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Pre-production

In the pre-production, Faraz, Nora and me worked together as a group. In the beginning, we discussed our ideas for the two minutes film opening, the genre we want to use. We talked about quite a few different genres such as costume drama and spoofs but found that there might be some problems and difficulties in filming and financing it. After further discussion and research on the internet we decided to pick the genre of teen comedy drama as we thought that a lot of teenagers would be able to identify with the characters in the film.

We also thought that Nora and I could bring in some ideas in terms of funny experience we've gained during our time in England as we are exchange students from Germany.

We then made a script based on our ideas and Nora drew a storyboard.

Filming

During the filming, all of were in charge of different parts of the filming. We only needed five days in total to get the filming done, but we spread it out over a few weeks as it was difficult to find a day to meet up on which every member of the group was able to find some time to come.

The first filming day took place in the library in town. Since Andre and Nora were the actors, Faraz and me were in charge of the camera and tried out different camera shots as well as angles.

When we checked the footage a few days later, we noticed that it was too shaky for us to use because unfortunately, we hadn't used a tripod, so we met up to refilm the library scene, this time at Northwood campus. Since Andre was the actor, Nora, Faraz and I again filmed and brought in our ideas for the different shots and angles.

Nora and I then decided to not only refilm the library scene but also the sequences in which she gets ready. We both therefore met up at her house on a Saturday afternoon and while she was putting on the make up in front of a mirror, I was the one who filmed her.

The last filming day took place at Foxley campus on a Tuesday morning and the plan was to film Andre and Nora bumping into each other. We therefore used a corridor and the staircase which made it look quite authentic as students were passing by every now and then.

Nora and Andre again were the actors and even I played a small role in one of the scenes, but for the majority of time, Faraz and I were in charge of the camera.

Editing

When it comes to the editing, Nora and I were mostly involved in it. We not only used the media lessons for it, but also did a lot of the editing in our free periods. In the final stage of the editing, Faraz helped us with the details such as cutting, sound and music.

Final

As a result I would say that we worked quite well within our group everyone was involved and in charge of different parts whilst creating our two minutes film opening.

Although it was not always easy because we sometimes didn't share the same opinions and wanted to do things differently, but all in all we had a lot of fun and got on well.