Diary Post 12/02/2014

Due to mock exams and art coursework taking priority we have not been able to film. We had plan to film last night (Tuesday) but the person who we had planned to help film our opening had double booked her plans so we were unable to. As today is my last day in college before the half term-due to sociology trip on Thursday and inset day on Friday I will not be able to get any editing done by the half term even if we had filmed tonight. Our plan is to film on Saturday and Sunday so we can edit during the half term, despite dropping marks on time management.

Shot list

Marketing Strategy and Distribution

This is a short sequence of how we can display our film and get publicity for it.

Shooting

The film opening sequence will take place in my house as we decided the layout will work particularly well with the camera angles and we can use it to build tension. It will need to take place in a house as that is the setting in which burglaries tend to take place, as apposed to an outdoor area. The main issue with filming at my house is the number of family members I have, as they will create background noise and difficult to get out of the house to film. To overcome this, we will have to film whilst they're working and at school or we may have to bribe them.

It should be fairly easy to control the lighting as we will be inside the house. On our first attempt of filming we found that the lighting was quite dim and the character looked more of a silhouette. We wouldn't be able see what she is doing or picking up so to improve the quality of light we will place a light from all angles to capture every aspect in the shot. We also decided to shoot at about 3 in the afternoon as it will be around dusk which is the exact atmosphere we need to match the genre and plot.

There will be two characters in the title sequence. Laura will play a highly experienced and well known thief who has their own mark which they leave to show it was them. She will be wearing all black, with a cat mask and black boots. I will be playing the innocent and unknowing victim of the burglary. I will be wearing a white top as it shows purity and innocence, contrasting to the villain which shows the clear difference between the two characters. The thief will be moving quickly and smoothly as she is professional in thieving where as the victim will be walking slow and hastily around as they are scared and could be in danger.

Title Planning

Diary Entry 27/01/2014

Last week we started our filming for the opening sequence, however the lighting was too dark as we had thought the light was just right but it turned out to be darker than expected in the playbacks.

These are stills from some of the clips we have from our filming. As you can see, it is quite dark and hard to see the subject. To overcome this, we have decided to reshoot it earlier on in the day so we have more natural light to make it easier to see. I don't think the use of artificial light will be very effective in the film as it doesn't go with the plot. What I mean by this is that there is a burglary taking place and the victim was asleep, so lights around the house probably wouldn't be turned on and it's easy to tell the difference between natural and artificial lighting.