The next week I stayed in college after class to look over footage and to do a quick little edit on the smoothie and LUSH pot cutaways. But before doing that, I split up the interview to make it easier to edit later on. The lighting was a huge problem unfortunately and looking back on the day, I don't understand why I thought it would be a good idea to place her in front of the window. Maybe I just got over excited that I was finally starting the filming process for the documentary, but I tried to change it in Premiere Pro but it wasn't really working. The framing was just slightly off, I thought I had picked a tighter shot so when I seen the back door in shot, I was annoyed because on the camera on the day, I hadn't been able to see it at all.
I was really happy with the sequences I had filmed though, but whether or not I use them in the final film had yet to be decided.
Wednesday 30 April 2014
Day Two: Smoothie and LUSH cutaways.
The next day I thought I would film myself making a smoothie to show that vegetarian food doesn't have to be boring. I know that a smoothie is very rarely unsuitable for vegetarians, but I thought it would be quite nice to film the process then speed it up to use possibly at the start or towards the end of the documentary.
Normally a smoothie takes me about ten minutes altogether to make but filming it, it took just under a hour because I had to make sure everything was in shot and I was cutting appropriately because most of the shots I had to do in one take, or else I would've been cutting up unnecessary fruit and wasting it.
One of the main reasons I wanted to do the LUSH pots was because we had asked Lindsey a few questions about LUSH and she had talked it about it so we were thinking of putting this (sped up) in over her talking about it.
Normally a smoothie takes me about ten minutes altogether to make but filming it, it took just under a hour because I had to make sure everything was in shot and I was cutting appropriately because most of the shots I had to do in one take, or else I would've been cutting up unnecessary fruit and wasting it.
After the smoothie, I thought I would take the good chunk of my LUSH pots and do a similar shoot. I would also speed this up in post-production and it would come out like a stop motion piece, which I'm very interested in. I had originally thought of doing a stop motion animation in the documentary but due to the large quantity of other work going on, I didn't feel like I would have enough time to do it, and do it properly. So doing this, it made me feel like I was still adding something different to the documentary, even if it doesn't get used in the final film.
One of the main reasons I wanted to do the LUSH pots was because we had asked Lindsey a few questions about LUSH and she had talked it about it so we were thinking of putting this (sped up) in over her talking about it.
Day One: Lindsey's interview.
Filming day had arrived (Saturday 5th April) and both myself and Caoimhe were really excited. I picked them both up from Belfast and brought them up to my house.
It didn't take us too long to set up, and it was a really nice day outside so the sun was coming through the window nicely. Caoimhe was on sound, while I was on camera as well as asking the questions. We had originally planned to stop at every fourth question and change camera angles, and had fully intended to do this but we were too interested in her answers and it was just flowing like a real conversation, that we completely forgot to do so.
We then got her to cut up some buns that were vegan as well as gluten free, and I wanted these to be cutaways for when we were taking about desserts and buying food in general.
Caoimhe and I were really happy with how the day had gone, all three of us got on great and the answers that Lindsey gave us to our questions were great and quite eye opening.
It didn't take us too long to set up, and it was a really nice day outside so the sun was coming through the window nicely. Caoimhe was on sound, while I was on camera as well as asking the questions. We had originally planned to stop at every fourth question and change camera angles, and had fully intended to do this but we were too interested in her answers and it was just flowing like a real conversation, that we completely forgot to do so.
We then got her to cut up some buns that were vegan as well as gluten free, and I wanted these to be cutaways for when we were taking about desserts and buying food in general.
Caoimhe and I were really happy with how the day had gone, all three of us got on great and the answers that Lindsey gave us to our questions were great and quite eye opening.
Saturday 19 April 2014
The production meeting before filming!
On Thursday 3rd April, we had a small production meeting to discuss further details of our interview happening on Saturday 5th April with Lindsey.
We discussed where the interview would be and because of location constraints at Caoimhe's house, we decided that it would be easier to use my house since it would be free and no-one but us would be in. We made plans where I would pick Caoimhe and Lindsey up in Belfast and bring them to mine too. We also talked about possible cutaway locations, but these aren't nailed down until Lindsey answers the questions obviously.
We discussed where the interview would be and because of location constraints at Caoimhe's house, we decided that it would be easier to use my house since it would be free and no-one but us would be in. We made plans where I would pick Caoimhe and Lindsey up in Belfast and bring them to mine too. We also talked about possible cutaway locations, but these aren't nailed down until Lindsey answers the questions obviously.
Who Wants To See An Amazing Pitch?
Our second pitch for 'Dislocation' (on Thursday 27th March), Andy and I played a short version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" and this answered questions that related to the pitch. It gave us what the genre was, the title of the film, the setting and time period and would audiences like to see the film.
After our fun teaser, we spoke about more details about the film including the actors and their head shots, the locations, the crew and shooting dates, to name a few. This information can be found below:
Title: "Dislocation"
Genre: Comedy Horror, Magic Realism
Time/Setting: Present day Northern Ireland
Theme: Satire battles redemption. Two Geocaching friends search for an evasive cache deep in the forest. Will they find their surreptitious reward, or will it find them?
Actors:
Josh Sugar - Richard Andrews
Dan Groves - Ryan Sloan
Groundskeeper - Dave McCaughey
Chelsea (Dead Girl) - Hannah Gallagher
Old Man - Patrick Allen
Locations:
Car - Andy's Car
Road Cutaways - Hillsborough
Forest Scene - Hillsborough Forest Park
Graveyard - Blaris Cemetery
Open Field - Hillsborough
Cabin Int - TV Studio (BMC Millfield)
Cabin Ext - Hillsborough
Props:
Binoculars, backpacks (x2), costumes, fake wounds, blood pellets, make-up, fake gun, metal box, cigars (x2) and shovel.
Provisional Shooting Dates:
7th and 8th April
Intended Audience:
Young adults over the age of 15 that enjoy comedies such as "The Inbetweeners" and "How Not To Live Your Life".
How does it fit into 'Dislocation'?
Set in the middle of nowhere, Dan is a hero; he is cool, slick and adventurous. Josh is a lesser version, always in the shadow of his best friend. He tries to be like him so much but always ends up getting it wrong. When Dan is killed, the spotlight is thrust onto Josh, he is being forced to become the hero that the audience expected Dan to be. Josh is in uncharted territory in this front and centre role; scared, determined and dislocated.
Overall, I'm really happy with how our pitch turned out. Andy had a great idea and I'm so glad that we went with it because it was creative and no-one else had an idea like it. It was memorable and fun with a twist, as well as our tutor liking it because it had an edge but we also gave the relevant information.
After our fun teaser, we spoke about more details about the film including the actors and their head shots, the locations, the crew and shooting dates, to name a few. This information can be found below:
Title: "Dislocation"
Genre: Comedy Horror, Magic Realism
Time/Setting: Present day Northern Ireland
Theme: Satire battles redemption. Two Geocaching friends search for an evasive cache deep in the forest. Will they find their surreptitious reward, or will it find them?
Actors:
Josh Sugar - Richard Andrews
Dan Groves - Ryan Sloan
Groundskeeper - Dave McCaughey
Chelsea (Dead Girl) - Hannah Gallagher
Old Man - Patrick Allen
Locations:
Car - Andy's Car
Road Cutaways - Hillsborough
Forest Scene - Hillsborough Forest Park
Graveyard - Blaris Cemetery
Open Field - Hillsborough
Cabin Int - TV Studio (BMC Millfield)
Cabin Ext - Hillsborough
Props:
Binoculars, backpacks (x2), costumes, fake wounds, blood pellets, make-up, fake gun, metal box, cigars (x2) and shovel.
Provisional Shooting Dates:
7th and 8th April
Intended Audience:
Young adults over the age of 15 that enjoy comedies such as "The Inbetweeners" and "How Not To Live Your Life".
How does it fit into 'Dislocation'?
Set in the middle of nowhere, Dan is a hero; he is cool, slick and adventurous. Josh is a lesser version, always in the shadow of his best friend. He tries to be like him so much but always ends up getting it wrong. When Dan is killed, the spotlight is thrust onto Josh, he is being forced to become the hero that the audience expected Dan to be. Josh is in uncharted territory in this front and centre role; scared, determined and dislocated.
Overall, I'm really happy with how our pitch turned out. Andy had a great idea and I'm so glad that we went with it because it was creative and no-one else had an idea like it. It was memorable and fun with a twist, as well as our tutor liking it because it had an edge but we also gave the relevant information.
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