GROUP PROJECT - FILMING

Well to get to the production stage has been quite difficult, especially as one group member has just disappeared and decided not to make any contact with the rest of the group, although the rest of the group has tried and tried to make contact with me him via telephone which just goes to an answer phone (which tells you not too leave a message). We have also tried contacting him through e-mail, which was a little successful to begin with, but not so much now!
But to be honest I thought that this might sort of happen, because I have worked with this group member previously on another project, and then I found it quite difficult to make arrangements to get things done.
Throughout this whole project it’s Aleicia and me who have done all of the work, we did ask him to do some storyboards ready for the pitch, but again he failed to turn up on time, a little concerned we rang him, to find out where he was and the reply both of us got was he woke up late. When he finally arrived, he did have some storyboards with him, but to be honest I believe he just rushed them whilst he was on the bus! As they were very rough on a lined notepad, it looked very unprofessional. At this point I felt very annoyed and frustrated because I felt he didn’t want too contribute and wanted Aleicia and I to do all the work.
Aleicia and I decided it wasn’t fair and decided to continue the project without him. Together we made some adjustments to our script and treatment, trying to make the story slightly clearer and a little less complicated.

Below is a flow diagram of the process we took from the pre-production stage to the production stage.




Holland, P. (1997) the television handbook. London: Routledge P. 40

At the beginning of the pre-production stage we advertised for actors and actresses to act in our short production. Within a couple of days two people had responded to the advertisements and were both willing to contribute. But unfortunately when it came to the filming days one of them decided not too show up. This didn’t cause too much of a problem because one of my friends who has previous acting experience was willing to participate to help us out, it just put I slightly behind schedule.

The other actress ‘Nikki’ has loads of acting experience as she has worked on T.V programmes such as ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Casualty’.

In the studio

When filming in the studio, the hardest thing I found was trying to get the lighting right. We did have a few problems with some of the shots, and because some of the studio lights were not working it did make it slightly harder but I think we both overcome this problem.
Unfortunately when we were filming some of the final studio shots of one of the characters taped to the chair. The fire alarm went off, so we had to undo all of the tape.

Filming day 2

The second filming day we were filming the running scenes and the flashback scenes. When we went to collect the camera though from the technician someone had taken the camera we had booked out to use, but luckily one of the Canons were available for the morning.

The morning of each filming day I went to the supermarket to get the props needed. These included:

- Knife
- Birthday Cake
- Birthday Candles
- Cuddly Toy
- Birthday Card
- Gift bag
- Tape
- Diary

When we were filming in the studio, my role was mainly sound and lighting, although I did film some of the final shots.
The second day of filming Aleicha filmed the flashback scenes, and I filmed the running scenes.

Below is the process we took from Production – Post Production:




Holland, P. (1997) the television handbook. London: Routledge P. 41


Personally so far, I think Aleicia and I have worked well as a team. We have both made contributions to the project and communicated well with each other.