Pre-production:
In our pre-production our main objectives were to plan how and where our film would be shot and also mainly what will be in our film, this meant that we had to come up with ideas. Firstly, we created a script using 'Celtex' this was very beneficial because it allowed us to easily format to different script types and has editing tools ensuring that the experience was simple and easy for us as users. Once the script was complete, it helped us gain different ideas that could be possibly used in our film. After this we created a pictured and quoted storyboard which was supposed to give a visual prediction around what our film will turn out to be like. An example of when this had helped us stay focused was; one day we had forgot how a shot should be took for a particular scene, at this point we referred back to the storyboard which helped us stay on track. We had used Blogger as a source for information to be shared within our group, we posted our research and made discussions around this easily and time effectively. Finally in our pre-production we created the shot list for our film, this contained information on every shot that will be taken for our film. The shot list contained information such as; the type of shot, angle, dialogue and equipment needed, this helped us effectively manage the time we had for each day of filming.
Production:
The filming for our film only took 4 days to produce, this was planned and set accordingly to each scene we had planned for each day. We used a Panasonic HD camcorder as this was known to be handy and effective producing high quality and resolution, this allowed us to benefit from being able to film in scenes that had low key lighting such as the abandoned street. We had used a range of shots during our filming, these include; close ups, extreme close ups, mid shots, establishing shots, POV shots, low angle and dolly shots. Most of our filming was used with the camcorder being attached to the tripod so that we had steady clear shots of the scenes. I think that after using the camera we had got more confident and believe this was a reason towards us being able to film a dolly shot, the dolly shot was produced with help from a wheelie chair and slight spread of ice on the ground as we did this for two scenes in our film.
Post-production: After we had completed all of our filming, we uploaded all the videos onto an Apple iMac so that it can be edited, to do this we used a software called Final Cut Express. This software enabled us to edit out film very easily as getting used to it was very simple having clear labels and icons displaying it's use. We were able to cut our video clips into certain lengths that we desired and had the option to add a variety of effects such as dissolve and fade. We were also able to cut videos and sounds apart which allowed us to insert the police officer's dialogue in the video of 'Chris' speaking on the phone, this made the scene look realistic as we were also able to change the frequency of the police officer's voice which output a realistic phone call. After we had completed all of our editing we uploaded our film onto YouTube and Blogger to be viewed.
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