Final Task: Shooting

Yesterday we were planning to go out and shoot today in our free time but unfortunately we are not allowed access to our setting location today so we have decided to continue shooting our footage tomorrow after school if it is possible to access our setting location. This does not cause much of a problem as we still have a lot of time before the deadline where all of our footage has to be shot. We have also considered changing some of the shots we had planned which slightly alters the plot. After the girl has been shot committing suicide we have decided to fade to black after this and then have a shot showing a phone and someone dialling 999 and after this the camera fades to black and the sound of ambulance and police sirens can be heard. We are considering this idea as we think it will be more tense and it will create more suspense as we are aiming for the audience to feel shocked and we want them to want to watch the rest of the film based on the opening sequence. When we started to edit the footage we shot last week we wanted it to look like it was dark and it was shot at night even though we shot it in the middle of the day. We thought we could edit it to make it look like it was dark but when we tried it didnt look right. As we are going after school to shoot next time it will be easier to shoot when it gets dark and it will look better than when the shot was edited to make it appear dark as that did not look very realistic. It is good that we realised early in the shooting process as we have enough time to correct it as we want our movie to look realistic to the audience. We are also unsure about the props we used when we shot the footage last week as we tried to use tablets but we realised when we played the shot back that you could see the brand name on the front of the packet and we dont think this looks very good so we are going to re shoot this part as well with different props. We are pleased with the part that we shot of the girl fainting after shes taken loads of the tablets. We are going to make this shot blurry as we are shooting it from her point of view. This conveys to the audience that she is out of it and is becoming unconcious. Then after this shot it fades to represent that she has gone.