Minute meetings

Meeting 1 - 20th Nov

In this lesson , the group and we have changed our opening sequence idea to make it clearer by changing it from a country side rave to a house party/disco, we also changed it so that she was spiked instead of her having a fit as it seem more realistic.We also decided that the sequence will start at the door and there is no bus scene (them arriving from a bus). 
Target: Was to organise our practice shoot and decide where to film and what camera angles and scenes in particular order

Meeting 2 -  21st Nov

In today's lesson, the group began to structure a storyboard including the shots we would like to use in the real shoot. As for the practice shoot, we planned where we will shoot this and what and who we will need. This included props such as a glass and a pill. It will obviously not look as professional as the real thing will. We also went over the general storyline in order to become more familiar with what we will be shooting.

Target: include taking the story board into account when we film our practice shoot, and finding location which will fit our thriller.

Meeting 3 - 24th Nov

In todays lesson we filmed our story board with an iPhone. We managed to find an actor who was available, with Rosie playing as the girl who dies after being spiked at a house party. An issue we found today was that we didn't fully follow our story board however we benefited as it was important to use spontaneity as it can encourage fresh ideas such an early point in the process. Despite the fact that we are not entirely sure with the girl having the fit as it may reveal too much in the opening sequence, we still experimented to get the idea of how it would appear in the real thing. What worked well - we used camera angles to created tension rather than ordinary angles for example when the drink got spiked, we filmed the glass with an extreme close up. What didn't work well - Our group decided that the fit could have been a excess in the opening scene as maybe it revealed to much of the idea.
Target - To watch the footage back and differentiate what we like and what we dislike about our main ideas

Meeting 4 -25th Nov

During this lesson a lot came to light. As we realized that we had dragged the sequence out more that we should have. As we edited the footage together we immediately realised that the shots didn't work such as the main characters calling her friend as it is irrelevant and isn't needed. We also noticed that we were concentrating on the protagonist to much making it seem like and "advert".

Target - Next meeting included on making our idea concrete i.e whether to have the set as a club or a rave

Meeting 5- 2nd Dec

This lesson we had posted our test footage on YouTube which allowed every on in our group to post it on their blog. We also had started on our new storyboard for our opening sequence which allowed us to consider the production side of the thriller. As we have learnt all the faults in our test footage it gave us new and original ideas for our new opening scene.

Target: to develop the Storyboard even more which allows us to get ready for the next stage of production and to finish off the mood boards

Meeting 6- 10th Dec

Today we assigned who is choosing costumes, set design,props and location. Alex has been assigned to do set design, Lucy is doing Props, Rosie is doing Location and I am doing Costumes.

Target: for next meeting is to have our lists ready with everything we need for props, costumes and set.