MALac complete

On Tuesday, Me and Alan, after alot of discussion and work fnished the final edit of the MALac project and we think we did a pretty decent job of it. We were however, as a group, in some concern about certain elements (E.G. sound, lighting) which we changed and then did a second edit. The first edit can be seen from the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqbVJStELRg

Film Production : MALac

So, today we completed filming our MALac storyline. After a veeeeeery long day we finalised and were happy with what we had. The only complications we had were that the actors we got tunred up quiter late. Given the fact we had to rely on them, we didn't really have a choice except chase them up. This consequently affected the lighting we had set up because we already had our lighting up and ready. However, by the time our actors came it got a little dark, therefore we could not go ahead with the lighting we had set-up initially. We then had to re-set the lighting to how we needed, which took up more time than expected. Besides this, our filming went all according to plan. Every memeber of the group did their roles as expected and altogether I think we worked very well as a group. The things we would do different next time is make sure the actors turn up on time and also take out equipment a good few days before to the actual location we are filming and practice and get ideas of how we can any overcome problems that may occur. This will, in result, help us work more quicker and efficiently when we film.

Here are a few photos on the day of filming:



Actors learning the script



Filming the house we had for our establishing shot



Sound guy checking sound levels



In action.. take 2!



Alan taking care of all health and safety measures



A few extras added by the director to add realism



A bit of dirt won't do any harm!











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Film Production: Practice Day: MALac

Today, we hired out all equipment that in going to be needed for our actual film. We went to our location and we set them up however we wanted to be set for our set. Here are some pictures showing what we did:



Camera Practice



Setting up lights




Picture of our location



Our cellar location for MALac scene









Minutes for the day:

-Final draft of the script, discussed and agreed upon.

-Studio light and camera rehearsal

-Booking equipment for Tuesday (on location rehearsal) and Wednesday (shoot)

-Health & Safety, Recce sheet completed

Overview - MALac Meeting

Today we were given the groups for our production of the film MALac. We then assigned each member of the group with a role, which they were comfortable with and then had a group vote. I chose to lead camera and assist lighting. After choosing the roles we had a meeting after our seminar and planned how we were going to go about everything to help us be more time-managable and meet all targets, as well as gather ideas from each member of the group.















Minutes for the day:


• A new member has joined the group, who will take up the role of sound recording

• We have got interested actors and actresses who have e-mailed back to take part in our film

• We have sent details and asked the actors to call back

• Completed a schedule for the filming and practice for all roles

• Tuesday at 2pm after lecture we will do a set rehearsal

• Wednesday at 9am we will do a dress rehearsal

• Monday at 9am, lighting and camera practice will be done before filming on Wednesday, by people undertaking these roles

• Script will be finalised on Monday (all changes)

• The risk assessment has been scheduled to be done on Monday as well

• We have had another discussion regarding our location, after having a sound lecture. We then decided a bedroom, but have now gone back to our original idea of the cellar due to sound and lighting purposes

• For all filming we have got permission from the technician to borrow equipment (e.g. camera, lights, mic etc) on specific days, when needed, whether for practice of actual filming