1. 3 . L o o k in g b a c k a t
y o u r p r e lim in a r y
ta s k , w h a t d o yo u
f e e l y o u h a v e le a r n t
in t h e p r o g r e s s io n
f r o m it t o t h e f u ll
p ro d uc t?

2. M icro and Te ch nical
Le ve l

3. • D u ring th e d e te ctive s ce ne s we e ns u re d
th at we ke p t to th e 1 80 d e gre e ru le , wh ich
was one of th e m ain as p e cts of film ing
conve rs ations d u ring th e p re lim inary tas k.
• D u ring th e d e te ctive s ce ne s we als o u s e d
s h ot-re ve rs e -s h ot wh ile th e y we re
s p e aking. F rom th e p re lim inary tas k we
fou nd it was m ore e ffe ctive to film e ach
actors line s in one go, m e aning th at th e
fram e for e ach actor wou ld not b e
d iffe re nt.

4. • We u s e d m atch on action once in th e
d e te ctive s ce ne wh e re one of th e
d e te ctive s p ick u p a cop y of a ne ws p ap e r
article . We le arnt h ow to d o th is in th e
p re lim inary tas k wh e n th e d oor was
op e ne d on one s id e and we s aw th e
p e rs on com e th rou gh on th e oth e r s id e

5. S toryb oard ing and
C re ating a S h ooting
S crip t

6. • Be cau s e ou r p re lim inary tas k was s h orte r it was
e as ie r to ke e p to th e s toryb oard and s h ooting
s crip t we h ad cre ate d for it.
• We u s e d ou r s toryb oard as a gu id e d u ring
film ing for ‘Wh e n Jack C am e Back’. H owe ve r,
we fou nd th at we ne e d e d to ch ange s om e s h ots
as we fou nd th e y d id not fit in th e way we
th ou gh t th e y wou ld . By cu tting ou t s om e p arts in
th e s toryb oard and ad d ing ne w p arts in, we we re
ab le to cre ate a s tronge r s e ns e of s u s p e ns e and
te ns ion.
• We ke p t to th e s crip t as th e only d ialogu e was
from th e d e te ctive s as it was all ne ce s s ary and it
was not e xte ns ive .

8. Tim e M anage m e nt

9. • F rom ou r p re lim inary tas k, we le arnt to
ke e p a tim e fram e from p lanning th e
film ing, to e d iting wh at we h ad film e d
• We gave ou rs e lve s a s e t nu m b e r of
le s s ons at s ch ool to p lan wh at we wante d
in ou r th rille r and m ake a s toryb oard
• We m ad e a s h ooting s ch e d u le for ou r d ay
of film ing, wh ich m e ant we kne w h ow long
we h ad to e d it and th e n s h ow it to an
au d ie nce .

10. M is take s and
Im p rove m e nts

11. • D u ring film ing for th e p re lim inary tas k we
m ad e th e m is take of not ch e cking th e
focu s on th e cam e ra b e fore film ing s om e
s h ots . We als o m ad e th is m is take on one
of ou r s h ots in ‘Wh e n Jack C am e Back’,
alth ou gh we e ns u re d th at th is d id not
h ap p e n with ou r oth e r s h ots .
• In ou r p re lim inary tas k we d id not le ave 5
s e cond s b e fore and afte r, m e aning th at we
d id not h ave m u ch le ft on e ith e r s id e of a
clip to e d it accu rate ly. In ‘Wh e n Jack
C am e Back’ we le ft 5 s e cond s at th e s tart
and th e b e ginning of e ve ry s h ot we film e d .

12. O rganis ing th e
C re w

13. • As th e re we re only two of u s d oing th e
film ing and e d iting (d u ring ‘Wh e n Jack
C am e Back’) as op p os e d to th re e of u s
(d u ring th e p re lim inary tas k), it was e as ie r
for u s to organis e wh e n to film and e d it as
we we re not re lying on m any p e op le .
• We u s e d th e s ocial ne tworking we b s ite
F ace b ook to conve rs e to d e cid e wh e n to
film and wh e n to e d it, as we ll as te xting.
• We s e t ou rs e lve s s p e cific d ays of th e
we e k wh e re we wou ld go into ou r s ch ool’s
m e d ia s tu d io and e d it ou r op e ning
s e qu e nce .

14. M anaging Actors ,
Locations , C os tu m e s
and P rop s

15. • M anaging ou r actors was h ard e r th an it was
d u ring th e p re lim inary tas k as we h ad m ore
actors involve d and we we re film ing d u ring th e
h olid ays wh e n m any p e op le we re away, wh ich
m e ant we h ad to re cas t s e ve ral tim e s . We u s e d
F ace b ook to organis e wh o wou ld b e acting for
u s and to te ll th e m wh e re to m e e t u s and wh e n.
• O u r original id e a to film in Le ice s te r S qu are was
not p os s ib le as it was b e ing d u g u p at th e tim e ,
s o I d id s om e re s e arch into p os s ib le locations .
Wh e n we got to C am d e n Town on th e m orning
of film ing, we worke d ou t h ow m u ch s p ace we
wou ld ne e d and th e n inform e d p e op le working in
s u rrou nd ing s talls th at we wou ld b e film ing.

17. • I h ad p re viou s ly d e cid e d with m y p artne r,
ab ou t wh at we wante d ou r actors to we ar
accord ing to th e ir ch aracte r. We told th e m
wh at to we ar b e fore film ing and th e y
tu rne d u p on th e d ay we aring th e ir
cos tu m e s .
• Th e only p rop s we ne e d e d we re d u ring th e
d e te ctive s ce ne , wh e re we ne e d e d
‘e vid e nce ’ for th e d e te ctive s to analys e .
We re s e arch e d th e typ e s of e vid e nce you
wou ld find at a ‘Jack th e R ip p e r’ s tyle
crim e s ce ne and m ad e it accord ingly. We
m ad e it b e fore film ing and s trate gically