1. Productionlog- Simone
15/2/15
Today we got putintogroups of 2 or more my partnerwas Emmanuel previouslywe came upwith
our ownfilmideassowe decidedtobrainstormourideasandsee if we can merge themintoone,
Emmanuel ideawasabout2 boysfightinganditturnsout to be a videogame,howeverwe decided
that my ideawouldbe more practical andrealistic asthe audience maynotunderstandthe concept
of the filmalsoitwouldonlyappeal toteenage boyswhereasmyfilmwouldappeal toarange of
teenagers.
16/2/15
Today we hadto create ourpitch forare filminthe pitchwhichincludedtargetaudience,healthand
safetyassessment,uniquesellingpointandalocationReece,Iwasin charge of the targetaudience
and the unique sellingpointwhereasEmmanuel wasincharge of the locationReece andthe health
and safetyassessment.The targetaudience thatIchose wasteenagers15+ because of thisI had to
do some researchonwhat teenagers likeinfilms soIloggedonsocial mediaandaskedmyfollowers
questionsonwhattheylike inahorror filmetc.thiswasbecause the people whofollow me are ma
mainlyteenagersthatare fromacross the worldthisisbenifitcal becausewe wantare film tobe
mainstreamwhichmeansthat we wantpeople fromacrossthe worldto be able to view are film.
AlsoI conducteda focusgroup,thiswas because Iwantedtoknow what people frommysocial
groupwouldlike andwhatattracts themto watch a horror film.The reasonwhyI wasagreedto do
these certainjobisbecause Ihad a large social group andhave social mediasoI couldget relevant
informationthatwill be useful forare filmsearch,andthe reasonwhyEmmanuel gotgiventhe two
jobsisbecause hismore creative sohe will know what’s goingtobe a goodunique selling pointthat
will appeal toloadsof teenagersacrossthe word.
1/3/15
One we decidedwhatfilmare wasgoingto be aboutwe hadto write a reportwhichincludedall the
informationaboutthe filmandpre-productionthislastedamonth.
2. 13/4/15
Today we hada classdiscussionsharingourideaswiththe classandteacherthisisbecause we
wantedfeedbackonthe film fromsomeoneelseisperspective, thishelpedusalot because we
understoodwhysome partsof the filmcouldnotbe includedasitwouldnotbe clearto the
audience whatishappeninginsome sectionsof the filmalsothatithas to be realisticassome of the
eventsthatwill occurinthe filmwouldn’tactuallyhappenindaytodaylife.
1/4/15
Today we decidedonwhatjobsme and Emmanuel are goingtodo, fittingare skillstothe certain
jobsthat workedwell.We decidedthatEmmanuel wasgoingtothe scriptbecause he isgood with
Englishandhe is more imaginative andwillchange thingsif he comesupwitha betteridea. Hisnext
jobthat was givento Emmanuel was‘productionroles.The jobthatIwas givenwas‘recce,
storyboard,andshootinglist.The reasonwhyIgot giventhese rolesisbecause Iam more creative
whichmeanswhendoingthe shotlistIwouldknow whatshotwouldlookmore effective when
filmingandwhatwill catchthe audience attention.
15/4/15
Everyone continuedwhattheyweredoingIcontinueddoingthe recce,goingoutside andtaking
picturesforthe recce. The reece includedlistof actorsand whytheyare suitable forthe partand
whatcostumesisneeded. Ialsodidthe locationandactor release formthiswasbecause itwas
easierforme to do itas I knewthe actorsand the locationwasat myhouse so I couldjustask the
ownerwhichwasmy parentsto signthe form.
21/4/15
I continueddoingthe Reece writingaboutthe potentialhazardsthatcan occur whenfilmingduring
the day/night.Emmanuel carriedondoingthe scriptforthe film. The locationReece helpedusasit
will save time whenfilmingatthe locationaswe wouldknow if the place istoo windyfilmthenwe
have to re locate or if the place was goingto busy.
22/4/15
The nextday I finishedthe Reece thenI startedonthe shot list,before Istartedonthe shotlisted
me and Emmanuel agreedthatwe will have justabove 15 shotsthe reasonwhywe onlychose 15 is
because we wantedtosee howeverythinglookedfirstaswe didn’twanttoincludedloadsof shotsif
we are not sure if we will use them,whereasthiswaywe know exactlywhatshotwe will use for
each scene,howeveronce we are certainof whatshots we wouldbegintoaddmore shortswhich
will be relevantand understandable forthe filmaswell asthe audience.
28/4/15
I finished the shotlistandwentontodoing the storyboard,beforeIstarteddoingthe storyboardme
and Emmanuel gottogetherin,lessontodiscusswhatorderthe filmshouldgoinandhow long
shouldeachshotshouldlastfor.Once we gatheredhow longeachof the shotwouldlastforand
whatorder itwill goin. I thenwentoutand startedto take picturesof the shotsthat we will include
inthe filmIusedan actor frommy filmandan extra,thishelpedussowhenwe start filmingwe
don’thave to figure outthe camera shotsas we wouldhave the storyboard here withuswhenwe
record.For my storyboard I usedPhotoshop toeditthe picturesto make itlook realisticandmore
3. professionalIusedthe shotlisttohelpme know whichshots shouldgowhere onthe storyboardand
alsocalculate the secondsof eachshots. Once I editedthe picturesIusedastarboardtemplate to
add the pictures;the storyboardincludedinformationaboutthe lengthof the film, the shottype and
the effectsthatwe may use inpost-production.
29/4/15
Today we ae doingautomaticstoryboardwhichispractisingthe shotsforare filmsothisis a practise
run many shotsare actually goinggotbe in the filmsowhenwe filmonSundaywe don’thave to
rehearse howmanyshotsae goingto be inthe filmwe know how manyshots.
3/4/15
Today we wenttothe locationof the filmat11am we arrivedpriorhour earlybefore the actors
arrivedthisisbecause we neededtosetupthe camera and equipmentandtosee if any faultswere
inthe camera,because of thiswe foundoutthe camerawas faultyandhad to try and fix itbefore
the actors arrivedluckilywe wasable tofix itand filminglastedfor 3-4 hours.Aswe forgot to bring
the storyboardwithus due to poororganization we hadto go inside the locationanduse the
computerto lookat the storyboard,thiswas inconvenientaswe hadto keepcominginand outof
the locationto lookandsee the shotsof the film.
5/4/15
As filmingwasfinishedwe thenhadtoeditourfilmindividually, Iuploadedthe footage ontofinal
cut pro and startedto editthe filmby puttingthe filminthe orderI wanteditto go, thisincluded
cuttingout some footage andcroppingthe footage.
6/4/15
Today we realisedthere couldhave beensome extrashotsintothe filmsowe wentoutside anddid
some pickup shots thisisso we couldtake itback to final cut proand place theminside the shoot.
Thiswas to make are filmcompleteandmore affective.
8/5/15
Today I hadto colour grade the footage sothat the colour of the footage will matchthe storyof the
film,I alsoaddedsoundin the filmthiscompletedthe filmassoundisthe keyof the filmsothe
audience will knowhowthe actorsare feelingetc.
