FILMING: LOCKER SCENE

In today's lesson we continued our filming. We set our scenes in a cloakroom of Waitrose where both Bryn and Elliot work. We used the boys changing room for these due to their coat pegs. We had a Waitrose sign stuck up next to the coat pegs so that the audience would recognize where it is supposed to be set.

These are screen shots of the scene we filmed in which Bryn is getting ready for his day at work. The picture above shows Bryn buttoning up his shirt whilst his face is covered to hide his identity. We thought this was a good shot as when Bryn puts the hat on credits appear to the side of him which looked very good. Also through this shot it becomes clear to the audience that Bryn is the protagonist. I came up with the idea of the shot with Bryn's face being hid behind the hate whilst i was filming, I felt this would be the best shot to introduce our character to the audience. from this shot I felt it would be a smooth transaction because as he puts on the hate we can see his face, so this is the perfect time to put Bryn's name up on the screen next to him.

As Bryn and Elliot work together we decided to film Elliot in this set also. Through this scene we tried to portray Elliot as the antagonist by showing him very angry and frustrated. I did this by filming a tilt pan from up to down which suggests a loss of power, highlighting his frustration.

Filming

 
Today we filmed our most important scene which shows the personality of our antagonist. We wanted to capture him working at the fish counter with a large sharp blade. We used the classroom to film in, using table with a black cloth over it to look more professional. We put trays onto the table then put ice all over them. We then got real dead fish and placed them onto the trays, we had the projector on behind our character with the Waitrose sign above/behind his head. This looked as close and professional to a fish monger than we could get.

Characterization
The way we filmed was very important as we needed to make sure that through this filming it would be obvious that the character was slightly deranged. We managed to show this through the way that we got our actor to handle the knife, as if he enjoyed to hold the knife.

SCREENSHOTS OF FILMING FISH SCENE

In this shot you can see Bryn directing Elliot what to do and how to handle the knife as it was important that through Elliot's body language gave away a lot about his character.

In these two screenshots we decided to film a close up of Elliot holding the knife. We then decided to film a close up of Elliot stroking the knife, this would show him as slightly deranged.

In this shot Bryn directed Elliot along with how Elliot would approach stabbing the fish in the head.

We then got a close up of the knife inside the fish's head.

EVALUATION QUESTION 3: DISTRIBUTION

 EXPLAINING WHICH DISTRIBUTION COMPANY WOULD PRESENT YOUR FILM AND WHY YOU CHOSE THAT COMPANY: UK film council, we chose this as it is a British film and it relates to many films that the UK film council have produced. Many of these films are to do with the youth of Britain and crime. Our film contains a teenager who gets tangled up with the crime but has nothing to do with it. (track recorded)

WHAT DISTRIBUTORS DO: They raise the awareness of films in order to popularize them and make them more successful. The more well known a film is before it is out, available to the public to view in the cinema or purchase the dvd, the more successful it will be in the cinemas and the overall viewings.

HOW THEY RAISE AWARENESS: Film distributors raise awareness through the media. Things like trailers that are advertised on television commercials or on the internet on websites like Youtube. The film itself would have its own website with games and information about the film. The most important trailer is the one that is used in the cinemas before a different film. This is where the audience can truly get a see what it is like to view the trailer and to see what the film looks like on the big screen. Meaning that essentially this is the make or break trailer. The best way of advertisement is the word of the mouth and if the viewers of a cinema saw the trailer of a good film that they would like to see the chances are they will tell there friends how good the film looked.

•    RESEARCH ABOUT DISTRIBUTORS:   I went on to the Film Distribution’s association (FDA) website and watched a couple of clips on Film distributors speaking about how they distribute films and how the media is such a key part in advertisement and getting the name of a film well known.

PLANNING: ACTING OUT SCENE

In this screenshot Bryn is positioned deliberately in front of the Waitrose to show where he works. Through the filming it should be clear to the audience that Bryn works at Waitrose, especially as we are gong to film him going into Waitrose.

We started with an establishing shot to show the type of place that the film will be filmed in. This is where we are planning to have Bryn and Celine walk across the road then say good-bye to each other.

This is the shot where Bryn says goodbye to Celine, this is a very important scene as through this shot it is important that friendship is shown through it. 

This is a close-up of the fish counter inside Waitrose. We are planning in doing a pan shot across the fish counter to show what type of job that Bryn does (fish monger).

CLOSING SEQUENCE

This is a photo of the detective (myself) looking at images of mug shots with a file in my left hand.

This is a photo of the detective checking Celine's pulse.

A shot of Celine dead.

CALL SHEET: FISH SCENE

AS Media Studies
Thriller film opening
Fish scene

• Location - Claremont Fan court School

• Crew: [Elliot Hogan, 07874638282, elliothogankeogh@hotmail.com]
• Crew: [Bryn Williams, 07835472039, brynisdabomb@yahoo.co.uk]
• Crew: [Andy Bownes, 07899395933, bownesisdaboy@gmail.com] 
• Camera equipment (Canon 600D, plus tripod)
• Lighting equipment (Portable stage lights)
• Props (fish x4 fish knife x2, white aprons x2, white trilby hats x2)
• Wardrobe [white apron and white trilby hat]
• Wardrobe [white apron and white trilby hat]