It's finally finished, Get off my land is done! When we first started this project I was very excited and eager to get out and film. So much so that I did end up doing a lot of the panning and preperation after the filming itself. I must first of all say thank you again to the brilliant cast of Andy Woodrow, Mike Woodrow and Katey Woodrow as without their brilliant performances, this would not have been much at all. The location was always going to be a struggle as we would need to look for three or four fields that look similar to those in the film but I think that me and Luke found great places and the only one that I would change is the last one because of a lack of tall grass in the background. Apart from this, I would say that all of the places were very accurate and similar to the originals. Next up, props. Luckily we managed to find every prop we needed except for the shotgun, but as you can see from the video, we made a humerous change to this. The land rover was kindly lent to us by Katey Woodrow's father Terry, who was also considered for the role of the farmer before it went to Mike Woodrow. The fake blood was made by me on the morning of the filming day. I made it this close to filming so that it looked better and stayed a good consistancy. I believe that the recipe that I used was good, but I would use a different one next time as it was a little bit lighter than I thought it would be. When it came to the costumes, I asked the cast if they could find similar clothes and I said that anything they did not have, I would source for them. This did not happen as the cast were able to all get similar clothes to te ones that we needed. As we arrived on filming day, I noticed that Mike (the farmer) did not have a flat cap like the one that we needed, I had a little bit of a panic to start as it was after all, a very important prop, but when Katey arrived in her dad's land rover, we were lucky again as he had one sitting in the back of his car that we borrowed. The next thing after filming was to find all of the best takes and edit them and stitch them together. This was mainly done by Luke as he was unfortunately not able to be there on the day of filming. He did this using adobe premiere pro and did a very good job of it. To get our version as close to the original as possible, Luke was starting and stopping the original alongside our one so that the shots were exactly the same length. To add sound effects, we googled the sounds that we needed and downloaded them in mp3 format to put into the video. Overall, the whole process was a brilliant chance to start learning how to make films and I think that for our first ever film, the outcome was brilliant! To improve, I think that we could have been better at organising our time because the filming was delayed several times because of bad choices on which day to choose. Apart from this, I am very happy with how it went.
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Monday, 15 December 2014
Get off my land video and evaluation
It's finally finished, Get off my land is done! When we first started this project I was very excited and eager to get out and film. So much so that I did end up doing a lot of the panning and preperation after the filming itself. I must first of all say thank you again to the brilliant cast of Andy Woodrow, Mike Woodrow and Katey Woodrow as without their brilliant performances, this would not have been much at all. The location was always going to be a struggle as we would need to look for three or four fields that look similar to those in the film but I think that me and Luke found great places and the only one that I would change is the last one because of a lack of tall grass in the background. Apart from this, I would say that all of the places were very accurate and similar to the originals. Next up, props. Luckily we managed to find every prop we needed except for the shotgun, but as you can see from the video, we made a humerous change to this. The land rover was kindly lent to us by Katey Woodrow's father Terry, who was also considered for the role of the farmer before it went to Mike Woodrow. The fake blood was made by me on the morning of the filming day. I made it this close to filming so that it looked better and stayed a good consistancy. I believe that the recipe that I used was good, but I would use a different one next time as it was a little bit lighter than I thought it would be. When it came to the costumes, I asked the cast if they could find similar clothes and I said that anything they did not have, I would source for them. This did not happen as the cast were able to all get similar clothes to te ones that we needed. As we arrived on filming day, I noticed that Mike (the farmer) did not have a flat cap like the one that we needed, I had a little bit of a panic to start as it was after all, a very important prop, but when Katey arrived in her dad's land rover, we were lucky again as he had one sitting in the back of his car that we borrowed. The next thing after filming was to find all of the best takes and edit them and stitch them together. This was mainly done by Luke as he was unfortunately not able to be there on the day of filming. He did this using adobe premiere pro and did a very good job of it. To get our version as close to the original as possible, Luke was starting and stopping the original alongside our one so that the shots were exactly the same length. To add sound effects, we googled the sounds that we needed and downloaded them in mp3 format to put into the video. Overall, the whole process was a brilliant chance to start learning how to make films and I think that for our first ever film, the outcome was brilliant! To improve, I think that we could have been better at organising our time because the filming was delayed several times because of bad choices on which day to choose. Apart from this, I am very happy with how it went.
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Editing
At the moment, get off my land and henry are both in the editing process. I am using After effects CS6 and a few other programmes to put together, edit and finish the films. I am doing the editing for henry and Luke is doing the editing for get off my land.
Sunday, 5 October 2014
Get off my land filming day!
Today was filming day for our recreation of the short film 'Get off my Land' and I have to say, thank you to Andy, Katey and Mike for giving your time to act in the film. Oh and thanks to baby Noah for keeping quiet while we were filming. This morning, I was dreading the filming because of the weather. It was forecast to be rainy, wet and a little windy. However, we appeared to have a lot of luck as not only did it not rain, there was no wind and the sun was out all day, making conditions brilliant for the filming.
Location was a problem to start, this is because we started with one, then had to change, and then had to change again but in the end we did get a good location. It was a place in attleborough and there were 3 fields and a public path where we filmed. The first field (pictured left) was one of two in which only one shot was recorded there. This is because a majority of the film took place in a larger field a 5 minute drive down the road. This larger field was a near perfect location that contained long grass, short grass, many trees and luckily a beautiful sun shining through the trees.
I found the directing quite difficult to start as I was not sure how to clearly explain the shots but I got
there in the end with help from my storyboard (pictured right). Unfortunately, over the morning, the storyboard was covered in mud, fake blood, and grass but I took the picture of it before filming as I knew this may have happened. We only needed a single script today as there were so many different shots that there was no need to ask the participants to learn their lines, I sent them all the video so that they could watch it in advance, but just told them their line before the shot was taken. They all acted very well and were good and believable characters.
Also there was one last minute change this morning with the filming. We were unfortunate that we were not able to aquire a real or realistic shotgun so we put a modern twist on it... A Nerf gun. I think that as much as this was not the desired plan, it will add a little humour to quite a serious short film.
Staying on the topic of props, I had a fun time making the fake blood for the scene in which the woman (played by Katey) is covered in blood from the man (played by Andy). The recipe was one
that I found online and it consisted of water, corn flour and a little dark red oil paint. I think that it looked very good (and much better than the commonly used ketchup), but I think if I was going t do it again, I would look for a recipe that produces a darker, thicker blood as I think that would look better. To apply the fake blood to the woman's face, I used a paint brush and flicked it on (picture left). It was really funny to do and the outcome looked very good.
To film, I used a Camelio X400 camera and a tripod. One thing that I found useful was the remote that my camera had with it. It meant that I was able to start and stop recording without having to risk the camera shaking. There were, however, a few shots in which the camera follwed someone or panned, so for those ones, I did not use the remote.
I thought that overall, the day went very well and I can't wait to start editing the shots to put the film together. I really enjoyed the filming as it was not only very fun, but the conditions and the location mean that I am sure it will turn out well.
Thanks to:
Andy Woodrow - the man
Katey Woodrow - the woman
Mike Woodrow - the farmer
Terry Ward - for letting us use your land rover
Noah Woodrow - for not being too loud
Angela Robson - for the camera tripod
Also there was one last minute change this morning with the filming. We were unfortunate that we were not able to aquire a real or realistic shotgun so we put a modern twist on it... A Nerf gun. I think that as much as this was not the desired plan, it will add a little humour to quite a serious short film.
Staying on the topic of props, I had a fun time making the fake blood for the scene in which the woman (played by Katey) is covered in blood from the man (played by Andy). The recipe was one
To film, I used a Camelio X400 camera and a tripod. One thing that I found useful was the remote that my camera had with it. It meant that I was able to start and stop recording without having to risk the camera shaking. There were, however, a few shots in which the camera follwed someone or panned, so for those ones, I did not use the remote.
I thought that overall, the day went very well and I can't wait to start editing the shots to put the film together. I really enjoyed the filming as it was not only very fun, but the conditions and the location mean that I am sure it will turn out well.
Thanks to:
Andy Woodrow - the man
Mike Woodrow - the farmer
Terry Ward - for letting us use your land rover
Noah Woodrow - for not being too loud
Angela Robson - for the camera tripod
Monday, 29 September 2014
Get off my land script
A pair of walking boots (the woman) are walking down a muddy path, determined and brisk wearing walking trousers followed by what looks like a man who seems to be out of his comfort zone. The man is wearing blue jeans and very muddy converse shoes. He stops to wipe some mud off his trousers and carries on. The camera changes to the man and the woman walking down a footpath. The woman is out in front wearing a raincoat with her hair down, whilst the man is wearing a blue jumper/jacket and blue jeans. The woman is walking very comfortably whilst the man is walking in a way which shows he is cold and is not as used to walking as the woman who is with him.
*camera blacks out to show the words “Get Off My Land”*
The man and the woman are at a rundown wooden gate. The woman has already climbed over it whilst the man is wobbling it to show its unsafeness.
Man (whilst wobbling gate) – “Bit wobbly”
The woman sighs at him. The man carefully climbs over the gate, sighing. Once over, he goes to walk and catch up with the woman.
The couple are now walking side by side through the field. A green jeep is now driving towards them at a slow pace. The two people start to slow, looking rather confused. A farmer starts to walk towards them, wearing a flat cap, a coat, a woollen jumper and a collared shirt, hands in pockets.
Farmer – “I’m afraid this is private land.”
The couple look at each other, confused and with a hint of annoyance. More sighs from the man.
Woman – “Sorry I…I thought this was a public footpath”
Farmer – “No.”
Woman (turning to look the other way, as if to check for the footpath) – “I’m sure it said that this was a public footpath”
Farmer – “There are two public footpaths across my land and this isn’t one of them. As I’m sure you know the law allows you across private land, but only on a public footpath”
Close up of the woman’s face, looking annoyed. She turns to go, trying to push the man to go to, but he has other ideas.
Man (country like tone to his accent) – “We’re not harming anyone though are we? Ay?” A pause. The woman is looking rather embarrassed in the background. “What makes it your land anyway?”
Farmer – “It er, it belonged to my father”
Man – “Who’d he get it off?”
Farmer – “Been in my family for generations”
Man (close up of his face) – “Who’d they get it off?”
Farmer (face shot, sounding and looking very annoyed) – “Well they probably brought it”
Man – “Who’d they buy it off?”
Farmer (annoyance and talking like the man is thick) – “The previous owner I imagine”
Man (face shot) – “And before that? And before that? And before that?”
Farmer (annoyed this conversations is still going on) – “Somebody probably fought for it…”
Camera is aimed at the man and the woman, with the man looking determined and the woman not knowing what to do. The man angrily starts to zip his jumper off, with the woman turning frantically to him as if to tell him to stop.
Man (whilst unzipping his jumper) – “Alright” (takes the jacket off) “I’ll fight you for it”
Camera side onto the three people, with the farmer not looking bothered and the man looking determined. The man throws his jacket at his partner and takes a few strides towards the farmer, who does not move.
Man (determined) – “I’ll fight you for it”
The farmer looks the man up and down, laughs once then walks back to his car. The man turns round, victorious, smiling and laughing to the woman.
Man – “The moral hypocrisy of the land owner and upper classes!”
The woman turns her head disapprovingly.
Man – “What?” pause while change in camera angle, woman still looking down “What? Urgh”
The man and the woman then hear the farmer speaking to them. They both look up and have shock on their faces. The farmer is holding a shotgun.
Farmer – “OK. Let’s fight for it!”
The farmer starts to load the shotgun. The man and woman are terrified.
Woman – “N...n…no look…we’re going, ok?”
The man is pale white and petrified. The farmer has loaded the shotgun and is aiming the gun at the couple.
Woman – “No no we’re going, we’re going”
The farmer is not listening. He fires his shotgun. The camera at this point has zoomed out to show the man slumping to the floor. The farmer looks down at him, looks at the woman and starts to walk away.
The woman’s face is then captured, looking shocked and scared, blood on her face. She starts to shake and quiver, heavily panting. The panting/breathing gets even more hysteric and she then starts to cry/scream/turn extremely hysterical. The camera points over the car to the woman and the farmer, with the woman still extremely hysterical. The farmer turns, gun over shoulder.
The shot then goes to a clump of trees. A gunshot is heard, and birds fly out the trees. We can assume that the farmer has shot the woman too.
With the sun behind him, the farmer starts to walk back towards the car. He leans on the bonnet, looking up towards the sky with a quizzical look on his face. He looks back down towards where the bodies were, and then the opposite way, confused and studying the landscape.
Farmer (to himself) – “You know what…I’ve got a feeling this is a public footpath…”
*camera blacks out to show the words “Get Off My Land”*
The man and the woman are at a rundown wooden gate. The woman has already climbed over it whilst the man is wobbling it to show its unsafeness.
Man (whilst wobbling gate) – “Bit wobbly”
The woman sighs at him. The man carefully climbs over the gate, sighing. Once over, he goes to walk and catch up with the woman.
The couple are now walking side by side through the field. A green jeep is now driving towards them at a slow pace. The two people start to slow, looking rather confused. A farmer starts to walk towards them, wearing a flat cap, a coat, a woollen jumper and a collared shirt, hands in pockets.
Farmer – “I’m afraid this is private land.”
The couple look at each other, confused and with a hint of annoyance. More sighs from the man.
Woman – “Sorry I…I thought this was a public footpath”
Farmer – “No.”
Woman (turning to look the other way, as if to check for the footpath) – “I’m sure it said that this was a public footpath”
Farmer – “There are two public footpaths across my land and this isn’t one of them. As I’m sure you know the law allows you across private land, but only on a public footpath”
Close up of the woman’s face, looking annoyed. She turns to go, trying to push the man to go to, but he has other ideas.
Man (country like tone to his accent) – “We’re not harming anyone though are we? Ay?” A pause. The woman is looking rather embarrassed in the background. “What makes it your land anyway?”
Farmer – “It er, it belonged to my father”
Man – “Who’d he get it off?”
Farmer – “Been in my family for generations”
Man (close up of his face) – “Who’d they get it off?”
Farmer (face shot, sounding and looking very annoyed) – “Well they probably brought it”
Man – “Who’d they buy it off?”
Farmer (annoyance and talking like the man is thick) – “The previous owner I imagine”
Man (face shot) – “And before that? And before that? And before that?”
Farmer (annoyed this conversations is still going on) – “Somebody probably fought for it…”
Camera is aimed at the man and the woman, with the man looking determined and the woman not knowing what to do. The man angrily starts to zip his jumper off, with the woman turning frantically to him as if to tell him to stop.
Man (whilst unzipping his jumper) – “Alright” (takes the jacket off) “I’ll fight you for it”
Camera side onto the three people, with the farmer not looking bothered and the man looking determined. The man throws his jacket at his partner and takes a few strides towards the farmer, who does not move.
Man (determined) – “I’ll fight you for it”
The farmer looks the man up and down, laughs once then walks back to his car. The man turns round, victorious, smiling and laughing to the woman.
Man – “The moral hypocrisy of the land owner and upper classes!”
The woman turns her head disapprovingly.
Man – “What?” pause while change in camera angle, woman still looking down “What? Urgh”
The man and the woman then hear the farmer speaking to them. They both look up and have shock on their faces. The farmer is holding a shotgun.
Farmer – “OK. Let’s fight for it!”
The farmer starts to load the shotgun. The man and woman are terrified.
Woman – “N...n…no look…we’re going, ok?”
The man is pale white and petrified. The farmer has loaded the shotgun and is aiming the gun at the couple.
Woman – “No no we’re going, we’re going”
The farmer is not listening. He fires his shotgun. The camera at this point has zoomed out to show the man slumping to the floor. The farmer looks down at him, looks at the woman and starts to walk away.
The woman’s face is then captured, looking shocked and scared, blood on her face. She starts to shake and quiver, heavily panting. The panting/breathing gets even more hysteric and she then starts to cry/scream/turn extremely hysterical. The camera points over the car to the woman and the farmer, with the woman still extremely hysterical. The farmer turns, gun over shoulder.
The shot then goes to a clump of trees. A gunshot is heard, and birds fly out the trees. We can assume that the farmer has shot the woman too.
With the sun behind him, the farmer starts to walk back towards the car. He leans on the bonnet, looking up towards the sky with a quizzical look on his face. He looks back down towards where the bodies were, and then the opposite way, confused and studying the landscape.
Farmer (to himself) – “You know what…I’ve got a feeling this is a public footpath…”
Saturday, 27 September 2014
Get off my land location
We will be filming the film in one location, an possible another for the beginning scene with the gate. This is because I may know a place that will be very good for it but I am not sure so I am going to have a look at it tomorrow. The main place that we will be filming is in a field next to my grandparents house in carlton forehoe. This is because I they know the owners so we will be able to and there is also lots of trees around one side where we will be able to film parts such as the birds flying out and the vehicle driving out from there.
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
'Get off my land' character profiles
The characters in the film include the man, woman and farmer. The woman appears to be a very adventurous outdoor person who is very much having to encourage the man (presumably her husband) to follow her over the gate and through the field. We can tell this from his attitude for example when he is climbing over the gate and also as he brushes dirt off his trousers.
The man:
The part of the man will be played by my dad Andy Woodrow. This is because he used to act in a group in Wymondham and he does look a little like the man in the original film.
The woman:
The part of the woman will be played by my step mother Katey Woodrow. This is because she also used to be in the acting group. By coincidence she also looks a bit like her character.
The farmer:
The part of the farmer will be played by my uncle Mike Woodrow. This is because he looks slightly similar to the character.
The man:
The part of the man will be played by my dad Andy Woodrow. This is because he used to act in a group in Wymondham and he does look a little like the man in the original film.
The woman:
The part of the woman will be played by my step mother Katey Woodrow. This is because she also used to be in the acting group. By coincidence she also looks a bit like her character.
The farmer:
The part of the farmer will be played by my uncle Mike Woodrow. This is because he looks slightly similar to the character.
'Get off my land' update
So far with mine and Luke's short film, we have finished the following things:
The cast:
- Script (three copies have been printed to take to the filming).
- The camera equipment has been sourced (its mine), we may need a tripod and if that is so then we still need that.
- Storyboard (all that is left is for it to be scanned into a computer so that it can be posted on here).
- Cast has ben chosen and we have a day or possible two in which to film it (unfortunately it is next weekend so we may have to ask for the possibility an extension of a few days to get it filmed).
- Props and costume have almost all been collected, we just need a gun for the farmer.
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The cast:
Andy Woodrow - Man
Katey Woodrow - Woman
Mike Woodrow - Farmer
Monday, 22 September 2014
Get off my Land
Me and Luke Bates have been given the task to remake the short film Get Off My Land, which is about 2 walkers who walk through some private land owned by a farmer. The bit they walk through they think is a public footpath, but the farmer thinks otherwise. The story ends with the two walkers being shot by the farmer, who then realises that it is a public footpath.
Below is the video link for the film:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p00gs4yj
The film requires a storyboard, a script, a cast (3 people), costumes and props and a good setting.
The script is used for the actors to use when acting, and also for the camera men (me and Luke) to see what happens in the scenes.
The setting we have chosen is my friends back garden/field. There is a gate and a field where the jeep can be driven on. Pictures of it soon.
Props and costume needed:
- a gun (for the farmer)
- a flat cap, jacket, knitted jumper, collared shirt (farmer)
-walking boots, coat, walking trousers (woman)
-blue jeans, blue jacket, t-shirt, muddy shoes/converses (man)
-fake blood for when the man has been shot
-A land rover type vehicle
Below is the video link for the film:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/films/p00gs4yj
The film requires a storyboard, a script, a cast (3 people), costumes and props and a good setting.
The script is used for the actors to use when acting, and also for the camera men (me and Luke) to see what happens in the scenes.
The setting we have chosen is my friends back garden/field. There is a gate and a field where the jeep can be driven on. Pictures of it soon.
Props and costume needed:
- a gun (for the farmer)
- a flat cap, jacket, knitted jumper, collared shirt (farmer)
-walking boots, coat, walking trousers (woman)
-blue jeans, blue jacket, t-shirt, muddy shoes/converses (man)
-fake blood for when the man has been shot
-A land rover type vehicle
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