On the spot weather problem solution

 

Giving the camera a fashion makeover allowed us to take it outside without its feet getting wet.

Keeping the proposed 12A Rating

Concerning the BBFC's Age Guidelines I think that our film would sufficient follow the following guidelines:

Discrimination- Discriminatory language or behaviour must not be endorsed by the work as a whole. Aggressive discriminatory language or behaviour is unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly condemned. Next to no language of this sort is actually present in our piece, it is essentially rather clean. No violent behaviour.

Drugs- Any misuse of drugs must be infrequent and should not be glamorised or give instructional detail. No theme of drugs is actually present in the film.
 
Horror- Moderate physical and psychological threat may be permitted, provided disturbing sequences are not frequent or sustained.  The scene with the dead body isn't sustained much. Only lasts for an incredibly short while, Pictures found in the credits are mildly disturbing but are balanced out with visual breaks of items such as newspapers
 
Imitable behaviour- Dangerous behaviour (for example, hanging, suicide and self-harming) should not dwell on detail which could be copied, or appear pain or harm free. No such visible behaviour

Easily accessible weapons should not be glamorised. No proposed weapon to avoid such a claim

Language- Moderate language is allowed. The use of strong language (for example, ‘fuck’) must be infrequent. Barely recognised use of the word 'Damn' but that barely scratches the limit

Theme- Mature themes are acceptable, but their treatment must be suitable for young teenagers. Themes are kept reasonable and do not exceed this limit.

Violence- Moderate violence is allowed but should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and must have a strong contextual justification. Violence is something that is lacking in this piece, this shouldn't be an issue

Set Breakdown From Sundays Film Shoot

G:MVI 0202 from David Smith on Vimeo.

Narration

The last portion of our scene involves a portion of Narration, I will be recording that later on with my Blue Snowball Microphone and Audacity, I will then transfer the files to a USB Stick and then we will be able to add it to the proposed scene of time lapse.

Edit Starts Today

Today we are going to start the edit for the footage we have recorded, the order we are going to do this in will be:

1) Assemble the First Scene
2)Add in the Ambient noise
3) Record the Narration for the end of the First Scene
3)Create the Credits and attach them to the Assembled scene
4) Add the Music for the credits
5) Check continuity

Lights, Camera, Action

We have finished our first full shoot and we now have the footage we need, what follows from now on will predominantly be editing and the production of the opening credits.

In terms of how the shoot went we did have a large degree of success but that in turn was not without a fair amount of error.

On multiple occasions the key issue was with the dialogue, certain lines kept getting confused, most notably was that of the line "One of the things you learn from this job is the wonders of perception." to which I confused with the line "Well, Perception is a Wonderment" or something along those lines"

On a couple of Occasions we were also plagued by how much we could move around the scene, yet we solved this problem by moving furniture before filming, keeping in mind the continuity.

 

In terms of props we managed to successfully make the most of what we got and I am fairly pleased with the results. I will post a video explaining what we did for the scene later after it has been processed on Vimeo.com and is ready to be embedded.

The Shots that we took for the timelapse are in my opinion rather interesting, to better illustrate this I placed a couple of candles in the room, As time goes on in the lapse, some of the candles go out, we have also removed items from each one to emphasise the investigation

Amy has also taken a couple of crime scene photos to use in the credits. I will be taking some additional ones to lengthen the credits if need be.

Overall I think that the shoot was something of a success and we have plenty of footage to work with.

All Props Arrived

All of the props have arrived for the shoot as hoped these include:

-Blood Capsules
-Crime Scene Tape
-Standard Police tape
- Overalls
- Face Masks
- Foot Covers
- Gloves
- Additional Camera Stand (Steady Cam)
- Fixed Lighting Attachment for the Camera Stand