21st october 08

For the past few weeks i have been working on my storyboard and planning for my opening 2 minutes of a film.

I have decided that the genre of my film will be Horror. I have decided this because it is a genre that i have some good ideas for, and i think that i can do well in it.

I have completed my storyboard draft, using an A4 sheet of paper for each shot with drawings for what i want to happen, and annotations underneath to show what types of shots i want and what sound will be playing. Also i have made a timeline that shows in 5 secondgaps what will happen in my film.

9th october 08

My storyboard

Me walking down a coridoor towards a door.

This is a medium shot.
Me opening the door and about to walk through it.
This is a medium longshot.

Me walking through the same door, but shot from the opposite side.

This is a medium longshot.
Me walking towards a table. This is following the 180 rule.
Also this is a medium shot.

Me sitting down at the table opposite Zara.
This is along the 180 rule, and is a shot from the side.
I am talking to Zara. This is an over the shoulder shot.

Zara is talking to me. This is a side shot following the 180 rule.
We shake hands. This is a side shot following the 180 rule.

2nd october 08

On Monday and Tuesday, we went on our trip to London. We took a video camera and two digital cameras so that we could make our documentary. We started filming once we had got on the train to London. On the train, we all filmed our own parts in which we said a bit about ourselves and a bit about the others in our group.

Also we filmed ourselves talking about what we were going to be doing on the trip and in the documentary, and we took a few pictures of us to add into it.

Once we got off the train, we filmed a bit more about what we were planning to do, and took some pictures of us in different poses to add into the video. We then went into London and looked around for places to take pictures of. We took pictures of the London eye, Big ben, Canary wharf and various statues like the Nelson Mandela statue, and the Churchill statue.

After that we went to the BBC, where we got to look around. We took lots of pictures around the place, and we learnt about how the news is made and how programmes are made in the studios.

After the BBC we went to the hostel that we were staying at. We filmed a part for the documentary in our room, and what we all thought about what had happened that day.

On tuesaday, we went to the imperial war museum, where we went to the Ian Flemming display and learnt about his life and about how he created James Bond.We took notes about important points for studying.

We then went into the world war 2 section, and we recorded while we looked around a typical war time house for the documentary.
Also before we left we took pictures of different tanks, cannons and boats that were in the museum.

At the end of the trip, we got onto the train and filmed the ending of the documentary.