Practice Shots to give analysis

Advantages vs. Disadvantages

Tilt
Free hand tilt looked shaky whereas with the tripod it all looked alot smoother. It will not be a point of view shot so we will want it to be smooth. For this we will need the tripod.

Pan
As in the previous one and for the same reasons, we will be using the tripod as it is not a point of view shot.

Death Sequence
We plan to have the groundsman die but we are undecided about how he shall die. Originally we was going to have him fall onto his pitchfork. This is hard to make it look good as not all actors can fall to the floor well and as we aren't real actors we will find this hard (shown by me falling onto my bag). As you can see from this clip even the shortest fall doesn't really look all that authentic.
The other idea we had was to throw the pitchfork into the air and have it fall into the groundsman. The pitchfork should be seen spinning in the air (as shown by a glove) with a seperate shot for it falling into him. By slowing down the shot we can emphasise it being in the air.

Viewing School
We have had mixed ideas about viewing the school. Whether or not to zoom into the window or have a shot of the window. By reviewing the video and taking into account other trailers, we can see that no decent standard trailer has a zoom shot anymore. To get around this problem we are going to take a short clip of the building of the school and then a short clip of the school window. This will have no zoom and will look a lot more professional.

Change of Actor - Antonio Fernandez

As mentioned in previous blogs Mr Marsh was set to act in our film but due to unforcene circumstances he is unavailable when we are set to film. We were unable to contact him via email as an error message appeared "Recipients inbox is full". Adam and I contacted him in person and after a discussion he explained to us that he could not be in the film, although we was more than welcome to use his room for filming if necessary.

Due to the actors name being Antonio Fernandez (which we feel fitting for a special detective) Adam and I wanted a man with a slight tan to him. This was to give the feeling he was fitting for the name Antonio. After a conversation with my dad (Brian Harris) he agreed to be in our film as the detective.

Permission from Mr Aherne to use his camera and him as an actor

Flowchart of the Brainstorm

This flowchart has been created using the brainstorm in the previous post.
We intend to follow the flow chart starting from the "Write Script" box.
This planning will help the flow of the filming and preparation.