Sonia's Television Blog

While doing this unit Mike really wants us to focus on our creativity and camera movements. I love this and decided to really follow it, i wanted to use a steady cam, track and dolley, stabilizer etc. I have never really used these before in my productions because they take up time and space, but since i had used them in this production my overall project looks flawless with these amazing experimental shots. They are not all perfect i could have made them better here and there but i am still proud i went out and used these shots! I wanted to expand my knowledge and filming skills to the max in this project, i decided to take the chance and use the most equipment i could and put it to the test! I challenged myself but if i didn't i would have never used any of these ever. Even though it was difficult due to the ground not being steady i still managed to get some great shots, i also tried to zoom in with the dolley and zoom out with the camera but that was VERY difficult. I did n...

While coming up with my proposal i really wanted to discover more about John Clare. John was born in 1793 and was a very famous poet, he was born as the son of a farm labourer and did not have much money. Many individuals state that Clare is 'the greatest labouring class poet that England has ever produced' since he came from a very poor background. While reading up on his background it was very hard, he had a troubled childhood and was also sent to an asylum where he had written most of his poems. I chose the Trespass poem due to me really having a strong connection to it. I feel as John Clare felt a lot of loneliness and pain during the time that this poem was written. The sonnet has rhyming couplets and seems less angry even though it is in-fact very sad. Clare really felt despair and pain while this poem was written. Clare was born into a middle class family and felt as he wanted to express these feelings within his other poems. I couldn't really find any informati...

Preperation Today was the shooting of my 'Trespass' Fiction Adaptation project and i was happy with the overall day. We started by preparing my actor Vanessa with her hair and makeup, i wanted to make sure that she had a beautiful look set out for the shoot, this took around an hour. While doing the makeup i ran through the shot-list with Vanessa and the whole idea of the shoot since she was rushed into the shoot due to my first actor dropping out! She fell in love with the project and couldn't wait to start, Victoria was also a great addition she helped with the makeup and helped on set. After we were done with the makeup we drove over to the Maidstone Ancient Aylesford bridge which was out first location, we spent around 2 hours here shooting all the cover shots i needed for the entire project. Vanessa looked great and the sun gave us some great exposure and shadows. I was really happy with the way that the Canon 7D filmed, i usually use the Panasonic or Sony...

This morning while getting ready for shooting my main actor emailed me that she is unwell and is unable to film today! I had to think quick on my feet as i already had all the locations sorted and makeup artist organised, i reached out to my 2 other actors i used in my previous project and thankfully one of them was more than happy to help! I usually don't want to use the same actors but in this situation it was urgent. Kent film office gave me permission to film at these locations only for today so i really had to make sure i had another actor on hand to help me. I'm happy that she agreed as she is also a fantastic actor and a lovely person! This is Vanessa Burns and i have used her previously in my 'Fight Club' re-make. I think she will make a fantastic main character for my Fiction Adaptation. She had studied acting in London and lives in paddock wood which is very close to Maidstone. My original actor was from London so i would have to pay for her ticket where a...

To help us prepare for our shoots and overall project Mike thought that it would be a good idea to create a 'Moodboard' i think this is brilliant. It will give everyone a good idea of the colours and style we are all going for. This moodboard is made up of images and screenshots i have fallen in love with while researching for my project. 

While preparing for my shooting days which are very soon i needed to prepare a rough draft of a script. Due to my project being different my script is harder to write, since my whole project is more about the visual perspective there is absolutely no talking in my scenes. I have set out to have the entire short movie narrated, i want to shoot effective visuals of my main character and express the story through her expressions and most importantly her movements. I started to think of how to write the script which i will change accordingly to the edit, while writing it i made sure that it was all V.O (Voice-over) and wrote out outlines of what i want the character to think in her mind. It's very hard to explain through text, i just want the audience to understand her pain/story through her narration. This script will help me as i prepare for the shoot it will also help me decide how i am going to create such a art piece. It will all work alongside my camera movement tests. I believe...

I have started creating a shot list to help me remember exactly what i want to film and to also give my actor a sense of creativity that i want to portray, since my entire short film is based on shots and creativity mostly experimental i really want to make sure i capture beautiful moments and shots. It was absolutely necessary for me to create this shot list, it will make my life much easier when i come to film on the day - i want to make sure i do not forget anything. I have created 2 lots of the shot list that included all 3 scenes, i have also downloaded a few pictures of certain shots that i want to include in my short movie so i could really create something extraordinary, i need to really focus on key lighting and movement of the camera. Mike had said to me that a montage is what i want to go for and if i focus on creating that i will achieve my goal with this project.