shoot 3 evaluation by Saqib Younis

On Sunday morning at 10:30 AM we shot the fire station shoot,this was organized by our director Emma Taylor through previous links with Rawtenstall fire station.

We began with a brief talk with the fire man and discussed ideas with them and gave them a brief synopsis with the fireman. After this we went outside where we filmed the fire man ride around in their fire truck with the sirens on, Emma and Abi were using a camera to film the shot and Tom was also filming from a different angle to give us a variety of shots. My role was to capture the behind the scene pictures and I managed to get loads of good behind the scenes pictures as seen in my blog.

 After this the fire man offered to take a door of a wrecked vehicle for us. This was a great idea as it will give us many options when we edit our trailer. Through the cutting of of the door we filmed the removal of the equipment from the fire truck then the removal of the door. Tom shot the scene from a different angle this gives us numerous shots from different angles so we have a selections of shots to choose from.

 There weren't many problems in countered through the shoot, the only one was that the camera in which I was taking pictures on battery died so I then had to use a iPhone which was not ideal however it still worked very effectively and the pictures turned out to be great.

Overall the shoot was a success there was only a minor speed bump in the problems with he camera but other than that the filming ran smoothly.

Productions companys by Saqib Younis

Broken coal was a production company created by our director and her brother, its a company which has been used before by our director.The reason in which we decided used this production as our director Emma had previously filmed some video under this banner a couple very dark one including one which involved a kidnapping of a child similar to our production. Also this adds to the fact that our film is a thriller as this production company relates to this.

The other production company which we used was DreamWorks, the key reason which we used this was due the fact that one of the films which was very similar to our trailer was I Am Number Four. This was a movie with similar traits of our trailer such as the teenager who possessed super natural power as his was the ability to shoot lights and weapons from himself however our main character has tele kinises power. SO they main reason which we chose DreamWorks was due to the fact it was played a part in creating a film which fits the description of our creation. So this overall supports the thriller element in which we want our trailer to be associated with. Normally DreamWorks is not familiarized with dark thrillers as it most famously linked with its production of the Shrek franchise, however all production companies make acceptions to certain films, this is the case with our trailer. 

Rough edit from firestation shoot-shoot 3

Trailer (very) Rough Edit 1 from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.

East lancahsire fire station shoot-shoot 3

East Lancashire Fire Service from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.

Shoot 2 evaluation by Saqib Younis

My role through the second shoot which was filmed on a Saturday was that I was doing the behind the scene filming however i did arrive half an hour late as the bus arrived at 9.10 am on Saturday as this was the earliest time I could catch the bus to bury and I arrived at the shoot at 10.30 am. When I arrived the make up of the actor was being done in total the make up took up to an hour to complete. As soon as I arrived we began to set up the lighting and camera also the room in which we shot in was already pretty much set all that was needed to be done was positioning of the chair used and also to make sure we did not get the lights in the shot. My role in this shoot was to record the behind the scenes, in the shoot I managed to get numerous shots of both Abi and Emma shooting the actual footage.

Throughout the shoot there weren't many problems, the only one which I could think of was the space that was available as the location which we shot at was very small but it had to like this to create the feel and perfect shoot that we wanted.

The director got numerous shots of the actor who in this scene looked as if she had been tortured. Throughout the shoot I were filming the behind the scenes of all the work being put in by the rest of the production team and also the actors.

After the filming there was a very small photo shoot which took place immediately after the filming, the reason there was a photo shoot as the scene we had shot in felt a perfect place for us to shoot the poster cover for the trailer.

The shoot was a success everyone played a big part and the film we took away was very convenient for our production.

Behind the scenes photos for shoot 2

Fallen Grace Poster

Graded rushes 2-shoot 2

Graded Rushes 2 from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.

Shoot 1 video

1st Shoot - Graded Rushes from Emma Taylor on Vimeo.