Final Film - Plan

My Plan

As director, I have made a plan which consists off who doing what in my group, the location, the actor, what scene we are doing, sounds and most importantly the shot types that I want when we shoot the film very soon. It is very important to make a plan to have and to give it to my group on the day because we all know then what my plan is and what exactly I want and hopefully it will be quickly made as I have already listed the shot types I want in order so hopefully if we all follow the plan, it would turn out great for us all.

Final Film Ideas

Ideas

As for our final film and I'm director, I am aloud to do whatever short film I would like. My first original idea was to create my own TV advert  but due to short timing, other assignments to do etc, I thought it would be easier just to recreate a TV or a film scene. This reason why I have gone to this plan is because we can just watch back the scene back and copy their camera shots, look for a similar location etc.

I have chosen to recreate the opening scene of the TV Programme 'Hinterland'. My lecture as shown the class the opening scene and I have never seen the programme but the reason why I have chosen to recreate this is because it looks pretty straight forward as the opening scene is just a shot of the police man basically running for 30 seconds back to his caravan and then cuts to when he is inside drinking his water and his phone starts to ring and the only word he says in the scene is 'Mathias'. My group has agreed with me for recreating this as its pretty straight forward to do and also easy to copy the scene.

Hinterland is a noir crime drama set in Aberystwyth, Wales, where troubled DCI Tom Mathias solves murders while searching for redemption.

Director Research

Director

For our final one minute film, my role for this is being the director. Before I actual start planning what film to make, I went on the internet and done some research properly on the directors role to help me understand more.

 Heres a link where I got all my research from: http://creativeskillset.org/job_roles/758_director

Directors are responsible for creatively translating the film's written script into actual images and sounds on the screen. They are ultimately responsible for a film's artistic and commercial success or failure. Directors may write the film's script or commission it to be written, or they may be hired after an early draft of the script is complete. They must then develop a vision for the finished film and work out how to achieve it. During pre-production, Directors make crucial decisions, such as selecting the right cast, crew and locations for the film. They then direct rehearsals and the performances of the actors once the film is in production. They also manage the technical aspects of filming including the camera, sound, lighting, design and special effects departments. During post production, Directors work closely with Editors through the many technical processes of editing, to reach the final cut or version of the film. At all stages, Directors are responsible for motivating the team to produce the best possible results. Directors must also always be aware of the constraints of the film's budget and schedule and manage the expectations of the film's financiers.

From getting and reading this information, it has given me a better understand of my role and what I have to do and my jobs to carry out which should be interesting and fun. I think I would enjoy being director because I enjoy coming up with new ideas so it should be interesting.

Sound Report - News Report

Sound Report

While we were filming for the news report, I brought with me a sound report so I can write down all of the scenes and takes we had taken and write next to them which ones were the best sounds and takes to use. The report is very useful and handy because it helps and keeps us on track when it comes to editing our films.

I used a template on the internet in order to fill the sound report in properly.

file:///Users/KimMcClarnan/Downloads/Filmsourcing_Sound_Report_v1.1.pdf

Photos filming for News Report

Pictures took during News Report

Here are some pictures that were took during filming for the news report in the studio and on location. Also some stills from some shots we took.

Project 3 - News Report Analysis

News Report

Here a list of who's in my group and the roles within the group for this project.

My group:
Director - Emily Barresi
Lights/Boom Operator - Liam King
Camera Operator - Rhianwen Davies
Production Sound Mixer - Kimberly McClarnan

Actors:
Anchor - Adam Shailer
Reporter - Matthew Davies
Witness - John Rose

Production Sound Mixer -
For my role, I had to collect all the sound equipment from the stores in University and also make sure that I had spare batteries with me just incase and a SD card. I set up all the sound equipment so we were ready to start filming. As Liam's job was the Gaffer, he also helped me by holding the for me. Before we could all start filming, I had to check if the volumes were correct and making sure that when Adam starts to talk, the volume would hit just about -12 which is the correct volume. I had some test runs to double check to see if they are perfect for the actors other wise there would be problems when it comes to editing the audio and trying to lower the volume.

Overall Performance -
For filming this project, it was hard because we couldn't get the lighting right for the green screen and we were there for ages to figure out how to get it right and also that we had until we all came back after easter because we had to film the location again due to time. But apart from all of that, I enjoyed creating news report, we all helped each other, especially when it came to getting the lighting right from the green screen as Liam was struggling a bit but it was really fun to make. When we came back from Easter, straight away we all met up and filmed the location bit for the reporter and witness so we could get it done as soon as possible so we could move on to our final film. I enjoyed my role in sound, I found it very interesting and fun to do and would love to do it again.

Problems? - 
There were loads of problems and issues during this project. One of the actors that our Director Emily had planned had dropped out last minute on us so we asked about and couldn't get anyone to help us for being the anchor so our only option was to ask our lecture Adam if he could be the Anchor which he agreed to do. As I said, there were problems with the lighting for the green screen so that took a lot of time to get right and it took us a lot of time to get an anchor so we wasted a lot of time and that resulted when we finished inside in the studio we were ready to film outside on location but the problem was that it started to rain, the battery on the camera was very low and loads of people were walking past, talking and cars which was all heard when I was on sound so we had to finish there and all agreed to meet up when we come back from our Easter break. When we came back from Easter and started to film for the on location bit again, there was another big problem as we had someone to do the witness part but they also dropped out last minute on us and also Rhianwen who was supposed to be camera operator wasn't in due to illness but luckily enough, one of the boys in my class John was free and agreed to help us to be our witness and also to take over Rhianwen's part of being camera operator.

Helping out with Another Group

My friend Elesha who is in another group, as she was director, she asked me if I could help her with her News Report as she was short on crew members. My job was being the boom operator, helping Matthew who was on sound to get the right audio for their news report. They only needed my help when they were in the studio filming for the anchor scene.