Progression

Throughout the media course a lot of progress has been made by me and the group. Individually I think I have learnt a lot of new skills and techniques, from using the camera (angle) and editing, I think I have gained a lot of confidence as now I am not afraid to tell the group what doesn't look good. As I haven't used Adobe Premier Pro before it took me a while to get used to it, eventually me and my group got the hang of it, there were still areas where we weren't sure how to use but our teachers helped us and we learnt how to improve it. I'v learnt that it wasn't as easy as I expected. There were many times where we had to re-shoot the scene again, this was very difficult as we also needed to think about our actors as well, as timing was an issue. As we were filming at school we had to fit filming around lesson and after school so it has been hard getting the actors available.
We wanted to create an affect where our footage is black and white but not Jack's red tie, we have major difficulty doing this as it took us ages how to figure it out how to do this on Adobe Premier Pro. However it took us a while to do this, we finally got around doing it, I think it is because as a group we work well together and we all feel comfortable putting our ideas forward.
Since the start of the project there have been a lot of changes but all these changes have definitely made our footage a lot better. Some shots have proved difficulty, as a group we wanted to put as many different shots and angles as we could. As a group we have worked very well, we have all put our inputs in and have done what were suppose to do, however I wished our group worked harder at the start of the project as we have left some parts last minute when our deadline is next week, this means that we don't have as much time to edit our footage.

Props

There are different varies of props for each of our actors, the props show more interest for the audience and also what the character is like. Such as Shauna wears an elegant floral white dress which shows purity and innocence.
We got majority of these props from the drama cupboard as there was a wide range of choice, also some of the props used were borrowed from our friends as it is very important we get all the props correct.

Jack:
-White Shirt
-Blue Suit
-Smart Shoes
-Red Tie

Simran:
-Red Smart Top
-Black Skirt
-Black Fur Coat
-Black Tights
-Black Heels

Shauna:
-White Fur Coat
-White Floral Dress
-Skin Coloured Tights
-Kitten Heels

Others:
-Piano
-Briefcase
-Car
-Knife
-Fake Blood
-Red Lipstick

Our Locations

Here are some of the locations we are filming in:

The first location we used was the halls stage at school, we are using the stage as it fits in well with our first couple of scenes. The location is going to show me playing on the piano and the curtains gradually closing. The music I will be playing will sound very sinister and on edge as it will fit into the thriller genre. I think this location will be great for the scene as the lights will be turned off and shown in black and white, this will have a sense of danger to the scene.

                                       

We will be using the Chikara Centre's drama room as the room is very spacious, they also have the equipment we need. Such as lighting, we need spotlights as it will make the scene look dramatic and evil. The drama room also has black curtains and flooring this will fit in well with the scene at the theatre.