Sound Log

Typed up sound log from the three production days. This will help me when it comes to finding selected sounds. I made it easier for myself because at the end of each production day I took all the sound clips on the Marantz and copied them into a separate file on my laptop then deleted everything off the memory card. This meant that we had no worry of running out of space if we were out on location. As well as that it meant that I could locate sounds based on what day we filmed what scene.

Sound Log for Drama Project

Sound Research

Soon enough it would be time for me to start sound designing. I already had a few ideas in mind, such as having Dubstep styled music to play during the drinking scene. But Further research was needed for me to get the right feel of what I wanted the Final Piece to sound like.

I listened to the Tron Soundtrack and though none of the pieces felt like it would fit in with our production it did make me think what unnatural or unexpected elements I should Look for when searching for my Dubstep styled music.





The Main Theme in Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky had me thinking of what sort of instrumental I would use that could some how allow what isn't said to speak at the same volume as what is being said. This sounds a little complicated but I was think of it in terms of "OffScreen Space" A theme we covered in a Film Analysis Lecture that talked about how what isn't shown makes the audience more curious. I felt that this was important because of the Two sides of the character we were trying to show to the audience. To word it in a way that makes sense I needed to look for an instrumental track that had space in between bars.

Overall Production Process

It was a long process but everything kept to schedule and our actors were very professional, there were a few issues that we were able to problem solve such as on the first day of production where we kept adding new ideas to the shot list but others proved more difficult, some that was within out control and others that weren't. Lighting the room and getting rid of shadows helped add to the production time within the house, and the weather/light of the day was something that was a pain. With the lighting of the day especially because one of the scenes that happen nsync had to be shot over two different days because of the actors availability. And finally the rain having to record sound and film from under an umbrella is both awkward and compromising. We all worked well as a team I thought and that helped to make the production process run smoothly and relatively hassle free.

Day 3 Production 26/04/2012

To day we filmed to last to sections of the film, the Graveyard and the Alleyway scene. We had a little hiccough when the cameraman was filming in the wrong format but that was quickly rectified. Luckily the weather was in our favour that morning, but after stopping for a lunch break and allowing the actors to run through their lines a little more we went out to film in the alleyway when the clouds broke. The alleyway we ended up using was different from the one we initially had in mind as when Luke Mark and Fraser got there it was filled with cars and there was to much background noise,, they were fortunate to stumble upon this one and set up shots before the rest of us arrived with the actors. Our actors were happy to film in the gushing rain and we had a rain proof mac to keep them somewhat dry when we rest the shots. Before we knew it we were finished filming.

Day 2 Production 25/04/2012

On the Wednesday our second Actor was available and we started the day by getting the rest of the interior shots filmed before moving on to film things from the outside. One thing we didn't get done which was on the schedule was the Alleyway scene. We decided that it was best to leave it until the last day because there was less to do and we didn't want our actors to feel too over whelmed. As well as this I think things went a lot smoother today as yesterday everyone was coming up with new ideas to add to the shot list. This was all useful as it did  help us consider the odd thing that we forgot to include earlier and some good new ideas were mentioned but the downside to this was that it made the filming go slower than it ultimately would have done. Therefore we decided to just stick to what we had written in the shot list and allow the director and cameraman and producer to come up with anything beneficial with the rest of us only piping up when we thought there night be a continuity error.

Day 1 Production 24/04/2012

As discussed we collected the equipment then came back to my place and started to plan out which house shots we would film and re-enacted the shots so we knew just how we wanted our actress to act so that when she got here there would be no messing around. Though the day felt long we got everything we intended to film filmed, I ticked off all the relevant shots on the shot list as the day went on as well as keeping a sound log. The sound log was something that took me a while to get used to but will prove relevant when it comes to the sound design stage

Pre Production: Location Scouting 23/04/2012

Today the six of us met up at around 5:00pm as per scheduled and did a bit of location scouting.
We already had our three locations in mind: An alleyway, a house and a graveyard. The house and the alleyway were sorted and we had a rough idea of where the graveyard was but we still needed to find the best spot that would fit in with the shots we had planned. We found one that was abandoned behind London Road and I had heard that it was now a public place so permission wasn't necessary, but this was still yet to be verified. We managed to decide upon which area was best to use and where we could get some establishing shots.
The Producer and Editor came and had a look at the house to better visualise the type of shots and the space we had to film in. After that we all split up scheduled to meet back at stores the next day a 1:30pm to get equipment.

Pre Production: Final Idea 19/04/2012

During the session we pitched the two ideas.
Then first one, was quite hard to put into words; A girl who seems to be mourning the death of a friend, she has a stalker who we the audience believe is a killer. He killed her friend and now he wants to kill her too. A series of events leads up to the confrontation scene where we discover the stalker is actually a friend of the deceased and knows the girl killed her and wants her to confess.

The second idea was to be a little more light hearted and was about a man who is tied to a tree after failing to pay back somebody he owed money too. The two people have a conversation and after a while he gets knocked out/falls asleep. When he come's too he finds someone is tied next to him, and they proceed to have witty banter until the end of the movie.

We ended up going with the first pitch for many reasons. Examples being that the weather forecast for the week of production was rain so being tied to a tree wouldn't be the ideal location. As well as this we already had a guy and girl lined up to act parts and the second idea was envisioned as two males.
Though it was quite hard to explain, even to ourselves once we had our heads wrapped around it, the idea made sense and we started building up the story. After attempting to work as one big group we realised we were going know where and broke off into sections and put together a props list, schedule, script before all coming together and working on the Shot List.
All in all it was a very successful planning session and I think it helped to help us all feel a little calmer about starting production on Tuesday.

Drama Project - Shot List


Production Schedule

Planning 17/04/2012

After having a two week break, during which all members of the group had kept in contact via our Facebook group (which we used to discuss possible ideas) we needed to decide on a solid idea.
We spent the next few hours coming up with the genre, characters, plot, location and development of our Drama piece. I believe that though the planning session took longer than we all thought it was very fruitful, and we had two solid ideas for Thursdays session.