Practice Filming...

The group and I went out filming when we first got our equipment. We were told to make a black and white practice film, so we messed around a bit and this is our final product (it is a bit cheesy)... The use of non diagetic music creates a sense of enthusiasm. We enjoyed filming it and having fun re creating several shots, like the pan used. Moreover we wanted to film several other shots to practice before the real film like the Dutch tilt or tracking shot, which we did by putting the camera on a trolley and wheeling it along.

The equipment...

Last lesson we were given the equipment needed to make our final film. We were given things such as:

• A sony HD video cam
• Tripod
• Tripod Plate
• A flip cam
• An equipment bag

We are all looking after the equipment and have started to film a practice video using various shots so we can have practice before we start to film the real thing and get a feel for the camera/. Here is an example of a practice film we need to make, including the panning shot with the black and white colour palette:

Vlog on our Ideas

Taneshia and I vlogged about our ideas on filming. Last wednesdays lesson, Taneshia, Hannah, Leanne and I tried to brainstorm a few and this is what we came u with...

Vlog on Sinister

***Spoiler Alert***
 Here is Taneshia and I vlogging about Sinister.
Watch this vlog if you want us to spoil Sinister for you, we are describing the opening and other shots.

The Groups Vlog on Editing the Prelim, wohoo

Here is my groups Vlog. We decided to do a group vlog about our editing and surprisingly we worked well Vlogging together, well good enough. We introduced hannah into the vlogging world. Watch the vlog and see how we felt editing our prelim went:

Outtakes Video

After editing our final prelim video my group and I decided to put a video together of our outtakes. This video made us chuckle but it was a lot of fun messing around with IMovie to put together the different shots and finding more tools to make our video groovy. Check it out:

Prelim...

Leanne, Hannah Taneshia and I have just finished editing our final prelim. I think the final video looks great and does show a range of the shots we filmed, the main shots are a close up of the characters faces, like the opening of Hannah's face. We have also showed various editing techniques like slow motion when 'Jack' runs in the room as it emphasises the scene more also we have lowered the pitch of Taneshias voice in that clip to suit the scene. Overall I believe we worked really hard and looking back I think we could go pro, check it out...

Looper

Last Saturday I went to see the film Looper. There was a use of various shots throughout adding tension to the film. It was a really good film although i felt it was a lot like 'In time'. I especially thought the ending was great as it was not predictable, like most films. Here is the trailer to the movie, and I do recommend seeing it.

Screenshots of the prelim

Here are a few screenshots from my groups preliminary task last week. They are of Taneshia and Hannah, so I thought I would go to the trouble of posting them to showcase there 'amazing' acting skills. Even though they did laugh a lot during the process of filming it, the final outcome will be good, with a lot of laughs from our out takes video also.

We are currently editing our prelim so not long till we will be posting the final thing so here's some images to tease you while you wait for our final piece...

My first vlog!!

Here is mine and Taneshia's first Vlog. We are explaining how are prelim went and the different shots used. As explained in the vlog we have finished filming our preliminary task, which was inspired from a scene in titanic, we tried to use various shots such as a close up and wide shots to set the scene. As a first time using a camera I feel it went quite well with us exploring several shots. As we move onto editing we are planning to put a montage of the clips together creating the sequence furthermore add the titanic song over the top to make the preliminary better showcasing our abilities.