Plans To Finish Our Editing

We sorted out a day to re-film what we need to and it is going to be on Sunday. On Monday, we will go to lunchtime workshop to start our editing and carry on through our afternoon lesson with Marisa.

This Sunday me and my group will have to go back to Shenaya's house and re-film some of the scenes seeing some of the footage was very dark when we went to edit. this means we are going to be a bit behind on editing when we go to that on Monday.

Editing - Day one

This day is proving to be So Long.
We're using to Final Cut Pro to edit our film opening. Because we filmed so much, we got a lot of clips and so are having to sit down and take our time to look over all the clips to see which ones are the right ones.
We got our memory cards which has all the clips and connected it to the computer. We then copied all the videos to our video drive and then put it all up on Final Cut Pro so we can edit it.

While we were editing our clips, we came across a couple of our videos which were very dark. We couldn't see what was happening in the clip. This is a bloody shame because we now have to sort out a day where we have to re-film the scenes that are dark. Because of this, our editing is being delayed. We were told to look back at the clips we filmed after filming but we didn't do it because on the day after filming, we couldn't connect the memory cards to Shenayas' laptop, stopping us from watching what we did. So while editing, we found our mistakes and are having to fix them on a day where we are free. This is quite annoying because we need to finish editing ASAP.

2nd Filming Session

Last week Friday me and the rest of the group
planned to have our second film session which
was our first real, full on filming session. we
decided to all meet up at Stratford station so we
could all go back to Shenaya's house so we
could film the house scenes (bedroom, kitchen,
staircase, hallway, front door and front yard)
for part of our opening.

We spent about two hours filming in Shenaya's 

house and got a descent amount of footage that 

was needed, also making up for the film session 

that we had previously which was cancelled 

because of the bad weather. As most of the filming 

took place in the house the weather did not really 

affect us which meant we were able to a lot more 

filming done. So overall this filming session was 

a success. 

Filming - Day Three

We carried on filming on the first back to college. We had only an hour and a half to do everything we needed to do. Thankfully we had bits of filming from outside the college we could work on. This made it easier for us because we didn't need to start over. We just needed to polish it all off and film the scenes inside the college which we failed to do on our first day of filming. And we Did it!

Yaaaay! We're Done!

The First Day We Filmed

The weather let me and 

my group down on our 

first day of filming our 

teen film opening which 

meant having to pack up

early and cancelling our 

first filming session because 

it was very cold and windy

meaning disruption to the 

filming equipment and 

footage and temperatures 

were too cold for our main 

character and film crew 

to be able to get anything 

done. 

Filming - Day Two

We filmed during the half term and i think it was our best day of filming. Me and Yashima met up with Shenaya at Stratford and then we headed back to Shenayas house where the filming took place. She's the main character and well the only character. 

To be honest, i didn't think that we would do as much filming at her house. I was quite wrong. We were quite proud of how much we did. 

The filming that we did first in college, was done with the weather being good in terms of it being sunny despite it being really cold and we hoped that the second time we filmed, it was going to be sunny again and luckily for us the day was good. 

We did lots of the same take of the film opening from many different angles which we were advised to do so because it would then make it easier for us to edit. We would have all the angles and wouldn't need to film again and again for the bits we missed out or if something was wrong with it. 

That day was indeed very successful. We got everything we intended to do all over and done with. 

Filming - Day One

I thought that the first day of filming was going to be quite productive; well the three of us were very much proven wrong. The first day of filming was harder than we expected. It wasn't that we couldn't do the filming or that we didn't know how to, it was simply the weathers fault. Because our film opening is mostly outside based, it was difficult to try and film because it was just too cold.
It wasn't all bad though. We did manage to do Some filming at least, but gave up after break because we just couldn't hack going back outside. We didn't really think to film the inside bits where the character arrives to college because well, we were just being lazy.
Overall, not a very production day we wanted but nonetheless, we did do some filming.

Editing: Day 1

Now filming's over, it's time to edit!

We're using Final Cut Pro to put together all of our pieces to create our teen film. We took the filming bits from the memory cards, copied it onto our video drive and from there, we imported our filming bits onto Final Cut Pro.

We were advised to watch over our footage before we started editing. And it's a good thing we did because there was a problem with filming some of our bits.

Problem is some of our footage ended up being too dark, sometimes you can't even see a thing.

 So to resolve this problem, we've decided to re-film the stuff that needs refilming on Sunday (before the football!)

Filming Overview: Day 3

So that's it! Last day of filming :D and the beautiful weather held up nicely! (Carlton = me)

We just had to film the final bit of my character finally arriving into school and realising she has detention. We were lucky that on all three days the weather was roughly the same so we could have good continuity shots for our film opening.


So glad I can finally wear whatever clothes I want and stop being ask 'Oh, so can you skate?' all. the. time.

Film Review: The Notebook

So, I was in the mood to watch The Notebook the other day and it was exactly as I'd thought it'd be. Very cute and romantic. Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling play their characters very well.

At first, I couldn't see why people classed a typical rom-com as a 'teen film' but after thinking about it for a while, I can see why:

1. It's all about first loves, and a lot of people experience their first loves in their teenage years
2. In the beginning, McAdams and Gosling play two 17 year olds. Which are clearly part of the teenage years.

Overall, it's a decent film. If you're not into Rachel McAdams (Regina George), Ryan Gosling or romantics, it's not for you.

Framing Tutorial: Review

Micky gave us a framework tutorial the other week to prepare us for our filming. The top three tips were:

3: The Thirds Rule

The Thirds Rule is where you have to imagine the grid (pictured) is on the camera screen, and try to align the main focus of your shot (normally a character) where these four crosses are marked, like this girl.

2. Close-ups
We were advised to give close-ups of people or characters as it gives more variety of shots to use.








1. No head space - ever.
It's important to not leave any head space in the frame as you want to focus on the characters as much as possible, not what's behind or on top of them.

Filming Overview: Day 2

Finished filming for the day!

Much more productive than last time. Filmed the same thing multiple times, from different angles.  We can see why film studio create room sets for filming because it's very difficult to fit a professional tripod into a normal sized room...

Bring on Monday!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy (belated) Valentine's Day! 

A lot of teen films contain romantic features, which is mainly the main storyline. Here's a countdown of the top 5 classic couples in teen films!

5: Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet (Romeo + Juliet, 1996)

The beautiful Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the teenage star-crossed lovers in the 1996's adaptation of the classic Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet. No matter how movie or play is, these two will always be a classic couple (though it lasted for 3 days...).

4. Bella Swan and Edward Cullen (Twilight saga, 2008-2012)

The expressionless Kristen Stewart and 'hot' Robert Pattinson play the two characters who fall in love despite Bella being human and Edward being...not. But they overcome this, get married and have a kid.

3. Noah Calhoun and Allie Hamilton (The Notebook, 2004)

Once a real-life couple Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams play the 1940s couple who didn't agree on anything and didn't have any common, but were crazy about each other and fell in love. Bless.

2. Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson (Grease, 1978)

Cross-dresser John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John play the unlikely couple and original Troy and Gabriella. Rebel Danny and sweetheart Sandy fall in love against the odds (and their friends) and sing a few songs along the way,

1. Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez (High School Musical trilogy, 2006-2008)

Disney actors Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, who also dated in real life, play everyone's favourite couple from the late 00's. Like Danny and Sandy, these two fell in love against the odds and have earned the top spot in the countdown!

Filming Overview:

Filming: Day 1 is done!

It was a lot colder than we expected (and it looked, typical Britain), which caused problems filming as we weren't dressed for the weather. Shenaya wasn't as um...co-ordinated? with the skateboard as she thought, so all in all we decided to call it a day and continue another time!!!!

Filming: Day 1

Costume: ✅
Skateboard: ✅
Me: ❎

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Top 10 teen films!

Pitch over!!

Planning final project: Location photos

                          These are the photos of

 our different locations.

       Shenaya's house.

                       Streets of Islington.

                      College.

 

Planning final project: Costumes and Actors

As a group, we decided that Shenaya will be the main character. Her costume will basically consist of what she wears normally:

• Baggy jacket, hoodie and t-shirt
• Beanie hat
• Skinny jeans
• And Vans

The headteacher (undecided) will wear a shirt and tie, as only their torso will be shown.

Planning final project: Props

'No person is complete without their skateboard' ~ unknown

And this made up quote goes for our character. To keep things and complications to a minimal, we decided to have only one prop: the skateboard.

Planning final project: Animatic

Planning final project: Storyboard

This is our storyboard for our film! It's an extended version of our Travelling and Arriving storyboard.

About our pitch!

About our pitch!

To be honest, i was dreading our pitch i felt like i wasnt organised enough to talk about our film opening. everything was on Prezi, but i didnt get the chance to look at it properly and so was nervous about talking. It went quite well, which i didnt expect. we didnt get negative feedback which is good.

Pitch

Me and my group's pitch today went very well, our pitch was about our original film ideas, how we are going to create the openings and what the initial ideas behind the film is.

Music for our film

We decided to use 'Everything and Anything' by Sinkhole, as we felt like it most resembles Busted or Wheatus- our original options.

Final Ideas/Pitch