Production Log

9th November 2024 11:30 AM

I have updated our plan of action, with some more detail on what we need to do and when we should do it. I have written up the premise for our story. By the start of next week, we need to complete a risk assessment for our location and begin writing the script. I need to contact Paul and Viv about the Role Task Sheet.

10th November 2024 15:30 PM

I wrote the first draft of the script while sitting in a coffee shop on a Sunday afternoon. It also happens to serve as a location for a few scenes in Doctor Who Fugative of the Judoon. I sent the draft to Matt for feedback - let's see what he says.

11th November 2024 18:30 PM

• Added our lighting experiment to the lighting page on the blog.

• Started writing the shot list

12th November 2024 16:30 PM

We presented our ideas to Paul. He gave us some good feedback in terms of our lighting for the film. I will be taking this onboard when devising our lighting plan.

Paul also clarified that we can submit these blogs as our portfolio. 

16th November 2024 22:00 PM

I re-wrote some of the script using Matt's feedback: make it less lengthy.

17th November 2024 16:30 PM

I am thinking about slightly changing our film into a promotional peice; really leaning into how advertisements / commercials portray processes - in the style of Cadburys, Twix, Galaxy etc. I will need to re-work some of our script, shot-list and story premise to fit this (and keep a backup of the older versions). We're due to film on Tuesday!

18th November 2024 13:50 PM

• Added some example chocolate promo videos to the blog.

• Emailed risk assessment to Viv.

• Ordered more equipment

• Experimented with using phones as a light source to visualise a glass under different lighting conditions.

19th November 2024 15:00 PM (edited Wed 20th Nov)

• We have picked up our camera, lighting and sound equipment.

• I have collected the table cloth and other props ready to use. 

• We have shown our plan and inspiration to Viv, who has given us some valuable insights in how to shoot and light our scene. 

I took advantage of having the equipment to experiment with some product shots. See On The Shoot. I sent the some footage to Matt who was pleased. These will likely be re-shot to fix some lighting issues that were pointed out to me.

20th November 2024 

It's shoot day!

• Created storyboard and added more to the shot list for us to use.

We filmed in the evening, but didn't adhere to the shot list closely enough. Some clips from the shoot are cut into a brief edit and viewable on the Shoots & Edits page. 

21st November 2024 

Day two of shooting.

We ticked off a few more items on the shot list. Sadly, we couldn't film some shots as clearly as intended; for example, the ingredients being dropped in slow mo from above - the focus wasn't quite there, focal length might be the wrong choice. We still have more to cover, including the hero shot. Once that is in place, a working edit will be possible. However, there are lots to improve on in terms of lighting (too hot, intense in reflections) and camera technique.

The production log continues on: Shoots & Edits