Filming Log

We started filming our piece on (05/02/10). We were slightly off schedule with our filming due to the snowy weather and other issues with arranging actors to film when they were free. We filmed Scene One with Michayla in the Sixth Form office. We used a tripod when filming to make our film look as proffesional as possible, eliminating shaking in stiller scenes. We did some close up shots of Jayne typing on the keyboard and other shots including her ruffling papers and shots of the computer spreadsheet. We did this so we had an array of camera shots to edit down to a proffesional looking segment of our film. When the occurrence happens, we took the camera off the tripod in order to shake the camera to make it look like there was an earthquake happening. We think this was a very effective way of creating this impression, as the actors were very good at imitating the impact of an earthquake. We filmed Jayne running out of her office, into a different corridoor and out of the front door of her office block. We filmed in different locations in the school, to make it look more like an office rather than a school. We had Jayne run from the front door of the school straight forward along the pathway. We held the camera to create the impression of fast movement and excitement. We filmed Scene Two outside the sixth form block at the school. We gathered around 10 extras to sit on the side of the walkway and stare at the girl. This is where we came accross some difficultys. The boys weren't taking the filming seriously and were playing around, which ruined most of the shots we got. We did however manage to get some good shots after the boys had left, with just Grace, the school girl actor. We will edit the shots to eliminate the bad shots, and keep all the good shots together and edit them together. Next we filmed the school girl walking into the sixth form common room, stopping, feeling the occurence and running out. We had been using the tripod for the shots so far, but for this shot we held the camera in our hands and shook it like we did in scene one, whilst the school girl ran out of the sixth form block and left into the car park. We then set the tripod up outside the sixth form door and filmed the girl running out of the door and round the corner. We then used match on action and filmed the school girl running, holding the camera, like in scene one to create the illusion of very fast running. We took some shots of the girls back so we had an array of shots to edit. We decided that the more shots we get, the more choice we have when it comes to editing. We filmed Scene Three on Friday the 12th of February in Corrination Avenue, Whittlesey and the sixth form art room. We had to get permission to film in the sixth form room, and we got permision for 10 mins of filming. We had previously discussed with the actor what we wanted him to do, so we easily found a good location and got him to pretend to paint. We used my mobile phone as his phone and Maria rang my number so Noah's phone rang. We werent able to get hold oh a tripod to film this scene, so we tried mostly succesfully to hold the camera without shaking. We applied the easyQ function on the camera which helps eliminate shaking. When filming the running scene, we took easyQ off and held the camera in our hands to film.