(COURSEWORK) (Idea 1) Main Task: Filming.

Thursday 7th Feb 2013

Location: Angel, Islington

Jodie and I went to shoot some establishing shots in Angel. We found it quite hard to get the exact shots we wanted to get as we couldn't get high enough to get the perfect birds eye view. However, we got some shots of traffic and a few high angle shots.

Friday 8th Feb 2013

Location: Nightingale Estate

We all went to Nightingale estate to get some better establishing shots of the area. Nightingale is a tower block so we went to the 21st floor, and took some shots of the view. We panned from left to right, hopefully this will be our first shot.

Saturday 9th Feb 2013

Location: Tottenham

Nga, Jodie and Mica plus our cast went to a house in which they filmed most of the shots. I wasn't able to go for a reason that was out of my control. It didn't go in the way that we all wanted it to so we have to do some re-takes but we did get some really good shots.

Sunday 17th Feb 2013
Location: Essex (Jodie's House)
We all went down to essex to film the house scenes. We used the blue and grey filters over the lights to create a "crack house" atmosphere. The filming went really well however, when we looked back at the footage we realised that we didn't have enough extras to make it look realistic and we didn't use enough camera techniques so we scheduled another filming day to get some more shots.

Thursday 21st Feb 2013
Location: Hackney (Pedro's House)
We decided that the car scene of our opening would be too complicated considering the amount of time we had to film and getting the lady to drive. So to avoid further complication we chose to start our film with the main character (Pedro) at his house. Here, we got some great shots of our main character and his mum. Again we used the lights to create a "warm" atmosphere. As we were filming using the stairs in his house we had some complications with the shadow of the camera being visible in the frame but we were able to work round that and get the shots we needed.

(COURSEWORK) (Idea 1) Main Task: Synopsis.

Synopsis

The film follows a day in the lives of a group of 18 year olds from a low income area of East London. The story focuses mainly upon a group of friends known as (their name). The protagonist Derell, is caught up in the life of sex, money and drugs. His life all comes crashing down from the moment his mums alcoholic ways become unbearable. She doesnt work or pay bills, so Derell tries to make ends meet by stealing. Although Derell isn't dependent on his mother, he has a little sister that he still has to care for, alongside being involved in one of the biggest drug scandals in the city. Whilst being caught up in this, Derell and the (name) are robbed of £100,000 worth of drugs. Will they find out who really stole it?

Once we finish planning we will add the remaining details - Below is the alternated synopsis for our film after making the final changes.

The film follows a day in the life of an 18 year old from a low income area of North London. The protagonist Derell, is caught up in the life of money and drugs. Although Derell isn't dependent on his mother, he feels the need to impress his boys alongside being involved in one of the biggest drug scandals in the city using a very unique method of trade. Whilst being caught up in this, Derell is robbed of £100,000 worth of drugs. Will they find out who really stole it? Who is the real Derell Williams?