Planning Questions

Organisation of Time and Equipment

We were not always able to get the necessary equipment on the days we needed to carry out the filming. As cameras were not always accessible, it was vital that we used our time with the equipment sensibly and got as much done as we could.
When filming the Foundation task, we only used two separate shooting locations therefore we were able to complete the filming fairly quickly. However as with our music video, we changed our idea/storyline atleast twice, due to issues with lighting and other various technological difficulties.
When filming our Advanced task, we did not film the scenes in chronological order. We filmed at our different locations when it most appropriate to do so. Also our actors were not always available to film certain scenes.

Selecting Actors Settings and Props

In our Foundation task, we chose to use actors that were in our media class, as they would be readily available when needed. Alfie and myself played two of the parts in the production as we knew exactly how we wanted it to work. Katie played the part of the female, however her part was quite small so we only needed her for one session of filming.
In the Advanced task, as like last time, Alfie and myself starred in the production. This time, Amy played the party of the female character needed. This time, we used more props and a wider range of shooting locations. As some of our group can now drive, we were able to explore more locations that were not accessible for us last year when we did our Foundation task.

Scripting and Storyboarding

For the Foundation task we did not stick to our original storyboard. The reason for this was because when it came to filming, we found we wanted to do things differently to what we recorded on our storyboard. After we had decided a final storyline, then we were able to produce a more accurate plan.
Foe the Advanced task, I did not storyboard to the last minute. We decided to use trial & error when filming, and wanted to experiment with our filming techniques. When making my final storyboard, I used screen dumps from the video itself, and put the images onto a powerpoint.
This shows progression in the way that I used more advanced ways of storyboarding.

Existing Media Practice/Products

When researching thriller openings for our Foundation task, we watched a range of different styles of openings. This research was useful as it gave us some ideas and inspiration for our own opening sequence. eg, lighting, font styles.
When researching music videos for our Advanced task, we watched lots of different types of music video (concept based, narrative based and performance based.) We had to choose a type of video that we wanted to produce. We decided to make our production narrative based as we felt it would be most effective.