7. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

What does a production company do?
A production company creates everything from pre production to post production to create a product. They are also responsible for the financial side of the film but then pass it onto the distributor for the advertising side. Some roles which the production company carry out are, fundraising for the product, casting actors, scheduling, scripting, filming and editing,.

What is your idea of a film distributor?
A film distributor is a company who deal with the marketing and distributing of the product. They release the films to the public through the theatre or through home viewing on DVDs, Download etc.


Who might be the distributor for your film and why?
A distributor for my film could be Entertainment Film Distributors as they distribute low budget films. They are the top UK film distributors which could take on our low budget independent film. Youtube could also be our distributor as it lets people from all over the world to watch our film, freely, they could watch a trailer or the opening to the film.

Where would the money come from for a film such as yours?
Universal could invest in it after we have pitched the film, they could do this as they have taken on other romantic comedy such as love actually. The profits which are made, they would take a cut so overall they wouldn't have lost out on any money which they invested in. Universal, who produced Love actually would have needed to know if the film had a big potentional to create a profit before they invested in it as they couldn't afford to loose reputation for their company.

Why have the various people been named in your titles? which jobs appear in your titles and in what order and how have you reflected this?
In our titles we decided to name the three characters mostly seen in our sequence, along with the director, the screen play writer and the producer. We put it in order of the most important to the least important which was producer, director, screenplay, the main actor and support actors. We put it in this order as we thought that it was important to give credit to the most important people involved in the production process.



How is your film similar 'institutionally' to others? Name some films which would be released in a similar way.
Our film is similar institutionally to other low budget romantic comedies who dont have sufficient funds to advertise on a large scale and it has a conventional romantic comedy story line but it still has a mix of things which make it different from what's been released previously. Love actually was produced by Universal and this shows that this production company takes on romantic comedies and hoping if we did a detailed and professionally enough pitch, they would consider investment.

6. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

 From my preliminary task I feel that my knowledge of media has widened. The understanding and knowledge of different film genres and the conventions with them genres has improved and I applied this into the making of the opening sequence. Along with that knowledge, I feel that my camera work improved. When creating the preliminary task, we didn't use a tripod at times where we wanted the camera to be still to the footage is wobbly and isn't of a professional standard whereas in the opening sequence of my final piece, we used a tripod which held the camera in a position which would be still and not moving. When we was filming our preliminary task, we didn't take into consideration lighting, in one of the shots we filmed the lighting for each of the characters was different and when we did split screen and put the shots together, they didn't match and gave a very bad effect off. We decided not to use this shot but to keep it in mind for the final task and we did this successfully. I feel that my camera work has improved as I know which different shots and angles work best in which genres and how to create these shots and angles using the cameras and tripods. We used match on action in our final sequence along with using it in our preliminary task, we used a better angle which got more of the action in the clip. We wasn't able to use shot reverse shot in the same way as we did in our prelim task as we didn't have any dialogue between characters but we didn't change shots between two of our characters. We also wasn't able to use the 180 degree rule between two characters as there wasn't any dialogue shared.

I feel that my editing skills on the mac have improved largely as I wasn't confident with the software. In our preliminary task, we used iMovie but in our opening sequence we used Final cut which was more challenging  and took longer to understand and become confident with but I am now able to add overlay sound, cut and remove parts of a clip, change the sound for pieces of sound, add a voice over, add fades and effects between shots. I am also able to speed up footage and import titles from live type. In iMovie, we used titles which were embedded in that software whereas we decided to use a more challenging software and import them in to add a more professional look with the entrances and exits of the titles.

5. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

To complete my product I used a variety of technologies, this technology allowed me to keep in touch with people, show my progression throughout the project, create the actual piece of media and publish the piece of media.

I used safari as an internet browser so I could access the websites which I used in this project. From safari I accessed Blogger and Youtube. Blogger allowed me to show my progress throughout the project, adding blog posts which gave details of what I achieved each lesson, the planning and research I carried out.  I posted questionnaire results, focus groups and interviews up which helped our group come to a conclusion on the target audience of our media. Using Blogger enabled us not to ever loose our work, it was being saved as drafts and was always accessible.











Safari allowed me to access YouTube which I used to look at opening sequences from produced films of the same genre as inspiration for my opening sequence. When my product was complete, I uploaded it to YouTube so it was published and I could use the link and post it around as publicising.





This is final cut, I used this piece of software to edit the footage and add any effects such as speeding clips up or changing the colouring. I have learnt alot from using final cut as I hadn't used it before so as I was using it, I was also learning. 



This is iMovie, we used iMovie to edit our prelim task, throughout using iMovie I learnt how to add transitions, adding text, editing clips and using other effects. I also used iMovie to create the voice over for the evaluation question in which I saved and exported and put over the product in final cut as a directors commentary.

This is garage band, we used this to record the voice over for our product. We used Lucy to record into garage band and then we exported it into Final cut. 



This is live type, I used this software to create the titles for our piece. Firstly, we used this and had to estimate where about to place each text so it would be in the correct place when we exported it, then we found out that you could put a clip as the background and use the clip to help place the text. This helped and meant that I was able to create titles which went with the voice over and the music along with the actions of the characters. Once the titles were created, we then exported them and imported them into Final cut to put into our product.

This is photo booth, our group used this mainly to provide evidence of each other editing and record us when we was creating videos explaining what we had achieved each lesson and further plans for our project. I was also able to take images of our storyboards and upload them in a blog post.

This is open office, I used open office to produce the questions for our interviews and focus groups. I also used the drawing option in open office to create an image for the first evaluation question.

This is iTunes, I used this software to upload our music on to so we was able to import it to our opening sequence. I often use iTunes so using this software and importing and exporting music was quite easy.

This is a tripod which we used to hold the camera steady. We was able to place the camera into places we may not have been able to get to and let it record whilst it wasn't moving. Using this also let us move the camera from left to right and right to left in a continuous line whereas if we was recording it free handed, the footage would have been wobbly.

This is the camera which we used to film our footage. From this camera we could also look at previous clips we have recorded to look back and see if there was any clips missing. From this camera we was able to upload it onto the macs to import it to final cut.

I used my phone to communicate with the rest if my group and make reminders for myself on any blog posts I needed to create. My phone was used mainly to keep in contact with the group members but during filming, we wanted a alarm clock sound and I used one which was on my phone. Although we didn't use the final clip in our product, it was still recorded.

This is the mac in which I used to edit our sequence. Most of the software that was used in this project is on the macs which meant that I couldn't edit anywhere else. Our group had an individual log in so we could all get onto the mac if any of us was absent. I have learnt alot from using the mac as I am not familiar with it, every time I used it, I experienced something new which extended my skills and knowledge.

4. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

 The character which I am going to compare is Ellie, I have chosen to compare her to Josie from Never been kissed. In our opening sequence we have portrayed Ellie as quite a childish person, in'unfashionable, childish' clothes which will allow for the audience to understand her personality. In the shots to the right, we see Ellie as being humorous by her costume and props, we are preparing the audience for when she speaks and wondering how her actions are going to accompany her. Below is a shot of Josie from never been kissed. In this image she is wearing unfashionable clothes and has previously been the centre of humour from her peers at school. Her facial expressions allow the audience to get some comedy and her actions make her clumsy and quite dopey which is similar to Ellie. Some differences between the characters I have chosen is that in other shots, Josie is dressed in a suit and is being quite mature and serious whereas in our opening sequence we haven't shown Ellie in this way.

3. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

1. The title of the film
The title of the film was suggested by Katie who took part in the focus group we conduced. Katie fitted in with our target audience and her coming up with this idea, rather than '2 can play that game' like we first suggested, made it feel like our film was getting involved and catching the target audiences' eye just by the name. We agreed that fitted our story line and it was quite catchy and allowed us to be creative with it when producing the titles.


2. Setting/location
We used many different settings within our opening sequence. Firstly we used Becky's bedroom for the character of Ellie as it has a single bed with comical duvets which could connote that our character is still living at home, and is quite childish still. This is the kind of character we was trying to portray when we decided on location. This could challenge the conventions of the opening sequence of a romantic comedy as they mostly open with a tidy, mature well developed character which can set a mature atmosphere for the rest of the film.

Another setting we choose was a more mature bedroom, with a double bed, tidy room, which connoted that Jessica was more of a mature adult compared to Ellie. Although it was very mature, it still allowed the audience to reflect and become aware of Jessicas personality due to the pink decor. We made the difference between the 2 characters go against the conventions of a romantic comedy as usually in films like ours, the characters have very similar personality's and lead different lives, where we have made them be very different and also lead very different lives.

In the screen shot, the image I have chosen shows the location in which Ellie works. It shows that she is dedicated to her work and by the looks of the colourful room, she is a very happy person. The children in the classroom and their actions show the stress which she has to go through during her work days. This goes with the conventions of a Romantic comedy as we are letting the audience have a insight to the life of the character rather than just focusing on their social life and the romance side.


3. Costume and props
From the two images, there is a clear distinction from the characters costumes showing their differences. Ellie is waking up from her sleep wearing novelty Disney pyjamas, novelty slippers, in a sponge bob bed quilt holding a teddy. When she decides to get dressed she dresses in a casual way wearing dungarees, leggings, converse and a coat although she is going to work. On the other hand Jessica is wearing a skirt and blouse, tights and heels. The use of the novelty props and costume for Ellie shows her childish personality, we chose these as we wanted to create humour from the start of the sequence. We decided to dress Jessica in the way we did as we wanted a lot of controversy between the two as the shots change between them. 


4. Camera work and editing
To make sure we got across the two different personality's to our audience in the opening sequence we used editing to cross cut our shots alternating between the two characters. It was also hard to choose an image which would show the best use of camera work and editing in our piece. When Ellie was choosing clothes in the wardrobe, we filmed the shot from inside the wardrobe and outside of the wardrobe to show the audience what was happening along with using a variety of different shot types and angles. When we are filming outside of the wardrobe it allows the viewer to see the setting which she is in and also the clothes which she has taken to wear. When we filmed Ellie in the bathroom we filmed her looking into the camera which we felt would give some communication to the audience by adding some humour. We filmed her after brushing her teeth with toothpaste round her mouth looking into the camera as if it was a mirror, this goes against the conventions of a Romantic Comedy as there are mid shots and establishing shots which help develop the characters.
We also used editing to speed up a clip of the clothes being chucked onto the bed. We sped this up along with changing the colour of the clip to match and fit in with the other clips rather than showing a big jump in the colour. This clip gives the audience an idea of the type of style Ellie has which could represent her personality.


5. Title font and style
We challenged the Romantic Comedy genre with the title font & style which we chose. We decided to choose the colours and style based on the personalities of our characters. We used 3 different font styles, the first which says 'two' represents Jessicas personality and the word 'Game' was written in a colourful happy way representing Ellie. In other romantic comedies like Love actually there are the same continuous font styles throughout the title whereas we used a range of different ones in different colours.

6. Story and how the opening sets it up
Our opening sets up our story by alternating between the characters giving the audience an insight to their lives before the main story line and the male character is introduced. The relationship between the two main female characters challenges the conventions of a Romantic Comedy as we usually see the relationship between the Male and the Female.

7.Genre and how the opening suggests it
Throughout our opening sequence there are alot of moments where humour is being introduced. The actions of Ellie is mainly what introduces comedy through her having toothpaste round her mouth, falling out of bed and tripping up the duvet, falling down the stairs, dropping her keys, the children chucking things at her and the girl running on crutches. All of these give little hints to the audience making them aware of the genre. Although there isn't a huge romance element revealed by a male and a female character, the voice over indicates a relationship between the two best friends.


8.How characters are introduced
We decided to show the characters as they have just woken up so that the audience can relate to them in the morning. We first see Ellie as being very childish identified through the costume and props and then we see Jess with her cup of coffee, putting it down and making her bed nice and tidy. It reveals through the voice over that they are best friends but they have had their differences for a long time as they have grown up together. The use of the different costume and settings connotes that the characters both have very different lives.

9.Special effects
There wasn't a lot of special effects which we used in our opening sequence. We sped up many clips to make them fit in with the time limit but making sure that it didn't ruin the effect we was going for. One example of this is when Jessica is sitting down in her office and we sped part of the clip up and slowed part of it down so that the typing still looked real and it fitted with the music. This went against conventions of a Romantic Comedy as there isn't usually alot of sped up clips but we used them in a way it still was effective.

2. How did we address our audience?

1. Who would be the audience for your media product?

Bio
Charlotte is a 17 year old college student who is currently in her first year of studying hair and beauty. Along with this she currently has a part time job in River Island which takes up her weekend and some hours during the evenings in the week. She enjoys this job as its a bit of income that she can use to socialise with her friends, by going shopping in her favourite high street shops such as H&M, TopShop & Primark. She likes to go to the cinema mainly on a Wednesday as she gets '241 Orange Wednesdays'. She prefers to watch Romantic Comedy's but when she goes with her boyfriend, he isn't that interested in this genre so they watch the most recent released film. With her friends she also likes going to parties and spends quite alot of her time on social network sites such as Facebook & Twitter accessing them either on her laptop or via her Blackberry. She is interested in music and mainly listens to the music that's in the charts but her favourite band are One Direction. She recently went to their concert and has booked up tickets to see them again next year. She reads magazines such as OK, Heat & Hello in her own time for celebrity gossip and to know the latest fashion trends.

The interests and hobbies which Charlotte has, as a potentional audience member for our media product, could allow us to advertise in certain ways to gain attention from more audience members like Charlotte. One example of this is the use of social networking which Charlotte uses, such as Facebook and make a advertisement banner for the advertisement bar which runs down the side of the website. By creating a banner which advertises the product, the attention from other 17-year-olds like Charlotte, who enjoy romantic comedy's could be gained which will increase the knowledge of the product. This could also be done on ticket master or other ticket websites, as she uses them to purchase tickets for her favourite band and YouTube. On YouTube, a trailer for my media product could be uploaded which will give more information to the target audience on what's included which will bring them to watch the actual piece.The use of twitter to connect with the potentional audience could be through creating an account for the product which will gain followers and then images, information, trailers etc could be posted for the followers to see.

As Charlotte often goes to the cinema using her Orange Wednesday perk from her phone contract, others of the same age range with similar interests to Charlotte could potentially do the same. The use of a trailer for the product could advertise before a film starts at the cinema.

As we know that our intended audience read gossip magazines, this could be a good space to advertise and gain the attention of our audience members. Using interviews of the top actors in the product and putting them into these magazines will help promotion as we know the audience will be reading so making sure that the interview is interesting will make them want to read/see more. There could also be picture advertisements within magazines specific to our target audience.

We know that Charlotte is interested in fashion and the latest trends, and likes to buy new outfits for parties often, we could use retail as a way of promoting which will gain publicity. Using shops like H&M, Top Shop and Primark will help as we know that our target audience shop their.

Two Can Play That Game!

This is our final product of our opening sequence to 'Two Can Play That Game'

Production Schedule

Todays focus 7th February 2012;
Me; Sort out the distortion and size of each clip and change their aspect ratio to -56.
Becky; Talking screen grabs of every voice over point in the sequence and put it on the blog
Connor; Finish the titles
All; Create a script for the voice over & possibly record the voice over.
We also need to figure out what the 'general error' is during the sequence.

Blog Update 02/02/12

Today we completed our vima 3, and we was left with half an hour left so we called in Lucy to record as much of the voice over as possible. Even though we will not finish it in this period of time, its good to know that we have a starting point. At the moment, out final piece isn't looking how we want it and with adding in the Voice over we think that this will finally bring everything together. We plan to complete the rest of the Voice over on the 7th february where we will have more time. 

31st January 2012. Blog Update

Today; we tried to get in touch with Lucy, she isn't available so we have to again change the date that we are going to record the voice over. WE are still having a problem with our footage as its saying 'general error' when being played over a certain part but we are working around this and continuing with the titles. We looked at the titles we had already included and decided that the entrance for the title Connor Still was not appropriate and looked too much like a animation off of a powerpoint slide. We changed it to a drop in and then a drop out effect which looked better and became more effective.

Blog update & Editing Evidence

Creating Titles

We created our titles in LiveType. This is the first title which I created. I firstly selected the font style in which I wanted the text to be in which was 'Corsiva Hebrew', then went on to choose the colour. I chose the colour pink/purple as it is usually associated with Romantic Comedy's but this choice of colour may later change when the whole piece has been put together as the background colour the text is going to sit on may not match. The colour we consider changing this too is white. I then added the animation in which I wanted the text to come in on and then one which it should exit on.

Once the title was complete, with the animations and the colour etc, we had to export it so that it was ready to put into final cut on our opening sequence. I clicked on file, then saved it. I gave it an appropriate name so that i was able to find it when importing it to the opening sequence. To import it to the opening sequence I had to go to file, then render Movie. Because it was saved, when i went to file, import, in Final Cut, i chose the title and every time i edited it, to make it better, it would change in Final cut after i rendered it. 

The other title which I created was for the producer. I decided to put the video in LiveType so that i could get the titles in the exact place. I wanted them to appear when she walks in the door, and when the bed cover is put back, the titles dissapear. This took me a while to get them in the right position and the right timing. With this, using the video in the background helped so that i didn't have to estimate the position. This helped and allowed me to get the correct positioning. 

After these titles were created, we had a group talk and realised that the producer was more important than the director and that we needed to rearrange the order of the titles.

Titles Plan

These are the plans for our titles which we created and are going to start creating in Livetype

19/01/2012- Todays Lesson

Did we meet the targets?


Voice Over
We wasn't able to get Lucy to record the voice over, instead we arranged a date of the 26th January so that we can get this done and then edit it into our sequence.


Titles
We started to think about the kind of titles and transitions that we wanted in the piece. We use fade in from black as a transition at the beginning of our footage as you can see in the screen shot below. 

We went into creating and having a go at using Live type as, as a group we was inexperienced with the software. As we was creating a Romantic Comedy, we wanted the title of the film to represent the two types of characters in the opening sequence. With this we decided we wanted the word 'game' to look colourful and like children drew it themselves. This connotes back to the job which Ellie has as she is an art teacher. The words 'can play that' we wanted to be placed above this in a normal font but in a different colour, which we haven't decided yet, and then above this on a slant we wanted 'two' in italics. Having this would connote back to Jessica and her personality as she is quite a formal confident 'posh' person. Below is a rough sketch of the title.   

We each had a go at using Live type and was experimenting with different effects fonts and colours. We wanted to give ourself some understanding of the software before we rush into it to create our actual titles so we can make them as effective as possible.

Ending of sequence
As a group we still haven't decided on the ending of the sequence but we have come up with some ideas such as the voice over ending it, or a fast forwarded clock to show the time passing or just titles but we haven't made a final decision. 


Actions on the beat
We tried our best to put actions of characters on the beat but some parts fit alot better than others. We changed one problem which was a jump cut between two separate shots but using the cut tool we cut one long piece of film and speeded up the middle section so the cut was not showing and it looked more professional. We are going to continue with this.


Updated production Schedule;
Tuesday 24th January- Create titles in Live type. Making sure we consider fonts, actions, direction and relation to the actor in the most effective way to the audience and making sure that it fits with the genre of film.
Thursday 26th- January- Use Lucy as she is available to record and edit the voice over into the piece.

Blog Update 17th January 2

Here is a video that summarises what we have achieved in today's lesson.

Blog update 17/01/2012

We managed to get alot completed in today's lesson. We finished the order of the rush cuts and made sure that it was in the order on the storyboard and in the order that looks most effective including the footage that we filmed yesterday of Jessica. As a group we all had a chance of editing and as I wasn't experienced with the software I started by learning the basics such as moving, cutting, rendering, changing the speed, using in point and using out points. I feel like I have learnt how to use Final cut and will be able to continue when using to in the future. When we firstly put the shots in as we intended it ran over the 2minute time limit we had to meet so we all took a chance at cutting little pieces of shot which were unessential in the opening scene. Once this was done, we managed to get the whole sequence down to under 2minutes giving us time for any titles we want to include.  As a group, we still haven't decided how we want the sequence to end so we aim to sit down and discuss this next lesson when we have watched the piece as it is and made a final decision. 


We are not finished as this is the first rushes stage, we still need to get Lucy to record the voice overs for her character of Ellie. When this is done, we need to add them and get them over the right piece of footage. As a group we have to also add titles, the voice over, any colour changes we wish to make and continue to make everything run smoothly making sure that it is still looking of a professional standard.  

 In the screen shot below, because the colour of the footage was too dark, we decided to change the colour by using the colour correction option which was under effects and video filters.

This shot shows that we used folders to group shots together and how we are using the split screen to view and edit clips. 

This screen shot goes on to show the new tools, like colour adjusting, that we are using to improve our editing and again the use of different bins for each character in the sequence.

This shows the use of the speed up tool again to speed up this time a clip of Jessica making her bed. 

Blog update 16/01/2012

Like scheduled we filmed the remaining parts of our opening sequence at my house. We used Ellouise like planned to play Jessica and once we got the camera and tripod from media we went to film. We filmed the parts where Jessica wakes up for work, gets herself dressed, leaves for work in a car and works in an office.


We used the story boards, screen play and shot list to accompany our filming so we knew exactly what to film. We all had equal parts in filming and directing the day. Some of the shots we planned to use for example when we was filming Ellouise walking in and making the bed, we had to change because when we put it into prospective with the space we had we realised we was unable to get an effective shot. To get a good shot of Jessica getting clothes out of the wardrobe, as we was using a walk in wardrobe, I went into it and recorded from the back so the  audience get a side view of her choosing her clothes for work.


Connor filmed the section where the bedroom door opened and shut after she had got changed for work, this was tough as he had to made sure the camera didn't move so that there was no jump cut when the footage was all put together. This was done successfully and the tripod helped with this. 


After a successful day, the filming was complete and we have stuck to our production schedule.  When editing we may find sections of footage that we need to re-film due to maybe lighting, costume or misc-en-scene errors so we have given ourself time to decide. 

Today's Progress

 In the screen shot below we was aiming to speed up the section of Ellie falling over the cover on the floor. We think that this clip is too long to keep at normal speed but the element of comedy needs to be in there. When speeded up we believe it will look good. To speed this clip up we firstly clicked the section of film using the arrow tool, clicked on modify on the tool bar at the top, then click speed. The speed of the clip will be at 100% which means its going normal speed and to speed it up we typed in a higher number of 150%. We decided this speed as we still wanted a professional look about it and not wanting it too look too jumpy.   

 In the screen shot below it is showing how we made the shot look normal without it being distorted. We had to edit the size of the frame so we moved it to around 56 so that it became 'normal.' In the left of this shot there are bins and clips, these are what we filmed, to see these clips before editing you would drag and drop it into the first screen. When this was going to be edited it would happen in the second screen. As you can see in this screen shot the footage has been inserted but also the music has too. We imported it and placed it at the right time so it fits with the filming. 

In the screen shot below, the footage we have edited after speeding it up is being rendered. You have to do this process when the clip has been edited so that it is saved, to do this you hold down shift and press R on the keyboard. Once the clip is rendered your able to view it after editing and have the option to leave it or make any further changes. 

Blog update 12/1/12

Today we put the shots together to the rushes stage, as I wasn't experienced in editing on final cut I took in the tools and the commands etc that Becky and Connor used. From this, I am going to edit the parts that are filmed of Jessica. We each need to take part in the editing stage, along with the filming stage so we have had a equal chance. We each took part in the filming of Ellie's parts and Becky and Connor edited so I am going to have the chance next time. Whilst this was happening, today I was updating my blog with screen shots. Yesterday more filming was carried out and I wasn't able to attend due to a planned occasion but this is the only time I wont be at a filming session. We also planned as a group the times we are filming and editing next.


Monday 16th January 2012 - Filming at My house for Jessica's chunk of the film
Tuesday 17th January 2012- Editing the shots we filmed for Jessica
Thursday 19th January 2012- Cut down and edit clips to fit the time allowance given
Monday 23rd January 2012- Continuing editing. Discussing as a group if there is any re-filming that needs to take place.

Blog update 9/1/12

Today we met up so we could begin filming for our opening sequence. We wanted to film the parts of Ellie which is being played by Lucy Evers. She was available this day for filming so we arranged to film her parts. Before we started to film, we made a note from our story board and shot list on the pieces we was filming today. We got the camera and the tripod from school and headed to Becky's house where we planned to film. 


We recorded the parts of the film where Ellie is in the bedroom, waking up and getting dressed end running to the station etc. We took turns in using the camera and directing the actors so that we each had a equal oppertunity. For each part we recorded many times so we got the right shot from the angel that looked the best. In our prelim we had to re film a section due to the lighting so we took this into account and recorded them many times so we had the right shot and didn't have to re-record. Once the shots in the bedroom were done, we started filming in the bathroom using the camera as the mirror. We then filmed the shots of her coming out of the door running down the stairs and out of the front as she is late for work. 


We decided to film at Becontree station which ment that we had to get permission, we asked the worker and he was okay with it. Becky took the camera and filmed Lucy getting on the train as it leaves the station then films her getting off at her destination running up the stairs towards work. This shot completed the filming for the day which had taken up about 3 or 4 hours of the day. 


Overall the progress that the group have made today is positive and we have successfully filmed the parts that we planned. We took into consideration errors from the pre-lim when filming and used them to improve the use of the camera and recording in our actual piece. 


We now need to film the classroom scenes, Jessica's parts and start the editing process.




This is a picture to evidence filming that happened today..