For my film project, we were in a group. My group consisted of: Diana Jones, Najhet Thompson, Jordan Brooks, Kelly Tang, Sam Dobson and myself. We were assigned with different roles:
- - Diana Jones – Camerawoman
- - Najhet Thompson – Director
- - Myself – Assistant Director
- - Jordan Brooks – Producer
- - Sam Dobson – Editor
- - Kelly Tang – Sound
In my role, I had to do the lighting for the film, partial directing and did get involved in some other parts when necessary or asked to. I scheduled some days to film and delegated some organisation to the group which proved positive. I also edited the script which was written by Jools Ayodeji we got given using Celt X which I found an easy program to use. It was used to specify different aspects of the script such as props, characters, locations for each scene which can then be generated into lists to use on location. Here is the script that we used once changed:
1 EXT. ARBORETUM TUNNEL. NIGHT
TITLE: White text on a black background fades in SHIFT. It shimmers as if a light source is being played across it before the screen fades out to black
CHRIS is flat, flat, flat against the wall. Eyes roll from side to side nervously. Squeezed in as tightly as possible, Chris listens
Nearby we hear footsteps. Someone is creeping along, someone is trying to make as little noise as possible. Panicked Chris dashes through the alley. Chris is pursued by footsteps and shouts. Chris flees
2 INT. OFFICE WITH BLINDS. DAY
Chris peers through blind, opening it with two of his fingers and is momentarily blinded by the light shining in through the window. Stumbles, squints, fingers white, grip the briefcase even tighter. Nods to receptionist, hesitates, slows down then nods to security. The revolving door exit seems very far away
3 INT. OFFICE. NIGHT
The only illumination comes from the blue light in the dark room studio as the photograph produces. Chris is nervous. Chris removes a developing photograph from the monomethyl-p-aminophenol hemisulfate. Chris stares at it in shock. Listening Chris shuts off and pockets the photograph. Ducking down beside the table the door handle struggles to open. They open the door ajar. After talking, the door closes and the security personelle walk away
4 INT. FRONT ROOM. DAY
Chris writes an address on the envelope. The label reads The Daily Telegraph, news desk, Media City, London
5 EXT. POST OFFICE POST BOX, QUEEN STREET. DAY
Chris approaches a post box, package in hand
6 INT. BEDROOM. DAY
Chris scans then pockets the negatives from a briefcase
7 INT. OFFICE. DAY
The briefcase is placed inside a safe.
8 EXT. HOUSE LIVING ROOM. DAY
Chris scans the Daily Telegraph for his article. Nothing
9 EXT. ALLEYWAY. NIGHT
Chris rushes around a corner and jumps recklessly over the stair well. As he runs he repeatedly looks over his shoulder for his pursuers.
Running he drops the briefcase. Rushing back to the retrieve it, he abandons that idea and continues his escape
10 EXT. ARBORETUM. DAY
Chris dumps the negatives into a bin and slowly walks off down the street. As he does so Sam emerges out from a hedge, lowers sunglasses and begins to follow him. Chris paces faster looking back gradually getting faster. Sam paces after him.
11 EXT. NEWS STAND. DAY
The billboard reads : Local Journalist Found Dead
I found modifying the script hard as it wasn’t easy to keep with a flowing storyline. I did not learn Celt X in the lecture as I was late but I managed to pick it up in 5 minutes. The rest of the group could not figure out how to import the script from Microsoft Word into the program but I managed to do this by saving it as a Notepad file first before importing it.
