Documentary Commission Unit. Pitch.

Yesterday i came into the lesson to pitch my idea for the documentary i didn't have a slide to show any images but i felt confident in my idea to be able to talk about it and i had enough information so that my panel could create their own picture of what i was telling them.

Not having a slide show clearly didn't put off the panel as my idea was choosen to be commissioned meaning i have now to start talking to people getting them to fill in the consent forms and getting them all out of the way and i can concentrate more on my shooting script and also trying to do a picture version of some shots i would like in my interviews and also locations shots.

In the interviews Kathy will explain some of the scans i will be using in the film so in a way she will narrate her own life and her own world that she lives in and that way we have one voice that the audience can follow and it will run a lot smoother than having two voices especially when Kathy has such a strong irish accent. I feel the irish accent will create character for Kathy an give the documentary its own personality that we will be able to let the audience feel the emotions Kathy feels when she is feeling sad i want the audience to go through the same emotion to maybe help them understand Kathy a bit more than just an person on camera talking.

Documentary Unit Helen

Over the last few days me and Lizzie have been searching for people to interview but the same thing kept coming back to us, Sorry its too short notice or Sorry i need to ask head office. Yesterday Lizzie rang the guide dogs centre in Maidstone and we are lucky enough to get an interview today at 2:30 my job will to do the sound while Lizzie will be the interviewer and Sam creamer will be on camera. We also went into shops yesterday music matters and body shop both people who would be in today did not want to appear on camera so refused not to do the interview which means we only have one interview.

Documentary Commission unit Helen.

After trying to communicate with people that own a shop in Maidstone town centre is proving to be very difficult when we ask if they are available for an interview they simply respond saying they haven't enough time to get in touch with head office and to get back with us, this might have been a different story if we had longer than a few days  there would be a possibility we would of been more successful, i feel the next step for us is to ask the general public for their views in a voxpop style were we will have lots of short interviews where we will ask the public to say something positive about Maidstone and what they like about the town, there is a video online doing a simular thing asking questions using voxpops.

Portas Pilot- Maidstone

Direction Unit 2: Editing

Today i will be editing my short film the whole film will be in black and white and with a slight glow once we hit the romance scene in this post you will see lots of different shots of the editing process.

This is my colour correction shot where i have turned all my shots into black and white by lowering the saturation lowering the black colours but making the white colours higher.

This is the outcome of colour correction once i have done the process above.

Another shot from my film where Alex meets Cameron and the sparks start to fly.

During my editing it was brought to my attention that i still need to bring a tooth into my film which means i will have to re-film certain scenes but the problem i've come up ageanst is my female actress is gone for the weekend and all the camera's are booked out there is going to be a high chance i'm going to have to re-film the whole thing due to actor change.

I've managed to get a camera for the weekend thank you to a friend for helping, i've also put an ad up on castingcallpro.com to see if i can get any actress's or Actors to be in my film at the very last minuet if no one can get back to me in time i'm going to have to get friends to be in this but the female in my film will have to push him for real to get the fall to look real once he has been pushed to the floor his face will hit the floor and thats how his tooth falls out they both scramble looking for this tooth all the while the female will be looking up at the guy she just hurt making sure he is ok.


This link will show some of the most "popular" romance scene's in hollywood and i'm using these to help me create a good romance film for my actors to make it feel more real.

http://youtu.be/-6PRfDENIds


The one thing all these romantic scenes have and I am missing is the kiss and this kiss isn't just a kiss this kiss is everything these two people have been building up to what they have waited for their whole lives. For this to work my two actors will have to become one and be a couple on the rocks walking in the park not looking at each other you will hear the sounds of everyday life around them then as they get to the opening they turn to each other looking angry and that this is the end the girlfriend pushes the guy onto the floor as he hits the floor she runs by his side and realises he has a tooth missing they both scramble around looking for his tooth the girl finds the tooth she gives him the tooth back as he takes her hand they look at each other she helps him up they look closely at each other and kiss in this embrace the world around them slows down and the sounds disappear and its just these two people in their world at this moment in time the break off from there embrace hug each other and start their new life together they leave the park holding hand in hand she leans her head on his shoulder you can hear the birds tweeting and the world is peaceful once again.

Direction Unit End of shoot

Today i filmed my short film it wasn't as bad as i expected and after sorting little problems out like my actors things started to move a bit more smoothly the weather stayed dry the grass was a bit wet and that made it a bit hard for my actors not to slip, Hopefully i have all my shots I did film everything and even added a few lower angle than i would normally of done.

For this short film i wanted to have a nice look to it and use the natural light as much as i could that did mean opening the aptuer up a bit more in some places than others but i am confident in my cameraman's judgement  that it looks its best.

Here are some pictures from my shoot today.

Direction Unit Shoot.

Today i am off to film my 3 minuet short film. After being told at 10pm last night my male actor wont be making it I spent most of the night finding anew actor but on such short notice that was harder than i thought it would but then i received a message from a friend who was willing to step into the lime light so I'm able to keep my story the same and not change as much as i thought i was going to have to.

I have bought a water proof cover the camera just in case it rains and i have things to keep my cast dry and warm.

I am a little scared about doing this direction unit just cause i've had so much go wrong so soon in the production, i think i need to make more short films in my spare time and re-build my confidence.

Lizzie Glaisters Shoot.

Today I got a phone call from Lizzie asking if i would be the female role in her short film due to the original actress not being able to make it.

Being in front of the camera was strange for me it was even more hard work since the male actor was a professional but he was very nice about it and made me feel at ease he joked and was easy to talk to as well all these factors became very helpful.

Watching Lizzie today direct made me feel more at ease about doing it and less panic about it all she did it with such confidence and power that the Actor she brought in performed really well, i feel Lizzie short film will look amazing.