Producion Diary

Running Commentary

Lesson 1: In our first lesson together, we decided our film, which was Sarah’s pitch. James and I then added our own input into the idea, and we updated Sarah’s prezi accordingly. We assigned our roles too; we tried to make them to our own personal strengths.

Lesson 2: Watched other peoples film pitch and then pitched our own. Took feedback from the other groups and noted it down.

Lesson 3: Started work on the storyboard and finding relevant places to shoot.

Lesson 4: James and Sarah continued work on the storyboard, thinking of more shots to film. Dom started on the music selection.

Lesson 5: Continued work on storyboard.

Lesson 6: With Sarah absent, James and Dom began piecing together the storyboard, trying to put it in order.

Lesson 7: With the storyboard completed, we took pictures of the storyboard and decided how to present it.

Lesson 8: We decided that I would talk about the storyboard on a green screen and put it over the top of the pictures. We filmed it in the classroom and uploaded it onto Adobe Premiere.

Lesson 9: Sarah worked on Adobe Premiere putting the speech over the pictures of the storyboard. James and Dom worked on the shooting schedule.

Lesson 10: Sarah finished off editing on Adobe Premiere and ended up finishing the storyboard, whilst James and Dom finished off the shooting schedule and also completed the Risk Assessment.

Lesson 11: We all went to Galleywood to James’ house, Sarah’s house and Galleywood Common to film the opening scene of.

Lesson 12: This was the lesson where we all uploaded all our video clips to Adobe Premiere and Dom started to piece it all together whilst James and Sarah worked on the green screen, to add another piece into the opening scene.

Lesson 13: Dom and Sarah carried on editing whilst James updated the production diary and looked at title font styles

Lesson 14: Dom carried on editing and then we all went around the school looking for the best venue for taking the picture for the poser.

Lesson 15: We had a group discussion and found out that the Title ‘Troubled Diversity’ was too complicated so after debating , we came up with ‘Divided’.

Lesson 16: With Dom (the main editor) absent James updated the production diary, whilst Sarah started to work on the Title ‘Divided’. Then we both started to work on the poster.

Lesson 17: We decided as a group that the idea of mental illness wasn't clear enough so we added a voice over of a doctor diagnosing Chris with Schizophrenia.

Lesson 18: James and Sarah filmed shots of Dom and an extra; Alex. As we thought that this would introduce more altas. Dom then went away to look for some music when James filmed shots of Sarah and Alex.

Lesson 19: All the class watched all the other classes productions and marked them all, gave peer evaluation.

Lesson 20: We got our evaluations and feedback back from the other classes and with Sarah absent James and Dom went through them and decided what to change and keep.

Lesson 21: We decided to remove the clips of the other altas as we felt that introducing so many characters in very little time, got a bit confusing. We now decided that for our opening scene we would only introduce Christopher and the dead body in the lake.

Lake shot

To achieve the shot of a girl dead in a lake, we filled a bath with leaves and water. Megan layed in the water as we postioned the leaves to cover any evidence of being in a bath. We used an extreme close up so you could just see the water, leaves and her face.

We used pale make up to show the fact that she is dead, and may have been there for quite some time.

Images of the group working

Here is Dom playing around with the typography for 'Divided', exploring which one fits the genre the most. 

 

Here I am on Photoshop working on the poster to advertise 'Divided'.

Script

Voice over of the doctor informing Chris with his mental illnesss.

- Chris, we have undertaken various tests and read all the psychiatric notes, as well as observing you for the past few weeks. After intensive consultation with the other doctors, we believe you have a severe form of schizophrenia.

Risk Assessment

Our Risk Assessment

This is our risk assessment sheet that we filled in before shooting at Galleywood Common as this area has a lot of lakes and uneven ground, and may be a slip hazard.. We also identified the dangers of using the ladder, the bath and the hammer/axe. We can avoid accidents by using the equipment safely and responsibly.  

Divided storyboard

Shooting Schedule

Day 1:

Location: Galleywood Common: morning to mid-afternoon (10am-2pm) – Shot numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 16, 17. Actors needed = Sarah, Dom, James. Props = Hoodie, and rope.

Sarah’s house afternoon (3pm-5pm) - Shot numbers, 14, 15. Actors needed = Megan. Props needed = Leaves, bath, make-up.

James’ house evening (6pm-7pm) - Shot numbers 1, 2, 7, 10, 13, 18, 21. Actors needed = James. Props needed = Bed.

Day 2:

Location: Galleywood Common: mid-morning to afternoon (12pm-2pm) - Shot numbers 8,9,11. Actors needed = Hattie. Props = Rose basket.

YouTube Clip - Shot number 22

Inspirations

After deciding with my group (Dom and James) to take this idea for 'Divided' forward and use it for our opening scene, Dom came up with the idea to do something similar to the opening sequence for the program 'Homeland'. The opening sequence is based on her conscious mind, and we thought this would link to our film perfectly. So our opening scene is going to be similar to this, but inside his dreams. We are going to involve photographs and clips of each alta. We are also going to include a few second clips of a murder, as this will show the genre and help explain what the film may be about without giving too much away.

Click on the link below to view the opening scene for Homeland.
http://video.vulture.com/video/Opening-Credits-Homeland

Synopsis planning

For our opening sequence, we want it to open inside Christophers dream. We are going to show him wondering through the woods with quick snippets of the different altas, and the dead body in the lake.
We shots of the different altas walking through the woods will be quick, as this will help show the confusion that christopher is going through. The last few seconds will be of christopher waking up in his bed, as this will explain to the audience that it was a dream.

Film Pitch: Divided

Over the holidays, our class were given a task to create a film pitch based on whatever genre we wanted. We would then be put into groups to create our final opening scene. Using our ideas that we came up with over the half term, we would chose amongst us which film we would like to base our opening scene on. This is my film called 'Divided' which I shall present to my group once returned to school as an idea.