LO3 Evaluation + Drama

Evaluation

Our single drama was finally completed! But overall, I think as a group, we could have planned our single drama better, and got someone to help us film.
It was hard going with just three of us.
Me and Gift were concentrating on acting and Shoaib had to do most the filming and directing, which he found hard. Gift also did some filming but he was worse than Shoaib. We had to film some scenes twice, but it still wasn't great. The script looked ok but the tight friendship between Gift and Anthony characters wasn't obvious. The final film wasn't as good as we wanted. There were loads of missed opportunities when we were filming but Shoaib didn't get into it.

We should have planned the storyboard better. Shoaib was our cameraman and he wasn't very skilled or confident. There was alot of pressure on him to do it right. Looking back on it, a proper storyboard would have helped. We should have practiced our photography skills and how to set up the shots and camera but we didn't and it showed in the film. The hand held filming didn't work and we should have used a tripod. The lighting in the changing room looked ok but the shots of Shoaib are too dark.

I really enjoyed the editing but could have used more effects to change the colour and brightness to make it look more professional. Premier Pro was really easy to use, considering I hadn't had much practice on it. I forgot to do the editing screen shots but I must have spent weeks putting the whole thing together. I think the continuity editing worked and some of the match on action editing is good.

If I could do this again, I would get a bigger film crew - someone who was good at photography to film and some much better actors. I would also spend more time writing and improving the script and drawing or photographing a storyboard. Me and Gift have the football skills, which I really enjoyed but I think we should leave the acting to one side.

  

LO3 Non diegetic sounds list and state where on the timeline (music, sound effects)

Non diegetic sounds list and state where on the timeline
(music, sound effects)

We used a RnB track at during the football montage scenes (2+4)  -
Song:Written in Stars 
Artists:Tinie Tempeh

LO3 Edit decision list/ Technical (make note of the areas that need continuity editing: match on action; shot/ reverse shot/ 180 degree filming; cross cuts or cut away etc.)

Edit decision list/ Technical
(make note of the areas that need continuity editing: match on action; shot/ reverse shot/ 180 degree filming; cross cuts or cut away etc.) 


Over the shoulder shooting:
Gift and Anthony's conversation in the corridor (Scene 1)

Match on Action:
Opening door - going from the glass corridor into building (Scene 1)
Playing football (Scene 2)

LO3 Shooting schedule and shot lists (date of day and which shots are you shooting that date)

Shooting schedule and shot lists (date of day and which shots are you shooting that date) 


03/12/12 -Scene 3 - Changing Room

06/12/12 - Scene 2 and 4 - football - Astro Turf

13/12/12 - Scene 1 - Glass bridge conversation - Scene 1

LO3 Production meetings and production log (individuals must show evidence of their contribution to the production)

Production meetings and production log
(individuals must show evidence of their contribution to the production)

Monday 12/11/12

Individual and group ideas: today we shared our ideas - we decided to come up with a new one that combined all of our ideas.

Thursday 15/11/12
Moodboard, Treatment, Synopsis: I made a moodboard on Photoshop, which I learnt from scratch. We all worked on developing the synopsis and treatment.

Monday 19/11/12

Script, Castings, Character and prop list: I wrote my props list, we didn't want to cast anyone else for the actors as we can play football.

Thursday 22/11/12
Locations and agreements:Got them signed. We went and found our locations, took photos.

Monday 26/11/12
Permissions, Budget, Risk assessment: I wrote the risk assessment, Gift was meant to do the budget but didn't finish it.

Thursday 29/11/12
Storyboard and lighting: none of us can draw so we wrote it instead

Monday 03/12/12
Production roles, shooting schedule and shot list: today we decided when and what we would film and we did some filming (Scene 3)

Thursday 06/12/12
Edit decision list and sound tracks: we listened to loads of different music and picked Tinie Tempeh's track - Written in the Stars

December Filming dates and editing
03/12/12 -Scene 3 - Changing Room - Gift and Shoaib (cameraman)
06/12/12 - Scene 2 and 4 - football - Astro Turf - Shoaib (cameraman)
13/12/12 - Scene 1 - Glass bridge conversation - Scene 1 - Shoaib (cameraman)

EDITING - I'm spending every lesson editing and learning the edit programme - Premier Pro

LO3 Evidence: Production roles (define roles and list who worked as: director, actors, camera operator, editor etc.)

Evidence:

Production roles
(define roles and list who worked as: director, actors, camera operator, editor etc.)

Production Roles:
Actors star in the drama and act out the script:
Player 1: Gift Mussa
Player 2: Anthony Mayall
Scout: Shoaib Jussab 

Script writers write the dialogue for the drama: 
Anthony Mayall, Gift Mussa and Shoaib Jussab 

Camera operators set up the shot size and angles and shoot the script:
Shoaib Jussab and Gift Mussa

Directors direct the crew - they organise the whole crew and instruct the actors and cameraman: Shoaib Jussab

Editors put the clips into a structured order to make the scene and action flow in a realistic way: Anthony Mayall, Gift Mussa and Shoaib Jussab

 

LO2 Lighting

We do not have any lighting systems or lights available at school that we can use for our drama. This was a consideration when we scouted for our locations.

This was not a problem because we needed a natural lighting look. All our locations had good lighting and our exterior shots used natural day light. We wanted a high key lighting look to help create our drama's realism.

The lighting in the changing room scene was not very bright.