Practical Work
Initial Filmed Sequence


Pre- production

To facilitate the shoot we arranged ourselves into groups of threes and fours. We then as a group discussed the roles of the Director, camera man/woman, assistant director, counting steeps and prop/set arranger. We then decided who was to take on each role for our shoot. Our group diction was:
Director: Jessica
Camera woman/man: Lara
Prop/set arranger: George
Counting steps: Lilly

We then discussed who we were going to chooses to be our actors and arrange for them to attend our shoot.
Before we began shooting we received a sheet (Look at the attachment) with Dialog and shot angels i.e. close-up, Mid-shot, long-long. This was our script for both dialog for the actors and directors to follow and directions for the camera woman/man to follow. When we arrived at the shoot our equipment had already been set up for us so we were able to begin right away after discussing, the plot, actor’s intentions, and which angles we were going to begin filming at.
To have helped us and have kept our selves organised we could have written our plan of the shoot down so we could rehear to it when needed. On our sheet we could have included time frames for each angle in which we filmed so we allowed the same amount and did not have the possible pressure of rushing at the end.


Production

After we discussed the order of our shoot, we begin to rehearse and place the actors in there positions for that scene. As I was the director it was my job to explain to the actors what I wanted from them and what their intentions and objective is in the scene. The script we were given was very simple and more of a bases to build onto. There were many different directions we could have garn with, but after trying a few different scenarios we made a final group decoction to which scenario we were going to film. Our final diction was, for our male actor Jules to be seductive to begin with then tern nasty and treating. On the other hand our female actor Emily started by being involved with her walk until Jules approached the room trying to persuade her into clearly doing something she did not want to do.
From a directors point of view, what I wanted was to fined a situation that our actors were comfortable with an able to portray but with in reason of our objective as a group.
I knew from experience of directing what was required of my role although it was different when it came to filming as I had to strongly consider movement. A lot of the time the actor’s movement was restricted due to the cameras focuses and angle. I as a director had to make it clear to the actors where their bounders were enabling us to capture the perfect shoot. I had to be patient especially as our actor was new to the concept of filming so occasionally he would need to be reminded of his position in the scene so that he would stay with in the cameras view.
Looking at our communication and professionalism as a group, we did rather well. We worked together always sharing each others views and opinions, helping each other to make the product better, more precise, as well as sticking to the brief and the script we were provided with. We were all respectful of each others opinions even if we did not agree, we disused it civilly as group and had a vote to whether or not we all agreed. We were calm and focused except for the occasional distraction or disruption but as a hole we worked well as we knew what we wanted to achieve, got on with each other and enjoyed what we were doing.I genuinely and thoroughly enjoyed shooting and being the director. It was a really lovely and exciting atmosphere to be in but at the same time focused and concentrated. I also learnt the importance of precision, clarity and working together as a group and how you can achieve something if you are focused and determined