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Sixth stage of filming:

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ON THIS DAY MYSELF, NANA, JACK AND BEN MET UP AT THE HOUSE OF ONE OF OUR FRIENDS. WE MADE SURE IN ADVANCE THAT ALL OF OUR ACTORS WOULD BE FREE HOWEVER WHEN IT CAME TO THE DAY OF FILMING THERE WAS AN UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCE WHICH AROSE MEANING WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE ON WITHOUT ONE OF OUR KEY CHARACTERS. WE DIDNT LET THIS ALTER OUR ATTEMPTS IN ANY WAY, AND FILMED AS MUCH AS WE COULD DESPIRE OUR MISSING ACTOR. WE WERE INCREDIBLY LUCKY AS IN THE END IT WAS NOT EVEN NOTICEABLE THAT WE WERE MISSING A CHARACTER THROUGH THE SHOTS THAT WE ADDED AND THE ORDER IN WHICH WE INTENDED TO PLACE THEM INTO OUR TRAILER. WE FIRST FILMED SOME SCENES INSIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THEN WE ALL MADE OUR WAY DOWN TO A LOCAL ALLEY WAY WHEN IT HAD GOTTEN A LITTLE DARKER.

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Sixth stage of filming:

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FOR THIS SHOT WE SAT THE CAMERA ON A TRIPOD AND USED A LONG SHOT SO AS NOT TO SHOW ONLY THE POLICE OFFICER BUT THE LOCATION THAT HE WAS IN ALSO. FOR USE IN OUR TRAILER THIS SHOT WOULD BE SHORTENED AND WOULD NOT SHOW HIS WHOLE JOURNEY AROUND THE KITCHEN.

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THIS CLOSE UP ENABLES THE AUDIENCE TO CLEARLY SEE WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON THE NOTE, IT WOULD MOST PROBABLY BE PLACED AFTER A MID SHOT OF THE NOTE BEING FOUND ON THE COUNTER TO ESTABLISH HOW AND WHY THE ACTOR IS NOW HOLDING THIS NOTE.

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THIS OVER THE SHOULDER SHOT SHOWS TO THE AUDIENCE WHAT IT IS THAT THE POLICE OFFICER IS LOOKING AT, AND ENABLES THEM TO SEE THE DOCUMENT THAT ACTS AS A POSSIBLE WATERSHED MOMENT IN OUR TRAILER WHEN HE FINALLY FINDS THE CLUE THAT HE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR IN ORDER TO TRACK DOWN TREVOR KING.

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THIS SHOT FOLLOWS OUR ACTOR HAS HE WALKS ALONG AND TO FILM THIS WE POSITIONED THE CAMERA ON A STABILISER TO MAKE IT LOOK MORE PROFESSIONAL. WE WOULD EDIT OUT THE SOUND AS WE ARE AWARE THAT SOMEONE SPOKE WHILEST THE SHOT WAS BEING FILMED, BUT THERE IS NO IMPORTANT DIALOGUE IN THIS SHOT THAT NEEDS TO BE KEPT FOR OUR TRAILER. THE DARKNESS OF THE SETTING AND THE FACT THAT HIS FACE CANNOT BE SEEN ADDS A SENSE OF MYSTERY, BUT WE WOULD KNOW FROM JUST THIS SHOT OF HIS SHOULDER AND HIS HAIR THAT IT IS THE CHARACTER WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE TAKING PART IN VIOLENT ACTS.

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AFTER FILMING THIS SHOT WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE TO ACTUALLY SHOW THE CHARACTER IN THE FRONT OF THE SHOT TO DEMONSTRATE WHO HE WAS CHASING JUST IN CASE IT WASNT COMPLETELY CLEAR. WE THEN RE-FILMED THIS SHOT WITH BOTH CHARACTERS VISIBLE.

THAT SHOT CAN BE SEEN IN THE NEXT SLIDE:

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Sixth stage of filming:

THIS STAGE WAS TAKEN FROM A LOW ANGLE AND WAS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT THE EYELINE VIEW OF A CHARACTER ON THE FLOOR WITH THE POLICE MANS GUN POINTING DIRECTLY AT HIM. WE DECIDED UPON THIS SHOT AS A HIGH CONTENDER FOR OUR ENDING SHOT, BUT CONSIDERED POSSIBLY SLOWING IT DOWN A LITTLE. WE TOO THEN CONSIDERED ADDING THE SOUND EFFECT OF A GUN AS WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD WORK WELL, AND WE COULD MAKE OUR TRAILER CUT TO A BLACKOUT UPON THE SHOUND OF THE SHOT.

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Editing:

AFTER COLLECTING ALL OF THE SHOTS THAT WE NEEDED FOR A TRAILER I UPLOADED THEM ONTO OUR GROUPS DROPBOX ACCOUNT AND WE DISCUSSED AS A GROUP WHICH SHOTS WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT USE. I THEN IMPORTED THE ONES THAT WE FELT WERE SUITABLE INTO IMOVIE AND EDITTED THEM INTO A SEQUENCE THAT I THOUGHT BEST DESRCIBED WHAT OUR FILM WAS ABOUT. NANA TOOK UPON HIMSELF THE TASK OF DESIGNING, CREATING AND ANIMATING THE FILM LOGO, THE PRODUCTION COMPANY LOGO AND THE TITLE CREDITS TO BE DISPLAYED IN OUR TRAILER. I THEN E-MAILED A COPY OF THE TRAILER TO JACK WITHOUT ANY SOUND AND HE EDITED THE SOUNDTRACK TO FIT IT.

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