week 2: second stage of filming and editing

The second stage of filming was set in a different location from the earlier shots we had. We decided we wanted to film in an area that was similar to Holloway Road with mostly buildings and very little grassed area, so it looked like a London cul-de-sac. We also had to assure the area had an alleyway with a corner in order to film the shot of the gang walking to the football match. We didn’t want the location to look as if it was an upper class area, we wanted it to create an atmosphere of a dilapidated street as this is what we imagined a group of hooligans to have come from.

We had one distinct problem that gave us a limited amount of time due to various commitments we had only a couple of hours to film all of the shots. We also had been extremely irresponsible and forgot to check if the camera had been charged before we left to film, this resulted in us re-charging the camera and losing even more time, although we were limited for time we did still manage to get some interesting shots and more importantly we had all the 2 minutes of footage.

When we arrived at our location of filming we decided that we would show a couple of shots of the journey made by myself and Andrew to cut in between Lyle getting ready to create a certain element of rushing. It also shows the audience the location they lived in to indicate from the very beginning that they were not very wealthy. We wanted the journey to give us the opportunity of some interesting shots for example the one of our feet rustling amongst the leaves on the path

We filmed the last shot numerous amounts of time as this shot was possibly the most significant shot of all, as it contains the voice over and it was also the only shot that showed how intimidating and feared the firm are. To suggest this we used a low angled shot to create a sense of domination and power. We decided to show this in slow motion so you could really distinguish the characters threatening movements and stern facial expressions.

The second week of filming was a vital stage in our production as it would determine how strong our final 2 minutes of the film would turn out, all of us where very excited to see how our film would look when all the shots where put together, in my opinion we have a great idea that will look great when all the small elements like sounds, music and slick transitions between each shots are perfected.