Team Meeting

We have had a team meeting and have decided that we will film the remaining scene on the first week back from half term. That scene will only take us one day and after that we will be able to edit our film.

Filming Day 2 complete

We successfully filmed the scene of Nathans house on Monday 20th October. We managed to get filming done under two hours. We managed to film quickly and get everything done in the time that we needed as we followed the storyboard in order compared to the Olympic Park scene where we didn't follow the order of the storyboard. We will soon discuss when we will film the remaining scene of the alley way.

Research & Planning

Filming Day 2 (final plan)

We have all decided to film on Monday 20th October. This is the day that Nathans mum is off from work she she will be available all day to film. Due to all of our timetables being different, we all start and finish at different times. Therefore, we will all have to be present at the filming at different times. We will all be there but some more than others. Nathan will be there for the whole filming session and myself and Billie will be there for a little while. We hope to finish this scene on Monday as it is quite short and only involves a little bit of dialogue. 

We will then plan to film our last session which is the alleyway scene. This will not be too difficult to organise as we will only need Nathans brother and his 3 friends who are our actors. 

Team Meeting

Filming Day 2- Change of plan

We were meant to film yesterday but due to Nathans mum being at work, his brother at school, and no response from his friends which are our other 3 characters who will be shown in the alleyway scene, we have decided to cancel filming as it cannot possibly be done without all characters present.

We will now have to decide on another day where we are all free and can film. We also have to work around Nathans mum and brother. Ensuring that they are available to film.

Filming Day 2- Plan

We have booked the  dslr's for Wednesday 15th October. We will meet up after college at 2.30pm and make our way to Nathan's house where the alley way is a 1 minute walk away. We hope to film both of these scenes.

Filming Day 1 - Pictures

We successfully filmed the Olympic Park scenes on Saturday within 4 hours. There were no problems relating to security when we were there.  We filmed according to plan however we didn't film in order. We was meant to start filming from the road first but then we decided that it would be better to do that last as their would be more traffic which is what we were filming. 

We started off filming the walking scene where we all got a chance to film including Nathan as you can see below. He was filming the view from his eyes. ( The Canal down below) 

Here is Nathan filming. 

The is the part where we filmed Nathan walking on the bridge from below. There were minor problems when filming this as the lighting kept changing as it went cloudy and sunny within minutes. We also had to zoom in to film Nathan as we couldn't see him that well in the film shot. 

Myself and Billie both had a chance to film this scene. As it started to rain we had to protect the camera as the lens would get wet and rain drop marks would appear on the scene. This happened to us in the first shoot so we had to re film this part. 

Here is Billie filming the shot above. As you can see it is sunny but it is raining. 

This was the next scene where we show Nathan walking towards the camera. 

We decided to change one of our scenes. We were filming Nathan sitting on the bench but wanted to make the shot a little different as most of our shots were long shots or mid shots. On this particular scene we decided to film in the trees and then move the leaves when we were ready to show him.

As we were in the trees we want to create a focus pull effect. However this became difficult as we had problems with the camera. We soon sorted it out after much changing. 

Behind this was the bench that we were filming where Nathan was going to sit. We also decided to create a sense of resemblance to something else. Nathan was wearing a ring, so we decided to include something about the ring which would relate to his brothers killing.

The last scene that we filmed was where we had to film the traffic and amongst the traffic on the other side of the pavement was Nathan walking. We had to take extra care when filming this scene.As you can see from the picture me and Billie are both in the middle of the road in the part where there are plants and pebbles. We had to take extra care when filming the road as their was traffic every second.  

Filming Day 1- Plans Changed

On Saturday 11th October myself and my group met up up as we were going to film the alley way scenes and the scene at Nathans house. Due to problems with the actors we were unable to film those scenes. We decided to film the Olympic Park scenes and leave the other scenes for Wednesday 15th October.

Equipment Booking Form 2

Here is our second booking form for the camera and tripod. We are planning to film the Olympic Park scenes on Wednesday 15th October :

Change of plan

Originally we were going to film on Saturday 11th October to film our scenes from the alley way and Nathans house. However, due to the change in weather it will be difficult for us to film the alleyway scenes on saturday as it will be raining all day, as you can see below:

We have decided to just film the indoor scenes as we will not be affected by the weather and the re-schedule the alleyway scenes for a later date. 

Filming Day 1 -Plan

We are planning to film the first part of our short film on Saturday 11th October. We have planned to meet up at Stratford Station from where we will make our way to the alley way and Nathans house, which is where the filming will take place.

Meetup Time: 11.00am

Wrap Time: 4.00pm

Depending on circumstances, filming will more or less last 4 and a half hours.

Within this time, we plan to film the group mugging in the alley way near Nathans house. We also plan to film the scenes of Nathan and his mother having an argument and then kicking him out.

The next scene will be him making his way towards the bridge.

The next time we will film will be Wednesday 15th October.

Equipment Booking Form

Here is the form we have filled in to take out the camera and tripod on Friday to film on Saturday:

Call Sheets

Here our our two call sheets which have bee completed: 

Talent Release Form

Here is our talent release form, this was my one of our actors parent to sign as he is under the age of 16. 

Storyboard

Here is the storyboard that we created. Altogether there are ten pages and we have done a step by step of the different shots that we will take. This will make it easier for us to film as we can look at this and film the shots. 

 Above is the shots where Nathan will be walking on the pavement alongside traffic. We will also show the different body movements that he will do.

The next 6 shots above show Nathan sweating as he thinks about what happened. We will then go to a flashback of him and his brother . 

The next 6 shots show Nathan walking and the encounter with the group of boys. 

The 6 shots above show Nathan and his brother getting into a fight with the group where he is pushed to the group and is unable to help his brother. 

Here you can see that Nathans brother has been badly attacked. 

The next shots show Nathans brother dead with blood coming out of his head. This will be done by fake blood that we will  buy. It will then go to the present and show Nathan frustrated and then go back to a flashback showing him helpless. 

The next shots show you that we are out of the flashback and it is him entering the olympic park with long shots, cutting on action, close ups, and mid shots. 

Here you will see him near the bridge and then a flashback of him talking to his mum. 

Above is a continuation of the flashback where his mum kicks him out. We are then going to film a scene with Nathan feeling lonely and sitting along in the park on a bench. 

Above you can see how helpless he is and you will see him walking towards the bridge.

In the scene above which is the last scene you will see him climb up onto the bridge, we will then end the film there. 

Location 1 Recce- Olympic Park

These are some of the images that we took whilst at The Olympic Park. This is the location where we will be filming our main character who will be feeling guilty and will attempt to take his life. As stated earlier, we are going to leave this an open ending so the audience doesn't know if he commits suicide or not. We have decided that this location is ideal as it has a bridge which we need and below is a canal which is what we were looking for. We have also decided to film after College when we all finish at the same time. The timing will be around 3.00 pm so we do not have to worry about the lighting as it won't be as dark as expected.




When we were looking around the Olympic Park we needed to ask permission if it was possible for us to film there. We came across two security workers in the park who warned us that if we were to film in the park with the excuse of 'coursework' we would be fined £50. He then told us to say that if we were to film, we should say that it is for personal use. And also, to keep tripods out of the way. When we do come to film in the park, we need to be careful of any security.

Production so far- where we're at

So far we are still planning our short film. We have our ideas together and are now putting them all together through our storyboard, filling in the call sheet, making sure the talent release form is signed as one actor is under 16 and also making sure that our recce is up to date

Risk Assessment Form

As part of pre-production we have to fill out a risk assessment form. I have done so for the following location: Olympic Park, Stratford.

We have found that only 3 risks apply to us, they are:

Public/Crowds: As it is a public park there may be members of the public walking along the bridge and the stairs that we will be filming. In order to avoid this we will be filming at 3.00 pm which is when not many people are around. We cannot guarantee this but we will try our best to make sure that filming isn't disrupted.

Water/proximity to water: We also found that filming will be near to the water, we need to make sure that we don't get too close and keep all equipment with us at all times.

Working at heights: As we will be filming on a bridge we need to make sure that when filming shots from the actors angle, make sure to keep the camera close at hand and not to get too close as there is a danger of the camera falling from a height if not held properly and if it isn't screwed on to the tripod correctly.

Location Visit Plan 1

As we have decided where we will be filming, we will go to our first location which is the Olympic Park and take pictures for our recce.