Draft Number Three?

A lot more filming has been done! And it's really looking so much better. This draft is the actual length of our film, we worked out how long the shots that haven't been filmed yet will be, and put in a text screen to allow us to see how long the whole opening will be. So it's looking pretty good! Just a few more bits to shoot, which will be done today and probably put in tomorrow, we're nearly finished, at last. All that's left to think of now is one more production company, but we've already got a few ideas in the bag for that one. I'll keep you posted. But here's the next draft!






P.S we're only having two 'logos' not sure why we went with that word, and I'm not sure as to why there's three of them. But c'est la vie.

PPS. I think we're going to go with HEATHER MCCUTCHEON'S, suggestion for our title. 'The Detained', what do you reckon? I promised her a mention on my blog and there it is :)

Title?

Having got all of our filming finished yesterday, or at least the vast majority, we can finally start thinking about other aspects of the film; title, production company etc. We've already got a few ideas in the bag for production company, so all of that is to come! However, with Katrina being our token skeptic, about everything, we're struggling for a title name! We originally had the idea of '..... playground' (trying to find a word to go in the '.....') but that soon went out the window after much deliberation, as it soon got fairly boring to hear, what with Lucy throwing her, erm, brilliant?, ideas out there. So, all suggestions are welcome! You may even be lucky enough to get a mention on my blog if we use your title. If that isn't motivation for you then I don't know what is!


Oh and p.s, on monday I'll post our most up to date draft of the film opening. I know you must all be waiting in anticipation.

I DONE IT

After much trying and failing from Lucy, I finally managed to get our split screen moved from Final Cut Express to iMovie! Having put it in with our (at long last) budding film opening, it doesn't look as great as it did on FCE, nevertheless, a bit a of tweaking here and there and it'll be perfect. Needless to say I'm very excited at the prospect of our opening finally coming together. I done a bit more work to it today, seeing as though I was the only member of our media group in... *ahem*. Here's what I done guys, what do you think?

Everyone seems to think the 'CCTV shot' section is staying there , and keep telling me to change the font. IT'S NOT STAYING. We just put it there to get an idea of how long our actual CCTV shot should play for. Also, do you guys agree the split screen needs some work? Don't worry Nada, I was just waiting for a better shot to put your name in. Nothing is set in stone anyway, I just wanted to get an idea of what you thought. I was thinking once we had filmed the shots of me and Lucy 'breaking into' the school, they should go before the split screen. It appears too suddenly. In my opinion anyway, but like I said, tell me what you think .

Cinema Trip

We were taken to the cinema to see 'The Rite' with our media class. We were all excited because it was a horror, and the majority of us really love them (apart from Heather). It wasn't as great as we had hoped, there were some really amazing shots, but some of the storyline didn't really make sense, and I felt there was more that needed explaining at times. This didn't hinder it's ability to scare me though! I was watching through my hands for the most part! Which of course,is great, as it meant it was doing it's job. Overall however, I think it could have been a lot better, and was slightly overrated. I wouldn't be in a hurry to watch it again.

Filming, again.

More filming has been done, and again, is looking promising! We appear to have finally gotten it right. Here's what we've got so far:

Third time lucky

You must be getting tired of our changing ideas now... let's just call the others , practice. We've changed our minds again! This time though, we really are very optimistic about it. We already have some footage filmed and it actually looks great! (for once). We're really quite excited about getting this filming finished, and editing our opening. This is definitely the one, I promise. Our new idea is based in our school, I know it sounds like the easy option, but our school really is quite creepy. Our idea is paranormal activity meets every other generic horror film. With doors moving on their own, and lights eerily turning off, and of course, no horror film would be complete without the beautiful teenage couple bringing themselves to their death, although we won't see that, you don't get that far unfortunately. We're filming the rest this week so, watch this space...

Injection

We managed to get a needle, and here is a practice shot using it! It's not brilliant but it's a start. We're currently reviewing our footage from filming a couple of days ago, and once again it isn't great... so, we're going to try and put a bit together and see how it comes out, but, it could be back to the drawing board. Here's hoping it's third time lucky!