Boiler Room

Boiler Room
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I went down into the Boiler Room again today, this time with my tutor to look at lighting, camera angles, and positioning. This will be the opening shot, and the final shot of the film, so not only does it have to be good to capture the viewers attention, it has to be good as it will be the last thing the viewer sees. And they will remember the last scene in the film.

I have a good feeling about the film, especially as the news channel sequences have turned out so well.

News Reports Finished

My gear all set up
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As part of my 'Spider' film, I have a series of news reports. I filmed them in the Sound Studio at the Plas Coch campus of NEWI.

I also had a sound student named Ben helping me out on the day as well. We recorded the audio and the visuals separately, and linked the two up afterwards in post. Ben has also been adding some special sound effects to the last report, when the news studio gets attacked by the 'Spider' virus.

Ben sent the final audio over this morning, complete with sound effects, and I have to say... I nearly crapped myself when I watched it for the first time. The sounds and effects used really reflect the situation, and is exactly what I was after. I have a really good feeling about using Ben for the rest of the film.

Script Meeting

Went over to the acting studios today.

Met the lead male and lead female, both are great for the parts in the film and we went over the entire script today. The most important thing is the suitability and professionalism of the actors, and I have to say that both of them are professional enough to be able to go straight into the lines which I provide.

 

Also worked out logistics for the 4 days of shooting as well. We had a discussion about which bits were still to be filmed, and I realised that I'm about half way there with everything I need in the film.

 

I'm hoping to get the shoot finished my Christmas, then I can edit over the holidays, provided I get some time off from work, that is.

News Channel Sequences

Tracy looking at script
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I wraped the news channel sequences shooting last thursday.

Tracy (who works with me) was the top notch news presenter on the day, and she did a real good job. There were 3 main sequences to shoot, with the final report ending in chaos as the studio being used gets infected by the virus.

It took most of the afternoon of the wednesday beforehand to transport all the equipment I used over to 'The Wall' sound studio at the Plas Coch campus of NEWI (I'm based at the Reget St site, and we have no studio, even though we have all paid studio fees - but dont get me started, thats another blog post away)

A sound engineering student also helped out on the day, named 'Ben'. He took charge of the audio recording, using the very very expensive mixing desk in the gallery above the stage. - He did an ace job as well, helping me lug stuff around, too.

Some fly-on-the-wall footage will be posted on YouTube as part of my latest v-log very soon.