Last post: 1st November. It's been a few weeks, here's what's been happening.
We have lived and breathed media these last few weeks and have taken some major steps in our production. However positive we were feeling about our project we were not ruling out having to write another 'filming faux pas' blog. But now the filming is over and nothing has gone wrong! Everything has been running as smoothly as clockwork. We have been meeting up and discussing our individual progress, for example Camillla's music, Mia's poster, Natalia's editing ideas and Jess's blogging and camera work. We are thoroughly enjoying our time together as a group, sharing our inspirations and ideas, doing some acting together and working closely from the storyboard to create, what will be, our masterpiece!
Minus all the preparation and discussion in between this is the schedule of our main production work:
November 9th - In our soap trailer there is a fight scene resulting from a girl throwing a netball at another girl in the changing rooms. We used a number of different camera angles and techniques, including a point of view shot and the hand held camera technique to create the sense of disorientation. Actresses that we had used previously in our filming were used as extras to create a more believable school atmosphere and the sense of continuity. Following the filming, we took the final images for our poster. The actresses were brilliant, which I believe was the result of good, clear communication and a firm grip on what we wanted the finished product to look like.
November 16th - Throughout our trailer we have a voice over from the head teacher of 'The Academy'. We thought this would bring a unique edge to the trailer. Mr Roy, a drama teacher at our school, was terrific. The filming was over in a matter of minutes, with no re-filming to do or doubts about whether it would work. We fed him the lines and he fed them back to us with a dramatic flair we would have expected in a perfect and ideal soap opera trailer.
November 18th - Last day of filming. We only had a few short scenes to do for the montage we are planning for the end of the trailer. However, we were expecting these scenes to take a lot longer as they were slightly risque. They involve boys of a sexual nature. We were able to use camera techniques to create the illusion certain activities were happening, for example a boy reaching out to grab a girl's bottom. In actuallity, this took no time at all. The boys were very professional and understood what they had to do and got on with it. There may have been a few giggles along the way, but the scenes turned out perfectly and there was no embarassment caused. A sign of great actors and filming direction!
Yesterday, November 22nd, it was time for the gloves to come off and get the storyboards out once again, upload all our hard work from the last couple of months onto the Macs and make a start on editing. I believe that all the work we put in will make a huge difference to how difficult editing will be. In fact, I think the number of choices and various shots we have are going to be the biggest hurdle. How will we choose! Although, we are realistic, we know it will be time consuming, but that's what it takes to create a true work of media art. In this session, we decided as a group what our favourite parts were and weren't, what would fit in where, and which parts of the storyboard may have to be changed slightly.
This week we have booked one of the school Macs on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. We aim to get all our editing done and think this is a realistic goal. Expect lots of blogging of our editing progress!
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