Filming and Editing Schedule

We have designated two days to the filming of our video, although we may need to find time a few weeks afterwards to re-shoot certain parts if we decide we have not captured footage which meets our high standards. 

Monday 27th October: We have planned for this to be the day that we take various establishing shots and to organise our props within the forest. We won't be filming any of the shots which contain our actor on this day, as he has already said he is unlikely to be able to make it. It will also give us a good chance to test out the lighting rig and ensure that there are no modifications which will need to be made before the bulk of the shooting begins. We plan to begin filming at about 3pm and to finish at about 8pm, as this will give us time to get a good collection of both day and night shots, and to experiment with the lighting rig.

Thursday 30th October:  This is the day where the bulk of the filming will take place, as our actor is available for the whole day. We plan to begin shooting at around 12pm and to finish in the early hours of the morning, as we need to record a lot of footage, and to ensure that we do each shot multiple (4 or 5) times to make sure that we have the largest possible amount of footage to make the finished product from. By creating our lighting rig, we will be able to continue filming in the night, which will work to our advantage as it will show a noticeable difference between the beginning and the end of our video. 

Monday 3rd November: On this day we will begin editing at my house, using Final Cut Pro X in order to add special effects to the shots before we take them into school to string them together using Final Cut Express.

4th November-30th November: Most days during this period will be spent editing the video, with a lengthy editing process being required in order for us to make the finished product to the quality which it needs to be. After this we will be finished with the video part of the coursework meaning we will be able to focus on making a digipack and magazine advert which are of similar quality.

Update:

Due to the need to complete more pre-production work than had been initially anticipated, we decided to push all of the dates back by a couple of weeks, so I have filled out the filming diary which can be viewed below.

Shoot one 14/11/14

 

This shoot was filmed at the side of the road in Great Leighs, and is where we captured the majority of the lip syncing footage. It was filmed at night, like the rest of our video, in order to get The Blair Witch Project influenced spotlight effect on the subject of the shots. It was a dry night, which meant that we could film a lot more freely as we didn't have to worry about the camera becoming water damaged. We also filmed some footage of the road which the protagonist is going to find his way onto, as the road was quiet allowing us to film on it.

 

Shoot two 18/11/14

 

We filmed the majority of the narrative and scenic shots during this shoot, as we realised that we needed to incorporate a lot more narrative around our lip syncing in order to make the video more effective. We had to ensure that the actor was wearing the exact same costume as he was the previous night of filming, as otherwise there would be no continuity within the video. In addition to this, we filmed the shot of our actor getting run over, although this may not make the final cut in order to make our video look as professional as possible.

As we had the shots, locations, props and actors well organised, we were able to get the majority of the filming done on these two nights.
 

By George Martin