in the shot.
but we must get a shot of the sky before hand showing that it looks as if it is going to rain and also a gradual build up of rain. But of course its equipment first and will shall have an umbrella to make sure the technology does not get ruined, and then we will make sure Leanne doesn't get hypothermia or pneumonia!

But it is only an idea and may prove harder than just waiting for a clear day, however I've laid the cards on the table and we could use either options.
No longer a problem!


Finally!

Our group was very worried, and we should have been because we were falling behind schedule on our filming and worried that the weather wasn't going to be good enough to film, however we finally went out filming today and it was extremely productive. We got some new shots and redone some of the other shots. we shall post a Vlog we also done later.










Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Paris

Alicia and I (+Elena from another group) were in Paris from Friday till Sunday and therefore missed our Friday media lesson :( HOWEVER... We did Vlog on top of *Drum roll* THE EFFIEL TOWER ! So we will catch up on what we missed and Here is a little video of the visit however a vlog will be up soon !


Thursday, 6 December 2012

Christmas tree up !

I was watching the news and I noticed they were talking about Trafalgar Square. Bad news although beautiful, the Christmas tree (Sent by the lovely Norwegians) is already up which means that if we film over Christmas we will have to be consistent and film everything while Christmas decorations are up.

Monday, 3 December 2012

Films!

Seeing our film idea (2 minute opening) involves gang culture and shots of the protagonist running as well as  issues such as depression and a nervous breakdown, I looked for films that involved these themes/ or issues and these are what I found. So over the weekend coming I am going to try an watch a few of them to see what type of shots they use and discuss them with my group.

Involving running or about running:

  • Chariots of fire (1981)
  • The Long Run (2001)
  • 4.3.2.1 (2011)












Gangs and girls in gang culture:
  • Sket (2012)
  • Kidulthood/Adulthood
  • Shank
  • 4.3.2.1

Here Is Our Research For Our 2 Minute Opening!

RESEARCH 2 Min Opening