About the camera UNFINISHED.

A few months ago I worked on The Sweeneys as a supporting artist however I watched the camera men closely and how they used the camera and the amount of times they did the scene over and over again which helped me to understand that having a few copies of the same scene isn't a bad thing because the actors or something in the shot can lead to continuity errors and the black and white timecode clapper board is useful at first I didn't know why directors use it but it's useful because when you're editing you can see the different takes and you can choose which ones to take out and which ones to keep, we don't have one but we can easily use a piece of paper and just simply write take one, take two and so on..

Editing

Yesterday I had my first one to one editing lesson at Ravensbourne University based around final cut pro and how to certain edits fit certain film genres. My lesson was only 2 hours however it was really helpful because I'm completely new to final cut pro and it gave me a real insight of the editing and post production side, which is what I'll be doing soon after all the filming is done. I've learnt about system settings about how most of the industry is moving towards HD DV PAL is sort like the old version but for our opening scene we're using tapes so using DV PAL doesn't really make a difference but if I were to send something to the BBC my settings would have to be completely different and I've learnt how to do that. 

I've also learnt how to use the short cuts on Final cut pro for example using markers on important parts of my edits so I can come back it and I had loads of my questions answered so it was a really good experience. I've made a mistakes in the past where my continuity editing wasn't completely correct and I hadn't looked out for things like that before and now I've found easier ways of keeping up and looking out for continuity errors and how to over come it. 
I've learnt to meet the demands of different genres and how we could give it a meaning why would you cut certain bits off and keep others whilst editing, also how to relate to style, form, and content that we are seeing, for example if the content I'm editing is a thriller my edits would be quite choppy and fast and you might have small cuts from different angels or if it was a romance like the genre I'm working on at the moment my edits wouldn't be as fast and my cuts wouldn't be small. So my edits should influence the emotional outcome of my opening scene so the viewers almost move with the image they're seeing. So I learnt quite a lot in that short session about both the practical side and had a good chat about how to make the outcome of the edits clear to the viewers. 

Audition process and finding actors/actresses

We held various auditions in college and put up notices through social networking sites such as facebook and tumblr and have found actors and actresses, this wasn’t successful because when we invited them back for a call back to choose our final actors and actresses we found that they were either late or not able to attend because they’re our ages and they have exams going on. We need actors that that within the age range of 16-19 and finding actors/actresses within this age rage is hard because they are in full time education and we don’t have the budget. If we had the budget like a real production then we would look for actors/actresses from urban regions because we want our actors/actress to have a great experience working with us and want real people who have probably been through similar situations. Therefore we have come to the conclusion that two members of our production team will step in and act for the opening scene. Michael and I both took As performing arts last year so we have experience in this field and I come from a performing arts background. We realised to create good continuity we need reliable people and we are reliable and when we need to film we’d always be available unlike other actors/actresses and a lot of the time it’s not the fact that they aren’t reliable it’s because it’s an unpaid job and people of our age prefer to do paid jobs or unpaid jobs with bigger production teams. As we offer neither we have found it hard to find people to act for us however we have overcome this problem by using ourselves.

Advanced Schedule
Date	Set/Description	Opening scene	Cast	Location
12/01/12	§ She’s getting ready to go to Arabic lessons in her bedroom and she will be washing her face in the bathroom		Rezma and family	Her house
14/01/12	§ Michael and his friends are outside walking towards Spitalfields to meet Rezma		Michael and friends	Brick Lane – rough trade
15/01/12	§ They meet in the lanes and spend time with each other		Michael and Rezma	Spitalfields lane

Call Sheet

                                                                        Call Sheet

School/ production office	Nearest hospital	Call location/Address
Sir John Cass Foundation and Redcoat Secondary School Stepney Way London E1 0RH	The London Hospital Whitechapel London E1 Emergency contact:	Brick Ln, London E1 6SB  Talbot Road, London W11 1JA The Cavern, Market Street E1 6AA Westferry, Saltwell st E14 0DZ

Crew position	Name	Phone	Email
Editor/creative director	Rezma
Camera/lighting operator/visual director	Btisam
Production manager/enactment director	Michael

Equipment and instructions for responsibility

Camera:

Tripod:

Props list:

Location pictures