Group 2 - Foundation Production: 2015

Flesh Title impressive and exciting.
Continuous, makes sense.
Different storyline, it has an unexpected twist.
Good use of music throughout, raises tension well.
Good sound effect of knife.
Titles clear, but don't distract from action.
Very good contrast between the usual and the unusual, cooking dinner and keeping people.
It makes you want to watch on to find out what will happen to the victims and why the antagonists are doing this.
Nice uses of close up on meat and newspaper.
Good relationship between the two lead actors.

Weaknesses

Music too quiet in the second scene.
Flesh title should be at the very end.
The first title looks a bit wobbly shaky.
The two tracking shots are quiet long, and of the same place so it looks strange that they are so close together.
Chain rattling sound in the kitchen scene doesn't sound right.
You can hear a voice when zooming in on the newspaper, which isn't supposed to be there.

Group: Final Film Opening

F.L - Feedback

Strengths:

Good storyline, with an unusual concept.
Wide range of shots and angels, and good tracking shot at the beginning of the film.
Establishing shots work well at the start.
The extreme close-up shots are good, like the ECU of the meat cooking in the pan.
The titles work well with the action - they're significant enough to be noticed, yet don't detract from the action on screen.
Tension is built well at the ending towards the run up to the 'FLESH' title.

Weaknesses:

Some unsubtle shots that detract from continuity, for example, the shot with the hat being taken off.
The two different low angle shots of the feet going up the stairs at the start and end are unnecessary, and maybe we only need one shot of this.
Too much noise when he starts to go down into the basement, with the close up on the newspaper.

F.O'C: Feedback

Strengths:

The soundtrack works well
Intercutting the newspaper wall with the kitchen scene was effective
Very atmospheric going down into the basement
Excellent range of shots
Close ups of news paper walls are good
Nice opening sequence & establishing shots
Good lighting in the basement
Great make-up on the victims

Weaknesses:

The part with the chain rattle which leads Rob into the basement is unclear. A different sound was recommended.
Some bits (towards the end of the kitchen scene and the middle of the basement scene) need more sound adding to them as they're rather quiet.
Rob's voice echoes slightly on the close up of Kath's face.

After the second shoot we realised we still had a few shots that we needed to complete the production and achieve continuity. The first set of shots we needed were the shots showing the wall of newspapers full of the couple's victims. We didn't actually need to go back to Harry's house for this as the majority of these shots are close ups. Freya and I went and took these shots during a double media lesson.

The last shots that we need are some establishing shots of the outside of Harry's house and a close up of Kath & Orla's eyes if possible. I will be at Harry's house tonight with Freya's camera taking some still establishing shots on the tripod. One of these will be of the outside of Harry's house and the others will be of what I think looks good when I'm there due to the lack of complete familiarity with Harry's house.

F.O'C: Post Production

On Monday the 26th of January I led the editing process. On this day I were editing the kitchen scene and adding some shots into the basement scene.

The main point of this hour of editing was to properly establish the correct order of the kitchen shots and achieve continuity. Over the course of the 2 lessons and lunchtime I played about with intercutting shots of the basement into the kitchen scene, completed the kitchen scene so continuity was there ready for the rough cut viewing in the afternoon.
I made the kitchen scene more continuous via:

Addressing the length of shots and cutting them earlier to achieve a quick succession (almost montage) of clips, denoting her efficient cooking skills.
Cutting on action was important as it gave a much needed flow to the scene which we didn't have before.

Some of the intercutting techniques I tried were:

Cutting 5 frames of the newspaper wall crabbing shot in sections in between the longer shot showing the newspaper he put on the kitchen shot. This required me to use the cut clip tool and increase the rate of 'flashes' as the shot of the newspaper progresses.
Intercutting the bloody knife in between various shots such as the shot where he feels Orla's face. (This may still be used but we ran out of time and had to scrap it for the viewing)

During this editing session I, along with Freya, were polishing up the basement shots and making them suitable for viewing. We did not however get the ending of the film edited during this session.
In the next lesson we were adding additional shots to the basement scene and finishing it off. What we need to do in the last few days coming up to Friday is add in titles, sort out diegetic sound & add in some additional sound.

J.P - Post Production

I started editing on the 19th January with Rory, we started dropping the kitchen clips onto the timeline and refining cuts. Freya and Fred had already started editing so we had half of the timeline to work with, on the week beginning 26th January; Freya, Fred and I are coming in every lunch and free when possible to continue editing.

First week of editing:

We started by dragging and dropping the clips onto the timeline, we did this through a selection process of which shots had the best angles and the least disturbances
I then refined the cutting rate between shots and proceeded to add more shots onto the timeline while following our storyboard

In the second week:

In this final week of editing we started coming in to edit in our free time, in this time we refined the order of certain scenes based off our rough cut.
We decided to have some intercutting scenes between the basement and the kitchen so we spent a bit of time deciding and doing this
Also we re-filmed some shots of the newspaper wall which we needed to add to our timeline, this linked in with the intercutting since it was part of those scenes#

The rest of the week:

We need to finish cutting our clips to how we want them, also we need to refine our diegetic sound as well as adding extra sound effects
Finally we need to add our fonts to our production

RD: Soundtrack Ideas

I think we will be using multiple soundtracks rather than just one on going one, so here are some ideas for the different sections of the clip:

This is an idea for when the male antagonist is walking down the stairs:

https://www.freesound.org/people/thanvannispen/sounds/30274/

I think this could be used for the revealing of the victims:

https://www.freesound.org/people/Xanco123/sounds/202504/

These are possibilities for the kitchen part but we are still considering what style to go for at this point, these are calm but slightly creepy:

https://www.freesound.org/people/Setuniman/sounds/222741/
https://www.freesound.org/people/Setuniman/sounds/149770/

Group: Rough cut

J.P - Reflection on shoot

When and where was the shoot?:

The filmed at a friends house, which is in Tunbridge wells

On Saturday, 10th January 2015 from about 12 until 6

What scenes were you focusing on?:

We focused on shooting the basement scenes in this shoot, we wanted to film all of it but we ended up only having enough time to do the second half. We choose to only film the basement because the kitchen scenes are easier to set up and less people are required so it would be more convenient to organise

What was your individual contribution to the shoot?:

Before we got to the location we met at Freddie's house and I wrote the script with Freddie and Freya. Once we wrote the script I typed it up so we had a neater copy for the actors.
Once we arrived on location I helped prepare some of the actors for what they need to do, I also helped set up the set by moving the cage around, clearing space and assisting Freddie create the newspaper wall.
I helped direct the shoot by giving ideas about certain shots and setting up the lighting.

To what extent did your storyboard affect your use of camera and framing?:

We followed the main concept from our storyboard however many of our shots were different to what we originally planned. We had to change some shots since our framing ideas were not possible in some situations
Many shots went as planned however and came out how we wanted them.

What do you think work particularly well?:

We were really pleased with how some of the basement scenes turned out, through the use of props and lighting. I brought a mini LED light which we used to create a spotlight effect on certain scenes came out very well due to this.
The scene in the newspaper room with oral chained up came out really well as the close up creates a dramatic effect

What were the challenges of this particular shoot?:

We found some challenges with an actor in the shoot, we didn't feel she fitted the role properly and therefore we needed to reshoot some scenes
We also came across issues to do with continuity, this was due to basic errors such as leaving out shots of him walking around and some lighting issues. Many shots were darker than others so it looks as if certain shots were filmed at different times of the day
We also found that we ran out of time and only managed to film half of our production, this was due to a slight lack of preparation as we wasted quite a lot of time setting up and thinking about scenes

How will I use this experience to inform the next shoot?:

In future shoots I will try to follow our storyboards better to reduce the chance in missing shots, this will also improve our continuity
Also I will try to make the lighting more consistence as some shots are lit very well where as others are not. As well as this we need to focus more on movement shots compared to static shots as we seem to have many static shots which are unnecessary
Finally I have learnt that it is very easy to get caught up in time, so I will make more of a plan so that no time is wasted

Group: Call Sheet and Risk assessment

TWGSB Media Studies Film Production

Call Sheet & Shot list

Date:10^th and 17^th of January Location: Harry’s house Tunbridge Wells

Meeting Time: 12 Group: 2

Crew & Cast Contact details:

Freddie O’Connell

_____________________ Phone:07403083989

Freya Luff

_____________________ Phone:07977459858

Josh Peet

_____________________ Phone:07808274744

Rory Denyer

_____________________ Phone:07930527222

_____________________ Phone:

Props & Equipment crew responsible

Chains Josh

Cages Freddie

Kettle Freya

Frying pan Rory

Meat

Newspaper

Knife (non-maliciously)

Location	Shot number (on storyboard)	Cast	Technical notes
Kitchen	1-18	Rob and Cath	There aren’t particularly any technical difficulties in this scene apart from a tracking shot which we might use across the kitchen workbench.
Basement	19-37	Tiernan, Rob, Miles, Orla	We need a lot of props for this scene to access technical excellence on mise-en-scene. We need to make sure we get anlot of moving shots for continuity editing.

TWGSB Media Studies Film Production

Risk Assessment

You need to consider all the potential risks at each location shoot and outline how you will work to prevent any accident or injury to you, your cast or the equipment.

Location	What is the hazard? Think about road safety, filming at night, potential damage to equipment	Who/what might be harmed and why? Think about who needs to be aware of the risk	How will you reduce the risk? What steps will you take to ensure that the risk is lowered?	Signed Approved by JF, CF, KJ
Kitchen	The kitchen knife	Cath and the people around her need to be careful as it is a sharp object that could cause harm.	We will put the knife in the knife rack until we actually need it for the shot.
Kitchen	The kettle & cooking the meat	Both the hot oil from the meat and the boiling water from the kettle could potentially burn Cath.	We won’t pour the water we boil in the kettle and we’ll limit the oil usage.
Stairs down to the basement	Tripping and falling	The camera man, rob and the camera have the potential to fall and hurt/damage themselves.	We can try and clear any clutter or objects from the stairwell.
Basement	Sharp objects (nails) on the floor	Miles who is going to be lying on the basement floor could impale himself on a rusty nail.	Miles could either get a tetanus shot or we could clear the floor of rusty nails etc.

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