izzi coursework update

So far I have shot the whole film (with the exception of the part that i filmed over) I have edited the first scene. when the camera zooms into the man, i will show his reaction with a face on shot which will involve the audience more than side profile.
In the next three weeks i will try to film the part i filmed over and continue with editing the second part that i more recently shot. I have learned a lot about continuity- making sure all the actors are wearing the right cloths, and not taping over. also shot lengths i am learning, that a variation is key. Also organisation is vital Involving the audience is best done from face on camera, but a range is important. I haven't yet started on the music.

Merry and Shannon- filming so far

So far we have decided on a slightly different story line to follow as we did not have sufficient time or actors to follow the original script. However, to make things more simple, we have tried to stay as close to the script we wrote as possible.
We have decided to get rid of the 2 estate agents and the couple in the film because to make these characters believable we'd need 4 adults, which is not possible for us. Therefore we've decided to change these roles and instead have a girl who visits the house where the man has been killed.
We have found the actor to fill this role and have begun to film her first scene. We feel that this went really well and we tried to get as many close ups as possible into this scene as we know this will score us high marks.
We have learnt that it is important to get reliable actors in order to produce a good film, also the continuity of the film is important especially when making a horror film because if a tiny detail of the film is wrong then the atmosphere of the film will be ruined. In the next few weeks we must film the rest of our film and put our home video onto a DVD so we can use this in our filming.