Breakdown of Lessons and What We Did

Lesson 1:

We chose our groups and decided we were going to base our coursework around the horror genre.

Lesson 2:

We brainstormed potential ideas for our coursework.

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Lesson 3:

After evaluating these ideas we came with the storyline. However we realised our storyline fitted into the thriller genre more than the horror genre. We also asked friends and family of their opinions on our storyline. They were pleased!

Lesson 4:

We made a spider diagram on the different areas we would need to consider when planning. This was over a few lessons as this took longer than we expected.

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Lesson 5:

We started storyboarding out our idea. This took longer than expected as working out the order was essential to help us with actually making the opening of our film. (Upload storyboard)

Lesson 6: 

Whilst discussing our ideas we realised location was an important factor. One of our chosen locations was at a petrol station however after discussing this we found this was not be ideal. The next lesson we carried on discussing location and also talked about characters. By the end of the lesson we decided our chosen location would be Abbie's house and our characters would be Nick an Mrs Williams.

Lesson 7:

After deciding Abbie's house we visted and practiced shots just to ensure this was the right location. It worked very well. Here is a practice of what we did!

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Lesson 8:

After uploading our practice shots at Abbie's we asked our teacher and friends to receive feedback. From this we concluded things we needed to add. Such as shots from different angles ect.

Lesson 9:

Our second location was the school. So practised shooting here as well.

Lesson:

We decided to carry out our risk assessment.

Lesson 10:

After discussing our storyline in further detail we decided to add a twist to make it slightly more thrilling. (add notes - typed) Lesson: We discussed the idea of flashbacks within our opening to add to the effect.

Lesson:

We researched what we needed for flashbacks. We searched for adoption papers and baby scans to prepare for tommorow when we were going to film the flashbacks.

Lesson:

We filmed our flashbacks are they were short.  We used the sick room at school to represent a hospital and a dolls from the nursery for the baby. The complicated part was trying to film the doll and make it look real but thankfully we managed to pull this off!

Lesson 11:

We arranged a day to film. We planned everything we would need. For example:

-       Equipment (Cameras, tripods, )

-       Characters

-       Mise en Scene

-      Availabilty of location (Abbies house and the school office)

Lesson 12:

We decided to film all in one go to avoid continuity issues. This went well, despite the bad weather! As the evening went on we became more familiar with what we wanted in the shot. For example no unneccessary headroom. 

Lesson 13:

 We uploaded our film opening onto the mac and started selecting what we wanted into a new project on IMOVIE. 

Lesson 14:

 In this lesson we decided to edit our film in Final Cut. This took up to a week.

Lesson 15:

 All the editing was complete! Now was the tricky bit ... adding sound! We used the website freeplaymusic for sound effects such as heaving breathing and footsteps. However we also used the natural sound from filming i.e. Car driving. We spent another week doing this!  

Lesson 16:

We mapped out our titles for the film.

Lesson 17:

We added our titles into our film. 

Lesson 18:

We reviewed our work and showed friends!