Editing

Session 1
the first session didn't go very well not all members of the group participated
people within the group didn't feel like it was necessary for everyone to be there during editing as the felt that too many opinions wouldn't work however I was completely opposed, I felt that it was important for everyones voice to be heard...
we started by viewing all of the footage and sorting through what could and couldn't be used we the arranged the clips into folders depending on the scene they belong to. this was an affective method and made it easy to find what we needed .

Session 2
we then met again on Saturday 28th to continue the edit, after discussing the everyones point of view we came to the decision that all members of the group should be there so everyone eventually attended this session

After this session Abigail decided that it may be useful if she created a different sequence of the film and took the footage away to work on it in London. This was difficult for the group in terms of practicality as some of us had put a lot of work into the editing sequence already. We struggled even more at this point with communication and ensuring that everyone had an equal say. 

the first draft she sent over to us to view was completely different from what we had originally started and therefore from what we had planned. The version deviated away from the themes and the script so much that we asked her to change it so that it follows the structure.

eventually we all agreed on another draft and gave her some constructive criticism/ feedback over the phone or just through text however sometimes it was difficult to express our ideas in this way it would have been a lot easier if we were all there.

An improvement for next time would be that we all stay in one place and that we are all present at every editing session to avoid any confusion or the undermining of anyone's ideas. 

Risk assessment

I conducted the risk assessments for each of the 5 locations, here is a screen shot of a few pages for one location.

In terms of health and safety on the day, there were not real hazards except for when we were filming the last scene we originally had a play to create the smoke by lighting some paper and putting it into a glass bottle to create the smoke. in theory this worked however in practice it didn't create enough smoke for it to be visible. We therefore had to improvise by just burning the end some paper. We ensured that there was some water close by and that the back windows we open for ventilation.

Filming

The day went relatively well however we did have a few problems with organisation as the member of our team who was responsible for the storyboard didn’t arrive until we were in the middle of filming the bedroom scene. This was a huge inconvenience as it forced us to have to improvise and try and work the continuity and sequencing out on the spot. We also needed to have taken the camera out again between our filming day and the last workshop, we had forgotten some of the settings and wasted a lot of time working that out.

Because of the availability of our main actress we only had one day to film and record the voice over. We decided to begin the day with the voice over however due to circumstances that were out of our control, we were unable to record the voice over. After this tedious two-hour session, we decided to abandon the voice over for the moment and begin our filming. We later arranged for the voice over to be recorded in an independent studio in London.

We began with the library scene as there was still a bit of time before we were scheduled to be at Elliot for the busy peak time. The library scene went very well we had already previously decided on the exact location we wanted we just had to be very considerate of the other students studying around us and we needed to ensure that we kept an eye on the time as we had to pack up our equipment and get it to Elliot in time.

Following this was the scene in Elliot where we needed people to be walking past so that in post-production we could speed it up to further illustrate isolation and the loneliness of the character.

Once we had everything that we needed we moved onto the bedroom scene so that the last scene of her in the car park looked like it was in the evening. In these scenes the continuity was absolutely key we had to ensure that when it was time to put theses bits together in post-production that it would flow.

The last scene in the car park should have been straightforward however we faced a few unanticipated challenges although they were nothing we couldn’t overcome. We did have a bystander come over and express her concern for what we were filming and the location as coincidently we were filming at a time when there were quite a few children around. We then decided that we could have to film this section as quickly and efficiently as we possibly could. We were faced with another obstacle in terms of our original plan for the smoke to come through the hosepipe this didn’t work so we ended up lighting some paper and holding it inside of the car to create the smoke. We were award that this could potentially be a health and safety hazard however we did ensure that we had some water  close by to put the paper out.

Final Pre-Production Meeting

Unfortunately only three members of our group attended the last meeting before we were scheduled to film only allowing two days for them to get up to speed with the things that needed to be completed and to finalise the arrangements for the day.

The last part of the logistics we planned by myself, Jamie and Talya. we decided to go back over the script and all my our other notes to ensure that everything would run smoothly on the Friday (filming day).

• Jamie has to confirm that his parents would argue for the voice over
• We need to get confirmations back from all of the talent  (the extras) and to enuse that they knew what costumes to wear 
• Talya said she would be responsible for the props - hose pipe 
• Blank white paper to set the white balance 
• I needed to remind all members of the group that we had agreed to cover the cost of the main actress' petrol
• After reviewing the scrip we decided that for it to flow better we needed to ass a scene which I took care of 
• we needed to create a guide shot list

Production scedule

I decided to create a production schedule to help us with our time management and organisation hopefully well be able to stick to it and get into to a place where we can communicate efficiently about any changes or suggestions anyone may have. 

Call sheet

This is our call Sheet I produced for the filming day, we tried to flow this as best as we could however somethings were out of our control on the actual day however it was useful to have a basic guide.

Casting

Abigail and I were in charge of the casting and we have decided on an actress to play the main character. Her name is Lauren Cato, she is 22 years of age. She recently graduated from the university of West London with a BA in Acting for Stage and media. She is an avid actress and also mu cousin; we thought that she would be great for the part.

Once we had decided we showed a copy of her show reel to the rest of the group, on one had any objects so we went ahead and checked her availability and decided on a date to film.

Here is a copy of her show reel