Filming 10th December 2009

Today we finished doing the motorbike scene. The idea of this scene is to be quick and action packed with a comical twist, much like a scene from Hot Fuzz, where Nicholas Angel visits a motorway service station. Angel buys some very average, simple items, but the scene is given an action spin which gives it a comical effect due to the quick pace and 'over-stereotypical' action angles. For our scene, we needed to cast someone as Valentine's sidekick, and for this we needed someone smaller than 5ft 10'' in order for our main character (Valentine) to have some sort of visual status over Smith (sidekick), so we used someone else in our class.

We filmed two shots, one with Valentine and Smith pulling up at the school on a motorcycle which was fine in one take, and another scene in which Valentine prepares himself and walks away, with Smith following him with embarassment. This was done in two takes because we weren't happy with when the shot was cut, it was best to leave the camera rolling after Smith left the shot which could then be cut back in editing, this gave is better flexibility when it came to edit, so the shot was done again.

R.K.

Filming 3rd December 2009 - Outtakes

This was our first attempt at this shot. I did this scene with my jacket buttoned up first, before then deciding to unbutton it because that looked more dramatic and more suited to an action movie.

This next outtake is from the 'fall scene'. This was done in three takes. In this take, we discovered that I was walking too fast for Tom to keep up with me, and that Tom was running out of space for the tracking shot, so we made some changes for the final take. To remove the vending machine from the back of shot, we filmed on the opposite side of the corridoor and I delivered my line and then fell sooner. I didn't hurt myself much, althought my right arm was a bit sore for a while afterwards!

R.K.

Filming - Thursday 3rd December 2009

Today we were due to film four scenes from our teaser trailer, the 'Bike Scene', 'Lunch Box Scene', 'Corridoor Scene' and 'Fall Scene'.

The first was cancelled due to the poor weather meaning we couldn't film outside, and the second scene was cancelled due to not having the right props, we did not have a childrens lunch box, a water gun or a bananna. Instead we chose to film other scenes which required 'extras' in order to make the most of the time.

From 12:20-13:20 we filmed a scene where Valentine encounters a 'broken' door and two establishing shots which both required extras. The first one featuring students working through a window which was filmed as planned, for which we used other sixth form students to act for us. For the second shot featuring students walking out of a lesson, we changed the angle of the camera from a long-shot to a low-angle long-shot for greater effect.

From 15:15-16:00 we first filmed the a scene where Valentine is running down a coridoor with the lights flashing on and off. About 3 or 4 takes were done due to various errors, mostly due to objects falling out my pockets! Then we filmed a scene where Valentine walks along before falling over. This was done in 2 or 3 takes, excluding a few dummy runs in order to find out where the dialogue needed to be delivered and where I had to fall. This was critical because we were using a tracking shot and the section of coridoor which, although was wide enough to be able to film the mid-shot, was very short so the line had to be delivered before we ran out of corridoor.

Some out-takes from todays shoot will be available tomorrow.

R.K.

Our First Shooting Schedule!

3rd December - Outdoor scene - 11.20 - Bike scene

Characters
Valentine - Rob K
Ben Smith - Dani N

Costumes
Valentine - Suit
Ben Smith - suit

Props
Suzuki 125cc 4-speed semi-automatic bike
Trilby

3rd December - Indoor Scene - 15:15 - Lunchbox Scene

Characters
Valentine - Rob K
Evil Student - Tom F

Costumes
Valentine - Suit
Evil Student - Trousers, Shirt, Scruffy Face/Head

Props
Lunch Box
Nourishments
Water Gun
Bananna

3rd December - Indoor Scene - 15:45 - Fall Scene

Characters
Valentine - Rob K

Costumes

Valentine - Suit

Props
No props

This is the first part of our shooting schedule, we'll update this when we've filmed more.

D.N, T.F, R.K