Icebreaker
To kick things off we all did an ice-breaker. We had a few new faces so we decided to go around the circle and get everyone to say their name and favourite TV show.
Reading through the script
We all read a part in the script and discussed what we wanted to change about it and how we wanted to end our film.
- Add a fight scene
- See the knife - gang close in - then he's on the floor (closing shot) - followed by an interview
- POV (point of view) shot - everything goes blurry - blackout - you hear voices talking (this is our idea to end our film)
We discussed some dialogue that we wanted to change.
Line of production
We stood in our line of production to see how far we had got in our film process. We agreed that we were coming to the end of the script stage.
Ideas > script > writer > producer > camera person > sound person > director/assistant director
^
This is the stage that we are at
Improvisation for dialogue
We did some improvisation for a few scenes so that we could pick out some natural dialogue for our film.
Roles and locations
We discussed roles that everyone wanted to do:
- Nadia - Supporting actor/co-director
- Nicholas - Main actor/camera
- Karl - Main actor/camera
- Malachi - Main actor/co-director
- Sedigi - Supporting actor
- Thomas - Co-director/art director
Locations that we will use are:
- Student's house
- School (Pimlico)
- Street
- Bathroom at student's house
We finished up the session with paperwork and agreeing on the things that we are going to need for our campaign.
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Session 4 - Improvising Scenes and Finalising Roles
Looking at shots in a film sequence:
We started the session off by watching a video of the basic camera shots that are used in sequence in a television show or film. After learning about the different shots in our previous sessions we had to shout out what shot was being used in each scene when it came up. We discussed what shots that we thought we wanted to use in our film and why they all worked well.
The main shots that we want to use in our film are:
- Wide shot - This is to set the scene.
- Mid shot - This is to show who else is in the scene.
- Close up shot - This is to show emotion.
We all felt that these were all effective enough to only need the three shots in our film.
Scene improvisation:
After this we worked on improvising our school corridor scene and got everyone not in the scene to film it. This was useful as we were able to get some dialogue for our script from this.
We then watched the scene back that we had filmed and discussed which of the shots we could use and which ones were not good enough to use.
What does everyone already know?
We discussed what we all knew already about film. We already knew a bit about shots as we had showed them in previous sessions.
We talked about the different shots and what they did for a piece, e.g. a close-up can portray emotion and is good for someone talking and makes it easier to see somebody’s face.
Finalising the roles:
We finalised the roles with everyone present and agreed that we would take it in turns to do the filming. Thomas will be in most scenes as he is the main character but he expressed that he wanted to help with the filming on the parts that he won’t be in.
We all agreed that we wanted Tristan to do the script as it will be quicker and that we will all go over it together to give feedback.
Our storyline:
The film will tell the story of a young boy who is getting bullied at school. It will start at the end with a beaten and bruised boy walking home from school sad. It will show the boy getting bullied at school on numerous occasions and his friends see it all but don't say anything. The the film will rewind and start with the boy really happy walking down the road on his way home. The school day will go the same as far as the table tennis bullying scene, where his friend tells a teacher about the boy getting bullied.
Our message is: It's ok to help a friend.
Evaluations:
We finished the session by getting the group to fill in evaluation forms.
Update:
We have decided that because there is not enough of us coming to the sessions to create the film, that we will be putting our campaign on hold. The sessions will restart once we have got some more young people to join.
We started the session off by watching a video of the basic camera shots that are used in sequence in a television show or film. After learning about the different shots in our previous sessions we had to shout out what shot was being used in each scene when it came up. We discussed what shots that we thought we wanted to use in our film and why they all worked well.
The main shots that we want to use in our film are:
- Wide shot - This is to set the scene.
- Mid shot - This is to show who else is in the scene.
- Close up shot - This is to show emotion.
We all felt that these were all effective enough to only need the three shots in our film.
Scene improvisation:
After this we worked on improvising our school corridor scene and got everyone not in the scene to film it. This was useful as we were able to get some dialogue for our script from this.
We then watched the scene back that we had filmed and discussed which of the shots we could use and which ones were not good enough to use.
What does everyone already know?
We discussed what we all knew already about film. We already knew a bit about shots as we had showed them in previous sessions.
We talked about the different shots and what they did for a piece, e.g. a close-up can portray emotion and is good for someone talking and makes it easier to see somebody’s face.
Finalising the roles:
We finalised the roles with everyone present and agreed that we would take it in turns to do the filming. Thomas will be in most scenes as he is the main character but he expressed that he wanted to help with the filming on the parts that he won’t be in.
We all agreed that we wanted Tristan to do the script as it will be quicker and that we will all go over it together to give feedback.
Our storyline:
The film will tell the story of a young boy who is getting bullied at school. It will start at the end with a beaten and bruised boy walking home from school sad. It will show the boy getting bullied at school on numerous occasions and his friends see it all but don't say anything. The the film will rewind and start with the boy really happy walking down the road on his way home. The school day will go the same as far as the table tennis bullying scene, where his friend tells a teacher about the boy getting bullied.
Our message is: It's ok to help a friend.
Evaluations:
We finished the session by getting the group to fill in evaluation forms.
Update:
We have decided that because there is not enough of us coming to the sessions to create the film, that we will be putting our campaign on hold. The sessions will restart once we have got some more young people to join.
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