The Prisoner COMPLETE!

The Prisoner from Elleah Stanton on Vimeo.

Editing the footage!

We finally edited our pieces of footage together and we have our clip together (yaaaaaaay!) Now we just need to cut, edit, add effects and generally faff on to create our final piece!  

Editing Day 2

We are continuing to edit and log footage today. 

Editing Day One

We started editing for the first time the other day. We uploaded all of our footage and began logging shots on our sheets so we could decide which shots were useful and which weren't. Once we've finished scanning through all of the shots and logging, we will start to edit them together! 

Final Day of Filming

We filmed our final pieces of footage on Monday in Elleah's shed. Kieran came along with us to shoot his final bits as Number 2; overall the final day of filming went smoothly. However we did have some problems with lighting as we were filming in the late evening and we'd filmed the other parts during the day when it was sunny so we will have to tackle this continuity error when we're editing. 

Scene 1 - Day Two

Today we filmed the majority of Scene 1, using location 2 with Kieran (Number 2). The weather suited the scene really well actually - overcast and dreary (really amped up the ominous mood!). We managed to film almost all of Scene 1 meaning we are right on schedule to start editing on Tuesday.

Location 2

This is the next location we picked for our filming - it's by the nature reserve in Newton Hall and we picked it because of it's deserted nature and vast open spaces which are perfect for scene one. 

First Day of Filming - Scene 2

Kieran and Sam joined us for the first day of filming for The Prisoner - we used location one (the small languages room) for Scene 2 and managed to get the entire thing filmed! Both Kieran and Sam were great in their roles and we managed to incorporate many different types of shots into our piece. 

Assigning shots to locations!

After establishing our induvidual locations, Elleah and I decided to number  our shots and assign them to each location so we could tick them off as we start to film! 

Storyboards & Planning

Elleah and I finished designing our storyboards to include all the shots and movement that we'll be using, all the music and special effects and how both actors will be positioned. This helps us visualise how the shots will look when we're filming them. 

Location One - The Prisoner

We've made our storyboards, cast our parts - we've chosen Kieran Gray and Sam Bryan - and now we have chosen our first location. We found a small room in B Block that would be perfect for the interrogation scene between Number 2 and Number 6; we are going to move the tables around and make sure the room itself is very dark on Thursday 9th October when we start filming! 

Moving shots

Over the past few lessons we have been working on creating our own moving shots as an extension of our last piece of camera work; it allowed us to experience what it's like trying to master several different types of camera movements and also distinguish the difference between them.
The shots we took were:

• Slow pan through 180
• Whip pan through 180
• Slow upward tilt through around 75
• Fast downward tilt through around 90
• Zoom
• Reverse Zoom
• Point-of-view (slow)
• Point of view (fast)
• Follow
• Overhead pan

Now we just have to edit them together using Premiere and that'll be our second fully exported 'film'.