Day 4 of Filming

Day 3 of Filming

Day 2 of Filming

Day 1 of Filming

Risk Assessment

A2 media Risk Assessment from Monique Jackson

MI5 LOGO RESEARCH - SI5 LOGO CREATION

 The MI5 is a very well known intelligence agency in the government. They work to protect the UK against threats to national security. Their role is defined as "the protection of national security and in particular its protection against threats such as terrorism, espionage and sabotage, the activities of agents of foreign powers, and from actions intended to overthrow or undermine parliamentary democracy by political, industrial or violent means".

Our trailer idea involves a secret agency within the government that aims to complete a similar task: to protect the UK against threats. We wanted to make a logo of our own so that we could use it as a prop on a badge for our trailer.

We used a logo making website and started off with two shapes: a triangle and a circle. We then wrote out 'SI5'. We decided to make the logo dark to indicate that this agency was dangerous and could cause harm. We chose to use blue, grey and black because the colours all go well together.

We then fit all of the components together and realised that the 'SI5' wasn't as visible as we wanted it, so we ended up making the font a lighter shade of blue to the logo was clear. We also made the triangle a shade lighter as well.

Below is the final logo that we produced. It is very simple, but we will use it as a prop for our trailer to make out agency appear real.

Filming Schedule

DAY ONE: 13th February

ACTORS:

• FREYA
• REBECCA
• SOPHIE
• GYING

PROPS/EQUIPMENT:

• Camera
• Tripod
• Papers
• iPhone
• Backpack
• Gun

COSTUMES NEEDED:

• Rachel's costume - smart, professional clothing
• Jessie's costume
• Leo's costume - suit with a trench coat
• LOCATIONS:
• School - Common room
• School - Canteen
• Sophie's House

DAY TWO: 16th February

ACTORS:

• GYING
• RAVI
• SOPHIE
• MONIQUE
• DWIGHT

PROPS/EQUIPMENT:

• Camera
• Tripod
• Phone
• Gun
• Goggles & lab coat

COSTUMES NEEDED:

• Leo's costume - suit with a trench coat
• Hayden's costume - all black tracksuit with black bandana
• John's costume - smart suit
• Dr. Jackson's costume - lab coat and goggles

LOCATIONS:

• School - Media room
• School - Science lab
• School - Office
• School - Common room

DAY THREE: 1st March

ACTORS:

1. REBECCA
2. DWIGHT

PROPS/EQUIPMENT:

• Handcuffs
• Gun
• Camera
• Tripod

COSTUMES NEEDED:

• Hayden's costume - all black tracksuit
• Alex's costume - black leggings with t-shirt

LOCATIONS:

• School - PE closet

DAY FOUR: 7th March

ACTORS:

• REBECCA
• GYING
• DWIGHT

PROPS/EQUIPMENT:

• Camera
• Tripod
• Guns
• Fake plant
• Table and chair

COSTUMES NEEDED:

• Leo's costume - suit
• Hayden's costume - all black tracksuit

LOCATIONS:

• School - PE field
• East Croydon - Car park
• East Croydon - Alleyway

Equipment used for Filming

The camera we used for filming is a 'Nikon D3200', it is lightweight so can easily be carried around on our travels to different locations. Further to that, the fact that the camera is lightweight works as an advantage to us, because when carrying out steady cam shots its easier to hold still, allowing us to achieve perfect shots.
Furthermore, this camera allows us to film in high definition, giving us a crystal clear narrative. We are also able to change the colour settings and brightness, which is useful when filming in extremely dark places.

This is the tripod that we used throughout filming, it is a 'Hama Star 63'. The design of the tripod allows us to adjust the height and the angles of the shot (turning the top of the tripod). This equipment allows us to get the correct level or angles for our shots without difficulty.  

Finally, since we are unable to afford a professional microphone in order to separately record our sound, we decided to use the 'iPhone 6' to record our dialogue. This is because we felt that the dialouge on the camera sounded to muffled. We will create vocal recordings and then insert the dialogue over the recorded footage for our trailer. 

2D LogoDesigns

Together, we have created two production logos to use for the start of our trailer. The names of the companies were chosen by students in our school from a questionnaire (seen in a different blog post). Both idents are very simple to read for the audience and reflect the action genre by including big, bold fonts and using dark colours.

These 2D designs will be animated and used in our trailer.

FIRST DRAFT - Blue Arrow Productions - IDENT design

The images show the development of the ident in which my partner and I created. After creating and completing the survey about which ident name our targeted audience preferred we began to plan for the actual ident, coming up with various sketches. We wanted to create something very self explanatory, the arrow is blue and underneath are the words 'PRODUCTION', therefore creating 'Blue Arrow Productions'. Additionally, we wanted to produce something simple but creative, as, less is more.

This ident will appear that the beginning of our trailer as, from our research a majority of idents appear at the beginning, therefore, we want to stick to this convention.
My partner and I will animate this ident. This is because we want it to go with the action genre. We want to create the mood and set a sense of pace from the very beginning and everything in the trailer accounts to this.
The bottom image is our final ident.

Ident Questionnaire

We have asked 23 students in our sixth form, male and female, aged 17-19 to draw a line next to the name that they liked the best so that we could choose which two names to use for our idents. We collected the results in a tally chart because it is a simple method. We used students this age because they're of a similar age to our target audience so we want to know which names they find the most appealing so that we can have a better chance at engaging them in our trailer.

The top name that was chosen was 'Black Tape Films' so this is the first name we will use. 'Blue Arrow Productions' and 'Purple Reel' tied second, however we personally liked 'Blue Arrow Productions' more, so that is the second name that we will use.