Behind the Scenes

Second Update - On Set

In the next few videos you will be hearing from our crew members who are preparing on set to start filming!

Second Film Day - Behind the Scenes!

The stills below were taken on set during our second day of filming and show the work put in to achieve our variety of shots and how we have overcome issues e.g. lighting from the big window.

First Film Day - Behind the Scenes!

Below is a video giving a panoramic tour of our set, as well as the first day's stills showing how we prepared including getting into costume, putting on make-up and positioning props, lights and camera.

Risk Assesment

Title Ideas

We have been working on title ideas for the beginning of our short film. As you can see we have chosen several different fonts, some resemble handwriting which reflects the frantic personality of our main character, others look as if they have been found on an official document. Some also have a reflection to obviously mimic the title. When it comes closer to the time we will make a decision about which to use, as well as background and transitions.

Film Update!

Just a quick update on how we're doing!

Animated Storyboard

Below we have compiled all of our storyboards into an animated storyboard so that we can apply music and present the images in sequence to give you a rough idea of how our short film may look, sort of like a blueprint...enjoy!

Team Presentation and Audience Research

In our teams we prepared a presentation to pitch our short film idea to our target audience and to receive feedback ; both the positives and how we could improve. During our presentation we have produced mood boards, audience research and our ideas through a written synopsis and storyboards. We have filmed the pitch but I have also included the presentation below:

Team Kane: Reflection by KatieMitchellMedia

Below is some of the most useful audience feedback we received in our questionnaires:

 

"It is very psychologically focused and the scene stages are clear"

"It's very original"

"Child-like voice seems a bit cliché"

"make less complicated"

 

From our research, we learned that the audience found the narrative structure confusing from watching our animated storyboard. this is useful however, because we can now take this on board and develop our film through production in a way that will make sense to our niche market. Apart from this, our film pitch came with very successful feedback and has given us confidence to pursue our genre idea for our short film.

Plan

To ensure we keep on track with all processes of making our short film we have created a plan of each week with the tasks that should be completed. This way, we know exactly how much time we have and what else needs to be finished in order to complete our short film for the deadline. Below is a copy of our plan:

Week beginning Monday 4th November:

4th
5th - Preparation and Storyboards
Complete all storyboards (both images and descriptions).
Organise who responsible for props, costumes and casting.
6th - Blog Update
Update blogs with presentation video and other preparation tasks.
7th - Props
Collect props (Mirrors, TVs, Clock).
8th - Storyboards
Convert storyboards into an animated storyboard with sound.

Week beginning Monday 11th November

11th
12th - Review last week's tasks and if needed reschedule incomplete tasks.
13th - Begin Filming 2:30pm - 4:00pm
14th - Review
Review and evaluate footage, then arrange next filming time.
15th

 Week beginning Monday 18th November

18th - Filming 9:00am - 12:45pm
19th - Review Footage
Review footage and decide if more filming is necessary.
20th
21st - Long Weekend
22nd - Long Weekend

Week beginning Monday 25th November

25th - Possible Re-film
26th - Possible Re-film
27th - Possible Re-film
28th - Final Reviews of Footage
29th - Begin Editing

Week beginning Monday 2nd December

2nd - Editing
3rd - Work on Acillery Tasks
4th - Editing
5th - Editing
6th - Editing

Week beginning Monday 9th December

2nd - Editing
3rd - Work on Acillery Tasks
4th - Editing
5th - Editing
Work with sound effetcs, music, filters, corrections, titles.
6th - Editing

Week beginning Monday 16th December

2nd - Editing
3rd - Work on Acillery Tasks
4th - Editing
5th - Make Final Changes
6th - Make Sure Ancillery task are completed

Throughout all production stages we have listed the equipment and aspects of filming and editing that need to be taken into account. This should constantly remind us to keep on track with the film and include a variety of shots, all of the necessary components of a short film and helpful information that will contribute.

Body Language
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Decor
Props
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Lighting
Costume
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Setting

Framing
Lighting
Angles
Mise-en-scene
Editing
Camerawork
Acting
Themes/Narrative
Sound

Filming Equipment:

• Camera and tripod (both for filming and possible photo stills from the shoot that we can use for the ancillery tasks.
• Costume - White clothing including leggins, tshirt and frilly socks (matching for the doll as well).
• Props - Mirrors, Tvs, Clock, Fake blood.
• Lighting - Possible spotlights and possible filters.
• Sound - Use garageband to develop soundtrack and sound effects.