Music

For the film we got Sophie to record some music on a piano at home she got a few nursery rhyme like tunes which we used but we wanted more sounds of single notes so I went home yesterday and went through keys on the piano that i thought would fit in our film, I got lots of high pitched notes and low ones too. We used these notes today and have included them into the film so editing is pretty much done!

Filming and editing

There is a film diary on the group blog which I put together with one day done by Sophie. On that you can see that I filmed all the time and have been editing with Sophie mainly, and a little on my own for those days but for the rest of the filming we have done it as a group.

To see the film diary go to the group blog.

Improving the Similar Media works profile

We got feedback on our Similar media works profile and I went back and improved it by adding images and print screens from movies.
To see this go onto the group blog.

Locations

Together as a group we went out in one of our media lessons to find fields and alley ways that we could use in our film and also places in the school that we could use. All of the group were there when we took pictures of the first 4 pictures which are seen on the group blog then Hazel took the other pictures and wrote about them.

This can be seen on the group blog.

Props

I created a page on props, I went into depth of the Knife because it has to be realistic for example it has to be a knife that a school girl could get hold of and also a knife that murder someone so I took pictures of knives that are found at home so then we can choose what one looks most threatening.

I also made a small list of other props that will be seen in the film.

To see this go to the group blog.

Costumes

For costume I created a page on what we would expect our characters to wear. I took pictures of clothes that could be used in our film also.

To see the pictures and information about the costume go to group blog.

Casting and Auditions

Before the auditions I created a section on the blog about what we would imagine the character Katie to be like, I found a picture that suits how Katie would look and also put that on the blog.

To see this section go to the group blog.

For the auditions I made the script and then asked Sophie and Hazel to check it and tell me where it could be changed.

To see the script see the group blog.

For the auditions I also created a poster to be placed around the school to encourage people to come and audition.

We mainly had drama students who auditioned which was good as they felt comfortable perfoming.

We held the auditions one lunch time and interviewed 3 boys and 3 girls all three members of the group were at the auditions.

To see the auditions film go to group blog.

After the auditions we watched the auditions back as a group and decided who would play Katie and Mr Jones then selected the rest of the auditionees to play the minor characters. We then took pictures of each member of the cast and Sophie wrote information on each actor.

To see this go to group blog.