Production Log- Week 18

I think that I executed our production process very well. I kept to deadlines, remained organised throughout and used my knowledge of the media text to create a good overall product.

I also believe I contributed a fair amount to the production as a whole. I created the music by myself, and filmed the majority of the shots, however this was a group project and my partner also had some contribution.

My group was alright. Me and my partner are friends so we knew what we wanted to do and how to talk to each other. However being friends came to it's disadvantage because at times where I would like to be serious and do some work my partner would think that this was a joke and would not pay attention. It would be difficult to make her understand the importance of the task as she thought that I was having a laugh when I wasn't. This made me stressed because we were not getting work done because the majority of the time we were arguing or she was not listening/contributing. However after all that arguing we worked well. We came out with a good final product that we are pleased of and even though it was a bit hard, I was glad that I worked with her because I don't think I would of achieved what I have done.]

My key strengths of the process was definitley the sound and editing aspect of the production. I enjoyed creating the music. It did not take too long to make, yet me and my partner both agreed it would fit into our production well.. I also enjoyed cutting the footage to size and watching our production grow and fit together neatly. I believe that I did this well because in some points the match on action is so tight you can not even notice that we used just one video camera.

I think in the future I will improve on my communication skills. I do at times find it hard to work in a group or partnership because I like my voice to be heard. However I have now realised it's good to let others speak and work together.

Production Log- Week 17

The sound aspect of our production was particularly simple. I was a previous GCSE music student so was familiar with the music production programmes. One lunch I made a random beat in a couple minutes and I asked my partner to come down and hear it. We both thought that it sounded good and would suit our production very well. However the issue with it was knowing the timing. I wanted the bass to appear at the start and when our actor is drinking and smoking, the bass goes to give an empty, slower feel to the production to mimic the effect of the alcohol. We also extracted the audio from one of the shots of our actress's film mum and used it on top of  a shot of her crying. We did this because the shot of the mum looked wrong and was not shot right. She was unable to film due to illness so we extracted the audio and it works just as well.

The issue with the music was easily rectified. I filmed from where the music was going to start and from where the music would finish on my phone. This helped me set boundaries of where I want the bass to enter and exit.

Production Log- Week 16

This week has been a productive week for me and my partner. We filmed all our relevant additional shots both inside our characters house and outside. It did not take long to film because we had a couple weeks previously to thoroughly plan what we are going to do. I guess at times we had to ensure that the footage was similar to the previous shots we had filmed before. For example the weather, location and lighting in her house.

If there were any issues we easily rectified it because we wanted to get the best shots possible. For example if the lighting in our actors room was different to a previous shot, we altered it by opening her curtains a bit more or close them if there is too much light.

Our teacher then came and saw our production as a draft finished product. Overall he was pleased with it. However there were little things that our production needed in order to represent character well. For example we did not portray our character as an aggressive girl like we wanted so we added a shot of her pushing someone on the street. Also at some points a shot was required to make the production more fluid as a whole for example shots of her walking.

"Cornered" Opening Sequence

Production Log- Week 15

Unfortunately me and my partner had some trouble with filming this week. We understand the importance of the fluidity of our footage. In order for the film to flow, the additional shots taken outside will have to be the same weather than before. However this week the weather has been bad and not the same as we had previously shot. Also the actress has been unable to attend because of we have mock exams and most of us are revising before hand.

In order to still get the footage we have decided to film after our mock exams. There is only a little number of shots needed so we believe we can do this quickly. We have set a day when we can film as our actress will also be free and the weather will be similar. The weather was a dry yet cloudy condition. We will film on Thursday at roughly 16.00pm because it is a cloudy yet mild weather condition which is similar to our previous footage.

Production Log- Week 13/14

During the Christmas Holidays me and my partner aimed to film our footage over the two weeks. In the first day we filmed all the indoor shots which we did not we would do, so we were pleased we achieved a lot in a short space of time. The next week we shot all the outside shots which is a high number of shots. However after I analysed the shots thoroughly there was one shot that did not flow so we aimed to try re shoot the shot so it works. However as the shot was outside we needed the weather conditions to be as similar as when we filmed previously. Unfortunately we have not found a day yet.

Even though we completed the shooting script thoroughly due to the size of Amneet's room and the space we had available some of the shot types had to change. We were against it at first but me and my partner are satisfied with the outcome because we are portraying our character the way we wanted. The image below is the location of our indoor footage. It is a flat.

.This image below is the location of our outside shots. On a bad day this area looks grim and gritty however on the shot in Google maps, the area looks nice because it is sunny. This has made us choose to shoot out film on a dull day rather than sunny.

Production Log- Week 12

This week me and my partner focused on the graphics of our opening sequence. This included graphics of all the job roles, actors and the title of our film. When creating these graphics we intended on using plain colours, a plain font and little if no effects on the text at all. We believed that in order to represent the BSR genre we should aim to keep the graphics as simple as possible. We used a plain font and kept the colour of the text white throughout. If after we put the text on top of our footage and the colour is not suitable we just need to simply go back onto the programme and change the color of it.

We wanted to keep the graphics simple because of the previous BSR films we had watched for example Fish Tank and Bullet Boy. We did not want to copy their graphics so we didn't make the graphics full screen with a black background, so the white text is on top of our footage.