production day 1 07/11/16
today we found out our groups, the group that has been put to gather to complete the film opening task are travis, renae and Sophie. we gathered in our group and discussed what we are going to present on the following Friday, we all came up with an idea each and in the end we ended up with two different ideas: magicians (hustlers on the street) and sports (two sporting girls who have a passion for sport.
production day 2 08/11/16
today Sophie was the only one present this day as travis and renae had sporting event to intend for there BTEC course but sophie started planning and then writing the presentation on prezi. prezi is a story board presentation which allows you to use animation to move from slide to slide so that the presentation looks more professional. during the absence of the others Sophie completed two/ three slides for the press presentation.
production day 3 09/11/16
we then put the prize together and we chose a film to go with, we chose to do a sports film and this sports film will be a montage opening with music in the back ground and having a beginning middle and end.
but also in the presentation we include the idea of our other film (magic film) so that people could see both of the ideas but overall we wanted to go with the sports film because it seems a more fun and good film opening and film idea to take place.
production day 4 (the presentation) 11/11/16
our prezi presentation went well as we explained the films well. our feed backs on the sheets and it states that the film idea is a good idea and could make a strong film.
Production Diary 5
14/11/16
Today, we started planning our shots and our script. We also had a discussion with our teacher about what actors we need in our film opening. We are planning to have a two different P.E teachers from our school to be coaches for the two running girls in our film. We are thinking of having a more experienced coach for Renae as she is the 'rich' girl, and we are then thinking of having a less experienced coach for Sophie as she is the less fortunate girl. We have also started to plan the outfits that the girls will wear in the different scenes. In the running scenes Renae will have up to date running clothes and trainers, whereas Sophie will have run down and worn out clothes and trainers. This will show to the audience the difference in the two girls.
Production Diary 6
15/11/16
As we had a large discussion with our teacher about costumes and locations yesterday, we decided to move onto another topic that is key for our production and Renae decided to start the storyboards as a help for our plan of the production. Renae and Sophie went a long and helped each other. Sophie went ahead and worked on the script and how we could relate our script to the storyboard. The script helped Renae with the storyboard because it gave her a guideline to follow when producing the storyboard as it gave her a plot to work with. Along with the storyboard, our film pitch presentation also gave us our ideas to what is going to happen throughout the film opening. Travis was also doing thorough research into the music that we desire to use within our film. He also explored other types of audio that could go over the film opening and he came up with the idea of using an inspirational speech over the top of Sophie and Renae acting / exercising within the film. This will give the audience and idea of what their aspiration is.
Production Diary 7
17/11/16
On this day, we carried on from the following lesson and tried to expand our ideas. Renae and Sophie followed through with the Script and Storyboard coming up with ideas on how to develop our film opening. Travis began to follow up with the emails to the Olympic stadium and carried on making a plan b in case the Olympic stadium wasn't available for us to film in. We got an email later that day explaining that we would be allowed to be film inside the West Ham stadium however the track is no longer there as it used to be the fact that the £G pitch is rolled up and the track from the Olympics was underneath, however that is no longer the case. We also recalled our lap charts with our teachers and decided what tasks between Sophie, Travis and Renae we wanted to do. We all decided on an equal amount of jobs to do so that we could all have a good quality piece of work to finish with as well as the final piece. All this work as a part of our planning will benefit our final production.
Production Diary 8
18/11/16On this day Sophie was on her own and began to start on her jobs that all of the group was allocated. We all got separate jobs so that we could have a work load that we could all finish at the same time. Sophie continued to up date the production diary's and completed the blog post on the audience type. Travis and Renae decided to catch up with todays work over the weekend to ensure that all the work will be completed in time for us to start filming.
production diary 9
21/11/16
In comparison to the other days that our group has worked together, we all got on with our allocated jobs to ensure that we would be finished at the same time to start filming. Sophie finished the script, marketing campaign and the audience. Renae finished the storyboards and started with the risk assessments. Travis continued to research music that could be involved within the film and we caught up our teacher with where we were at. For a moment we discussed how we should think of multiple locations of where we should film each shot as we got told we couldn't film the majority of the film at the olympic stadium. We resulted n using our school track, long jump pit, football dome and swimming pool facilities. We also decided that this Thursday we should run through a practice of filming for our swimming scene of Renae training. We also thought that we should film the training montage soon as this is supposed to look like the best quality and professional sequence of the film opening.
production diary 10
22/11/16
on this day Sophie was off ill, but she done some work on blogger at home. Travis finished off his preparations for filming and he also looked at the music and titles for the editing side but as our story board was not uploaded we could not go out and film. Renae was finishing off the story boards, when finished Renae filmed the final product of the story board and the next day we have to finish off eating that so it goes up onto our blogs.
Production Diary 11
23/11/16
Production Diary 12
24/11/16
Production Diary 13
25/11/16
Production Diary 14
28/11/16
On this day we decided to film all the mini clip shots of Sophie running from her house to meet her coach over the park. We filmed in an alley way that had an autumnal look for the film with mud and leaves to represent that Sophie doesn't have the money for nice facilities. We also got a variety of different shots such as low and high to give the audience a different range for when they watch the film opening. We also got a few long shots of Renae running on the track as a few test shots or if they was good we intend to use them in the opening.
Production Diary 15
29/11/16
Today we decided to film the shots that will be switching between the olympic runners and Sophie and Renae. This will be too show the audience the aim of both the characters.
Renae and Sophie both wore similar outfits too show this is what it would be like in the real races. We got a various amount of different angles and shots for the film. We also experimented with a wheelchair to get a smooth tracking shot and we all liked the outcome of how it looked.
Production Diary 16
30/11/16
Our group wasn't all here on this day so we worked with who we had present at various different times and what shots we had left to film as individual actors. Travis and Sophie filmed some shots in the morning with Sophie's 'coach'. In the morning we continued to film various shots of Sophie training in the ice cold to show that she doesn't have a lot of money compared to the other character 'Scarlett'. Further on in the day, Sophie was present again but instead of Travis, Renae was able to film. Sophie and Renae went to Renae's house to film a few house shots such as waking up and putting on shoes which is the start of the film opening.
Production Diary 17
01/12/16
We are coming to the end of our shooting and we have only a few scenes left too film. We have got most of the footage however, we need to get the rest of the short quick shots which we are using throughout and for the montage which is vital bit of the film. We have decided to cut out the bit where Sophie meets some of the rest of her team on the track instead we have decided it to be Sophie and Renae meeting each other for the first time when Sophie is introduced to her new coach also. Rory was acting within this day to be Renaes Coach and the scenes we filmed on this day will be in comparison to yesterdays scenes, too show the difference between the characters. Rory and Renae filmed the scene within the gym of Renae training and we also filmed the calendar shot.
Production Diary 18
02/12/16
It is two days until our first draft deadline so we have had to rush to get all of our footage together. On this day we recorded the scene in the swimming pool for a part of the montage. We also are trying to gather all of our footage together in a sequence ready for the first draft to be looked at. Throughout the editing process and putting all of our footage in sequence we noticed that we haven't got as many shots as we hoped for. The only footage that we have left to film is a few different sports for the montage and the dome scene when the two different characters meet each other.
Production Diary 19
05/12/16
Today is the day that our first draft is due in. Travis edited his own version over the weekend with shot clips of footage to use within our first draft and expand further on from this. We carried on to edit our further draft within in school and Sophie edited the version on the mac in school. We managed to edit more of the footage from the swimming pool scene and I inserted the footage from the go pro as well. From finishing the editing of this scene we moved on to edit the long jump scene of Sophie.
Production Diary 20
06/12/16
The day after our first draft was submitted we had to take part in a peer assessment task. Everyones first draft was submitted onto the schools youtube and we all had to watch them to give them feedback. After watching other people's productions we came to a result that we needed to improve our film opening a lot more. We had a quick read over peoples feedback and the majority argument was that the film opening doesn't have much of a story to it and many people didn't understand it.
Production Diary 21
07/12/16
On this lesson we had a quick look over the footage within the film opening and we needed more of Sophie too show the difference between the two characters. We went back to Sophie's house and filmed the exact same shots of the footage of Renae that is presented at the beginning of the film opening. We filmed Sophie putting on her shoes, going down the stairs and walking out the door. This will be the split screen between Sophie and Renae which will try and show the difference between the two characters.
Production Diary 22
08/12/16
Sophie wasn't in on this day so Travis and Renae worked with what Sophie had edited on the mac. They looked over the footage that Sophie had already edited and looked over the fast girls opening. We was told that it was urgent to insert titles on the film opening because it was a key feature with getting better grades. Travis and Renae wrote down all the different titles that were present at the beginning of the fast girls opening. There is a total of 27 titles that need to be inserted within the film opening.
Production Diary 23
09/12/16
Sophie was back in school on this day and everyone as a group looked over the film opening as it is. We continued to develop the stage of inserting different titles within the film opening. We also realised that we need to insert a production logo from one person of the group and we also needed to add a video of a production logo from a large company so we resulted to use Warner Brothers. Within the editing, Sophie also improved the film and added a split screen between the two actors to try and show the contrast between the two.
Production Diary 24
12/12/16
It is the final week approaching our last time to tweak edit our film opening and we are nearly finished but it is coming to an end. We have finished all of the editing and arranging of the clips. Renae started on the website for the film which is the side of the marketing campaign for the film, along with this travis also created a bus poster which would go on the side of a bus which would also be a part of the promoting scheme. The last part of promotion that we all need to finalise is the film poster. Sophie carried on with the editing whilst Travis and Renae continued with their separate tasks and she carried on with the titles.
Production Diary 25
13/12/16
Today Sophie and Renae wasn't in the lesson as they was helping two girls in the year above with their coursework for their music video. Travis looked over the edit and tweaked a few aspects that he wasn't happy with and also looked over the website that Renae had created for the film opening.
Production Diary 26
14/12/16
None of us had a lesson today but Sophie and Renae took their time to go to their Media class too look over the edit after Travis had a look over it yesterday. They both wanted too see the work that Travis had successfully progressed with and too see if they could add anything else too it. Renae added a gun shot sound at the end of the film as we need to get going as our deadline is in two days. Also Sophie looked over the opening after this and inserted the rest of the titles that needed typing up. In addition too this she added a few transition effects too make the shots flow together smoothly.
Production Diary 27
15/12/16
It is the day before our final deadline day and there is still quite an amount of work left too complete. Our teacher looked over our edit so far and gave us quite a bit of feedback too work on. Also we had too change our institution as it wasn't realistic enough and couldn't be justified; we changed it from Warner Brothers too Film 4. All of us also tried to catch up with our blog work and looked over our lap chart too see who had each of their jobs left too complete.
Production Diary 28
16/12/16
It is approaching the last day of editing our final edit and our whole group have things to complete. Travis sorted out the titles on this day within the edit to make sure they look more professional than before. Renae tried to finish off the website to ensure that our marketing campaign is complete. Sophie carried on with the blog to keep the blogs up to date. For example she added teacher's feedback to the blog and is finishing off all of the production diaries.
Production Diary 29
19/12/16
Today is the final day of editing and is the last day that we can finish off the film opening. The film opening is almost finished and the titles have been sorted out. On this day we have been sorting out the music, all the titles and all the small effects that make it all piece together. We have exported our video and is to be put on our blogs soon.
Marketing campaign is a key moment in order for our film to get enough views. We wish to have a wide variety of types of campaign that will intrigue our primary audience as well as our secondary audience. These types of campaigns will be more aimed towards the secondary audience as the main audience will be intrigued as soon as they see one type of the marketing campaign. The main type of marketing campaign that we are looking into getting the most viewers from is social media. With social media being statistically proven that it gains most of their viewers, many companies like to pursue with this type of idea to campaign for their film. Through our social media we wish to campaign more types through social media, such as poster campaigns and links to radio adds. Social media types that we are looking into producing for our film is T|witter, Facebook and Instagram. This is enough social media platforms that allows our type of audience to share our information and to promote the film to their friends and family. Further down the line with the making of the film, we have thought about developing a Snapchat account to show fans of the film the progress of our film making.
