30/01/2014 CONSTRUCTION: THE TITLE OF OUR FILM

We have decided to call our film In Cold Blood we hoped to hint at the period of the film and the fact that it took place during the Cold War, which was a time of political distrust between the west and the USSR.  The title name connotes that it will contain thriller, suspense and murder mystery.

29/01/2014 PLANNING: CALL SHEET 2

Call Sheet #2 - Saturday 1^st February 2014

 

Film Title – Film Noir Short Film
Unit Call Time: 10.45 under the clock	Filming Starts at	12.00
Main Crew Contacts	Email
Thomas Stevens Kate Bradford George Flack Charlie Myers	01ThomasS@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01KateB@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01GeorgeF@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01CharlieM@claremont.surrey.sch.uk
Name			Prop/Equipment
Kate Bradford			trench coat, red lipstick, heeled shoes, blouse, leather gloves, powder compact, tan leather handbag, cream beret
Charlie Myers			Camera from Media, Tripod
Thomas Stevens			Wrapped Brown Package with white string, tan leather suitcase
George Flack			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat,

Location
Paddington Station   Praed Street Paddington London W2 1RH   1) From Waterloo take the Bakerloo Line 2) Leave the train at Paddington Journey: Waterloo → Embankment → Charing Cross → Piccadilly Circus → Oxford Circus → Regents Park → Baker Street → Marylebone → Edgware Road → Paddington Estimated time: 16 mins Fare zones passed through: 1
St Pancras Station   1) From Waterloo take the Bakerloo Line 2) Change train at Oxford Circus to the Victoria Line 3) Leave the train at Kings Cross St. Pancras Journey: Waterloo → Embankment → Charing Cross → Piccadilly Circus → Oxford Circus change train Oxford Circus → Warren Street → Euston → Kings Cross St. Pancras Estimated time: 24 mins Fare zones passed through: 1

29/01/2014 PLANNING: CALL SHEET 1

Call Sheet #1 - Wednesday 29th January 2014

 

Film Title – Film Noir Short Film
Unit Call Time: 11.00	Filming Starts at	11.20
Main Crew Contacts	Email
Thomas Stevens Kate Bradford George Flack Charlie Myers	01ThomasS@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01KateB@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01GeorgeF@claremont.surrey.sch.uk 01CharlieM@claremont.surrey.sch.uk
Name			Prop/Equipment
Kate Bradford			Camera from Media, Tripod, picture of woman
Charlie Myers			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, old newspaper
Thomas Stevens			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, walking stick/cane
George Flack			Fedora hat, black shoes, black trousers, dark trench coat, fake cigarettes

Location

Claremont Fan Court School Claremont Drive Esher Surrey KT10 9LY Tel: 01372 467841   Directions: The School’s Claremont Drive entrance is accessible from the traffic lights on the A244 at the junction with Claremont Lane/Copsem Lane/Milbourne Lane. Once on Claremont Drive, continue straight ahead until you reach the School entrance. The gates are usually shut and you will need to ring the buzzer to gain access.

29/01/2014 FILMING: FIRST FILMING SESSION

Today we started to film our opening.  We all brought in differnt parts of costume and then in the lesson took the props, costumes, camera, tripod and lights up to the mansion.  We filmed in the gold, guilded room in the mainson because it looked most like an office out of all the rooms we could film in.  We had authenic props and costumes, this included a newspaper which was from the early 1900's, fedora hats, trench coats, family photos which where taken from the 1950's, hand made cigarettes and a brown file.  We were able to film the scene that we intended to in the time given and get extra parts incase we don't like how some of the shoots turn out.  We are planning to film next week as well in the same location.

29/01/2014 EVALUATION: FEEDBACK ON SHOTS OF THE MEN’S MEETING

On 29 January, we screened this sequence to a focus group of year 10 pupils who offered us a range of useful feedback

• The main criticism referred to the speed of some of the pans, which compromised the sharpness of focus and risked making the audience feel a bit uneasy.
• We learned from this that next time we would pan more slowly, checking the focus, and taking test shots.
• We were praised for the lighting in the room, with use of little natural light as well as artificial such as strong, filming lights.  We were also praised for the rich, vivid colours in the room for example the orange/ gold wallpaper, the ornate, elaborate ceiling and heavy, dark wood doors and furniture

 

 

08/01/2014 PLANNING: FIRST SCENE

In the lesson we planned one of the scenes that we could record in school.  The scene is a conversation scene with some men whispering about something they are planning.  In class we discussed what we would need for the scene to get it recorded such as costumes and props.  We decided that we would need pieces of paper that had writing on them, pictures of something (undecided), fedoras for the men to wear and long coats.  We a planning to start filming Wednesday 15/01/2013