Plot Blocking/Flowchart

Preliminary Task

Today, we filmed our preliminary task, which we will soon edit and I will upload it to this post. 

12/01/16- In today's double lesson, we completed our editing of the preliminary task which we then uploaded to YouTube.

Final Pitch

Storyboard - Preliminary Task

In today's lesson, I completed a storyboard for our preliminary task to complete our planning for this task.

Shot list - Preliminary Task

Tomorrow, I will complete a storyboard to visually demonstrate these shots.

Cast

We had to change our original actor for our production, due to some unforeseen circumstances that meant that she could not attend our planned days for filming. However, we were able to quickly find a replacement, someone who me and Dan had previously worked with in GCSE Media Studies - Caitlin Wevill. We picked her because she has previous experience with the subject, and understands what it requires. As a group, we will have to adapt our plot and filming schedule to suit the change of actor, but we should have no problem with this and it should not slow our progress with the production.

Online Tutorials- Filming

Today, I found this tutorial called '10 Tips for Beginner Film makers' and there were some key elements of this video that I thought would be useful to apply to our own mindsets when we approach the filming process. The first tip was to have some practice, as we would learn a lot more by doing practical work. This is useful for our group to consider, especially in the way that we approach the preliminary task as this is vital practice which will help to improve our own production in the long term. Another tip was to utilise the amount of resources that are available to us online ,such as YouTube channels and blogs, which are free to use and provide valuable information. One of the most important tips was to spend a lot more time on the planning and preparation of the film, as this will allow our group to be more confident with what we are producing. In addition, one of the last few tips was to not focus on the quality of the camera or the equipment, as the quality of the story is much more important.

I found this video to also be useful, as it goes over lots of different camera shots. This really demonstrates the variety of shots that we could use for our production, and displays the effects that each type of shot can have for the audience. This video would be good to act as something that our group can keep referring back to to improve our production, especially when we are working on our shot list soon.