Proof of us blogging Camtasia - Lola & Niamh

This is a video of Lola and myself writing a blog post and editing, and updating it.

How We Felt Our Filming Went - Lola & Niamh

Our filming started off really well , everyone was concentrating and focused. With practice we were able to synchronise the actresses steps into the beat of Hollaback girl which is the song we used in or film. We have thought a lot about how we will conduct our framing and out shot types. However half way through filming in Owens field the fire alarm went off which delayed our filming because the whole college had to evacuate the building into Owens field. This made us lose a bit of focus as we were all separated and some of us got distracted by our friends. We did take advantage of people leaving the building because we thought it would be a good opportunity to film them which would fit well with out film. We soon got back on track and filmed at Camden Passage which is a 10 minuet walk form college. Whilst filming in public it is hard to judge what will happen , for example when we was filming our location shots someone got in the camera and was messing about, this meant we has to refill the shot and ensure that no one will ruin it. We are still yet to continue to film as we are waiting on a student to turn up for filming.

Today's lesson - Lola

In today's lesson we are editing our footage what we have so far so that we can see if we are missing any shots which will give us the chance to re shoot and add to our film in Thursdays lesson. When we filmed last week we got the majority done , however we could not film the ending of the film because the boy who we planned to used for the romance scene did not turn up.
Before Thursday's lesson we will have a contract of the boy just as evidence that he will be reliable to use, we have spoken to him and he has agreed to come in on Thursday  to allow us to do the ending of the film in the gift shop. However if he does not turn up again then we will need to find someone which will not be ideal because it is very last minute. We did try to avoid this problem but it is unpredictable whether someone will turn up or not, especially were he is not in our class.
For the editing we have spilt our group of 4 into 2 and Ellie and Natasha are doing the first 45 minuets editing while me and Niamh are blogging then we will swap over to ensure we have all had the chance to develop our skills.

Evidence of us filming. -Lola

Filming. 

Us setting up the camera on the Tripod.

Our Character costumes on set filming.  

Plot change - Ellie

Due to problems with being allowed to film in local opticians we opted to change the plot slightly and chose to film in a local gift shop, which Lola and her mum work in. N1 centre didn't get back to us so we couldn't film there, we chose to film in camden passage instead.
 We changed the plot to Prada's phone getting knocked out her hand and cracking so she has to get it fixed by someone who works in the shop, who she then falls in love with.

These are the numbers of the opticians we contacted:
02072781212 - Insight opticians
02073549277 - Eye level opticians
02072783535 - Angel Eye centre
02073540057 - Vision express
02075201770 - Specsavers
02077040010 - David Clulow

N1 centre:
02073592674

Pitch Feedback - Niamh

Reflecting on the feedback from our class, and teacher, it is a relief to know that most people thought the initial idea of our film was good, and achievable, and we explained each idea relating to the film positively, and that we presented it with lots of detail, however one of the the main issues that came up was that we should project our voices more to seem more confident.

Another thing that we pride ourselves on is the amount of research we done as a group into our genre, and the conventions of the Teen Drama Genre, i.e.. music, outfits, locations, etc....
We could have improved our pitch by collating all of our ideas into one prezzi; which would have made it more organised and less embarrassing, and maybe keep our audience engaged.

One important point that was raised is that we will not allowed to use the original of Gwen Steffani's "Hollaback Girl" due to copyright issues. To solve this we will use a copy of "Hollaback Girl", from soundcloud/other music sharing forums. This might be one of the copies we use; Another point that was raised was that we needed proof of permission to film at the N1 Centre, and the opticians. If the optician will not let us film, we have a back up of a gift shop - courtesy of Lola, and her family. If this does happen we will just have to tweak our storyboard slightly.

We also need proof that we had thought, and planned who the boy will be.

Pitch feedback review - Ellie

On looking back at the feedback from our pitch its clear that most people thought the initial idea of our film was good and we explained each idea relating to the film positively. Most people agreed that our idea of a teen drama is a good one and we will be able to create a title sequence that represents that genre of film. We thoroughly explained how the music, outfits, location etc. are directly linked to the genre and how we will be using each of those factors.
We could have improved our pitch by collating all of our ideas into one prezzi; which would have made it more organised and shown a wider variety of ICT skills. Some people also said we should have had more confidence when we were presenting, this could have had a positive impact on our pitch as we would have portrayed an optimistic attitude to our idea.

Here is a GIF of the feedback we got:
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