Pictures of filming

28/1/13 Diary for filming

Today we filmed our new story boards. We filmed us walking down the stairs, and some individual shots. We also completed our fantastagirls outfits. Each fantastagirl has a different colour top, with their name printed on the back of it. We filmed the shots of us all putting on the tops. Within our new title sequence, we are filming the fantastagirls going about their routine in the morning, but only discretely showing parts of their faces. Then we will show them all walking, and we will show a shot of all the fantastagirls together, with four close up shots of all the fantastagirls. We are planning to do more filming tomorrow too. We are pleased with the filming that we done today as we got some successful shots. After previous filming, we made sure that we filmed the shots many times to get the best and most successful shots. We did have a few faults when it came to filming Megan, as we felt that the certain shot wasn't very successful but after filming her many times using different types of make-up, we finally got a shot that we were all pleased with. I think that if we were to do anything better, we would have planned which we were going to film first, as at times, it was quite confusing as to what we were filming.

24/1/13 New Idea's

After looking over our footage and beginning to edit, we feel as a group that we need to re-evaluate our story boards. We think that we need to change our story board to make the title sequence more appropriate and realistic. As we were beginning to edit the title sequence, as a group we felt that we were not happy with the total outcome of it, and we decided to sit down as a group and discuss what we were filming and the viewing of it.

After speaking to Leanne we feel that the title sequence needs to be more associated with the fantastagirls and their coming together. We are going to include different shots of them and create the sense of them coming together as a team. We have decided when to film this and we have included better preparation for the filming too, so we hope that it will be more successful. The whole title sequence needs to be more associated with the fantastagirls so we have decided to create the title sequence around the fantastagirls routine in the morning, but we will be subtly showing this. This will include the fantastagirls walking down the stairs in their pyjamas, only showing their bodies, not their faces. We will then have a member doing something associated with their power. For example, myself (air girl) will be out of the shower, and I will write my name on the mirror, as it would be all steamy, creating the sense of air. For Megan, (giggle girl) we will have her applying makeup which she will then make a mistake which will make her laugh, and she will then write her name on from this. Holly, (bubble girl) will simply be eating her chewing gum, which will pop and we will edit to include her name. Bobbie, (fire girl) will be eating her breakfast, and her name will appear in the food, which we will shot hot, creating the sense of heat. Also in the shot of bobbie we will include a newspaper in the background. This will then lead on to them coming together

We realise that we have filmed a lot to do with the other story boards but we are glad that we have noted now that we are not happy with what we have already, so we can film more before we have to show the first preview of our title sequence. It is unfortunate that we have only realised that it wasn't working but we are going to film the parts that we need to so we can continue with the title sequence. This does cause a problem as it means we have to film a lot in a small space of time, but what we need to film can be filmed in the same place.

Typography

Above our some fonts that I have looked at which would seem appropriate for a superheroes film. Although they do associate with superheroes, I think they look too masculine for a girls film, and we would have preferred to have something more girly. 

These are the credits that we will use in our title sequence. We are all happy with the font that we have chosen on as we think that it's girly, but also could be associated with the fantastagirls and superheroes. 

Danson park filming

Filming - 6

On Thursday 17th January, we filmed in Danson park. We filmed a lot of shots in this time. We filmed people reading newspapers about the fantastagirls and we also filmed the shot of the fantastagirls together. We were very happy with the outcome of the filming as we got many successful shots and we are very pleased with them. However if we were to do this again we would have filmed more shots, in different angles to give it a better effect. Also, it would have enabled us to have a better variety of the shots that we took. We were very lucky with the weather, as it was very sunny and the reflection of the sun on the lake looked very picturesque and this created a sense of optimism. I think that it would have also been better if we were more prepared for the shooting, as we would have maybe been able to get more done in the time available.

Filming 5

On Tuesday 15th January we filmed the scene of Zoracks father (the superhero) being surrounded by people and being interviewed. Doing so required us to have a lot of people around creating the sense of a buzz from the people. It was very difficult to try and get people to help us, as it was very last minute. It would have been better if we could have asked people in advance. It also didn't help that the weather wasn't very great, and if it was sunny it maybe would have had a better effect on the way that the shot was seen. It was quite difficult to film this scene as there wasn't as many people as we would have liked. However, having said this, the people that we did use in the filming were very helpful and there acting reinforced the sense of buzz and happiness that we intended on applying to the atmosphere of Zorack's father. We were quite pleased with the shots that we got, I do think that we felt that this could have been handled better, but we will need to review and discuss the shots so we can get the best possible outcome.