Film Shoot Evidence 2

Brainstorming a shot

Filming the production designer shot

Setting up the tripod

Film Shoot 2 Reflection

This time we went prepared with a tripod and a dolly rather than a steadicam so as to get steadier shots in the surf shop. We arrived with tags with written credits on them as we liked the idea of tags for the graphics, rather than digitally editing them on afterwards. We followed the guidelines of our initial storyboard but with some shots such as the book and the looking through wetsuits we improvised whilst at our location due to deeming it appropriate for our film opening. We had to take a few takes of each shot to ensure that we had high enough quality shots for post production. I found the dolly very nice and easy to work with, despite having no previous experience with it.
We also decided to walk down to Towan beach to reshoot the title, as we unanimously agreed it would create a better final product if we were to right the title of our film in the sand. Whilst walking down there we filmed a few shots looking down to the beach with a pan shot at the end to vary our shots more. When we arrived at the beach we also remembered the difficulty we'd had with the "Directed by" graphic, so came up with the idea of the use of stones in the sand for it. When attempting to write the title of our film in the wet sand we quickly came to realise what a nearly impossible task this was. This then resulted in us shortening the name to make things easier, not to mention we were cutting it close for time. Once the name had finally been written, we then realised it was too big and was a mission to attempt to film from a birds eye view. We took a few different shots experimenting with how we could show it, and will discover if any are appropriate when it comes to editing.

Shooting Day 2

Me and my partner agreed that we needed to go back to Newquay to film some of our shots again, and we organised to go to another surf shop in a similar area that had a bigger floor space and more potential to capture better shots. The shoot will happen from approximately 11:00 until 12:30.

Equipment List

• Canon 5D
• Filming lens
• Tripod
• Dolly

Locations List

• Towan Beach
• Beach Rd
• The Wave Project

Cast List

• Brooklyn Ash- Jessica Jenkins

Crew List

• Cinematographer- Katie Price (me)
• Camera assistant- Samuel Scott

Idents Sequence

Distribution company logo: Kernow Distributions

Production company logo: Price Productions

The distribution company logo idea changed numerous times but we finally settled for a fairly simple, yet effective design. It's in bold, large text making it easy for the audience to read and the use of the camera makes it clear what the company is, as well as the use of the word "Distributions." The use of the word "Kernow" represents our Cornish audience, and follows Benedict Anderson's theory (1983) that argues the idea that the media play a vital role in constructing a national/regional identity a in reality the nation if too big for everyone to know each other yet they often have shared values; "The unification of people in the modern world is achieved not by military but by cultural means, in particular the media system enables people (of a nation or region) to feel part of a coherent, meaningful and homogenous community." The ambient beach sounds and beach footage represent our audience living in a coastal area, as it'll remind them of home.
For the production company the initial idea changed as during post production we realised it should be animated to look more appealing. When searching for free downloadable videos online of a film reel I decided that I preferred that clip, rather than a rolling film reel. The font used is clear and easily read, and the use of the film theme very clearly connotes what the company is in relation to. The use of the word "Productions" also straight away lets people know the intentions of the company.

Editing Decisions

After re-watching the first draft of our film a countless number of times we mutually agreed it was in extreme need of improvement. We asked our teacher for comments and also shared it on Facebook to receive feedback from our friends and family. From this, we created a general list of things we need to work on for our final product:

• Cut it down to two minutes
• Change the music
• Finish the graphics
• Need to change the title so it's easier to see- reshoot at beach and write in sand?

Our teacher then gave us some more specific areas to focus on:

• Look at and edit 1st ident (needs to be more appropriate for target audience)
• 2nd ident needs font changed
• Add in opening graphics
• Try cutting out the towel & paper shot
• Add in music provider
• Zoom in to production designer
• Match the font sizes
• Sort out the colour palette for the fonts (all black? all white? half?)

Our intentions are to go back out to Newquay and re-film some of our shots- the surfboards (have tags with the graphics written on them), the clothes (have a tag with the costume designer graphic on it), possible the shots of the road (write the graphics on the road/wall in chalk) and the last shot with our title (write our title in the sand rather than have it edited on in post production). We are going to go to our second idea for a location, a shop called The Wave Project. They kindly agreed to let us film on their top floor so we're going to redo the entire first part of the sequence set in the interior of a surf shop. We have also scheduled to return to Towan Beach and attempt another effort with the title for our film, preferably written in the sand.