New Plans

Whilst out filming yesterday - in the rain - we decided we are spending too much time worrying about the weather so have now decided to work with it. Considering this is England and it rains more then any other weather we have decided to incorporate it into the scene. After Leanne has started her journey and we've seen her in Trafalgar, nearer the end of the 2 minutes it can then start to rain and that's when the protagonist starts to run. This will create a sense of intensity and portray how things are beginning to close in on her. However we do not want it to come across that she starts to run due to the rain so maybe she can start to run then there is a downpour. Although this is only if we continue to have bad weather so we will keep you updated as to whether we follow through with it.

Drum role please...

WE FINALLY WENT OUT FILMING... After deciding we would get all the shots needed in the Christmas break, we finally decided to go filming after delaying it for so long. Unfortunately Hannah could not make it as she was working but Taneshia, Leanne and I had a very productive day filming. We went around Enfield and got the shots needed here and re-recorded many shots also. Here are a few images of yesterdays work:

Related Films...

I have been looking into some Gang cultured films like 4.3.2.1, Adulthood and Kidulthood. These are all similar to the genre of film we are choosing for our opening. It gives us an insight into how our film will turn out and also gives us a few shot ideas in order to represent the protagonist in a mysterious similar to how we are wanting to show Leanne as it will come across she has a big secret.The film 4.3.2.1 includes a running scene, much like the one we need Leanne to do with various shots and angles like panning across with a close up of the feet and a wide shot in order to see the panic in her face, leaving us with wandering why she is running after hearing a siren.

Research

Here is some research to help us with the opening of our film opening. The first page includes information on the reasoning for joining a gang with info on how to join and leave gangs, helping us with a guideline to why our protagonist will join a gang. We then outline our storyline including information on why we got the idea to do gang-culture, which is mainly due to the article down below of how a girl was involved with a boy who was in a gang which resulted in her being involved in the London riots even though she is from a privileged background, much like how we want to represent Leanne. We then include information on depression as Leanne is going to be a depressed character, with sad emotion. We highlight key aspects in relation to our storyline also making it easier to identify how we want to present Leanne.

RESEARCH 2 Min Opening

Group Vlog

Last Wednesdays lsson we had a group apdate on where we are at so far. Everyone is now up to date on everything an we have finally buckled down and started to film.

Vlog update...

Here is mine and Taneshias most recent Vlog. We are updating you on our filming and any adjustments made. We our thinking about a plan B incase the filming does not work out, for example if our time lapse does not look great in Trafalgar square we will move location to a better suited one and also, as we have been told we need a permit to shoot on trains so we may get shots of her on the bus on the way home rather then risking getting caught, but we may find a way to work around this.