Timelapse

As part of our feedback, it became obvious to us that we did not have enough establishing shots to make it obvious to the audience where our film was going to be set. Therefore, after listening to our feedback and taking on board ideas from our teacher, we decided to include a time lapse shot in order to help set the scene and also to help create a sense of anxiousness and waiting. An example of a time lapse shot is below.

First Draft and Feedback session

On the 25th February, we had to show our first draft to our class and some year 13s. Due to our filming problems, this meant our opening was not close to being finished. We had some sound issues as well as the cuts not being as quick as they could. Afterwards, our class and the year 13s gave us feedback using forms which helped us to improve our opening. Our first draft and the results of our feedback forms are below.

Overdubbing sound

When we filmed the interview scenes in Cafe Nero, it was fairly busy which meant it was very loud so we could not hear the actor's voice. Therefore, using our skills we recorded the voice audio on another day in a quiet room and then overlapped it on the background noise of the cafe and adjusted the volume of the different audio clips. This meant the sound still sounds digetic even though it is non-digetic.

Filming again

On the 8th February 2015, we went to Sevenoaks to do the second shooting of our film opening. Instead of filming it on a late afternoon, we started filming at 11am and finished at around 3pm. This meant the quality of our footage had significantly improved because it was a lot lighter. We also got a wider range of shots so we have many more shots to choose from when we are editing.

Filming and Editing Schedule

Meet outside Cafe Nero
11:00 Film cafe scenes, getting all shots needed and separately recording sound.
12:00 Start filming the rest of the footage around Sevenoaks, starting at Lloyds Bank and finishing outside Tesco Express
15:00 Aim to finish filming


We do not really have an editing schedule. After filming, we will edit in every lesson and in every available moment we have such as frees and at home.

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Storyboard Alterations

After making cast changes for our second time of filming. We used this as a chance to make our storyboard better. Therefore, our final storyboard is below.

Props

For our film opening, we needed bulks of fake money to show to the audience it is a bank robbery. My dad very kindly made this fake money for us and we did a panning shot of the money and also filmed the teenagers putting it in the bag.

Location of Filming

This is the location for our filming. We have chosen the Sevenoaks area because Annie and Phoebe are familiar with this area and they know the back streets well for the action scenes in the opening. Also it is not a majorly busy town, and as we are filming in the day time and adding effects to make it look like where no one was around, it seemed suitable.

Cafe Nero is also on Sevenoaks High Street so it is easily accessible as it means we will be able to film everything on the same day. It is also suitable because it has a window seat, and a sofa area which makes it a relaxed place for an interview. Lloyds Bank is the main reason we chose Sevenoaks, because it is quite big, and there is an area around it accessible for us to shoot and get a variation of shots. Finally, as Sevenoaks is on a main train line near where we live, it will make it very easy for myself and two of the actors to get there.