Creating our film...

Some time was taken in order for our group to get our scenes right. We worked our way through each scene precisely with enough time on our hands. The first scene we worked on was the park scene where Sooki and Nas are having a conversation about their future together and trying to sort their problems out. This took us about 3days to get it completed and we had to make sure that our costumes were the same each time in order to keep up the continuity of the film. We used many camera/angle shots to portray emotion and expressions and to make the audience feel as if they too are with them: we used over the shoulder shots, mid-close-ups, mid-long shots and close-ups. The atmosphere around us was not as loud as we thought it would be and so our voices were perfectly recorded as we played out the script. The scene was filmed in w9 the location where we have stated in our pitch that we most likely to film most of our scenes to complete our opening sequence.

The next scene we worked on was the drug dealing scene where we had some extra actors to portray the urban lifestyle of young male teens exchanging drugs for money. We also had a few props in this scene; a bike, mobile phone and fake drugs. (the drugs were made by us, we placed crushed soil and stones and placed them in a small plastic pocket) This scene took quite some time to get right as it was hard to get our actors to concentrate and the part where Nas entered behind the block on his bike. We started this scene off where Nas and Sooki were having a conversation and it was interupted by a phone call for 'business'. He leaves her alone and she calls a friend complaining that hes 'left her again'. here we used long shots, mid shots and mid close-ups. We got this right in the end and once it was edited it all made sense. This scene was also filmed in one of the locations in w9 in which we have mentioned before.

Another scene we moved on to was filmed on school premises where we filmed Nas and Shalz having a conversation also. The background was dark and the setting is just right for the script being acted out. We used low angle and high angle shots to portray who was more superior in that scene than the other. We used mid close-ups and close-ups of the pair and the atmosphere was very quiet so we had no problem with capturing the sound.