Production: Filming Day

Today we had access to a section of the Silverstone circuit called Corpse runway and tunnel, we also had unlimited access to the pits and the grand stands. For a short while of the day we were supplied with a car and a driver to work with in order to express the conventions of motor sport film. Harry, Dan and I went out and all had a go at filming different shots each to spread the work load.

In my opinion this day was successful however some shots we need to re shoot and film in other locations. All of this ext filming is going to be completed by Wednesday the 27th February. We have planned to meet at Harry's house to film the hospital scenes and argument so that it is in the right environment. By setting a time to get this done we have allowed weeks to complete the editing.

Here is a shot of me and Harry taking some establishing shots of the track on the day...

This is us setting up the camera to film our first shot which was an establishing shot. Throughout the day we faced many challenges however we faced the head on and fixed the situation as soon as we could so that we could still film everything we needed to. One of the issues was that the first tripod we had was broken, we had to thing back to school to get a new one however we could have prevented this by checking the tripod was in full working condition before we left.

Here are some more pictures of us filming throughout the day in the different locations:

This is me doing the fake makeup on harry for the hospital scene:

Planning: Call sheets

When we were delegating the jobs Harry created the call sheets and informed us of the plans so that we could be prepared for the days with the correct resources.

Planning: Classification

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is a non-governmental body for classifying cinema films was set up in 1912. All decisions on the classification of a film are based on the guidelines from BBFC, they are regularly updated which is based on the current views of different films.

Our group has decided to rate our film a 12A, this is because we want to allow the widest range possible to view our film. Teenagers are at the stage when they are understanding what they want to have as a career so we thought by opening the film up to all teenagers it will allow those teenagers that are aspiring to be motor-sport drivers to understand the industry and its consequences clearly. There is nothing in our film that will make it a 15 as we knew not to add these elements as it would mean our target audience would be even more specific and this is what we were trying to avoid.

Below is an image found on the BBFC website, it is all of the ratings that films can be given:

Planning: coming up with the title

As a group we had a meeting to decide on the name for our film, everyone came up with a few ideas each some of them are list below:

• The drive
• If I drive
• Indicator
• Don't look back
• HeartBrake

From this list we decided on the title of Don't look back, we chose this title because it hints at the narrative of the film but without giving too much away, this is what I had in mind when I came up with this idea to pitch to the group.

Planning: Sourcing race suit

Thu 10/12/2015 14:42

I wouldn't call it a race jacket, its more like a protective jacket and trousers but if you want to borrow them yeah that's fine �� how much are you paying me??

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Thu 10/12/2015 14:25

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Hi Jacob, 

For our media project we need to use a race suit and as you bring your bike in to school we were wondering if we could use yours. All the shots with the suit in will be in school and all filming will be done in January. 

Let us know ASAP if this is ok with you? 

Thanks, Harry.

For our race suit costume we needed something that looked professional and Jacobs biking suit was perfect so we emailed him making sure we were able to use it. 

Above is the conversation between Harry and his friend to borrow his race suit.

Planning: Legislation of the workshop

These images below are all screenshots of our emails to teachers making sure we have our location booked so that there is no confusion, and everyone knows who is where and when.

Planning: Test shots

Shot 2
 This shot will be part of our short montage; it could also be called an establishing shot. This will be quite a long take to signify that nothing much is happening. There is the conventional iconography here of the race track and the red and white stripes which denotes that this is a serious racing circuit.

Shot 3

Unfortunately, we cannot get a test shot of the angle we will use in our film; we are planning to get a shot tracking up from the track to a LA shot of the lights. This again will be a long take as it is also signifying that there are no events on and we are trying to create a sad and emotional atmosphere. Again, we have conventional iconography here of the lights which denote the professionalism of the location.

Shot 7/8/9
This is the location where we will shoot the shots of the driver getting ready for the race. They will be short, close ups which create a frantic, fast paced atmosphere. I think this a good location as it is a simple workshop which connotes a professional place. All of these shots being CUs, there will not be much visual iconography.




These are the only shots we have been able to get test shots of so far because... 
- Shot 1+6 are XCU so the location doesn't matter so much. As long as we have bright lighting.
- Shot 4+5 we have been unable to get the camera we are using to my house so as soon as we are able to do that, those test shots will be taken.
- Shots 10 to 16 are all going to be shot on the track which we can only access on the day of filming.