The decision to re-shoot

Having filmed my footage on Saturday and importing it onto the computers at school I realized that the footage that I had shot turned out to be completely disastrous!! The framing and mise en scene of the shots were mostly effective and worked really well in my piece but the steadiness and focus on the shots ruined the entire sequence. I had originally thought on the day of the shoot that this wasn't an issue as the shots appeared steady on my camera and it was not until I watched them on a larger screen that I noticed the obvious flaws. As a result I have decided that the best and only option will be to re-shoot my entire sequence. This time I will look into a way of making my own steadicam so that the shots are smoother and also I will film in my original location so that i can follow my storyboard more accurately. I know that I am able to produce better, more high quality shots than the ones that had been produced in my first shoot and it would be damaging to silly of myself not to try and improve on my work so that I produce a high quality sequence.

First Shoot

The first shooting of my title sequence took place on Saturday. I had a bit of a nightmare with the original location that I was going to use for my shoot as the room was not organised in time, I also felt that there wasnt enough space in the room to be able to set up my tripod and camera to be able to get right the shots and good framing.  For this reason I decided to change the location for my shoot to take place in my mums bedroom. The lighting and space in this room was much more appropriate for my shoot and allowed for my shots to be of better quality. Below are a few shots of the location that i changed to and some of the credits that I created. Creating my own credits was a harder task than I first anticpated and I didnt think they would take me as long to create as they actually did. If I had been more organised with props and location I would not have had the issues that I encountered and perhaps my first shoot would I have gone a lot smoother and produced a higher quality outcome.

Shooting day

It's shoot day! Ahhhhhh!! Today is the day I finally shoot my final piece title sequence for my film 'Rosie'. The shoot Id scheduled to begin around 12pm and should hopefully take no longer than a few hours to shoot. Since my actress isn't arriving until just after 11am I am spending the morning getting props and location ready for the shoot. As you can see I am starting to paint on the titles for my shoot onto my props. 

Once the props and location have been completed I will move on to preparing my camera and tripod for the first shot. I plan to shoot my footage in order according to my story board but I can easily switch things around if problems occur. Taking into account health and safety I plan to remove any possible hazards from my room that could potentially cause my actress to hurt herself. This includes wires and any electrical appliances that aren't needed for the shoot. I hope to have a successful and hassle free shoot today and for the shots that I capture to be of a high quality.

Credit creating

I have started to experiment with creating some of the titles for my sequence. This particular title will be created using 5p coins. I have a slight issue at the moment with the fact that I don't actually have enough 5ps to created the last name of the director (myself). However this issue should be sorted by Saturday as I will be scouting 5ps to make sure that I have enough to create the rest of the credits.

Update of final piece

At this current stage in the process I have completed the necessary steps in organising my post production documents. This includes research that I have made into current title sequences from my chosen genre that have all had some form of influence into my final piece.
The story board that I have created provides me with a clear outline of the shots that I am planning to create with a range of angles and movements involved to for the marking criteria. In terms of continuity I have mapped out the steps I will take to achieve my action match shot, which will be of Erin's hand reaching out to grab a wine bottle. There will be three steps within this action match and i aim to be precise about the cuts that I make with these in the editing process so that the action match is as effective and professional looking as it can be.
Due to actress availability I have had to push back the filming for my piece to Saturday the 24th of January, whilst this is a pain as it gives me less time to be able to edit my piece, it does mean that i should be able to get all the shots I need in one go and I know that the actress I have choosen will work effectively and proffessionally.
Hopefully all my shots will be completed and ready to import on the editing software by the beginning of next week.

Types of Shot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Official Studio Ident

As one of the institutions of my film, 20th Century Fox has a very distinct ident that is commonly shown at the beginning of their films. To give my film more verisimilitude I feel that it would be appropriate to incorporate this ident into my piece of work.

 

Above are the screenshots of this ident being placed into my work.

Mood Board 2

Here I have created a second mood board for my film. This board focuses more specifically on teenage rebellion which is something I feel links strongly to my film sequence.
Enjoy!
http://www.pinterest.com/lauragreenley/2nd-as-media-studies-mood-board/

Props list

Here is a list of all the props that I will need for my shoot. As the location for my shoot is based mainly in my bedroom, there will be basic bedroom items that will automatically be in the shots. I feel this adds to the shoot and makes it more realistic rather than just stylised.
Here is the list of all the props I need:

• Wine bottle
• Wine glass
• Bedside draws and containers
• posters
• Makeup bag
• Makeup
• Mascara
• Desk
• iPod and headphones
• Sunglasses
• Purse
• coins
• Outfit 1: denim jacket, black boots, band shirt, shorts, tights
• Outfit 2: wooly hat, gloves and scarf, big coat, wellies
• Outfit 3: baggy white t-shirt, 'nerd' glasses, leggings
• Outfit 4: hoop earings, tracksuit jacket, tracksuit bottoms, bandeu, trainers
• Outfit 5: little black dress, heels
• small bag/clutch
• mirror
• small vodka bottle

Production Schedule

I have created a production schedule for my title sequence shoot below you will find a copy of this. 

Date	Scene	Location	Overview of Shots	Cast
Monday 12th January	1	Bedroom	CU (iPod, sunglasses, coins)	No cast required
Saturday 17th January	1	Bedroom	MCU (Institution (fox searchlight), approach to bag, approach to mirror) CU (Institution (Mr. Mudd), grabbing of wine glass, mirror) Over the shoulder (grabbing of wine glass, follow to grab bag) MS (grabbing wine glass, mascara from left, front and right view, track to alcohol bottle, alcohol bottle) P.O.V (title of ‘Rosie’, pulling mascara from makeup bag) Establishing Shot (items on desk (including zoom from prev MS)) LS (all five outfit changes)	Erin Convery
Sunday 18th January	Any fixing up of 1 and all of 2	Bedroom and Street	For bedroom shots this will be any shot that did not go as planned or needs redoing from previous shoot, this day can also be used incase we run over on Saturday. MS (follow out of house and onto streets, swig of alcohol, end shot at door) MS to CU (knock at door)	Erin Convery

Script

This is the first draft of my script for 'Rosie'. I've decided that the only dialogue in the opening sequence will be a voice over from the character Rosie as she makes her way to her 'party'. In this voice over she goes into brief detail about her life and who she is. By stating this at the beginning of the film the audience have a chance to immediately connect with Rosie's character and understand her background and current lifestyle. It also helps to explain the reason why in the titles she is getting ready in her room and looking as if she is about to go out. Obviously this is just a first draft of the script and could change depending on how my actor decides to read the lines. I will only adapt the lines if I feel that they don't sound natural or fit with the footage I shoot. 

Here is the first draft of the script for 'Rosie':

‘Rosie’

Written by Laura Greenley

First Draft

Rosie (v.o)

I’ve done a lot of stupid things in my life. I wouldn’t say that I was proud of them but at the same time I wouldn’t say that I completely regret my actions either. When I was five I stuck a crayon up the nose of Jamie Smith because he stole my bracelet and made me cry, when I was 10 I punched the lollypop man outside of school because he didn’t tell me to ‘have a nice day’. Now I’m 17 and my life is still a mess. I guess you can get away with things when you’re 10 because everything is just rainbows and those stupid gold stars you’d get of teachers for good work. You can’t exactly get a gold star for drinking 3 bottles of wine each week, or going out each night to a party of someone you don’t know just in the hope that you’ll get off with them. I enjoy my life and at the end of the day I don’t give a fuck if people think I’m a mess. I’m not pregnant, I’m not on drugs and I’m not in some messed up, violent gang. I’m just Rosie and this is my life.