Following our Second Draft we asked classmates and our teachers to give us comments and advice on what to improve, what they like and for any more ideas. Below is a video showing the comments they gave.
Using the drama studio again, we re filmed the ransom scene in the drama studio again, utilising the feedback we had received from our last filming session.
We used 4 cameras to film this scene, one filming Esther, the second filming the camera that is filming Esther. The other 2 were put at a low angle either side of Esther as we then had the extra footage should we decide we didn't just want the one shot through the entire kidnapping.
For the shots of the car driving, our narrative idea was to have the car radio on, broadcasting the news of the missing girl. For this we decided to use the iPhone voice recording software, as, having used it before, we knew the quality was really good, and it was easily transferrable to iMovie on the Apple Macs we are editing our trailer on. Annie (actor of Esthers Mother) was excellent at speaking with different voices, and was up for giving a radio broadcasters voice a go. We then came up with this script for her to read:
"News just in a 10 year old girl has gone missing from her home in the South of England. Officers responded to a call from her mother yesterday, and are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding her disappearance. A spokesperson for the police said that the case was being treated as suspicious."
This is the outcome of Annie reading our radio broadcast script:
This is our schedule for the third filming session for our trailer. This is the most important filming session so far as Annie (actor for the mother) has come all the way down from london, and this is the only date we have where all the actors and our team are free for the whole day together. We need to keep by this schedule to make sure we get the most out of every minute of our time together.
11.00-11.20: Arrive at the location and get set up Ensure camera's are charged Check locations are set up how we want them Discuss our plans for the day 11.20-12.00:Shots with Esther on her own - Filmed with Go-Pro Sounds of Esther being taken The beginning shots with Esther's hands Shots of her around the house Playing on trampoline Reading Doing crafts that are in her room 12.00-12.20: Annie Arrives Greet Annie and explain the plans for the day Take photos of the family, and individual actors for the blog 12.20-13.00: The shots of the whole family Esther playing as the parents look happy The parents arguing without Esther Record sound of parents arguing 13.00-13.30:Contingency Time Re-film anything we don't like Catch up on time Esther can leave Group break 13.30-14.00:Shots of Mum Filming from behind her, typing and working Take photo's of location for Blog 14.00-15.00:Shots of Parents Scene with Hot Drink, Step-Dad taking it into Mum, shaking and nervous 15.00-15.30: Final shot of parents Walking into the bedroom of the child Tracking shot 15.30-16.00: Contingency Time
This is the trailer for the second series of the TV Series Broadchurch:
Like with the first series of Broadchurch, we saw many links in both the trailer and the storyline between Broadchurch series 2 and our film/trailer.
Broadchurch used lots of long distance and establishing shots showing vast countryside/sea and a character. We took inspiration from this, and used a long distance shot of the kidnapper in a field near the house we are using to film in:
Broadchurch trailer: Our trailer:
These 3 fast cuts we thought were very powerful. They showed how Alec was always thinking of the murdered girl.
We took inspiration from this, and used a similar idea after the title credit in our trailer. Ours shows the constant thought of Esther in her Step-fathers mind:
We also recreated this shot of a punch towards the camera. We developed the shot from the Broadchurch trailer, and used the black of the fist over the camera as a time to cut to the next shot, the chase scene. This way violence/action was used to introduce another scene of violence/action.
Before filming the real ransom scene, we decided to do a test run, as young children can be very hard to work with, especially when acting out a child in fear.
For the ransom location, we went with the drama studio, as it has great lighting we can experiment with, to help create an effective mood with low lighting. The studio also has black curtain, that fades into a black background which was really useful as it made the scene look like it could be happening in a room anywhere.
Feedback after showing people this footage suggested that the scene wasn't scary enough, so for the second filming we are planning on using lower lighting, and having one of the hooded kidnappers come out of the darkness either towards the camera or behind the girl, then cut to black before he quite reaches either the camera or the girl, to leave the audience in suspense.
