Flatline

https://vimeo.com/97337936

Password: Flatline1

Paper Chase

http://youtu.be/JEqXW68Brco

Capture 14

In the last week or so I helped Connor in making the DCP's for Capture 14, this consists of exporting them from davinci as a Tiff, then converting those in open DCP to jpeg2000's then those into one XML file and the separate sound files into and XML file and finally those to together convert into the final DCP. I worked on the stings, the 8 second clips between the films and they took about half an hour to convert. Connor worked on the films themselves and must have taken hours.

I also decided to do the photography for the event. I wanted every crew and cast to get pictures in front of their posters, but we couldn't really get as nice poster steup for the backdrop and people didn't seem that bothered. I took a few photos of the event as it went on and hung around afterwards for people to get photos but I honestly didn't work too hard, I wanted to enjoy the night too.

And I did! Capture 14 was great. The films came out really nicely and the audience response was just what we were looking for. I think Paper Chase looked nicer than Flatline but am happy with them both. Getting the applause after the films was really gratifying and the night was a great end to the course.

Pickups with Dan

Today me and Dan met with Courtney and his dad to get a load of delivery pickups, we need them to make the montage last as long as the music Dan has chosen.. We decided to shoot in Dan's home town, Wombwell so that we could get those doorway pickups too. Dan was confident that his dogs could also play a few funny roles and to his and their credit they played their part perfectly. We unfortunately couldn't get the bag for the shoot because we hadnt seen Alex but we did get a lot of nice shots.

When shooting both interiors and exteriors we kept our minds really open and just tried a few things that worked really nicely. It was pretty calm and just a really nice day of shooting. The scenery fitted nicely with Bamford so I'm sure there will no continuity issues with that I just hope the bag being missing isnt too much of a problem, it would be a shame to lose so much good footage.

Storyboards.

Unfortunately a lot of the storyboards got lost or damaged whilst in use or after use but as an example of my storyboards take a look at the Flatline Shotlist and Storyboards below:

Day	Time	Scene	Shot	Description	Actors	Length	Location	Other
06/03/2014		Cutaways	5	Key in door	-		house
06/03/2014		3	1	Long High angle wide. A lies on bed.	A.		Bedroom.
06/03/2014		3	2	MS High angle. A Lies on bed.	A.		Bedroom.
06/03/2014		3	3	Profile A (FG) rolls over. Model Ambo.	A.		Bedroom.	Change clock, jump cut. Roll back over?
06/03/2014		Cutaways	1	Alarm clock.	A.		Bedroom.
		TITLES		Flashing lights well out of focus. Black titles over top.
		1	1	Track along and past till. Pan down to 3 shot.	A.M.S.	20	Shop
		1	2	CU Alex helping S and packing. MF	A.	20	Shop
		1	3	CU Heart moniter.	A.	10	Shop
		1	4	MCU Alex notices checkout. M+S moving off in BG	A.M.S.	20	Shop
		1	5	CU Checkout reader.		10	Shop
		1	6	ML of A from the till. M+S in BG.	A.M.S.	15	Shop
		1	7	MCU 2shot M+S.	M.S.	10	Shop
		1	8	Long 3 shot from the door as they leave.	A.M.S.	10	Shop	A looks back to till.
		1	9	Items move across till.		10	Shop	Pace wise needs to mach next shot from sc2sh1.
		2	1	A pushes patiens left to right form cut from s1sh9.	A.P.D.	15	Hosp Hall.
		2	2	CU quick zoom Hands wash.	A.	3	Hosp.
		2	3	CU quick zoom Pen from pocket.	A.	3	Hosp.
		2	4	CU Quick zoom Form filled.	A.	3	Hosp.
		2	5	CU Quick zoom Pen in Pocket	A.	3	Hosp.
		2	6	CU Quick pan Doorhandle.	A.	3	Hosp.
		2	7	Same as s2sh1. With A stood against wall. M joins him.	A.M.		Hosp.Hall.
		2	8	Low Long profile. A joins M.	A.M.D.		Hosp.Hall.	Run Full Scene. D+A's feet should be CU.
		2	9	MCU 2 Shot. A and M talking. (opp)	A.M.		Hosp.Hall.	Make Sure to Run end of the Scene in ths shot too.
		2	10	MCU 2 shot. Closer to A 45*	A.M.		Hosp.Hall.	Make Sure to Run end of the Scene in ths shot too.
		2	11	MCU 2 Shot Closer to M 45*.	A.M.		Hosp.Hall.	Make Sure to Run end of the Scene in ths shot too.
		2	11	MCU Profile of M Long of A+D as they talk.	A.M.D.		Hosp.Hall.	Make Sure to Run end of the Scene in ths shot too.
		2	12	MCU Doctor.	D.		Hosp.Hall.
		2	13	MCU Alex.	A,		Hosp.Hall.
		2	14	CU Doctor.	D.		Hosp.Hall.
		2	15	CU Alex.	A.		Hosp.Hall.
		2	16	MCU 2Shot closer to A.	A.D.		Hosp.Hall.
		2	17	MCU 2Shot closer to D.	A.D.		Hosp.Hall.
		2	18	CU Alex.	A.		Hosp.Hall.
		2	19	CU Poster.	-		Hosp.Hall.
		Cutaways	1	Ambulance door Open	A.		Ambo
		Cutaways	2	Ambulance door closes	A.		Ambo
		Cutaways	3	Shirt in locker	-		locker
		Cutaways	4	Shirt out locker	-		locker
		Cutaways	2	Ambulance door Open	A.		Ambo
		Cutaways	3	Ambulance door closes	A.		Ambo
		Cutaways	4	Shirt in locker	-		Locker
		Cutaways	5	Shirt out locker	-		Locker
		Cutaways	6	Key in door	-		House
		4	1	CU Vomit hits ground.	D.		Alleyway	Track across from…?
		4	2	MS 3Shot A and M recoil from sick.	A.M.D.		Alleyway
		4	3	CU A tries to help D.	A.		Alleyway
		4	4	CU Drunk.	D.		Alleyway
		4	5	M 3Shot Behind D. A on left M on right. Drunk in middle.	A.M.D.		Alleyway
		4	6	MCU 2 Shot A pushes past M Leaves M stood bewildered	A.M.D.		Alleyway
		Cutaways	1	Doors open.			Ambo EXT
		Cutaways	2	Doors Close.			Ambo EXT
		Cutaways	3	Blue light flashing.			Ambo EXT
		Cutaways	4	CU Drunk vomiting.	D.		AmboBack
		Cutaways	5	CU Air Freshner Spray.			AmboBack
		5	1	ECU Air freshner in Footwell.			Ambo cab
		5	2	2shot Profile. CU of A MCU of M.	A.M.		Ambo cab
		5	3	CU of A front on.	A.		Ambo cab
		5	4	CU of M front on.	M.		Ambo cab
		5	5	CU of A MF.	A.		Ambo cab
		5	6	CU of M MF	M.		Ambo cab
		5	7	2Shot from outside through window front on.	A.M.		Ambo cab
		Cutaways	1	CU Seat belt.			Ambo
		Cutaways	2	CU Key in ignition,			Ambo
		Cutaways	3	CU Blue light flashing.			Ambo
		Cutaways	4	CU Ambo wheel spin.			Ambo
		Cutaways	5	Ambo on street.			AmboExt.
		6	1	Low CU Ambo wheel stopping outside D's house.	-		Front D EXT
		6	2	Profile of A (almost M POV). A is ready to go.	A,M.		Ambo cab
		6	3	MCU M argues with A.	M.		Ambo cab
		6	4	Side of ambulance. A gets out and comes towards cam.	A,M.		Ambo cab
		6	5	OSS M watches A leave.	A,M.		Ambo cab
		6	6	Wide of A leaving the Ambo.	A.		Front D EXT
08/03/2014		7	1	Wide. A reaches door.	A.		D's EXT
08/03/2014		7	2	ECU A's hand knocking.	A.		D's EXT
08/03/2014		7	3	CU A's face.	A.		D's EXT
08/03/2014		7	4	MS. D comes to the winow. A doesn't see.	A.D.		D's EXT
08/03/2014		7	5	OSS behind Alex as door opens,	A.D.		D's EXT
08/03/2014		7	6	CU D.	D.		D's EXT
08/03/2014		7	7	Profile of A going inside.	A.		D's EXT
08/03/2014
08/03/2014		8	1	Wide. D and A enter the living room.	A.D.		D's Room
08/03/2014		8	2	A POV of the room. D walks ahead to the sofa.	A.		D's Room
08/03/2014		8	3	MCU 2shot as A crouches infront of D on sofa.	A.D.		D's Room
08/03/2014		8	4	MCU D.	D.		D's Room
08/03/2014		8	5	MCU A. turning to his bag. 2Shot. D cariac in BG.	A.D.		D's Room
08/03/2014		8	6	CU A as he looks at his bag.	A.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	7	CU D goes into cardiac.	D.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	8	High angle ML as D collapses.	A.D.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	9	CU A tries to save D. Door in BG. M enters.	A.D.M.P.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	10	MCU M and Police officer enter.	M.P.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	11	CU A doing CPR. Real low real close. M closes in in BG.	A.D.M.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	12	LIKE CUTAWAY M Cuts D's shirt.	A.D.M.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	13	LIKE CUTAWAY M hooks up defib.	A.D.M.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	14	LIKE CUTAWAY Defib on D.	A.D.M.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	15	LIKE CUTAWAY Suggested shock.	A.D.M.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	16	CU mike treats D.	M.D.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	17	Alex falls back against the sofa in Profile MS.	A.D.M.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	18	CU of A as D dies.	A.		D's Room	Handcam
08/03/2014		8	19	Wide Long high survailance shot from corner of the room.	A.D.M.P.		D's Room	Handcam
		9	1	CU P A slouched in cab. M enters.	A.M		Ambo Cab
		9	2	CU A.	A.		Ambo Cab
		9	3	ECU A fidling with something on dashboard.	A.		Ambo Cab
		9	4	MCU M enters the cab.	M.		Ambo Cab
		9	5	ECU M opens glovebox.	M.		Ambo Cab
		9	6	CU M hands A the letter,	A.M.		Ambo Cab
		9	7	ECU A's eyes.	A.		Ambo Cab
		9	8	ECU A's mout mouthing the words.	A.		Ambo Cab
		9	9	CU M in passenger side.	M,		Ambo Cab
		9	10	ECU Radio,	A.		Ambo Cab
		9	11	ML from outside ambo. Front on 2S.	A.M.		Ambo Cab
		9	11	Wide ambo sets off.	A.M.		Ambo Cab

Shooting day 4.

Its hard to comment exactly on shooting day 4 because I wasn't there, because of the scheduling problems with the kids I was too busy. Connor Elliott stepped in because I trusted him and he was happy to do it. I talked over the story board section he would be shooting (the training montage and scenes in Nathans house). He was happy to do it and seemed to know what I wanted. He asked if he could shoot other stuff as well and I said of course, if you think of something good get it! The more the better.

Shooting Day 3

My final day of shooting on Paper Chase! It was quite a fun day, we had the bus stop scene and the delivery montage to film and I enjoyed a lot of the shooting we did. The bus stop was probable the most conventional shot reverse shot I have done, it was nice to do something that simple. Dan wanted to shoot some of it a little differently but in one of our meeting I made sure everyone was ok with the shotlist and we didnt have time to plan and shoot more than the storyboard allowed so I simply told him no.

the montage was shotlisted and storyboarded but Alex couldn't find any locations similar to the ones in the shotlist so we just walked around for a few hours grabbing things when we thought they looked nice. I think we got some good and some bad stuff but hopefully there should be enough good to make a decent montage.

Shooting Day 2

Todays shoot was a lot less organised than yesterdays, everyone seemed a little flustered, we didn't start until late and shooting the scene without Georgia changed the storyboards a little. We were also missing an actress to play Mrs Benson but the chaperone for the child actors stepped in. We mixed the schedule around because we were tight on time and one of the child actors had to go earlier than the other.

All of these little issues snowballed into a really difficult shoot, on reviewing the footage I'm not incredibly happy with what I shot but the setup time and badgering to be ready I had from the rest of crew as well as me having to be the person telling the actors what they were doing because Alex had no idea what shot we were on, it really wasn't a great shoot.

We also found out we couldn't shoot to the schedule we had planned. We wanted to shoot through four days over the weekend and into the half term holiday week. Unfortunately the kids agent didn't realise the two kids we worked with had different holidays to each other and our lead actor was back at school. At the moment I think we will shoot next weekend instead however I wont be able to make the sunday and will have to arrange a stand in.

Shoooting Day 1

Day One was good overall. I was sure we wouldnt be able to fit everything in, as soon as we met up to get on location we found out that our actress could only attend this one day of shooting. We planned on having her in for a few days so we altered the schedule so that we could shoot all of her scenes. Despite this change in schedule we did get everything shot on time. I'm not sure about the last few shots we did with Georgia in her garden, the sun was starting to go down and colour wise that changed the look and light in the shot. It couldn't be helped though, we had to shoot her scenes that day and we got it done in time.

The sun was bright today however which made for some contrasty shots, I managed to position the characters so that it didn't take too much effect. The wind was also really strong and Dan struggled a little with the sound.

We worked quite well as a group today, I felt like me and Dan were doing a lot of the heavy lifting but that is to be expected. I didn't feel like Alex, our director, was particularly enthusiastic towards the shoot and when I wanted another take kept saying things like "Ok just do it one more time, Robin wants another take", which was a little discouraging.

Anyway with the schedule moved around we go to the shop tomorrow to shoot the hardest, busiest scene.

Steadycam practice.

We decided for the dog chase scenes we should use a steadycam to make the dogs point of view a little less disorientating. I havnt used a steadycam before so I borrowed Connor Elliott's Flycam Nano and watched some videos online on how to balance and use them. It took me a while to get the balance set right with my dslr but it now works pretty well. Walking around the house is really smooth and I think when I run I can get just the level of shake to connote a dogs point of view.

Hallways!

We shot the hallways for our film today! I left the location gathering up to Clarice and Alex, all we needed was 5or6 hallways with doors with letterboxes in, that I could fit a track into and we could get a great start.

It was me Alex and Alice on shoot but the locations weren't really up to scratch. Lighting was often poor, (I wanted to rely on external natural light at the start of the film) we didin't have enough locations and some of them didn't have the hallway to track from. That however resulted in a happy new shot, dressed nicely by Alice and lit well by the sun we made a really happy nice tack back along a wall side on from the door. My favourite shot of the day. I have reviewed it at home and have noticed a slight bump, nobody else notices so it should be fine but I see it every time!

We may have to do pickups on more doorways.