March
34th Meeting - 7/03/12
Duration: 1hr
All members were present
All members were present
- We've finished our film trailer, movie poster, and magazine cover completely
- We are continuing with our evaluation questions
33rd Meeting - 5/03/12
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- Hannah and Nhien have almost completed the movie magazine cover
- We started on the evaluation questions
FEBRUARY
32nd Meeting - 27/02/12
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We've completely finished both the film trailer and the movie cover
- We uploaded the trailer onto Youtube and have already gotten over 300 views in the first day!
- We're preparing to start on the evaluation
31st Meeting - 22/02/12
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- All of the trailer was more or less finished, except for the sound. We had to add in a few more sounds and make some adjustments.
- I also began creating the movie film poster
30th Meeting - 20/02/12
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We've came back from Half Term and it's time to get back to work!
- We went over the trailer again and decided to adjust it slightly, taking out some scenes as they didn't fit well and threw off the overall timing of it.
- Hannah and Nhien began producing the final horror magazine front cover
29th Meeting - 8/02/12
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- I began to add the special effects to the trailer using Adobe After Effects
- Me, Hannah and Nhien began drafting our film poster and magazine front covers and brain storming ideas
28th Meeting - 6/02/12
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We got feedback from our teacher about our blogs and received another sheet, telling us what we needed to improve upon and the grade our blog is currently at.
- We began gathering foley sound effects for our trailer
27th Meeting - 1/02/12
Duration: 5 hours
All members were present
All members were present
- This was our final day of filming, where in which we filmed all of the shots we missed or didn't feel pleased with.
- We also filmed the final sequence located in the Hall
JANUARY
26th Meeting - 30/01/12
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- After reviewing the scenes we shot we noticed that a few were either slightly out of focus, fuzzy, or not very useful. Therefore we agreed to shoot the final scenes we needed on Wednesday, the 1st of February.
- We went to the editing room and began editing together the footage we had
25th Meeting - 27/01/12
Duration: 9hrs
Hannah and Jordan were present, Nhien was not
Hannah and Jordan were present, Nhien was not
- Today we began filming our trailer.
- It was Hannah's job to do the make-up and assist me with camera work and organising the actors and following the call sheet as accurately as possible.
24th Meeting - 25/01/12
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- Today Nhien and Hannah experimented with make-up. They used liquid latex and tissue paper to give a rotting, peeling skin effect, and also attempted to create various wounds.
23rd Meeting - 23/01/12
Duration: 1hr
All members were present
All members were present
- Today we had a meeting with our teacher, Mr. Haylock, to discuss our call sheet. In this meeting we discussed where each shot would be filmed, how long we'd need, and what time our actors would be available.
22nd Meeting -18/01/12
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- Nhien and Hannah continued to work on costume and make-up
- I continued to work on our call sheet
21st Meeting - 16/01/12
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We began to construct our call sheet. This was essential as it allowed us to plan out our shooting day and use all of our time efficiently. It stated all camera shots/angles, their duration, and how long it would take to film each part of our trailer.
20th Meeting - 11/01/12
Duration: 1hr
All members were present
All members were present
- We decided to gather our main actors together for a photo shoot and took various photographs for our movie poster and magazine front cover
19th Meeting - 9/01/12
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We decided to construct our location recce to allow us organise the order in which our scenes would be shot, and where they would be shot. Therefore we took pictures around the college for possible locations
18th Meeting - 4/01/12
Duration: 1 hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- Today was our first day back from the Christmas Holidays, we began planning out our outfits and make-up arrangements, discussing where we would get our props from i.e. school uniforms, blood, liquid latex, etc.
DECEMBER
17th Meeting - 7/12/12
Duration: 1hr
All members were present
All members were present
- We went over our animatic again ensuring that all members of the group were pleased with it, and then made quite a dramatic change to it, adding more scenes and taking out a few of them. We also felt that we needed to improve on our pacing more.
NOVEMBER
16th Meeting - 30/11/11
Duration: 1hr
Hannah and Nhien were present this meeting, I (Jordan) was not
Hannah and Nhien were present this meeting, I (Jordan) was not
- We began brainstorming and discussing costume and make up for each individual character
- We also started to gather our actors and ensure that their time tables corresponded with our shooting times.
15th Meeting - 28/11/11
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We gained feedback from the class about our 'cinematic animatic', we were told it was very well put together, however we should create additional shots
- We re-assessed and edited our shot sheet, including the new shots we had discussed after receiving our animatic's feedback
14th Meeting - 23/11/11
Duration: 1hr
All members were present
All members were present
- We created a completed shot list stating all of the shots that would be featured in our trailer
- We completed our 'cinematic animatic' but have yet to add our own sound
13th Meeting - 21/11/11
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We were given a 'The Crazies' trailer to use as framework when creating the second draft of our Animatic, which would feature sound and timing accurate to how our trailer will actually turn out.
- We added more shots/scenes to our animatic and drastically changed the shots featured at the beginning, as we felt beforehand the trailer lacked timing and suspense
12th Meeting - 16/11/11
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We received a sheet showing blog feedback from our teacher, we then assessed this feedback and made amendments to our blog.
- We began creating a list of every shot that would feature in our trailer
11th Meeting - 14/11/11
Duration: 1hr 45 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We completed our first rough cut of our animatic.
- We also worked on our instructional video a bit more
10th Meeting - 10/11/11
Duration: 1hr
All members were present
All members were present
- During this meeting we experimented with various sound effects using Sound track Pro in preparation for the editing process of our trailer.
- We also began filming a short instructional video showcasing the various camera angles and shots to inform others, as well as educate ourselves.
9th meeting - 4/11/11
Duration: 1hr 30 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We began constructing our animatic using frames from our moodboard. We used Final Cut Pro to edit it together.
8th meeting - 2/11/11
Duration: 1hr 30 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We began to combine all of our individual storyboards to construct one that met all of our needs
- We also discussed some of the various action scenes that would occur and planned some of our locations
OCTOBER
7th meeting - 21/10/11
Duration: 1hr 30 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- We constructed a visual treatment in the style of a moodboard/mind map. This would allow us to collaborate all of our ideas together
- We also finalised features of the main characters and the path in which our trailer would take
6th Meeting [Facebook] - 19/10/11
Duration: 45 minsAll members were present
- We conducted a meeting on Facebook going over the different shots, camera angles and scenes the trailer will consist of.
- We also tried to work out a way to blend all of our ideas together to create one final product that suits all of our needs
5th Meeting - 10/10/11
Duration: 1hr 30 mins
All members were present
- We began creating our main characters
- We also began discussing our treatment and what it would consist of
4th Meeting - 05/10/11
Duration: 1hr
All members were present
All members were present
- We evaluated different movie trailers and discussed additional jobs for each other to do
- We compiled our horror research and textual analysis' to be transferred to the blog
- We also created mock-up story board images for concepts of how the trailer will begin
- We watched a few horror trailers to supply us with ideas and remind us of the horror trailer conventions
SEPTEMBER
3rd Meeting - 28/09/11
Duration: 1hr 30 mins
All members were present
All members were present
- Received first blog feedback from our teacher, we were told to make the layout more simplistic and reduce the amount of writing at the 'crew roles' section
- Discussed and reviewed trailer ideas further, also reassigned certain roles.
- Nhien also began drawing mock-up thumbnails for character costume designs
2nd Meeting - 22/09/11
Duration: 20 Mins
All members were present
All members were present
- Had a quick meeting in-between periods to discuss film concepts further.
- Established that our three choices would be out of Psychological gore, Zombie Survival, and J-Horror.
- We also exchanged contact information to discuss our plans further. Nhien has gone on a 5 day trip for Textiles meaning that I and Hannah will have to keep her updated with what's going on during the week.
1st Meeting - 21/09/11
Duration: 1hr 30 Mins
All members were present
All members were present
- Discussed the possible genres and concepts for our trailer and also assigned roles. Each of us had a bit more to do as we were only a group of 3.
- Nhien was assigned to do Make-up, costume, story boards.
- Hannah was assigned to be a designer and provide on-set assistance.
- I was assigned to be the Blog Administrator, camera operator, director, and Editor.