Finished Filming

On Wednesday 11th February, we had completed all our filming for our thriller. We did have problems about who was going to be in the film but the issue was then resolved. During our filming we were able to get a variety of shots of Nazmin running with lots of different angles. We also got a few shots of the dark figure, to give the film some sort of suspense. Now all that is left is the editing, adding credits and the music. Hopefully we will be doing this on Monday.

Written By Shahida

Filming lesson - friday

On friday 6th of Febraury, this lesson was planned to carry on with the filming for our thriller. But unfortunately due to the poor weather condition, we were again were not able to film. But even though the weather was very poor we still managed to take the camera and tripod out to film at Stoke Newington graveyard. As we got there we thought if it was very bad as there were a lot of risky places in order for us to film. So we got back to the college and thought we should continue with the editing even though the shots we didn't have, which we could leave a space for them so that after we film the last parts next lesson, we would be able to fill it in.

I started to log and capture all the footage we have gathered, with each shot i carefully looked at the shot and captured it just before i heard the word 'action' and pressd escape after i heard the word 'cut'. I also managed to rename the footage so that when we start to edit, i would be able to tell which footage comes first.

When it came to edit the shots to put onto the timeline, I had to make sure that i put a input and output so that when we start to see the film we wouldnt have somone say action or cut so that it looks like a film. I pressed 'i' for the input and 'o' for the output, I then dragged the shot down to the timeline and replayed it to make sure that each shot was done properly.

As i replayed back the shots i figured out that there were a few problems with some of the shots. I realised that some shots were too fast than others which made it difficult for us to see everything as some shots went too quik than others. But then i knew that as we still got to film next lesson we would be able to do more extra shots just to make sure that every shot had been done properly therefore makes out a good thriller film.

1st Lesson of Filming

On Wednesday the 28th of January our group began filming for our thriller opening. We decided to pick Stoke Newington graveyard as our location for the thriller as it has a creepy and thriller effect. We were also filming during the day as it would be easier to film and that was the time when all members of the group were free to film. During the day we came across a few problems as the weather conditions were quite bad; this caused us not to complete as much as we planned to because it was hard for our main character (Nazmin) to run as the ground was wet and very slippery. However, we did manage to do a few panning shots of the scenery and also close up shots of Nazmin’s face and shots of her running.

Unable To Film

On Wednesday4th February we were unable to film due to the adverse weather conditions. So instead we started to log and capture the footage we already had. We also looked at what we needed to improve on the next time we film and what we needed to add.

On Friday 6th February we were again unable to film due to the bad weather conditions, as in the scene it requires Nazmin to run, and she would be unable to do this with ice on the floor. So instead we started to edit the footage we already had, leaving blanks where the footage we will film later on next week. Hopefully by next week the weather will be better and we'll be able to finish filming.

Written By Shahida Choudhury

filimin lesson-editing

In today's lesson due to the whether our plans had to be changed, as we thought that it would be very risky and hard to film because there were a lot of ice pavements and roads.

Instead we decided to log and capture the shots we have taken continuing from last lesson which we saw that we had taken quite a lot of shots which we were happy about. We also managed to put the input and output on a few of the shots and putting it onto the timeline which we had saved it after.

We thought it would be best to film next lesson if the weather conditions start to change so that we would be able to film the last shots of the character.

30/1 - second filming

From the previous filming session as we took another trip down to stoke Newington, today's weather was much better as there were no rain although it was very muddy on the paths. But this was not much of a problem as we were able to film even more than last time.

We done more establishing shots, panning shots, shots of angels, graveyards which came out very much as we expected. Futhermore, there weren't as much people last time therefore we were still able to film in different places that we thought would be best for our film.

But we stil knew that we had to take more shots of the girl which would be on our next filming lesson and also needed to make sure that we get to finish our filming by next lesson. We managed to take good shots and finished more early than we thought so as we headed back to college we thought it would be better to at least upload some of the shots that we took onto our hard drive therefore it would save us time when it comes to our editing.

28/1 - Started filming

On the 28th of January, my group and i started to film for our thriller. We took out the camera and the tripod down to Stoke Newington graveyard where we started to shoot in daylight. There were slight problems which took place. The weather was very terrible therefore we wernt able to film as much as we expected. Although, it never bothered us that much until it started to get really cold and rainy.

Also we had other problems concerning where we would be filming in the graveyard as the places we wanted to shoot were taken by other people who just came in wondered about with their dogs. This caused more bigger concerns of when we would be able to finish our filming and start our editing.

But in the end we managed to take a couple of shots of the same angle which we were happy about although the weather was not as we expected.