CONSTRUCTION: RE-FILMING THE DATE SCENE.

Yesterday we re-filmed the date scene as a result of a technical difficulty however due to the fact that we used a different camera we experienced a similar problem in which the frame size was 640x280 whereas it should have been 1280x720, we tried to resolve this problem by cropping the image however the quality of the filming was the jeopardised as the picture was grainy, therefore we shall attempt to re-film this scene next lesson. 

CONSTRUCTION: RE-FILMING THE BEDROOM SCENE.

Today we re-filmed the bedroom scene as we found that at this moment the film seemed to lose momentum and as a result of feedback we found out that viewers were not as engaged in the film as they were at other points such as the date scene. I took responsibility for filming today and used a variety of different shots in order to keep the viewer engaged.  I used shots such as a pan from right to left, a close up shot of the phone ringing and of the main actress playing with the library card.  We took many different takes to give us a wide variety of filming to choose from in order for us to pick the highest quality take. We also re filmed the crane shot for more clarity and so that the dialogue within the scene was short and snappy. When filming we did experience some technical difficulties with the camera, for example the camera was set to a smaller frame size which meant that the the final film take was a smaller size than we had been filming in before, I also found that quality of the filming using the smaller frame size was not as high as the larger frame size.

Therefore we ended up with a frame like this.

Instead of a frame size like this.

RESEARCH: SNAPCHAT STORIES.

When filming today I made a snapchat story of photos showing the process that we undertook when filming. Having followed the work of Casey Neistat, we felt that this idea would too benefit us as it is a breakdown of everything that happens whilst filming. This has been used with large scale events such as the Golden Globes in which many photos and short videos were posted of people turning up, their outfits and the service, giving a breakdown and sharing with the general public what the evening entailed. 

The first photo of my story was three seconds long showing the mise-en-scene when filming.

This photo was three seconds long and the second in my story, it was ken just before filming and shows the cameraman preparing. 

This photo was the third in my story and shows the actress looking at her reflection in the mirror, the camera shows the finished filming of the last scene. 

This was the the final photo in my story and shows the finished item. 

PLANNING: EVALUATION QUESTION TECHNOLOGY.

RESEARCH


PICTOCHART- An infographic tool with a wide variety of templates including useful charts (pie charts, bar charts taken in through Excel) which means we can present our statistics in a  more aethetically pleasing manner. 

BLOGGER- This is a free presentation tool that allows students and teacher to present and share this work and what they have achieved throughout their product. It is like an online diary, making it easy to document my progress. 


TWITTER- We have used Twitter to keep up to date with other short films and to promote our own, keeping the followers updated on release dates and posting our film poster and snippets of filming to engage the audience and further promote our film.  

NewHive- I used NewHive to present my research on short films and what they entail. 

YOUTUBE- We have used YOUTUBE to conduct research on other short films and to display our work, inviting feedback from the public. I aslo used this when conducting research on radio trailers, seeing which had the best feedback and which was the most effective.


GOOGLE DOCS- This is a useful tool for collaborating on projects as it enables us to contribute and share ideas on to one document from many different computers, keeping our 
information stored in one place. 

SLIDESHARE- This is useful when making presentations as it enables us to upload on to a template and make it more visually pleasing for the viewer. It also means we can share our work with the public.  

PLANNING 




TRELLO - This is a useful tool for keeping up to date. It is an interactive to do list which enable us to categorise our work into "TO DO", "DOING" and "DONE" helping us to keep on top of the project.

EMAZE- Like Slideshare, Emaze presents work visually with beautiful graphical tools and accepts PowerPoint uploads. I used emaze to present my research on Ridley Scotts film  "Life in a Day" and for my feedback on filming one of the scenes throughout our film.

FACETIME- We can talk as a team using this apple video tool.

 


 


iPhone- this can be useful for keeping in touch with your group, for planning & location shots, for playing your track while out and about?









CONSTRUCTION


DIGITAL CAMERA- This is vital for the construction of our film as the camera needs to be good quality and have the required feature in order for us to get the desired effect.

 

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP- We used photoshop to create the film poster and present our feedback in an aesthetically pleasing manner for the viewer.

 





 
 YuDu- This is used to make dynamic page-turning leaflets. I used YuDu to present my research neatly on the subject topic of narrative theories.

 
 FACEBOOK
To organize shoots by contacting cast and crew with details of an 'event'. This enables us to promote our film, by making a page and inviting people to it. 

 



EVALUATION



NEW HIVE enabled me to present all my evidence about how I used technology in a visually exciting and logical way with images, text, embedded video and audio.

FACEBOOK- We used Facebook to invite feedback about our production and to promote our film to a wider audience being the general public. 

 




YOUTUBE- We have used YouTube for  inviting feedback on your own video work. 

RESEARCH: AUDIENCE.