British Social Realism // Production Log Eighteen

We are very happy with the final draft of our opening sequence, and how the production process went. We feel this was because we were very organised towards the beginning, filming as early as possible, allowing plenty of time for any re-filming. Although, once we had uploaded and edited our footage we decided there wasn't any need for re-filming. The production process was executed well because of the planning we had done in pre-production. We used our shooting script throughout all filming days and scenes meaning we followed our plan and had a clear visual aid of what needs to be done and what has been done. This helped us as we filmed in locations rather than in shot order. This allowed us to see where the shots we were filming fitted in to our opening. We were extremely efficient in how we carried out the production process, during the first weeks of production we used lesson time to make graphics whilst after school was when we would film. This meant we were prepared for the later stage of adding graphics to the final draft in Final Cut Express. All of our graphics were completed before we edited our footage. Once we completed our edit we went to find music and soon found the piece we wanted to use. Being prepared for the later stage of adding graphics was extremely beneficial as we faced technical problems that took some time to overcome. Adding graphics was the longest part of production for us, but due to something we could not control. The rest of the production process went smoothly and to plan, which we were extremely happy with. 

I feel I contributed well to the production process. I was extremely committed to filming, and thankfully so were our actors, and all of our footage was filmed in 3 after school sessions, some no longer than an hour. I was focused and kept to our plans, making post production easier, leaving us more time to perfect our work. By us being prepared and keeping to our deadline, it saved rushing our work and then the final edit not being the best we can produce. Both my partner and I worked really hard, all the filming and editing being a complete team effort. I feel we work well together and I value her opinion. We both had similar ideas for a BSR film so found it easy to come up with an idea together. My partner and I both are familiar with iMovie so editing was done rather quickly, especially since we both edited. Our shooting script also was helpful at this stage putting all our shots in the right order with the right timings. Editing was a strength for us as it did not take as long as we expected because we knew what we wanted it to look like due to planning before and knew how to use the software. Throughout filming we were always asking one and other whether a shot is framed nicely or whether it would look better somewhere else. This ensured team work and communication as we made sure we were both happy with how each shot was framed. We also took it in turns filming and handling the camera so everyone got a turn and this again ensured a team effort on this opening.

The key strengths of our production process was definitely our planning. We stuck to our set timetable meaning we did not have to rush any editing. We were also extremely committed to getting our work done and we both contributed equally. Being prepared and working together made the process much more enjoyable. 


One way I would improve our production process in the future is our graphics. This took us the longest time due to technical issues of them appearing unclear on the screen on top of our footage. This meant we had to change our font to something clearer, and spend time trying to fix this issue. 

This is our final opening sequence of our BSR film, Positive: