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Today we filmed the doll silhouetted scene. first we tried the motion room but with advise form Dave we realised that even though we were doing a silhouette we would still see some of the background so the motion room wouldn't work as it had no background that looked realistic. Then we went to the animation room and rearranged some walls to have a better background and used two large LEDs to bounce light of the wall to silhouette the doll. we then did few tries to get the angle right. I wasn't sure if it should be from the girl's perspective or from a low angle to be at the dolls height instead. In the end we decided to go with an angle that was a little in between these two, with a little moving of the LED light we got a nice bit of film. I was also helping out the editor as she had some trouble because the director has still not uploaded the new storyboard - we have the old storyboard that the director edited slightly by crossing some things out and writing extra parts in but this was very confusing. We have asked her for a finished new version and are waiting for this to arrive on our shared Padlet. So I went through my shot list with the editor to try and make some sense of what needs to be done but I don't have the scenes listed just the shots and when we filmed the first day the storyboard was wrong so some scenes were missed out entirely which has now made it confusing when putting them all together. E.g. the 3rd scene on the clapperboard was called scene 11, and on the storyboard there is a scene 14.5 that is blank but we did film something that day. This will negatively effect our production as the editing will take much longer now that things need to be arranged and i may need to update the shot lost again as the director has made some new scenes but i couldn't add them earlier as they are still not in the script or the storyboard.

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Today Jayne and I went to the staff-room cupboard. when we saw it there was a lot of stuff in it and we tried to move it around to clear some space but we came to the conclusion that we wouldn't be able to film there. so we then went to look for other places to film. we came up with the motion room - we would put the big screen down and use the white background to reflect the light - or possibly the little editing suit room but there isn't a lot of space and only black walls. later we couldn't do this as there was now a class in this room so we tried to go over to uni building and wanted to film on then lift thinking that the reflective walls to bounce back the light and create the silhouette but then we realised we couldn't turn off the lights an dit would be far o bright to create the effect we want to. we decide to try the motion room tomorrow as we knew we would be the lass in there and we should be able to use it. instead we went around the college getting peoples feedback on what they first though of the doll. most of the reactions were that the doll (it is a china doll with blood on its face and hair) looked horrible or creepy which is the reaction we wanted.

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Today we looked for a place to re-film and we have been offered a cupboard that is between the media teachers staff room and the business staff-room.

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Today I started with organising the behind the scenes photos and film. This was interesting but we showed a lot of the time us laughing and chatting as we tried to set up but I'm not sure which parts are really wanted in the directors commentary, as we don't want to make our production look unprofessional to our audience.

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Today we attempted to film a silhouette scene of the doll. The scene goes grace sees small feet walking underneath her door that then stop in the middle of the closed doorway. she gets out of bed and opens her door. The doll is standing in the doorway with a knife (she is silhouetted). Scene ends. So we thought we would go to the old animation room to film in the cupboard that is in there - this is so we can see the doorway opening in the same way as the original bedroom door and create a silhouette by bouncing the light off the wall in the cupboard - unfortunately we underestimated how much stuff is in the cupboard and how little space we would have to work with. In the end the scene wasn't possible due to lack of space and the lights we were using (Large LEDs) were too reflective as they have folds for covering the lights. we then wanted to try at the top of one of the stairs (there is a lot pf space there) but there was nowhere to plug the lights in. We decided to film another day when nowhere like the motion room will; be available.

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Today we went to Mollies again to film and this time we all got along well and finished the filming except for once small scene that we will be able to do in college. this time was better as we managed to block out two extra windows and the ISO settings on the camera was correct so this time the film wasn't grainy but i am worried that this will be much of a difference with the rest of the footage and this could be distracting for the audience.

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Today I had update the shot list to go with the new script. It has added one piece of the girl going up the stairs that I realised I had missed out the previous time and some point of view shots and close ups of the doll. Then Jayne and I went to do our directors (editor's and camera man's) commentary. we did this by moving a sofa from the old animation room to the new one and set it up in front of a computer - we used this in the background for the editor with a picture of some editing software (we wanted to actually use premier pro in the background but those computers are not equip with this so we used a screen shot from google so it still looked like the real thing) and for myself I had a high tech camera and tripod tat was in the room too reflect my role as the camera operator. We made sure to use the rule of thirds - so the person is not in the centre of the frame but either to the left or right which has a nicer effect and we had the item (camera or computer) in the opposite third. For mine it went well but we used another groups questions - we worked with Kirsten and Gabbie because we needed one person to film it one another to interview the person (this was better than the person on camera being the interviewer because otherwise the person would have been looking at the person with the camera but it looked better when they were looking at an angle to the camera, we learn this on a previous project two years ago when we conducted interviews.) - and the problem with using these questions was that I didn't know what they were going to ask next and so I accidently answered a question before it was asked. I managed to get mine done in one take bout Jaynes took 12 attempts due to in issue with giggling.

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Today we have had continued group problems. There have been accusations of cuber bullying, and now we are unable to talk to each other. There is no work to be done until filming Tuesday but I can't see that day going well after everything that has happened as we will be going over to a team members house that we have had conflict with. From now on I am going to follow my teachers advice and keep my head down and only communicate with my other team members when it is needed for the work. To try and prevent what happened last time when we filmed I am only going to do as my director and producer tells me too because last time they thought I was too critical and when our group has tried to communicate it has ended disastrously.

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Today we had a team meeting where we tried to air the problmes in the roup and we all said that we would forget what has happened and move on. then we said what we have left to do and arrnaged to go to mollies again on next tuesday. mollie will be redoing the script and story boeard and then from these i have updated the shot list. until we can book out the equipment or film next week there is no more work to be done.

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Today we returned to mollies house for the second day of filming. we found out that the skin they had made yesterday was still not dry and might not be dry for the whole day. we tried to dry it quicker but this did not work and took a lot of time away from filming. we started with the living rom scene and this took 1 hour and we had about 8 tables of just the first shot. I had to say that we needed to have a maximum of shot or we could spend the whole day filming just a few scenes when we needed to get everything done today. unfortunately we had the problem throughout of the lighting. she room were very dark and difficult to see and other places were far to bright and looked like daylight, sometimes this would mean that one area was dark and the other light so I had to try and be creative with the lighting and the camera settings but unfortunate some of the shots were very grainy, I asked my director if this was in issue and if she wanted me to refill when this first happened but she said that she liked it and wanted to keep it like that so I followed her directions. we did not get all the filming done and there is no end scene - the girl dying and the skin being found - which is curtail to the film, as well as a few shots in between.

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today was supposed robe the fist day of filming, when we arrived at mollies house, she asked what we wanted to do and we asked if we could have a look round the house and we did. we realised that the house wasn't very suitable for the ideas our director had for the production but we tried our best to overcome the problems for when we would be filming. Then I went to set up the lighting a camera in the living room for the first scene. this took longer than expected and we had the problem of blowing a fuse when we plugged a light in that the director (its her house) did not tell us about. then after a while the rest of the team came in when the lights went out to see what had happened, they did not ask how the set up was going and only said to each other "lets go into the other room" and we did not know what this for or why, we found out later for ourselves that they were creating the skin, which they had said they were going to do that night. this took them the entire day and we got no filming done. Jayne can di did some practise shots to see how the scenes would play out but today was a little disappointing as we thought we would be able to at least start the filming today.

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today we set up a group paddle on the shelf setting so we could all see the work we have done. The others needed to get a costume for the doll and create the latex skin, so Jayne and I went to the library to finish the shot list and equipment booking sheet.

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we had a meeting today with our teacher - the rest of the group sent an agenda to our teacher but Jayne and I don't know what this said. the meeting didn't settle much, as we found out for the first time that we might be filming later than 3pm.we also found out that Jayne got permission to park outside of college but mollie for this first time said that her and her dad would be picking up the equipment Ibut they still want Jayne to take the equipment back on Thursday. I have created the shot list and started the equipment booking sheet. then later we went to continue with experimental shots - I did more with lighting and I found the best setting was either mid or high depending on the type of shot you want. the over exposure will make it look really creepy and cam create some nice shadow effects but the lower lighting is also very dramatic and has a atmospheric feel to it.

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today we had a group meeting and realised there was a lot our group hadn't though about and planned for. the director started on the second draft of the script and the storyboard. Jayne and I had to plan the travel arrangements for meeting up next week on Wednesday and Thursday as Jayne may have to pick me up from my home which is over and hour and. a half away from the filming location.

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Today Jayne and i did experimental filming. we practised the bedroom and stairs scene in college but the real one will be in a house. our director has finally made the decision do film in their own house. we had the idea of setting up the animation room as a bedroom and filming there and getting rid of the stairs and living room scenes. this is because we were having trouble finding the right house and we didn't want to bring strangers into our homes. our director agreed and said to use the animation room but she refused to get rid of the stairs scene and this had to be done in someones house so we had to get her to decide which she wanted either the animation room or a house, she finally decided on using her house but she had to then ask permission. she sent pictures of a bedroom and stairs but the bedroom doesn't have a wardrobe which is an important revealing scene. now some of the group have decided to not use a child actor - and eventually told Jayne and I - and the now want to use on of their friends as an actor.

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today we went into our groups. we had a problem with a photo being taken of me and put ono social media with a caption that said "Kill me now". I was very offended and humiliated. it was resolved by involving the teachers and the person was removed from the group as we had a prior history. we now have Julie in our group. I started by doing reach into lighting on stairs scenes in horror films for ideas for our film. I helped the editor with research for logos designs and ideas about how the Facebook page logo should look.

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today I presented my pitch. I realise now that going first is probably the best place o be as people are paying attention and they were very polite. it was sometimes a problem for others later on as their audience lost attention because of being bored after a long day which is understandable. my pitch when well and I am happy with it.

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Today I created my PowerPoint pitch and practised it. I learnt how much is required for a pitch presentation and I am nervous about tomorrows pitch.

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We did more folley and i learnt that when you pick a movie clip to ass sound affects to it can be really difficult to create sounds you might think are simple but turn out to be really difficult.

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I learnt about different types of narrative, this might be done with a narrator, photos or just a timeline style sequence and music. Then we realised that there is a lot of research still to do before Tuesday when we create our powerpionts to present for our pitch. We created a to do list so we have it all written down and can check it off when its done.

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Today I learnt I need to add more images to my diary entries. I also researched into 1960 horror movies - we looked at the film Birds by Alfred Hitchcock.

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Today we have done prosthetics for the first time. This was both fun and interesting to do. I did a burn on my partners arem and hand. This was tricky to get right but I like how it turned out and I think it was good for the first time. Next time I would apply more tissue paper and use more black paint and defiantly the fake blood. This would have given it a shinier and more graphics look. I really hope we do more of this or I can be the costume person in a team. Later we created a fake eye. This was more frustrating. We could get the eye to stick to the eyeball, we think this was because there wasn’t enough of a flat surface on the eye. Then when it came to sticking the string to the eye we had trouble getting it thin enough to be realistic and then the thinker parts were either too high or spreading out too much. After a while gabbie and I got frustrated and did not try as much to get it right so we just stuck the thinker strings on the base area of the eye ball. It turned out ok but not well.

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Today i have learnt music is important to horror - without it it is boring. garage band is not very good unless you are good at music or can play an instrument.

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Today we have been doing folly and sound effects. when editing the video from last week we had a problem with accidentally deleted the time line and the view screen, I'm not sure till how this happened but I know now how to get them back. later we created our own sound effects - I brought in a thumb piano - and created sounds like footsteps, heartbeats and the sound of an axe chopping a head off. we had problems with not finding things to create the right sounds we wanted e.g. to hear a head falling we would have the sound of the head and the plastic base hitting the floor when it bounced and this did not work at all. we fixed this by dropping the head onto a bean bag and this meant there was less of a bounce and the plastic base did not hi the floor. next time I would plan what sounds we want before hand - a few days if possible - and then I an plan what items would make the best noise and what I could bring in that is possible.

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Today we have had a workshop about the lighting used on horror. I have learnt about when you have a dark setting and want only one - or a few - light source you have to almost always try to get it to appear as though this light is going form something that should be there. for example a lamp or the moon through a window. if the light is from somewhere it doesn't make sense for it to be this could distract the audience and if they lose focus that will not find the movie scary - which is the point of a horror film. Also I now know that when a character is in silhouette but you can see their eyes glowing, it is because they have reflective tape on their eye lids, a small barely noticeable light source will be pointed directly at them so only the eyes can be seen and not the whole person if the light was stronger. S o when you see someone like this in a film, they actually have their eyes closed the whole time - unless CGI is used instead.
Later we tried to re-create these techniques, we wanted to use the Gib for this to create a great shot with the use of silhouette. We found that the sand bag we had been given was broken - again as we had this issue last year and informed the technician - and this may have had the result of caused the pole to come out of its socket and crash to the floor and the camera and top of the tripod to come out of balance and alignment, meaning we had to set it all up from the beginning and leaving us with not time to re-shoot the shot. Next time we must check all the equipment before getting on set and asking for a better one there and then. This way we can avoid this type of issue with all the equipment - not just the Gib - and can have a more productive time filming.
Also I have learnt that the sticky reflective tape that goes on the charterers eyes is very painful and creates some difficulty when filming.
This is because once the tape is on, the actor cannot open their eyes. meaning that they need to know their movements all before hand and be confident that they can then perform without seeing. They also cannot see anything that the rest of the team is doing or trying to direct them with hand signals when filming.
It is not painful when the actor has them on but instead very painful when trying to take the sticky side of the tape off of their eye lids.
next time we will fully rehearse and get the plan completely straight before putting on the tape, and instead of putting it on the eye lids we will be positioning them onto either the eyebrows of the forehead - its supposed to be a monster so the apparently weird eye positions could benefit us and add to the creepy undertone of the film.

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Today I have learnt about the different horror codes and conventions such as; Physiological, thriller and found-footage. Also about running away from the front door, hiding in an obvious place, and the power of the short cut.
I need to work on some of my detail when describing audience responses (PEE), but I have almost no knowledge about horror films because I hate them and never watch them so this has at times made it difficult when finding examples of movies.

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Today we began research for our Horror Movie project.
This went well most of the time, but sometimes when looking at film festivals it was only for 2017 but other websites claimed it was 2018.
I learnt about different contexts that use the horror genre. This could have been; clothing, events or bus trips.