07/11/16
Today was the first day of being introduced to our groups and we was told to begin discussing between the groups to get a slight understanding of each others ideas. Renae, Travis and I were all placed in a group together and we was satisfied with each others thoughts and we helped expand each idea to make sure we could picture it too its fullest potential. We can up with a variety of film opening sequences and a few genres. Some of the genres we thought of was, Mystery (magic), Sport and Comedy. We tried to balance out the positives and negatives of each film opening and decided that realistically, the magic film and sport film would effectively be the best.
Production Diary 2
08/11/16
As Sophie was the only one present in her team on this day she followed through with making a presentation with the ideas discussed previously within the group. Sophie decided to list down all the categories needed to be within the presentation to suggest to the class. We then shared out our responsibilities and got ideas from each other whilst asking about our own categories to complete.
Production Diary 3
09/11/16
Within this day, as a group, we discussed our ideas further and came up with more ideas revolving around the content and locations for our film. We came to a result that we are more persuaded by the idea of the sport film as it will be more realistic to film and complete with our school being a sports college. Not only that factor, but also a variety of different shots and locations can be used to make it seem more interesting. We emailed the Olympic stadium office asking if it was possible to use the inside of the Olympic stadium to film the track and to film the stadium seats for a panning shot within the film. If the reply is negative then we thought about just filming a shot outside the Olympic stadium with Renae and Sophie walking towards the building. Another shot we could involve within this location is a panning shot of Renae and Sophie looking out onto the Olympic stadium.
Production Diary 4
11/11/16
Throughout this day, we needed to have finished our presentation to show our ideas as a whole to the rest of the class. As we presented our presentation to the class they made notes for feedback which we would then read and take on board to make our presentation the best it can be. We received vocal feedback in help for our title and explained our idea for the film further.
Production Diary 5
14/11/16
Today, we started planning our shots and our script. We also had a discussion with our teacher about what actors we need in our film opening. We are planning to have a two different P.E teachers from our school to be coaches for the two running girls in our film. We are thinking of having a more experienced coach for Renae as she is the 'rich' girl, and we are then thinking of having a less experienced coach for Sophie as she is the less fortunate girl. We have also started to plan the outfits that the girls will wear in the different scenes. In the running scenes Renae will have up to date running clothes and trainers, whereas Sophie will have run down and worn out clothes and trainers. This will show to the audience the difference in the two girls.
Production Diary 6
15/11/16
As we had a large discussion with our teacher about costumes and locations yesterday, we decided to move onto another topic that is key for our production and Renae decided to start the storyboards as a help for our plan of the production. Renae and Sophie went a long and helped each other. Sophie went ahead and worked on the script and how we could relate our script to the storyboard. The script helped Renae with the storyboard because it gave her a guideline to follow when producing the storyboard as it gave her a plot to work with. Along with the storyboard, our film pitch presentation also gave us our ideas to what is going to happen throughout the film opening. Travis was also doing thorough research into the music that we desire to use within our film. He also explored other types of audio that could go over the film opening and he came up with the idea of using an inspirational speech over the top of Sophie and Renae acting / exercising within the film. This will give the audience and idea of what their aspiration is.
Production Diary 7
17/11/16
On this day, we carried on from the following lesson and tried to expand our ideas. Renae and Sophie followed through with the Script and Storyboard coming up with ideas on how to develop our film opening. Travis began to follow up with the emails to the Olympic stadium and carried on making a plan b in case the Olympic stadium wasn't available for us to film in. We got an email later that day explaining that we would be allowed to be film inside the West Ham stadium however the track is no longer there as it used to be the fact that the £G pitch is rolled up and the track from the Olympics was underneath, however that is no longer the case. We also recalled our lap charts with our teachers and decided what tasks between Sophie, Travis and Renae we wanted to do. We all decided on an equal amount of jobs to do so that we could all have a good quality piece of work to finish with as well as the final piece. All this work as a part of our planning will benefit our final production.
Production Diary 8
18/11/16
On this day Sophie was on her own and began to start on her jobs that all of the group was allocated. We all got separate jobs so that we could have a work load that we could all finish at the same time. Sophie continued to up date the production diary's and completed the blog post on the audien. ce type. Travis and Renae decided to catch up with todays work over the weekend to ensure that all the work will be completed in time for us to start filming near the end of next week.
Production Diary 9
21/11/16
In comparison to the other days that our group has worked together, we all got on with our allocated jobs to ensure that we would be finished at the same time to start filming. Sophie finished the script, marketing campaign and the audience. Renae finished the storyboards and started with the risk assessments. Travis continued to research music that could be involved within the film and we caught up our teacher with where we were at. For a moment we discussed how we should think of multiple locations of where we should film each shot as we got told we couldn't film the majority of the film at the Olympic stadium. We resulted n using our school track, long jump pit, football dome and swimming pool facilities. We also decided that this Thursday we should run through a practice of filming for our swimming scene of Renae training. We also thought that we should film the training montage soon as this is supposed to look like the best quality and professional sequence of the film opening.
Production Diary 10
22/11/16
On this day Sophie was off ill, but she done some work on blogger at home. Travis finished off his preparations for filming and he also looked at the music and titles for the editing side but as our story board was not uploaded we could not go out and film. Renae was finishing off the story boards, when finished Renae filmed the final product of the story board and the next day we have to finish off editing that so it goes up onto our blogs.
Production Diary 11
23/11/16
Today, Sophie, Renae and Travis all looked over the music that Travis had analysed to use in our film opening. We also filmed the storyboard voice over and edited this for all our blogs.
Production Diary 12
24/11/16
Today we didn't have a lesson, therefore we all worked on our own progress individually and got on with our own tasks. For example, Sophie continued too edit the present footage, Renae came up with ideas for marketing, and Travis continued too search for non -copyrighted music.
Production Diary 13
25/11/16
Today is the 25th and we have decided that we need to edit all of our current footage and start thinking of the titles we need to incorporate within the film opening. We came up with an order that we believe would work, however we need to run this order over with our teacher too see whether they agree also.
Production Diary 14
28/11/16
On this day we decided to film all the mini clip shots of Sophie running from her house to meet her coach over the park. We filmed in an alley way that had an autumnal look for the film with mud and leaves to represent that Sophie doesn't have the money for nice facilities. We also got a variety of different shots such as low and high to give the audience a different range for when they watch the film opening. We also got a few long shots of Renae running on the track as a few test shots or if they was good we intend to use them in the opening.
Production Diary 15
29/11/16
Today we decided to film the shots that will be switching between the olympic runners and Sophie and Renae. This will be too show the audience the aim of both the characters.
Renae and Sophie both wore similar outfits too show this is what it would be like in the real races. We got a various amount of different angles and shots for the film. We also experimented with a wheelchair to get a smooth tracking shot and we all liked the outcome of how it looked.
Production Diary 16
30/11/16
Our group wasn't all here on this day so we worked with who we had present at various different times and what shots we had left to film as individual actors. Travis and Sophie filmed some shots in the morning with Sophie's 'coach'. In the morning we continued to film various shots of Sophie training in the ice cold to show that she doesn't have a lot of money compared to the other character 'Scarlett'. Further on in the day, Sophie was present again but instead of Travis, Renae was able to film. Sophie and Renae went to Renae's house to film a few house shots such as waking up and putting on shoes which is the start of the film opening.
Production Diary 17
01/12/16
We are coming to the end of our shooting and we have only a few scenes left too film. We have got most of the footage however, we need to get the rest of the short quick shots which we are using throughout and for the montage which is vital bit of the film. We have decided to cut out the bit where Sophie meets some of the rest of her team on the track instead we have decided it to be Sophie and Renae meeting each other for the first time when Sophie is introduced to her new coach also. Rory was acting within this day to be Renaes Coach and the scenes we filmed on this day will be in comparison to yesterdays scenes, too show the difference between the characters. Rory and Renae filmed the scene within the gym of Renae training and we also filmed the calendar shot.
Production Diary 18
02/12/16
It is two days until our first draft deadline so we have had to rush to get all of our footage together. On this day we recorded the scene in the swimming pool for a part of the montage. We also are trying to gather all of our footage together in a sequence ready for the first draft to be looked at. Throughout the editing process and putting all of our footage in sequence we noticed that we haven't got as many shots as we hoped for. The only footage that we have left to film is a few different sports for the montage and the dome scene when the two different characters meet each other.
Production Diary 19
05/12/16
Today is the day that our first draft is due in. Travis edited his own version over the weekend with shot clips of footage to use within our first draft and expand further on from this. We carried on to edit our further draft within in school and Sophie edited the version on the mac in school. We managed to edit more of the footage from the swimming pool scene and I inserted the footage from the go pro as well. From finishing the editing of this scene we moved on to edit the long jump scene of Sophie.
Production Diary 20
06/12/16
The day after our first draft was submitted we had to take part in a peer assessment task. Everyones first draft was submitted onto the schools youtube and we all had to watch them to give them feedback. After watching other people's productions we came to a result that we needed to improve our film opening a lot more. We had a quick read over peoples feedback and the majority argument was that the film opening doesn't have much of a story to it and many people didn't understand it.
Production Diary 21
07/12/16
On this lesson we had a quick look over the footage within the film opening and we needed more of Sophie too show the difference between the two characters. We went back to Sophie's house and filmed the exact same shots of the footage of Renae that is presented at the beginning of the film opening. We filmed Sophie putting on her shoes, going down the stairs and walking out the door. This will be the split screen between Sophie and Renae which will try and show the difference between the two characters.
Production Diary 22
08/12/16
Sophie wasn't in on this day so Travis and Renae worked with what Sophie had edited on the mac. They looked over the footage that Sophie had already edited and looked over the fast girls opening. We was told that it was urgent to insert titles on the film opening because it was a key feature with getting better grades. Travis and Renae wrote down all the different titles that were present at the beginning of the fast girls opening. There is a total of 27 titles that need to be inserted within the film opening.
Production Diary 23
09/12/16
Sophie was back in school on this day and everyone as a group looked over the film opening as it is. We continued to develop the stage of inserting different titles within the film opening. We also realised that we need to insert a production logo from one person of the group and we also needed to add a video of a production logo from a large company so we resulted to use Warner Brothers. Within the editing, Sophie also improved the film and added a split screen between the two actors to try and show the contrast between the two.
Production Diary 24
12/12/16
It is the final week approaching our last time to tweak edit our film opening and we are nearly finished but it is coming to an end. We have finished all of the editing and arranging of the clips. Renae started on the website for the film which is the side of the marketing campaign for the film, along with this travis also created a bus poster which would go on the side of a bus which would also be a part of the promoting scheme. The last part of promotion that we all need to finalise is the film poster. Sophie carried on with the editing whilst Travis and Renae continued with their separate tasks and she carried on with the titles.
Production Diary 25
13/12/16
Today Sophie and Renae wasn't in the lesson as they was helping two girls in the year above with their coursework for their music video. Travis looked over the edit and tweaked a few aspects that he wasn't happy with and also looked over the website that Renae had created for the film opening.
Production Diary 26
14/12/16
None of us had a lesson today but Sophie and Renae took their time to go to their Media class too look over the edit after Travis had a look over it yesterday. They both wanted too see the work that Travis had successfully progressed with and too see if they could add anything else too it. Renae added a gun shot sound at the end of the film as we need to get going as our deadline is in two days. Also Sophie looked over the opening after this and inserted the rest of the titles that needed typing up. In addition too this she added a few transition effects too make the shots flow together smoothly.
Production Diary 27
15/12/16
It is the day before our final deadline day and there is still quite an amount of work left too complete. Our teacher looked over our edit so far and gave us quite a bit of feedback too work on. Also we had too change our institution as it wasn't realistic enough and couldn't be justified; we changed it from Warner Brothers too Film 4. All of us also tried to catch up with our blog work and looked over our lap chart too see who had each of their jobs left too complete.
Production Diary 28
16/12/16
It is approaching the last day of editing our final edit and our whole group have things to complete. Travis sorted out the titles on this day within the edit to make sure they look more professional than before. Renae tried to finish off the website to ensure that our marketing campaign is complete. Sophie carried on with the blog to keep the blogs up to date. For example she added teacher's feedback to the blog and is finishing off all of the production diaries.
Production Diary 29
19/12/16
Today is the final day of editing and is the last day that we can finish off the film opening. The film opening is almost finished and the titles have been sorted out. On this day we have been sorting out the music, all the titles and all the small effects that make it all piece together. We have exported our video and is to be put on our blogs soon.
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