9th November 2010
So far a lot has changed since the pre-production of 'The Possessed' till now. We started filming the sequences of 'The Possessed' like three - four weeks ago in one of the performance studies rehearsal rooms. We used a range of equipment to film such as a Canon EOS 7D, lights and a tripod. We used students from our class to act as some of the characters in our teaser trailer for example Lauren is the possessed child; Fenetta and Jide are the un-biological parents and Bobby is the priest who is carrying out the exorcism.
To be honest three - four weeks of filming a 30-50 second teaser trailer is a very long time, but considering the fact that we had relatively major set backs and only two days in a week to film, I think we done alright for our first attempt at filming. Some of the set backs that prolonged our filming time was getting the heavy equipment and props from the media department (north building) all the way to the performance department (south building) which was not easy. Another set back was the fact that on some days some of the actors could not film with us because they had to do their own work; if they did film with us then it was done in a rush. Setting up the room was a slow process as we had to place the props in a certain way for example sticking up all the drawings on the wall and making sure that it looked right. The room that we filmed in consisted of three walls, one wall at the front and another wall on the left and right. To begin with we stuck all the drawings on the front wall and when we set up the filming equipment we realised that the lights wouldn't move very far because of the positioning of the sockets to plug the lights. Because of this reason we had to stick the drawings on the right wall which gave us more space to film and for the lights to move further.
Throughout the past couple of days, its come to our knowledge that calling the film 'The Possessed' is very cliche and that it gives away what the film is about. We came to a group decision, after trying to figure out new film titles, that the film will be called 'Devil's Orphan' which is more catchy and original. When we went to the editing room to see how the film for the teaser trailer was looking, we were not happy at all as most of the shots were underexposed. We also realised that some of the filming equipment such as the light stand, was visible in the shots. All of these problems and others issues, made us come to a decision that we would film the teaser trailer over again. We comprehend that the teaser trailer due date is fast approaching; but now that we know where we went wrong and what exactly we have to do, we have told ourselves that we are going to work extra harder and be a lot more organised.
What went wrong last time that will not happen this time, was the lack of organisation and communication within the group and the actors that we needed. Before, we told all our actors on the day that they were needed and made them get into their costumes and make up (it wasn't guaranteed that there would be enough time to film using all the actors). This time there will definitely be more communication and instead of telling the actors that we need them on the day, we will give them prior notice. We have come up with what we believe is the best method of filming the teaser trailer faster, which is by filming the scenes where the most actors are needed so that we can get it out of the way and not occupy their time as well. We know that we have a lot of work to do but I believe and know that we will get it done and produce an excellent teaser trailer.
Daniela Tome'
Throughout the past couple of days, its come to our knowledge that calling the film 'The Possessed' is very cliche and that it gives away what the film is about. We came to a group decision, after trying to figure out new film titles, that the film will be called 'Devil's Orphan' which is more catchy and original. When we went to the editing room to see how the film for the teaser trailer was looking, we were not happy at all as most of the shots were underexposed. We also realised that some of the filming equipment such as the light stand, was visible in the shots. All of these problems and others issues, made us come to a decision that we would film the teaser trailer over again. We comprehend that the teaser trailer due date is fast approaching; but now that we know where we went wrong and what exactly we have to do, we have told ourselves that we are going to work extra harder and be a lot more organised.
What went wrong last time that will not happen this time, was the lack of organisation and communication within the group and the actors that we needed. Before, we told all our actors on the day that they were needed and made them get into their costumes and make up (it wasn't guaranteed that there would be enough time to film using all the actors). This time there will definitely be more communication and instead of telling the actors that we need them on the day, we will give them prior notice. We have come up with what we believe is the best method of filming the teaser trailer faster, which is by filming the scenes where the most actors are needed so that we can get it out of the way and not occupy their time as well. We know that we have a lot of work to do but I believe and know that we will get it done and produce an excellent teaser trailer.
Daniela Tome'
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