Day 1

We found out which groups were given the all clear to make their trailers, we were also put in a group with people that i'd have to work with in making this trailer. As soon as we were put in a group, we were told to develop our idea a little further, so the other group members could understand the idea a little bit better. During this process, we made a mind map. On that mind map for example we wrote the theme of our traler down (thriller) and with that we had to come up with words that remnd us of a thriller movie, (suspense, violence, damning statements etc), so this way, we made sure we did not miss much out when shooting our trailer, so we made it as thriller themed possible.

Day 2
We assigned crew members to a role they would be in charge of during the production. I gave Kim the role of Camera Operator, we decided that Amir would be in charge of sound during the shoot, and also Hassan to be the production manager. We decided this would be the best thing to do, because there will people who hadnt done what they wanted to do in a project, so I thought it was best to keep it fair. I also told everyone that they would swap roles during production to keep things fair so no one felt they were only restricted to one role. The team and I had a group meeting. In that group meeting, we decided who is going to do what in terms of the pre production side. For example, I assigned one team member to complete the risk assessment and also a location recce. Another team member, a storyboard etc. That way, we knew who was doing what and we can keep track of what needs to be done and by whom and by when.

Day 3

On this day, we were finalizing our group folder for hand in just before shooting week. I had finished my scene by scene breakdown document, which was part of the folder. We made sure the folder contained every single pre production document the brief had written on it. From everything to a shot list to a script. It was important that we went through each document carefully because we didn't want to delay shooting, although my group was considerably ahead of everybody else's, we could not afford to get complacement because we did not want to lose momuntem going into the shooting week. We were also introduced to a call sheet, we were told that the directors who were in charge of the scene they were directing had to fill one out. Thankfully, our group had completed our folder and handed it in.

Day 4

Production time had arrived and me and the group were all set. Our first few scenes were shot in the downstairs studio as planned, we didn't require many props. We only needed 2 handguns and a couple of fake cigs. Whilst we were setting up all the lighting and correct placing of everything, we had a quick look at our shot list and also a quck look at the script so we knew what we were going to do. We took about 2-3 hours shooting in the studio, longer than what we orignally wanted, but because we did several take sof each scene but in a different way, so that way, we had multiple shots to choose from so we didn't feel restricted, and also we were thinking about editing process, if we only did one take of everything, we wouldn't have much shots to choose from so that way all of our edits wouldn't be the same.

Day 5

Our other location were, sackville gardens, a hallway, richmond street and under the canal bridge and the rooftop. We decided to shoot sackville garden's scene first, because it was the longest one to shoot. That took us about 40 mins to shoot because much like the day before, we wanted to shoot with multiple angles so for the editing process, we had more of a variety. The other location, such as the hallway, a staircase, richmond street were used to make the montage scenes, such as running up the stairs, fights scenes etc. By the end of this day, we had decided that we had enough footage in the can and we had shot everything we wanted to shoot. On that basis, we decided to call it a wrap.


Day 1 (Editing Process)

After shooting all the footage, we went into Post - Production. As usual, we were edting on final cut pro. After converting all the footage, I made an editing plan. Which basically consisted of the process I will go through during the actual edit. It was like a guideline for the whole process. So I started to edit, first I had decided to watch all the clips over, decide which one's were good, which one's were bad. That way I could get rid of all the unwanted clips so it would male my life easier when editing. Also, we were told to look up a producer called 'Two Steps From Hell', who have made countless movie trailer soundtracks for big budget movies, so we had to listen to some of their albums and decide which song we want.

Day 2

On this day, we were officially starting editing. I decided what order I wanted my edit to be like. I had a vision, which I intended to follow. So I got a few clips together and I made a rough edit. Without any soundtrack or any audio corrections and decided to edit it raw. I did a few experiments with the clips and I got a real good montage. I decided to edit my trailer around my montage. As I continued to edit my trailer, my vision became clearer.

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