Day 3 of filming...

Our main goals for filming for our final day was to film;

• The protagonist looking into the mirror
• The second bedroom scene (girl drawing on the bed)
• Final continuity shots

Props needed for the day;

• School uniform, pyjamas
• Make up wipes
• headphones and music player
• Notebook and pencil

The scene we filmed first was the mirror scene when the girl is wiping the make up off her face after crying and just stares at her reflection. Our camera skills had increased by then so we felt comfortable shooting that scene steadily.
The next scene we filmed was the second bedroom scene when the girl is drawing and listening to music on her bed, we again choose to use a variety of shots for this scene which was; medium, over the shoulder, point of view, and low angle. We shoot this in this way to show the girls anger and distress of her mother, so when edited we can show this by showing all these shots.

Our final scene we shot was the final bedroom scene when the girl is on the floor in the corner of the bedroom with pills and alcohol in her hand looking down at the pills then up at the camera saying "help". we used a close up of this and followed her eyes with the camera up then down to make a much more touching end to the film which hopefully the audience will feel.

Day 2 of filming...

After the first day of experimenting with the camera and what we can do with it the second day of filming would be much easier. So like day 1 we made a plan for what scenes we were going to film which were;

• 2 bedroom scenes
• suicide letter

The props needed were;

• Pen paper
• pyjamas (torn up and stained)
• desk with a bottle of pills

The first scene we shot was the suicide letter it was the easiest and less time consuming scene to shoot. We choose a variety of different shots to film it in because that scene would be at the beginning and at the end so the most significant scene for the audience. We used a close up, point of view, over the shoulder , a mid shot and a high angle shot. The main aim of that shot was to have a close up of the word " speak" since it is the title of the film.
The Next scene we filmed was the last tension scene where both mother and daughter were which was when the mother was sitting outside the flat drinking a bottle of wine, the daughter comes outside to take out the rubbish, as the daughter approaches the bin the mother calls her over and as she gets closer dashes the glass bottle at her. when that happens the daughter in shock and fear runs away back to the house . For this we scene we wanted again to experiment with the angles and shots so one person in the group had an idea for a high angle shot, he stood on a high wall and filmed the protagonist walking down an alleyway to the bins which gave it a nice effect. we also used mid shot, close up wide shot and low angle with all these different shots when editing we can mix them up at a fast pace to create the tension for the audience.
That leads us to the  last scene of the day which was the girl running from outside to her bedroom in anger she throws the clothes and mobile phone on the floor and sits on the bed crying. She then finds a picture of her brother on the floor and just stares at it. For this scene we choose to use just one shot which was a mid shot the reason for this was to capture the whole scene from a viewers perspective as if they were in the room with her when this was happening.
We ran out of time for filming that day so for the third and final day we planned to film;

• The protagonist running through the main door and running up the stairs to her flat
• the last close up of the protagonist
• finally take some pictures for the poster

Filming day 1....

Filming takes a lot of planning before you can begin anything to do with filming, so our group came together and made a list of all the scenes that we wanted to film on the day from our film schedule which were:

• Establishing shot
• Protagonist walking down the alleyway, down the street and approaching the door
• Protagonist finding her mum
• View point shots
• Suicide letter
• Other kitchen scene

So we did plan to accomplish a lot in one afternoon. But in order to film those scenes we had to think of any props that maybe needed which were:

• Pills
• Alcohol bottles
• extra food and drink to set the scene of a messy kitchen

We planned to shot the film at a particular location but realised that it was impossible to film there because it was unavailable. So we came to a mutual decision of another location.
Shooting the scenes:
The first scene which we filmed was the protagonist walking through hall way to find her drunk mum on the kitchen floor she goes to help her but her mum  pushes her away. She then walks out the room with a look of disappointment and sadness on her face. We shot this scene with a number of different shots such as ; over the shoulder, point of view, low angle, high angle and close up.
The second scene was the other kitchen scene when the protagonist sits at the dinning table staring at her mum and then notices the broken glass so walks towards her picks up a cloth and starts to clean it up and notices the blood from her mums writs goes to touch her mum and the mum quickly slaps her off. The scene then ends with the gild chucking the cloth on the kitchen top and hastily walking out the kitchen. Again with this scene we used a variety of shots we used; low angle, placed the camera on a level shelf, view point and close up. The use of all these different shots will hopefully when edited add more drama and tension to the film.

Filming schedule...

Thursday 18th Oct: Start our filming establishing shot and a variety of shots of the protagonist, and the two kitchen scenes.

Wednesday 19th Oct: Day 2 of filming, filming the kitchen and bedroom scene and writing the suicide letter.

Thursday 20th Oct: Day 3 film the kitchen  and bedroom scenes and the outside scene.

Friday 21st Oct: Go through everything filmed and film anymore that we think needs to be re filmed or for continuity. When done start editing immediately.

Treatment for film: Suicide letter

"I know i was never what you wanted me to be and i know that and its ok. I dont know you well enough to blame you for anything. I dont know if you love me or if you ever wanted me or even if you think about me when im at school.

Im doing this because at least then you'll know how i feel,,,felt

There used to be many questions that i thought you had to answer but now i realise i was never meant to know. And i will never know. And now you wont have to live with me anymore and maybe that will make you better.
I hope i can make you better, im sorry i never found the words to speak".

That was going to be the original letter but becasue of only having a 5 minute film we had to cut it down to just 3 lines.

"This is the only way i know how to end our pain

I hope i can make you better, im sorry i never found the words to speak".

Camera Shots and Angles

Before being able to start to film or film we had to make sure we understood all the different camera shots and angles so that our film can be much more appealing to the eyes of our audience.
There are a variety of camera shots and angles that you can use in your film to make interesting for your audience. For example if a character is crying you may choose to use a close up to bring out that emotion and make your audience feel that characters emotion. Or if you are trying to  create tension in a scene then you can have a variety of shots and make them fast past.
The camera angles that we can use are:

• Eye-Level:This is the most common view, being the real-world angle that we are all used to

• High Angle:A high angle shows the subject from above

• Low Angle:This shows the subject from below

• Bird's Eye: The scene is shown from directly above. This is a completely different and somewhat unnatural point of view which can be used for dramatic effect or for showing a different spatial perspective.

• Slanted: Also known as a dutch tilt, this is where the camera is purposely tilted to one side so the horizon is on an angle. This creates an interesting and dramatic effect

Here are the different types of camera shots that can be used:
we have the: Mid shot, two shot, close up, wide shot and extreme close up.