Diary Post - Recording Voiceover

Today we recorded most of the voiceover for Geoff's character. We used the resources available to us in the form of the Music recording room and used a vocals microphone which was hooked up to a Mac computer to record Alfie's lines for his role as Geoff. I was very happy with this setup as it looks professional and provided us with good quality voiceovers for the parts that we recorded. This was not only extremely helpful but also pretty fun, we had a great time setting it up and playing around with testing the microphone, making jokes and having fun while also testing the audio levels on the microphone. Although we will probably have to record some future audio in our own time, the voiceover we have for now fits the trailer well and sounds good.

We were lucky to be able to use the recording room that the Music department owns as Adam and Lewis are both music students and know how to use all of the equipment, this worked fantastically and I'm grateful for the fact that we were allowed to use this more professional equipment instead of us a microphone that we had otherwise which would have not granted the same quality that we got from using the Music departments equipment which is purpose built for recording vocals.

Call sheet #3

Trailer: Main – “Alfie’s House” Scenes

Call time:10:00 am		Weather: cloudy
Production Contacts: Director: Dylan/Seth Camera Operator: Dylan/Seth Any other jobs: Adam/Lewis		Phone numbers: Adam: 07******* Lewis:07******** Seth:07******** Dylan:07********	Email addresses: (removed for privacy)
Set/Scene/Storyboard frame	D/N	Location:	Cast:
Alfie’s House/Bedroom, Kitchen/5,6,29,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,44,44	D	Alfies House	Geoff (Alfie) Friend (Seth) Friend (Lewis) Friend (Adam)

Production Requirements	Who is responsible?
Travel: Car	Seth / Adam
Catering:N/a	N/A
Props: Lightsaber/Pizza/Pizza box/Note	Lewis/Adam
Costumes: office attire	Adam
Hair & Make-Up:N/A	N/a

Preliminary Schedule – Subject to Change
Time	Action
10:00 am	Unit Call and Set up
10:50 am	Film Scene

Health and Safety

Here you might like to mention any health and safety issues specific to that day such as: - Environment - Filming on main roads/A roads can be dangerous for actors and crew because of fast moving cars. To avoid this danger we remained on pedestrian pathways and only crossed the road when it was safe. - Clothing – Coat to keep warm in the colder outside environment. Climbing stairs carefully.

Travel
Name	Travel Method	Departure time + additional info	Return time + additional info
Seth	Car	Depart: Worcester Park 10:00 am Arrive: Cheam 10:15 am	Depart: Cheam 2;20 pm Arrive: Worcester Park 2:45 pm
Adam	Car	Depart: Worcester Park 10:00 am Arrive: Cheam 3:10 pm	Depart: Cheam 2:20 pm Arrive: Worcester Park 2:50 pm

Call sheet #2

Trailer: Main – “Office” Scenes

Call time:3:34pm		Weather: Cloudy
Production Contacts: Director: Dylan/Seth Camera Operator: Dylan/Seth Any other jobs: Adam/Lewis		Phone numbers: Adam: 07********* Lewis:07********* Seth:07********* Dylan:07*********	Email addresses: (removed for privacy)
Set/Scene/Storyboard frame	D/N	Location:	Cast:
Study zone/Intro, Boss encounter/2,3,4,56,57,58,59	D	Sixth Form Study Zone	Geoff (Alfie) Boss (Miss Pelling)

Production Requirements	Who is responsible?
Travel: Car	Seth
Catering:N/a	N/A
Props: Laptop, office stationary	Lewis
Costumes: office attire	Adam
Hair & Make-Up: Neat hair for Alfie	Dylan

Preliminary Schedule – Subject to Change
Time	Action
3:00 pm	Unit Call and Set up
3:30 pm	Film Scene

Health and Safety

Here you might like to mention any health and safety issues specific to that day such as: - Environment - Filming on main roads/A roads can be dangerous for actors and crew because of fast moving cars. To avoid this danger we remained on pedestrian pathways and only crossed the road when it was safe. - Clothing – Coat to keep warm in the colder outside environment. Climbing stairs carefully.

Travel
Name	Travel Method	Departure time + additional info	Return time + additional info
Seth	Car	Depart: Gatwick 1:50 Arrive: Cheam high School 2:45	Depart: Cheam high School 5:10 Arrive: Worcseter park(home) 5:30

Call Sheets and Arranging Filming

Trailer Production Day 1

Call time:3:34pm		Weather: cloudy
Production Contacts: Director:Dylan/seth Camera Operator: Dylan/seth Any other jobs: adam/lewis		Phone numbers: Adam: 07****** Lewis:0******* Seth:07******* Dylan:07*******	Email addresses: l*****@outlook.com a*****@live.com d******@gmail.com s*******@live.com
Set/Scene/Storyboard frame	D/N	Location:	Synopsis:	Cast:
Study zone/Office Intro/1	D	Sixth Form Study Zone		Geoff (Alfie) Boss (Mr Brewis)
Street/Walking Home/2	D	Cheam Roads/A217		Geoff (Alfie) Pedestrian (Dylan)

Production Requirements	Who is responsible?
Travel: car	Seth
Catering:N/a	N/A
Props: Laptop/office stationary	Lewis/Adam
Costumes: office attire	Adam
Hair & Make-Up:N/A	N/a

Health and Safety

- Environment - Filming on main roads/A roads can be dangerous for actors and crew because of fast moving cars. To avoid this danger we remained on pedestrian pathways and only crossed the road when it was safe. - Clothing – Coat to keep warm in the colder outside environment. -Climbing stairs carefully.

Travel
Name	Travel Method	Departure time + additional info	Return time + additional info
Seth Miles	Car	Depart: Gatwick 3:30 Arrive: Cheam high School 4:10	Depart: Cheam high School 5:10 Arrive: Worcseter park(home) 5:30

Photoshoot Locations

We use a range of locations for our trailer and will take photos in lots of these areas for our photoshoot, the main locations used are:

-The office where Geoff works, we are using our school's study zone as the different cubicles.

-Geoff's bedroom, for the bedroom we just used Alfie's bedroom (Geoff's actor) as it fit the character very well already.

-The park, the park where Geoff bumps into his neighbour. For this we just used a locate estate with a large grassy area because we really liked the location and it fit the look we were going for.

-Geoff's kitchen, for Geoff's kitchen we just used one of the actors kitchens as most kitchens look similar and it was convenient for filming.

-Geoff's living room, again we just used one of the actors living rooms as it was an easy and convenient solution and looked like an average living room.

Props and Costumes

The props I am thinking of using in my photo-shoot are:

-A lightsaber

-Guns

-The book about lucid dreaming

-Office supplies

-Jessie (the neigbour's dog)

-Girlfriend's wig

Costumes

-Geoff's attire, white and pink check shirt with black jeans

-The neighbours outfit, chinos and a shirt

-The girlfriend will be wearing a hoodie and a beanie

Models and Crew

MODELS
For our photo-shoot, we will need the characters from our trailer, these are listed below with the actors who played them: 
-Geoff (Alfie Wilson)
-Girlfriend (Rosie Smith-Wildey)
-Neighbour (Joseph Hand)
-The Boss (Mrs Pelling)
-The girl who is interested in Geoff (Angharad)
-Geoff's roommate (Adam Higgins)
-Various extras as office workers and background characters

CREW The crew at the photoshoot and their roles are:
-Seth Miles (me), Cameraman
-Adam Higgins, Director
-Lewis Burfield, Lighting
-Dylan Patel-Mascis, Runner

Poster: What I need to do

Sketches

The first step is to do some rough sketches to plan how we want our poster to look, this will help us see who we want in the poster, where they are positioned and what will be in the mise en scene.

Collect Reference Photos

I am going to collect placeholder photos to use to create an idea of what the poster will look like before I have done the photoshoot, this will help me know what photos to take and what camera angles and frame sizes I will need.

Locations

The next step is to choose the locations I am going to use in my poster and therefore which locations I will need to take photos of and include in the photoshoot. I will take some rough photos to help decide what pictures I need from what angles for my poster.

Call sheets

I need to collect the contact information for everyone who is going to be in my poster so that I can organise with them when we are going to do the shoot and incase I need to contact them for anything else.

Model and crew

The main featured character in the poster will be Geoff but I need to decide who else is going to be in the poster and who will act them, it needs to be the same as who acted them in the trailer for consistency but I will also need to decide who is going to be in the crew behind the camera to help with the shoot.

Props and costumes

For the mise en scene I will need props and costumes to fit the generic conventions and make the poster look impressive, I will have to choose the costumes for each character in the poster and find some props which would fit the poster theme and make it look more complete.

Dates and times

Now that everything is pretty much planned, I need to choose a time and date where me and all my crew (including the actors in the poster) are free to do the photoshoot, this will require careful planning as everyone will be free at different times and I need a time that everyone can do.

Photoshoot

The next step is the photoshoot, now everything is planned for it I can go ahead and carry out the photoshoot, making sure to get enough photos of each item or character from a variety of angles and camera distances.

Choose best photos

All the photos from the photoshoot will be collected and I will go through and decide which photos of each character or location look and work the best. These will be the ones I will use in my poster.

Photoshop

Pretty much the final step, using photoshop to layer all the images on top of each other and edit them together so that it fits the conventions with layout and design, using a variety of fonts and sizes and making sure every aspect from the framing and mise en scene to the lighting, setting and shot distances fit the poster and that the use of ICT is appropriate to bring them together well.

Then my poster is complete.

Overdoze Trailer - First Half (rough draft)

This is the first half of our Overdoze trailer, I am happy with the progress I am making and I think the first half looks very good. I have no yet filmed most of the footage needed for the second half but the first half has helped set the pace and standard for the rest of the trailer.

Trailer Storyboard

Spot Trailer

Our group created a spot trailer to help us get a feel for what the full trailer would be like, it starts with a quick swish between shots of workers in an office, landing on a shot of Geoff sleeping. He is then woken up and goes to hit an alarm but hits his pencils instead, this is intended to create humour and make the audience aware that the film is a comedy. This gets the audience thinking actively about the genre and look at whether the film appeals to them. 

We used a variety of sound effects to make the trailer more snappy including little swoosh sound effects when quickly transitioning between shots at the beginning, this helps the transition look more fluid and make it feel more fast paced to get the trailer started. We also used non-diegetic sounds like ambient office sounds and ambient park noise in order to make the trailer seem more genuine and realistic. We added music as well after Geoff was introduced to give the trailer a rhythm and again, make it seem faster. I decided to keep this when making our full trailer but swapped out the music for something that was more stereotypical of a trailer and more energetic. I also decided that the freeze titles we used to introduce the characters were too simple and plain so we found a way to create more interesting, energetic and more aesthetically pleasing titles to introduce the characters. These were all changes that I decided to make after finishing and looking back on the spot trailer which influenced the creation of my full trailer and I have already started to implement these new ideas into my editing.