Evaluation

 

Shooting: 24/11/10

Today we went to film the scenes at Shadwell Basin. This is the scene immediately after our actor leaves the house angrily after an argument with her boyfriend. This is where a lot of the lip synching during the song takes place and so it was important that we planned this shoot well. In addition, we also had another actor on set so we had to make sure that both actors were ok and knew what they were doing at all times.

The day ran relatively smoothly. We played the song in the background so that our actor could sing along  on the beat, to make the lip synching easier. We ensured that we had a variety of shots and took establishing shots of the location to give us things to cut away to in editing. We didn't have many problems during this shoot the only thing again was the weather and our actors weren't really used to working in those conditions.  


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Shooting: 23/11/10

Yesterday, we went to film in Trafalgar Square. This is the bridge of the song and where we would like to do a time lapse with our actor standing still amongst people walking fast around her. The lyrics at this point say 'Gotta run run run' over and over again and we thought that it would be a nice contrast to have our actor at a stand still whilst the world around seems to be going in fast forward.

This was our first day shooting and the main problem we had was the weather. Although, we looked at the weather forecast for the week we didn't anticipate that the weather would be that cold, it was especially difficult for our actor who wasn't able to wrap up warm as we had to film. The day was ok.  

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Weather Forecast

Since we will be filming this week we have taken into account the weather as we do not want any surprises along the way. This week will be dry but a bit cold and so this is ideal. As we do not know what the weather will be like next week, we have decided to film all of our outside footage this week so we can be sure to have to same weather in our footage. 

Shooting Schedules

Upcoming Shoots:
23/11/10
We have confirmed that we will be filming tomorrow at Trafalgar Square. We will all be meeting for 12:00 to get there for 12:30. We would like to film the time lapse scene, transition to Leigh-on-Sea and a shot reflection in the fountain. Hopefully we can get a solid 2 hour shooting without any disturbances.

24/11/10
On Wednesday we will be going to Shadwell Basin by the canal to film storyboard number 21-30. Different angle shots of actor, jumpcut and transition for next location. We will be using our lipsynching techniques here.

We are yet to confirm the dates for when to shoot at Leigh-on-Sea and Sonia's mum bedroom.

Animatics - Part 2

Animatics - Part 1

We split our song into two sections and all did the storyboards for that section. We all took responsibility to create an animatic for our section. Here is part 1:

This is the first verse and chorus of the song. It begins with the artist and the actor playing her boyfriend having an argument. In this argument, the boyfriend is pleading for another chance and the artist is ready to let the relationship go. We see her turning her back on her boyfriend and look at a framed picture of them during happier times, the scene cuts away to the present and when in cuts back the boyfriend is no longer in the picture. This reflects how he has disappeared in the artist's mind. This rest of the section shows the artist leaving the house in tears at the breakdown in their relationship.  

Posted by Maria Grillo and Mirza Rahman