Prompt- ‘A Knock On The Door’

Location- ‘Room with table (maybe bedroom) and Doorway (inside and outside)

Cast- Character 1 ‘Loner’ : Me // Character 2 ‘Love interest’ : Lily or Maija

Filming dates – Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th

Sound Notes

Camera fades open to muffles beginging of a song (qiet and calm’

Character 1 alone WIDE SHOT Cut camera close up character 1 hears loud knock- silence! Second long silence then music starts abruptly

Scene with door Rhymic Montage occurs

Different sound effects accompany the different weather age ‘love story’ montage.

Most filming went well, although we had to be quick with exterior scenes as the sky was getting darker as filming went on. I added some shots that weren’t in my storyboards that made the film flow more naturally and made camera work less complicated to do.

I managed to get all scenes filmed, and now just have to work on post production.

Set design was good as we didn’t have to change much about the setting.

Camera angles mostly worked well, although it was difficult to figure out how to do an accurate PED shot initially.

We had some tech issues but these were quickly fixed.

Key notes of Improvements needed:

• location – less populated area – shots kept on getting disrupted by noisy neighbours and cars passing through making the dialogue inaudible.

• Time – Daylight was needed for some scenes but since its getting darker earlier, we had to rush out some scenes due to a lack of light. This may have led to plot inaccuracies when filming as it may appear lighter or darker in certain scenes.

• Certain shot types – We were limited on what we could attempt to film as we were restricted by our equipment. Not being able to create a Steadicam or effect or a smooth Ped effect.

What went well:

• Acting – Despite not being experienced, the acting in scenes wasn’t as robotic we thought it would be.

• Set Design – By clearing the kitchen we were able to create a direct opposition between my 2 characters.

• Technical Issues – When the camera suddenly only displayed our screen as a low exposure, I was able to fix the issue and resume filming.

GENRE: Action

Location: My house

Cast: Chai, Oisin, dylan , chris, joey, archey, Me

-close up shot burgulars entering the house and walking through garden

-Next few shots introduce the other burgulars

-We see a close up shot of the main character sitting with his sword

-We see the main character notice the sound the burgulars are making and look their way.

-Burglar 1 ” hes lying he doesn’t even exist, where is he. I am getting payed minimum wage for this, i work day and night doing this what is going o—” He is sliced by main characetr

-burgular 2 and 3 notice burgular 1’s body

-burgular 3 spots the main characetrs and says” there he is”

-Burgular 2 and 3 shoot at main character but he deflect ther ebullets with his sword and kills them.

-Main characetr enters house and shoots to attract teh remaining urgulars attentin

-they shoot at him

-He slashes behind them and they both die

-He then says mission complete

Genre – Horror 

Cast – George Blake

Equipment – camera, tripod

Location – my house

Shooting date – Wednesday 15th November

Script 

(EXT) Tracking, eye level MS of back walking towards door 

(INT) Eye level, MCU as door opens to reveal George 

Ped down MLS as he sits down 

GEORGE: *sighs* 

High angle MCU as he hears a smashing sound upstairs 

GEORGE: Hello? 

POV shot from the outside of the house, showing a long shot of George from the inside.  

Cut to tracking medium shot of George walking from the sofa towards the stairs, up the first few steps when he hears a knock, so turns around.  

Worms eye view shot as he gets to the door. 

BCU of his nervous facial expression. 

Back to Worms Eye View as he opens the door.  

Canted POV shot with zoom as George screams. 

End of film.  

Shot List 

High angle 

Canted angle 

Long Shot 

Medium Close Up 

Big Close Up 

POV shot 

Worms eye view  

Medium shot 

Tracking shot 

Zoom 

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Countertype in Trainspotting: the few women in this film are seen as strong and independent unlike the men.

Stereotype in This is England: Skinheads are aggressive, masculine and dominant. They will fight for what they believe is right.

Countertype in This is England: Woody is a father figure who is caring towards Shaun, and tries to cheer him up despite being a skinhead belonging to a cult.

FIRST RESPONSE- score is 9/10, the most memorable scene for me was Spuds job interview mostly because actor Ewan Bremner perfectly demonstrated a chaotic drug addict bringing much comedy to the scene. Also the Mise en Scene of the composition of this scene is balanced which emphasises the distortion of Spuds character, and I noticed how the distances of the camera cut in rhythm to dialogue of the characters.