13/03/09 - Last Minute Shots and Editing - Deadline...

As it's the day of our deadline, and there were still a few shots needed, me and another member of my group decided to go out early with one of our actors and try to capture the last few shots. The main shots needed were for the train station scene in order to end the opening in a dramatic way (the station manager kindly let us film there). Firstly, we needed a POV shot of the train coming into the frame and coming to a stop in front of the protagonist. Secondly, we needed a shot of him actually getting on the train and the doors closing behind him which would act as one of the final shots of the opening. Lastly, we wanted a shot of the train leaving, this however wasn't possible due to time limitations.

After getting all the shots we could, we had to get back to school to edit them in order to meet our deadline. As I had no other lessons that day, it allowed me to spend the entire day trying to finish our opening in time. I managed import all the footage and make a start on the titles. However, the opening was substantially too long but unfortunately we ran out of time and could therefore not trim it down to meet the two minute requirement.

I was reluctant to give our opening in this state and wasn't pleased with the standard of which it turned out, but as it was our deadline I had to bite the bullet and give it anyway, knowing full well it wouldn't achieve the grade I was aiming for.

11/03/09 - It's All About Andy...

This afternoon, we needed to film some more shots but only one of our actors could make it, and with our deadline fast approaching we had no other choice but to go out and shoot shots that only involved our antogonist, Andy Johnson.

Due to most of our shots of our antogist involving our protagnoist in some way (either directly in shot or in the background), some shots required changing and a little bit of creativity. It was also difficult to film the shots in running order (which is how we had dilmed on previous shoots) due to us having to skip a few shots each time as our protagoniost wasn't there.

However, the progress we made in terms of sheer amount of footage is substantial, and we now have all of the footage of our antogonist that we should need for our entire opening.

04/03/09 - More Filming

Today was the first group shoot in which I could actualy be present for and I beleive it went extremely well. The actors both turned up and performed to a high standard, making filming far easier, so I was pleased. The camera work was good and steady throughout, meaning the footage was of a high standard. The weather stayed fairly bright and sunny, meaning lighting wasn't an issue (as it has been in the past).

We took our media teachers feedback on board and made a few changes which I believe were for the best. Shooting lasted approximately an hour and a half, and in that time we managed to obtain about a fith of the footage needed for our opening.

Charlotte Looney (Cinematographer) has made it her duty to upload the footage onto the Mac so we can start editing immediately.