Today (Thursday 24th November) was our First day of filming which we filmed the 'outdoor' scene in Ashridge. For this scene the characters consisted of the only main character, Snow White who was played by Annie Lock - a student from school.
People present:
- Annie Lock as Snow White
- Ellie Weeks - School friend
- Nicola Ho
- Chloe King
- Me.
What scenes did we film?
- 1
- 2
- 3
Where did we film?
- The Nicky Line. Unfortunately, we had to change the location last minute because we had no transport to get to Ashridge, so in result we felt it was safer to film in a location we all knew and was close to home. In addition, Nicola went to the location to see if any of the health and safety rules applied.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Nicola, Chloe and I created Snow Whites make up and fake blood using dark red paint.
- Ellie Weeks designed Snow Whites Hair.
- We each set up the scenery and had taken turns in filming.
- We followed the health and safety rules listed in the post from week 6.
Equipment used and individual brought them to the scene:
- Video camera - Me
- Tri-pod - Me
- camera to take photos for evidence - Nicola
- 16 apples - Me and Nicola walked to the shops in a free period and bought 2 packs of 8 apples
- hazard sign - Nicola
- Refreshments - Me, Nicola and Chloe
- Emergency phone numbers - Me, Nicola and Chloe
- story board - Nicola
- Make up - Chloe
- Fake blood - Me, Nicola and Chloe
- Costume - Me and Nicola
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: In the story board consists of a knife at the end of the opening. Nicola was supposed to get this, however, as a group we had a discussion and decided that walking around with this weapon during the day was an extreme health hazard. Therefore, as a group we have decided that in the opening a knife will no longer be used.
Filming:
At lunch, Nicola, Chloe and I began to prepare for filming, making sure Annie's costume, hair and making were ready, camera was fully charged (which it was) and we had all equipment needed ready to take down to the location. When Annie was ready, we walked to the location which was 'the Nicky Line' which is directly behind the school. Our aim was to film in the afternoon as we didn't want it to be too dark as we were using natural lighting, therefore, we began filming at 2pm and finished at 4pm.
When filming, we first began to get a LS/WS shot of Snow White running away from the camera, who kept looking behind in panic. We wanted to make sure we had captured all outdoor, running scenes when it was light and not raining, as Snow White was barefoot. This followed on from capturing a MS shot of Snow white running still looking behind, however, the camera was catching the side of her. Then, capturing a CU shot of Snow White's waist when running, followed by a 2 more ECU shots of her running, filming her feet and legs. This lead onto filming the 'hazard sign' shot which was HS and the shot where Snow White is laying on the floor. We decided to film these shots as soon as possible, as the later the day got the temperature decreased, however, the forecast had a overcasts throughout the whole shooting process. Although, we filmed various shots of Snow White running, so when it comes to the editing process, we had a more wide range of shots to choose from. We each had taken turns in filming and as it was filmed during school hours, there were not many students or other individuals around. In result, it wasn't raining or cold which was a huge benefit.
Conclusion:
- Overall, i feel that Annie did do a brilliant job at portraying a frighten Snow White, as she gave us ideas on how she should act which i feel was better then how we originally planned it. In result, we did decided that Annie was going to wear boots, however she happily wanted to film the scenes in barefoot which does help to demostrate distubance.
- Unfortunately, the ground was uneven which made filming a bit difficult, however, we did manage to over come this by practising the scenes many times before filming in different positions.
- We had a lucky day as it was overcast and humid, which allowed us to get on with the filming.
- During the day, as a group i believe that we all felt we could have been more organised. For example, we suddenly had to change location last minute which affected our overall filming, however, i do feel that this was a better location as we were close to home, it was safer and allowed us to use more time filming as it would orgially take us 10 minutes to get to Asridge by car. However the Nicky Line is very similar to Ashridge so it didn't create much difference visually. Also, Nicola and I also had to walk to the shops in a free period to buy 2 packs of apples, and during lunch, Nicola, Chloe and I had to create fake blood using paint as Chloe was unable to make it beforehand. Luckily, we were all focused and ready to film.
- As a group we were all happy Ellie Weeks was there to help give suggestions, look after equipment when we were setting up other scenery or practising filming.
- However, overall i feel that today with the filming process went excellent as we all had similar ideas with filming which Annie followed along with easily and also gave suggestions. We did have some disagreements, however overcome these as soon as possible and continued with filming. I am now looking forward to filming the rest of the opening and editing as i am extremely happy with what we have produced so far.
Here are some images Nicola had taken of filming process:
Fake Blood |
Ellie doing Annie's Hair |
Snow Whites final costume, she will be barefoot |
The Nicky Line that we filmed in |
Me filming the location and surrounding. Here i was practising various shots and focusing the camera. |
Annie practising running before we filmed. |
The apples are lying on the ground as if they have fallen of the trees. |
Hazard sign and apples |