Production Meeting

Production Meeting: 30/01/14

People Present:

Ben Harrison
Reece Georgiades
Charlie Hall

We have discussed what we are going to do up until the 14th of Feb.

Special Effects:

As we didn't have any effects in our rough cuts, we have decided to add them in the forthcoming lessons. we will continue to watch some tutorials in our own time so we have an idea of how to bring our ideas to life. We will then get to work in after effects to try and get some good results.

Re-Shooting shots:

Some shots have good composition, but some are not so good. Some have bins in!! We will need to sort this out by re-shooting the shots.We ill look through our rough cuts and select the bad shots to re-shoot. We will do this after a few days of attempting our special effects.

P! Production Meeting

Date: 30/1/14

People Present:

Ben Harrison
Charlie Hall
Reece Georgiades

We have discussed what we are going to do up until 14/2/14

What has been talked about / decided?

Special Effects:

As we didn't habe any effects in our rough cuts, we have decided to ad them in later shots. We are continuing to watch more after effects tutorials in our own time so that we have a rough idea of how to do our chosen effects (Fire in Charlies hands in two different shots to count as two effects, and the shot where my eyes turn red.)

We will then do a few test shots to get an idea of how to do the final effects.


Re-shooting shots

Some shots have good composition, but others will need to be reshot, as the compositions are not satisfactory. We will look through our rough cuts and select the bad shots to reshoot. This will be done after we have got a handle of our effects.

Screenshot of Metadata

Rough cut

14/1/14 timeline

What I Have Done

Today, we filmed the establishing shots of the college for the film; this included going round the college and taking shots of buildings, corridors and courtyards.

Most of the rest of the day consisted of watching videos of VFX tutorials in After Effects; this effect will be used in the film, with an extra showing their friend their lightning powers.
This is a link to a video I watched about creating lightning in After Effects:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNXECHjLwjw


















I also watched a tutorial about changing eye colour in after effects; this will be used at the end of the film in the last shot when the camera zooms into dukes face, and shows his eyes changing colour.
Here is the link to that video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx9ZYlqfItY

Character Costume Design with Actors

Duke

Duke will be played by myself. Duke wears a black
hoodie, underneath a grey jacket and a navy body warmer.
Duke also wears black skinny jeans and black converse

trainers.

Dan

Dan will be played by Charlie Hall. Dan wears a
black jacket, blue jeans and dark blue trainers.

Katie

Katie will be played by Dayna Crawford; Katie
wears a white top with black stripes and a black
belt with a cream cardigan. She also wears black
leggings and black shoes

Health and Safety

In our first lesson today, we were given a talk by the health and safety administrator of Long Road Sixth Form College; he basically gave us a list of rules to follow when going out to film this project. these rules included:

 - Not climbing on things

 - Taking caution when filming in corridors, stairs and slippery ground

 - Use the 'Filming in Progress' signs when filming

 - Wear the High-Vis jackets

 - Being caution of people with restricted sight and/or hearing

Health and Safety

Problems that may occur during the project

Inconveniences

Problems with weather - take umbrellas if it is raining, or check the forecast and film on dry days

Problems with casting - be organised in casting accurate actors, and have understudies as back up.

Running overtime with filming - stick to the film schedule



Minor Problems

Being able to do all of the VFX may be difficult - Watch tutorials and practise

Group member not turning up - have good communication with group members so we know if they are not coming in

Actors not being in college on film day - Have understudies, notify actors beforehand

Bad Composition - Take time with the shots

Group may not be concentrated on the task - be focused, organised, and don't waste time

Sound may not sound good - make sure equipment works well, and thats the environment is suitable

Footage looking bad on camera - make sure the composition is correct, keep camera on tripod to reduce shake

Dialogue may not sound natural in filming - redraft the script if necessary

Post production / editing in time - stick to the schedule / calendar

Not being organised enough - Stick to the schedule / calendar to keep organised with the project


Major Problems

The mac may not save or delete all our work - have the footage backed up on the computer and save frequently

Not getting enough footage - when filming, have the storyboards with you so you don't forget any shots

Casting Sheet (Duke)

Production name: Duke Goes To College

Actor: Ben Harrison

Contact Telephone Number: 07411439149

Contact Email Address: bengsharrison@gmail.com

Date of Birth: 05/07/1997

Age: 16

Parents Contact Number: 01954715110

Parents Email: becky@harrisons.cc

Hair Colour: Brown

Eye Colour: Brown

Height: 6ft

Weight: 10st 5oz

Previous Acting Experience: 2008, Year 6 School Production of Bugsy Malone
Character Played: Bugsy Malone

Special Skills: non specified

Wardrobe Requirements: Duke will wear a white shirt

Casting Choices (Main Characters)

Duke

Actor: Ben Harrison

Duke is tall, good looking, friendly looking, with brown hair and brown eyes, and he wears black hoodies.

Dan

Actor: Charlie Hall

Dan is smart and casual, always happy, and is welcoming to new people.

Katie

Actor: Dayna Crawford

Katie is an short, desirable, attractive female, with long blonde hair.