Tuesday 2 December 2008

Production Log

Date: 12/ 9 / 08 Achieved: Phonecall project finished
Amendments: Framing, loud locations, holding the camera steady
Future Revisions: no zooming, wait for a empty and quiet background, use a tripod


Date: 23/ 10/ 08
Achievement: Se7en essay finished
Amendments: Last minute changes
Future Revisions: Remove sub-titles to have continuous prose


Date: 20/ 10/ 08
Achieved: Done Deal short film
Amendments: Didn't have enough cast members
Future Revisions: Plans cast more thoroughly

Date: 5/ 11/ 08
Achieved: plan plot for our thrillers
Amendments: Too many ideas
Future Revisions: No change, it's better to work with a lot of ideas

Date: 24/11/ 08 Achieved: Paper work
Amendments: Cast change according to relationship and friendship status & the way their character is represented in our thriller and their compatibility
Future Revisions: Think of cast earlier so they relate to the story more


Date: 27/ 11/ 08
Achieved: Digital Storyboard
Amendments:shots were re filmed due to lighting and framing
Future Revisions: Film shots more carefully to prevent re filming



Date: 28/ 11 / 08 Achieved: Fake blood made
Amendments: Golden syrup instead of corn syrup
Future Revisions: research where to buy corn syrup and consider possible revisions



Date: 1/ 12/ 08 Achieved: Soundtrack and voiceovers made
Amendments: Unexpected voiceover character
Future Revisions: Quieter surroundings and plan all characters needed for part.


Date: 2/ 12/ 08
Achieved: Location Recce shots
Amendments: Date changed
Future Revisions: Make sure location is accessible prior to planning


Date: 2/ 12/ 08
Achieved: Blog completed
Amendments: forgot about certain aspects
Future Revisions: Make a checklist earlier so everything is more organised
Date: 5/ 12/ 08
Achieved: first film shoot
Amendments: Characters had detention
Future Revisions: Make sure all characters are available
Date: 8/ 12/ 08
Achieved: editing of film shoot
Amendments: shakey camera shots
Future Revisions: try not to use zoom as much and make sure each shot is steady before moving on


Date: 12/12/08 - 4:50 pm > 8:30 pm
Achieved: Second filming shoot finished
Amendments: Our characters had clashes and on occasions forget their costumes so the filming date was pushed back twice. The filming in the living room location was time consuming and the owner of the house wanted to use the living room. It was raining so the establishing shots were hard to film as the camera kept getting wet.
Future Revisions: Prepare for all weather conditions and give all household members a timeline for expected filming duration


Date: 15/12/08
Achieved: Film editing
Amendments: Macs were crashing
Future revisions: Continuously save work

Date: 16/12/08
Achieved: Thriller blooper reel constructed
Amendments: Macs were crashing
Future Revisions: Continuously save work


Date: 17/12/08
Achieved: Improving blogs
Amendments: nothing went wrong
Future Revisions: -

  • Date: 5/1/09
  • Achieved: Going through second draft with Ms Berry
  • Amendments: She wanted us to change our storyline but we didn't because it would have made the last term somewhat pointless as we had been writing about the specific storyline and plot
  • Future Revisions: -

  • Date: 6/1/09
  • Achieved: Editing thrillers
  • Amendments: Our thriller had to be roughly 2 minutes but our was near 4 so we merged the title scenes with the shots and cut down unnecessarily long scenes
  • Future Revisions: Check length and cut as appropriately

  • Date: 7/1/09
  • Achieved: Made sound of house being trashed, general editing and composing more music
  • Amendments: Nothing we found sounded like a house being trashed but we tried to make it work anyway because we had to make our own sounds and not take them from the internet
  • Future Amendments: -

  • Date: 8/1/09
  • Achieved: Sound editing and general editing
  • Amendments: Teacher didn't like the trashed house sounds so we had to take them off the internet which might lose us marks
  • Future amendments: -

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