Props, Set and Outfits

The props we will use for this film will be borrowed from the drama cupboard used on previous shows so we can find a lot of what we need. The main props we will use are the clothing rails to get a sense of the shop and a cloak stand just to add that more of a set scene rather than where we choose to shoot the film. Which will be in the hall as all the other places are to small and using the bit curtain we can try and block out everything on the outside. The outfit used were set to everyones type of person as the Ella and Reece are lower class they will use more rugged clothes like coats and ugly shoes. But the assistant Toria and I will look more higher class to make our characters seem that bit more snobby.

Script and Storyboard

When we started to do the storyboard we came up with a few ideas for our film, in the end we chose a shoe shop scene where one our the actors basically got shot. We chose plenty of different angles to cover what we needed to make this as good as possible. We used a lot of medium shots, low and high angles to show how the different actors looked. For camera movement we thought it would look good it we used things like panning to show how the characters are moving around the shot. Also deciding to use a dolly would be effective in the panning, also doing dolly shots to show how the actors come into the shop. We decided to use the zoom lens so that when Ella and Reece walk in we can see what type of people they are b the clothes they wear.

The script was done well as we created good lines so you can get the idea of what type of person each character is like one of my lines is "look what the cat dragged in" by this we can tell that my character is quite snobby to different class people. The rest of the script was quite simple so nothing to difficult t remember. Although one problem with this is that its quite short so this will reflect on the length of the film.

Shop Shot Video

My Film

When creating this production experience, I found that it was quite difficult to start at first an we wanted to create an original idea. After a few ideas of cafe scenes we came up with a shop scene, as this idea became better it became more fun to create. As we decided to make this more dramatic to enter someone getting shot this seemed good at the time but took a number of shots to get a better scene as it was funny to shot it.

I think that the production as a whole went very well we incorporated all of our group in the film as we all got to use the equipment for practice and to help with future productions. It took practice to get used to setting up all the equipment and mainly using the camera to create different shots.
The worst bit may have been our story board and our last scene with the shot. As the storyboard wasn't really planned well enough and the type of shots we did were different to the final ones, next time i think there needs to be more time planning. The shot scene was very funny but we didn't really take it as seriously as we should. I was the one shooting another person in our group but i didn't do it realistically so its not that convincing. The setting was good but i think if we had more props and a better set it would have looked better overall. We also had some problem of doing it in the hall as there were dinner ladies spotted in the background.

If I did this film again I would possibly spend more time on the preparation on the project as I think it wasn't planned well enough, because when we shot the film we had to keep retaking scenes when we should have processed of the film. We did shot, 180 degree reverse shot, and some others to create a good effect for the film. We had some troubles with the dolly as sometimes the tripod wouldn't fit into the dolly so it took time putting it in again and again.

The advice I would give to other about doing this sort of film experience is to plan extremely well because I think if you have a good plan, then your film will run more smoothly as a whole saving you from having to backtrack to find work or having to stop working to do research ways to do different shots when you should have know.

Although this project took a lot of time it was well worth doing it and I have learnt how to prepare myself and the group for the following project.