Time managment

Time management was always a constraint towards when we had to film however we worked around this by communicating with the other group in our media class when each group was filming as they was only one camera to use. Due to this, this enabled our group to stay on schedule during some circumstances whilst shooting which benefited the coverage we had for the shots that we took.

Major setbacks: Location issues

Setbacks concerning location became apparent on many occasions, due to filming restrictions certain places have in place. For instance Victoria Station was our initial location and what we thought to be our ideal location, upon filming we soon found out that we were not permitted to film/photograph in the station.

This was also the case when filming in and around the area called Cardinal Place, also in Victoria. From this Miles and I quickly learnt that to successfully film in these locations advanced preparation must be done in the form of possibly gaining permission from these establishments.

Initial location in Victoria Station

Due to this we quickly reconsidered how and where we would shoot the scene. After location recce's and discussions we soon reached an agreement and overcame the set backs surrounding locations. With a slightly altered shot list in lieu of the location change we still managed to shoot the scene to our satisfaction.

Major setbacks: Costume

This was in the form of come actors in the production wearing a different item of clothing or a completely different outfit, as we did not want to effect continuity to an obvious extent we had to scrap filming for that particular scene.

Whether it was a communication issue or not, we learnt that prior to every shoot we brief each actor on what we need them to wear for the particular scene being shot. After the mishap of both actors not coming in the right costume we took it on board to take a picture of the desired costume, and then send it to our actors in the morning to ensure they know exactly what we expect for them. This made the rest of our shoot easier as there was no longer any complication or confusion with costume.

Prop research

We looked into props for our media production. We realise that we need to add effective props in our production in order to make scenes look more effective when the final production is created. We first looked at this magnum to use for the gangster Lekan in our film. We needed to give him a weapon in order to look like a threat in the dream sequence of the film and we thus looked towards a gun to show this.

Research: Ancillary poster

Whilst looking at potential ideas for our aucillary piece we found inspiration from the Bourne Legacy movie poster. We espcially liked the template of how the poster was structured and we could use this sort of templete within our aucillary piece to represent a broken world which the protagonist is living in.

Script

Dialogue within our media production had to be well thought out, as we wanted the conversation between our characters to give the audience insight into the plans our protagonist has with the stolen money. This dialogue comes in after the flashback showing our protagonist stealing the money. The conversation between the protagonist and his girlfriend should reveal to the audience that they plan to squander this money on leisurely activities.


This conversations introduces the audience to the couple and how they interact with one another, like an actual couple. It shows how the couple have plans for this money our protagonist Miles has 'come into' and plan to go to Spain. The dialogue is effective as it gives a small amount of crucial infomation which allows for the rest of the production to progress and allow the audience to piece together the incidences that amount up to the kidnapping

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This dialogue should give the audience the impression that they are infact an actual couple, the same can be said about the other script too. Our aim was to make the couple seem as believable as possible. Further more making the girlfriend seem un-assuming and unaware of the whole situation.

Editing: Adobe After Effects CS5

Our group identified that in order to make our film look effective we need to use a wider variety of software in order to attain this. We opted to use Adobe After Effects CS5 as our inspiration into creating a production with better visual media than was presented last year. After Effects offers a great range of effects and transitions that you can apply to images, like this smoke effect you see in the image above. By having these effects in our production our group are enabled to present a better representation of the type of movie we are trying to portray, as if we can manipulate the effects we want to portray to create meaning. For instance this smoke effect in a red tint represents danger connotates a violent abruption which unfolds during the outset of the story. 

Editing: Title sequence

Our group had met and discussed the effect that we wanted to portray in the ope
ning title sequence. As you can see above we decided to use a very bold black text to outline the names of the people within our film, alongside short establishing shots of areas around Victoria and Vauxhall. We mainly did this to establish the scene where the majority of the storyline is going to be held. When combining all the shots that we took we found that they complimented each other and alongside music worked very effectively during the transitions and effects we put during the title sequence.

Location: Title sequence

These are some stills that we had taken when thinking about locations for our title sequence. We wanted to show shots all around London in an establishing shot view. Tall building and land structures helped establish the scene and show modern contemporary London in bright daylight but represents that all good things have bad intentions as the story wares on which is why we took these shots . These wide establishing stills we was able to obtain got our group thinking of where to include the names of characters and the music we wanted to include on top of this.

Shot-list for scene 1

In preparation for shooting we have devised a shot-list so that we can be prepared for the actual day of shooting and to avoid missing shots out when filming scenes.

Shot-list
1. A two-shot of Miles and Sophia walking together

2. As Miles walks away a mid shot of Sophia laying on the wall

3. A point of view shot showing Sophia looking around

4. Back to two-shot where Omed takes Sophia

5. Close-up shot transitioning into the camera being handheld following Miles run as he sees his girlfriend being taken away

6. Mid-shot as Lekan knocks out Miles

7. POV shot of Miles falling to the ground.