We had originally planned to film our main exercise ‘Unearthed’ on the 17th of March. The plan was for the rest of the actors and Phil and Ash to meet at the front of college at 1:30 and then from there they would meet me at Debenhams bustop ready to go over to our location which was at Grove field, Portland. I had arranged to meet them at the bustop because I was still in town getting extra props needed for our costuming,as seen in our prop list.
A big difference from last time was that we had good communication between the group. Phil and Ash were still at the college collecting our camera, case and tripod and then Holli had already met some of the other actors and had got an earlier bus over to Portland so as to allow for more time for filming, saving time on the makeup and costuming.
We regrouped at the bustop and on the bus journey over we talked through the location and tried to decide timings and how long it would taketo film, as Phil and Ash would be travelling home from Portland later than usual. As Phil and Ash had never been to Grove field or even Portland before they were very much relying on my knowledge of the area to get them to our desired location. From our recce we were able to show Phil and Ash the location. We got off the bus and walked up to grove field and on arrival found that many of the zombies were already made up by Holli and one of the actresses Steff who really helped out with the costuming. On the bus journey over we had seen that the weather was deteriorating and by the time we got up to Tophill we found that it was so foggy which was a great added effect because it could create a eerie effect and add to the mis-en-scene in the shots. As a use of pathetic fallacy the fog creates a feeling of mystery that we wanted to create in our opening sequence. It also created a shield and was very useful at hiding children playing in the park, people walking their dogs or just general use of the field at the time we were shooting.
The day before filming me and Holli had gone to town and collected various props for making the zombies look ‘realistic’ but also the ingredients that were needed for our infamous ‘Gore Scene’. We had studied the specifications of what should be put into a 15 film like from the British Film Board and so knew that we had to be careful with the length and content of this scene. We decided to go for a quick scene in which one person is left behind and succumbs to a quick zombie attack. To create the blood and guts of the persons stomach we used a recipe by a fellow media student of raw mince meat, red food colouring, maple syrup and water. This turned out to be a great mixture which Ash made the night before, and during filming worked well.
A big difference from last time was that we had good communication between the group. Phil and Ash were still at the college collecting our camera, case and tripod and then Holli had already met some of the other actors and had got an earlier bus over to Portland so as to allow for more time for filming, saving time on the makeup and costuming.
We regrouped at the bustop and on the bus journey over we talked through the location and tried to decide timings and how long it would taketo film, as Phil and Ash would be travelling home from Portland later than usual. As Phil and Ash had never been to Grove field or even Portland before they were very much relying on my knowledge of the area to get them to our desired location. From our recce we were able to show Phil and Ash the location. We got off the bus and walked up to grove field and on arrival found that many of the zombies were already made up by Holli and one of the actresses Steff who really helped out with the costuming. On the bus journey over we had seen that the weather was deteriorating and by the time we got up to Tophill we found that it was so foggy which was a great added effect because it could create a eerie effect and add to the mis-en-scene in the shots. As a use of pathetic fallacy the fog creates a feeling of mystery that we wanted to create in our opening sequence. It also created a shield and was very useful at hiding children playing in the park, people walking their dogs or just general use of the field at the time we were shooting.
The day before filming me and Holli had gone to town and collected various props for making the zombies look ‘realistic’ but also the ingredients that were needed for our infamous ‘Gore Scene’. We had studied the specifications of what should be put into a 15 film like from the British Film Board and so knew that we had to be careful with the length and content of this scene. We decided to go for a quick scene in which one person is left behind and succumbs to a quick zombie attack. To create the blood and guts of the persons stomach we used a recipe by a fellow media student of raw mince meat, red food colouring, maple syrup and water. This turned out to be a great mixture which Ash made the night before, and during filming worked well.
Filming went really well and the whole experience was really exciting. We ran through most of our shots 2-3 times and decided we would decide the best shot at the time of editing. Our team of actors were so enthusiastic and got really into character some of them even suggesting they retake a scene that they didn’t feel went as well. Through the whole filming process we didn’t ever think that there was a problem with the camera. In our first shot we tried to rewind and play back what we had done but it wouldn’t play. We put this down to us having little knowledge of the playback and decided that it would be easier to carry on and film the whole opening sequence rather than turn everyone away, especially as some had come from Weymouth and even further such as Bridport. We also didn’t think it was such a problem and was sure that once we had transferred the film onto the computer to edit we could then play it back. Apart from that the filming went really well and the whole group were really keen and excited to see it on a larger screen and start creating our final piece.
In the lesson when it came to transferring onto the computer, we found out that the running time was at nothing meaning the tape was blank, which obviously meant that everything we had done on that Wednesday hadnt been filmed. The group as a whole with myself included were extremely dissapointed that the film hadnt recorded and even other members in our media class said how gutted they were for us. After a chat with Lee, we decided that we would re-film the following Wednesday and Holli was able to get in contact with every actor there and then to tell them the situation. To our delight they all agreed to help out again and so we planned to refilm on the 24th of March.
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