review of the test shoot

 Our idea has translated very well into film. We have managed to create an engaging opening title sequence. that was well edited, with the sound being removed. 

Our test shoot exceeded the 2 minute time period and went up to about 2 minutes and 37 seconds. This means we will have to cut out or shorten some certain scenes and focus on the main elements of the idea more. 

The pace was slightly dragged out at the start and snappy at the end. so we have to make it flow a bit more smoothly. 

The idea is clear throughout the shots, but they will be even more once we do it 'for real' next time.

The angles and camera movement have worked out better than we expected and we didn't really have to adjust any apart from a few. We might develop some shot slightly more advanced.

We didn't have to delete any shoot from the test shoot. we wanted to see how long the whole sequence would be if we shoot it. And from this we learned we have to make it shorter. 

we are not sure how the dialogue will work in the actual opening sequence, so that is one of the things we have to focus on more, from now on. and figure out what the characters will say and how...

The camera angles worked well and figuring out how the man and the victim will act when they meet for the first time, their movement works very well and we know what we want ours actors to do. 

this exercise has helped our group very much, now we know we have to shorten the duration, cut out or down some shots and make the theme more obvious to the audience. and we also have to work on working out the dialogues for the characters. 

BTS:

planning our test shoot

step 1: your idea, that you chose as a group

step 2: an outline of what happens

step 3: actors you need and props/ props substitutes you need to bring in 

step 4: what location/locations you'll be using 

step 5: the roles of each group member 

step 1: our opening title sequence is based on the character of Jeffrey Epstein. A young girl (the victim) is escorted from a translation to the abusers home by a chaperone, who's another young girl. 

step 2: she comes out the train station and the chaperone is waiting for her in the car that is driven by a private driver, he then drives both of the young girls to a mansion in the countryside. There an older man is waiting for them on his terrace and the girl (victim) has no idea of the true intentions of their meeting. 

step 3: we need 4 characters in total. We have a max. of 3 characters in individual shots. We will use two of our classmates for actors and either me and Pandora will step in when necessary. 

step 4: we will be doing our test shoot on school grounds and on the school's property. 

step 5: me and Pandora are going to use a phone for capturing the shots. and telling our 'actors' what to do, so then we can work out the shots that we will actually include in our opening title sequence and also so we know how long the title sequence will take. 

catch up lesson.

Today we had a catch up lesson in class, Amy was on teams, because she's currently in France. 

We finally decided on the locations where we are going to film our sequence. And the car that we are going to use and that we are going to film the girl arriving at a train station.

For the final location we have decided to film on the terrace of the main house in Hurtwood. The terrace overlooks the Surrey Hills and gives us a nice view. 

We will have to set up the terrace to make it more presentable and add some outdoor furniture outside. 

The terrace is where the (victim) girl will meet the older man (who's a sexual predator). 

For the car we are going to use Cosmo's Porsche Cayenne. (Cosmo is our headmaster at Hurtwood).

We finalised our cast list, and decided on some backups:

-Ezra (theatre teacher)- for the character representing Jeffrey Epstein (I have also sent him an email for him to confirm) 

*as a backup for this role: Andy Johnson (theatre teacher)

-For the victim girl we casted Georgie Spencer 

-For the chaperone girl we casted Freya Kerr

*we have two back ups for these roles: (two girls from our school) David, Gianna 

We chose Ockley railway station in Surrey for the girl (victim) to arrive at.