Final film

Here is the final draft of our film opening, The Assignment:

George Harvey, Lewis Bulmer, Josh Lawrence and Alastair Morrison

Filming Diary (plus any changes made when filming)

The organisation of our day of shooting has to be good in order for our film opening to be successful. If we are not organised well it could mean that our piece is rushed because we were not prepared and have the possibility of our film opening being poor.  

To get over this issue of being unorganised I have produced a schedule for our group for the day of the shooting so we can keep track of time and we will know if we are lagging behind a bit of if we are rushing and going too fast.

We are going to aim to complete our shoot in two hours and forty five minutes. This seems like a short time but if we know exactly what we are doing and we know what props we are using etc. then all we need to do is get the actors in place and film.

12PM – meet at the destination of our set. This will only include the people in our group (Lewis, Alastair, Josh and George) and not the actors yet. This is because we will need some time to set the set up and put props out etc.

12:45PM- actors meet at the set. They will be informed of what they will be doing in the filming so they have an idea of what they need to be doing, prepare, get changed etc. ready to shoot.

1PM- Start filming.

2PM- we will have a short forty minute lunch break. We are going to do this because we don’t want people feeling hungry or tired. Even though this sounds like a stupid thing, we need to all be feeling 100% in order for it to be successful.

2:45- resume filming and finish.

By Lewis Bulmer 

Throughout the day Lewis Bulmer was taking different snap shots of the day when we were filming and organising the different props. Below shows the outcome... 

 Above is a picture taken when we were filming the kettle shot. Here we had to think about the timing of the kettle, the positioning of it so that we could clearly see it was our main actor flicking it on. We also had to film the kettle then boiling. First of all we tried to add in a a focus shot but it was hard to time with the kettle then coming to a boil. After several attempts we then decided it would be better if we kept the camera in focus and have it as a much faster shot. 

 Above shows a photo taken when we were deciding on where to film the cctv shot. After this photo myself and Alastair decided that it was probably better if we filmed from a different location as it didn't look like much of a CCTV shot. There is another window to the left of the photo and that is where we ended up filming it from. We used the actor to come up and down the drive on the motorbike to see weather the shot looked good enough. 

 Above and below shows a photo of when we were filming all of the different scene where the protagonist gets changed. We decided to keep the camera in the same position as it then looked like the man hadn't moved. We flipped the camera screen around once we were happy with the shot to show the actor what he looked like. 

Above shows a picture of us arranging the different props within the film. we wanted to make sure that it all looked professional and made sure that we got all of the different key signifiers within the piece. So for example there in the shot we have a briefcase, the briefcase had a nice and gun in it. We all used our knowledge of the specific genre to then create the different props. 

Above shows another shot of us checking the different angle for the CCTV shot. This photo shows the clearer part of it when we had to get the motorbike to stay in the same position to make sure that it looked like a real life CCTV shot. This was hard to analyse as I then added the CCTV effects after the filming. 

 By George Harvey 

Filming Schedule (including Actors Schedule)

Consent Forms

If someone has agreed to be interviewed or filmed, it’s important to ensure they know what you are filming and how the footage will be used.

You can get consent verbally, but usually you should also ask your contributors to sign a form, known as a consent form. This will confirm that they know what they are being filmed for and are happy for the footage to be filmed, edited and broadcast.

If you are filming with someone who is under 16 years of age – and occasionally under 18 – you must ensure you have not only their consent, but the consent of their parent or guardian.

If you are planning to film with someone under 16 on a day when they would usually be at school, you probably need to request permission from their school, requesting that they miss some time.

George Harvey

Final Mise Decisions

Final Costume Decisions

For our film to be effective we need to have accurate costumes for characters that relate back to our genre. Our film is an action film therefore need stereotypical action costumes. Our main character will be wearing a black suit as shown below. This black suit has many representations, but we feel it is an accurate choice of costume for a hit man.

To accompany this, our protagonist also wears a set of pyjamas when getting out of bed. This costume will look something like this:

Furthermore, our antagonist needs to be shown wearing a stereotypical 'bad-guy' clothing to show the audience what they are supposed to think of him. Here is what our antagonist character will wear - bike leathers because he was most likely be arriving on a CCTV style camera on a motorcycle: 

Alastair Morrison & Josh Lawrence

Final Props Decisions

To the left of this text shows a briefcase that we placed in the back of a scene. This shows a stereotypical agents briefcase with all of the essentials that he needs for his line of work so for example the spare phone, the gun and the knife. This is an essential convention of a hit-man and adds an extra dimension of detail to our character. It also adds to the verisimilitude of the piece as the audience may see this in the back of a shot in the opening, helping to create believability of the piece, as well as the professionalism.

To the right of this text shows the pin board prop that we used in the shed to make it look more like his office. This particular prop is placed in most action films and is an essential convention of a hit-man or of any action film. This, again, helps to add believability of the film as, although its only in shot for a few seconds, it's an added extra that a viewer might see to help him engage with the film. On the prop, you can see both future and past assignments our protagonist has had to do and their whereabouts.

  

  

George Harvey & Josh Lawrence