Storyboard

I completely forgot the entire idea of what a storyboard is and didn't include diagrams, so here is more of a list of what we hope our final opening will include. We have our definite locations and props that will be used and we are now moving on to filming in London.



Update

Today we did a quick vlog updating you all on what the group has been getting up to and also what is the plan for further filming. We have finished filming at Heathrow and despite maybe a couple more shots from the bathroom we are also done there. We are now moving on to London and we have planned a day to all go down and start filming, where we can get shots of some iconic landmarks such as Big Ben, The London Eye and also some footage of MI5 headquarters.

Stopwatch

Here is the group excitedly discussing our concept and also explaining the plan to have a stopwatch in the corner of the screen near the end of the 2 minutes so it counts down to her next mission and showing the transformation is complete!

Filming

The most hygienic location yet.... the toilets! We need shots of Anna's transition into a spy and the transformation begins in the toilets. At the Airport we got some footage of the bathroom, but we were very rushed and we had not planned this part of filming very well. So we have started to redo these shots in our school toilets which surprisingly look like airport toilets.

We wanted shots of Anna changing and also removing/applying her makeup. Lucy, Rachel and I shot from different angles. Lucy positioned the camera on the floor and we got a shot of Anna changing her shoes behind the toilet door. Rachel climbed on to a couple of tables and filmed a high shot from the next cubicle and I had the fortunate job of standing on the toilet and filming Anna from above. We also have some footage of Anna by the mirror taking off her bracelets and her makeup, showing the beginning of her transformation.

Here are some images of Lucy creating Rachel's platform to stand on, to get the over the door shot.

Heathrow Filming

On Thursday last week we completed our trip to Heathrow Airport. We jumped on the Piccadilly line for an hour and a half and luckily we all had work to get on with; Rachel's attempt at writing an essay on her phone was interesting! Once there, we had no idea what was in store for us, so our best option was to sit down, have a cup of tea and gather our thoughts. As we were at the third busiest airport in the world, we knew we could not spend ages there and we had to be as discrete as possible. We all grabbed some form of videoing device and surprisingly we filmed most of the footage on iPhone's which was actually very good quality.

Lucy, Rachel and I each filmed Anna from different directions so when we merge the footage it should all flow. We have an idea of rapidly showing a variety of angles of Anna walking through Arrivals in our film which connects with our genre of Action as it will be very fast and lively.  As well as the shots coming out of Arrivals we also have some footage of the toilets and her starting her transformation in to the spy. Our footage of the toilets was a really good starting point as we knew the shots we wanted, but we were all very aware of the time we were spending in the toilets and completely forgot that we had to keep redoing the shots from different angles. We now have started filming from our school toilets which in fact look very much like airport toilets and we have the time to ensure we get the correct angles. All in all our time at Heathrow was memorable, we got the footage needed, relaxed and had some tea, and we even managed to ask a member of staff to take a picture of us with the Christmas tree. Success!

Tube Vlog

We have finally started filming! Today we went to our most dreaded location, Heathrow Airport. Overall, I think we got the shots we were looking for and hopefully this means we will not have to return for more footage. Me and Anna did a quick Vlog before, explaining the plan for the day.

Costume

As the character is going to be transforming from an almost innocent student into an intense female spy, there is going to be a change of costume. Our idea is that the character should wear very casual clothes to begin with, and throughout the opening you can see her stripping away this student character into her true identity as this powerful spy. I very much doubt Anna will let us anywhere near her hair, but this image from Salt shows the true change of identity from one character into another.



Our transition will not be so drastic, but we plan to have a change from the casual clothes into more striking 'spy' clothes, her hair tied back and darker make-up all of which will show a more mature character. These images show a similar idea of the transition we wish to have.