Planning for our next shoot (what we are going to do)

This weekend we are planning to get the majority of our work finished. Last week I was not available to do filming due to work related issues but I am able to carry it out this weekend. Mitch has made sure that all of his friends who are playing certain important characters in our film are available and ready to do filming and we are looking to capture all of our scenes on our story board well. Saturday morning will be the main focus in getting all of the scenes out of the way apart from one. Mitch has agreed to do the golf scene on Sunday morning unaccompanied without myself and Jonny present. The reason being for this is because Mitch lives within walking distance and it is easy to get to for him and will not be too time consuming. We have already asked the golf course for its permission to shoot on the course as one of Mitch’s relatives is in charge there and said it will not be a problem to shoot a scene there.

Evaluation of our first shoot

After editing our first shoot of the car scenes we find that we are not completely satisfied with the outcome. In one of the scenes a member of the public walks past and smiles at the camera, we did however find a way around this by zooming in more on the car which eliminated the member of the public from the scene. Myself, mitch and jonny as a whole were not happy with the resolution and the picture after having to zoom in on the car. We have decided to do the shoot again in hope we can find a better outcome. The only downside to this is that we may have to shoot all the other scenes again if the weather is completely different to how it was last weekend. After careful observation and some critical thinking on how we can improve these scenes we have decided to change our outfits. In one of the car scenes when mitch and Jonny get into the car they are wearing more casual clothes which does not display the imagine that we are trying to convey of our characters. When shooting this weekend we are going to be dressed smartly in suits to give ourselves the image we are looking for (Well groomed serious looking men).

Backing track choices

We have now come to the decision of using the following two songs; dirty harry- by Gorillas and 'Little pretty bitty one' by Thurston Harris. However we have decided to slow down the tempo of the song 'Dirty Harry', the reason being for this is so it could fit the voiceover and overall as a group we thought it would work better.

Evaluation of the first shoot

At the weekend me and mitch decided to get some of the initial shots taken of the maserati. Unfortunately Jack had previous arangements, so the main part of our shooting will be next weekend where Jack is available. Me and Mitch went to the location we set out on the story board, Bat and Ball, as it looks very urban there. Whilst out on shoot we also found a better location in the industrial estate, where we got a shot of me, running down the stairs and getting in to the car. We managed to cut the footage to make it seem like mitch is driving, however it is actually mitch's Dad. The shots we got were exactly what we needed, and we got them in quite qucik time, so then me and mitch went back to mitch's recording set up to start working on the voice over, and music timing. We were very pleased with the day over all, and now we have something to work on and edit, in between other shoots.

camera booking

As a group we have decided to book our cameras out for sunday. This is a convenient day for all of us and will be able to get a lot of shooting done. We are going to shoot the footage at the golf course. We have asked for permission to shoot on this course and the accessibility will be easy. Although the weather forecast is not always spot on, we have checked it and found that sunday is the best day out of all other days. For our shoots to achieve the right footage we are looking for the weather needs to be of a reasonable standard. We will find it more difficult if there is heavy rain and wind to pull of the golf course scene.