Leanne

Attempting to get Leanne's facial expression to be a mix of worry, guilt and emotional is going to be a challenge as she tends to crack out a smile and a giggle pretty much every time we film her! We need to get her practicing her facial expressions in order for our ending to the 2 minute opening to be clear of its meaning.

Tomorrow I will be taking a picture of Leanne and Alicia for our final shot in our 2 minute opening.
I am hoping to make them two look like great friends in a happy lighting and nice setting.
Once I have got the picture, I will upload it to my blog to show you all!

How amazing does Les Miserables look?!
Everyone I know who has gone to watch it has said it is brilliant.
I can't wait to go and see it!
Once I have, I will be sure to write up about it!

Our Time-Lapse Idea

After watching our time-lapse again I think I need to explain more on the reasons we chose to do it. It was the first idea that our group came up with, and everyone was a bit unsure on whether we would be able to actually film it! We loved our idea so much and we really think it has been put well with our 2 minute opening. Our time-lapse includes the changes from dark to light, which indicates that she has been sitting in the same spot for a great length of time. It is our opening shot so it shows the destination and surroundings. We thought that by using the time-lapse it would show how the character is alone and no one understands her. The whole world is moving and carrying on however her life is at a stand still and is about to come crashing down on her. It highlights the fact that no one understands her or what she has done. It makes the girl character much more secretive and there is a sense of loss. I am very proud of our groups idea and I think you will enjoy watching it (hopefully) when we post our finally footage!

Name Ideas

We have been thinking and coming up with ideas for our movie name. We like the names Mislead and The Untold. This is because we think these names will fit well into our storyline and gang cultured movie. Other names that I have been looking into are: The Voluntold Different The Sacrifice The Hidden The Misunderstood

Lesson

Today in lesson we looked at our 2 minute opening and decided that we needed to crop a few scenes to allow the shots to run smoothly. Once we have filmed all of the shots and put them together, we will edit them.

Vlog Update

Plans for upcoming weeks

Right, so I thought I would let you know what our plans are for the next few weeks!

1. Go to Forty Hall and get our final shots
2. Blog 
3. Vlog
4. Go to the train station and get the shots we need to make sure it all makes sense
5. Upload all footage
6. Blog
7. Start putting the pieces together
8. Blog
9. Edit the music in to our film
10. Edit the film 
11. Blog
12. Vlog
13. Make sure we have a title for our film
14. Blog
15. Make the film perfect....
16. Blog and Vlog about it all!

Twilight

This is one of my favorite scenes from Twilight. I think the shots are great. I love the editing and the sound effects really make the scene. Hopefully my group will experiment with our 2 minute opening to get similar editing techniques.

Annoying

We had planned to film this Wednesday but due to the snow we will not be able to which is quite annoying.
We will reschedule and hopefully all the filming will be finished just before February!

On Wednesday during our Media lesson, a group of us decided to watch through some previous AS level media trailers and 2 minute openings. Together we analysed and discussed them.
This trailer was the one that stood out to me. I thought the storyline was pretty good and there are some really good shots in this video. I loved the shot of the forest and trees. I thought that was such a nice shot to have. I also liked the shot of the boys legs running towards the camera.

Advert

What a brilliant advert.
Love the pigs!
I really like the edits with the words coming up on the screen. I think it looks really good.
My group hopefully will be using the same technique with our 2 minute opening.

Music

We have chosen this song for our two minute opening. It fits well with our storyline and shots.

Group Plan

We have decided to go out on the 23rd (depending on to weather) to film our last scenes.
As a group we will be going to Forty Hall, to get some shots of Leanne and some scenery.
We have also decided on a new ending to our original plan. Instead of the two weeks earlier, we have decided to leave our 2 minute opening on a cliff-hanger. We feel that this will leave a larger effect on our audience.
In 3 weeks time we plan to have all our film completely finished and our editing to have begun!
Can't wait!

Recent films

Recently I have watched a few movies in the cinema.
The Hobbit, Gangster Squad and The Impossible, I think that as an media student it is only right to give my opinion on them all..
I love all of them.
They are all absolutely brilliant!
The Hobbit is just amazing. I loved Lord of The Rings so The Hobbit was such great news to me.
The only part I did not enjoy, was the ending! How could they end it like that, I want to see what happens next! Can't wait for the next one! The special effects and graphics are just wicked.
The Impossible may be the saddest film I have ever watched. I was balling my eyes out the whole movie! I just couldn't believe it was a true story. It is truly inspirational and really keeps you biting your nails the whole way through! The only downfall was my makeup. Made me cry so much I had mascara all down my cheeks.
The Gangster Squad is brilliant. The story line is so good. It is a bit bloody but I can deal with that! I don't just love the film because I love Ryan Gosling I swear! But he is God.
Loved all of these movies and I would advise everyone to go and watch them!

Problem solved!

Our time-lapse problem has now disappeared thank god!
We decided to make the clip as fast as we could and then upload it to youtube, convert it and upload it back on to imovie, which allowed us to speed the clip up even more!
We have now put together just over 1 minute of our 2 minute opening!
We have a few more shots to get and a lot more editing to do but we're confident it will all look great in the end.

Advert

Absolutely love this advert!

Research

This clip from Kidulthood really gives our group lots of ideas for our 2 minute opening. The movie Kidulthood is a gang-culture genre and that is the direction we are going in. The shots are also similar to what we are thinking of using!

Problem!

So we began our editing today and we love our time-lapse, we think it looks really great.
Our other shots are good as well as we have used a lot of different types of shots and angles.
All is great, however, we have a slight problem. Our time-lapse is just over 2 minutes long which means our other shots can not be put in to our opening. We are now trying different ways to shorten the time-lapse even more but it is beginning to get very difficult and stressful!
I will keep you updated!

Photo's

Some photo's taken while up London filming our time-lapse..

Guess what?!!!

This is our vlog from Trafalgar Square at around 5 a.m. We did enjoy the filming as it was actually very pretty seeing the dark turn to light and seeing how London filled up with more and more people as the morning went on. We woke up at 4 in the morning and arrange to meet at Oakwood station at 5:45. We then took the train to Leicester Square and walked to Trafalgar, following my instructions from memory! We then spent some time arranging the camera and where we wanted Leanne to be sat. When we finally set up, we began to film. I had previously researched the time of sunrise which was around 8 a.m. so we used this as a guide. We then sat on the cold floor for 2 hours filming for our time-lapse, I feel sorry for Leanne as she didnt even have a coat on! After we finally finished our filming of the time-lapse and getting strange looks from strangers, we went off to McDonald's to gain some energy! We then did some more interesting shots of Leanne's journey on the streets and train! I am very pleased with the filming we got done and we worked so well as a group. However, not impressed by the pictures taken of Leanne and myself sleeping on the train!! We are now very excited to get editing!

Group Vlog

vlog update!