Editing Session

Our editing sessions between the 22nd and the 26th of february were extremely significant (we had half term which made us unable to touch our filming for a week). We discovered all our errors in the play back and were able to get second opinions from other pupils in our class as to how we could improve. We recognized that certain shots such as a shot of where Poppy is in the mirror behind Lewis would be more effective if she moved so that the focus would be more on her as it was too subtle to notice. It also helped to be able to put music to our piece as we discovered that shots we thought were ineffective were in fact extremely eerie. All in all our editing sessions have been a learning curve and we have a good plan on our re film on Monday the 1st of March.

Second Filming Session

We originally planned to film on both the 2nd and 4th of February but due to weather problems we were unable to do so, therefore we decided to take a whole day on the 18th of February to get a huge chunk of the filming done. It was very successful and we got most of the filming done. We needed to get as much done in one day to get continuity in the film because the antagonist that Poppy played would be hard to keep the make up and hair the same on another day. We recruited another actor from another school in our film so that Josh could film as we are only a group of three. As a group of three we found it quite hard to pick a story with a few characters as possible as there was so few of us. During the filming session we made many amendments to what we originally planned as although in theory ides seemed good when put into practice we thought of better for example, we decided to use the front road rather that the back garden for Poppy to come forwards and towards the house in a supernatural manner.

First Filming Session

Here are some photos from this filming session.




We had our first filming session on the 26Th of January where we was testing lighting, sweeps and pans and any good angles. It was quite successful because we were able to come together as a group and discover the right lighting and time of day we would need in our actual filming session. Also by all being at the set we were able to discuss any amendments to make to the story board in order to meet the needs of the film with the space we have available. We noticed that Josh has a scary looking tree outside his house which we decided we would utilise in our film in order to help set the scene. Also, we were able to get the first 10 seconds (approximate) of our film of establishing shots of the house.
All in all, it was quite successful as we really came together as a group and got a good feel of how it would be on filming the main part of the story. Furthermore we got a good impression of how we wanted to do things and how it was going to fit with the location we chose.

Storyboard

After having all the trouble uploading the story board we finally have the finished product on.

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