Many of the prostitutes would walk up and down this road that the church was on, as it was a busy road and so they were more likely to get some work.
An old phone box.
This was known as the 'prostitute ally way'. Jess took a picture of the lamppost as we wish to add a shot of one in our film.
This is the newly built building, as the original white chapel building itself was knocked down.
When we were experimenting with the camera and different shots on Friday, I started filming our shadows and I filmed a shadow of a lamppost, which looked really effective when we watched it on the computer. I think we could use it in our film, maybe as an opening and if not as the opening, we could include it somewhere in the film or even a shadow of a person.
We found some extra research for Jack the Ripper and it is a cartoon sketch these images are pretty useful and we can see from above what men used to wear at that time such as a top hat and a cloak which will help with our film.
I thought our group did quite well in this task as we did it quite quickly and we found the editing quite simple. However some mistakes we made whilst we were editing were that when we did a pan shot of me, my head was cut off and when there was an over shoulder shot of Michaela, some of her head was also cut off which tells us that we needed to have the camera positioned a bit higher. What we didn't realise was that when we did a shot-reverse-shot, Michaela's hand was in a different position and we didn't even notice this when we were editing. This has taught me that we have to be more accurate when we edit our 2 minute film. What also happened was that the audio repeated, so Michaela ended up sayin Em twice. Although we made these mistakes I think it is good because we can now learn from them and make sure we do not make them in our 2 minute film.
Actors- Michaela and Emily
Directors- Jessica and Dominique
Emily- (walking through the door)
Emily- (sits down)
Michaela- Where have you been Em? I've been waiting for half an hour.
Emily- I'm really sorry. I thought we were meeting at half one.
Michaela- You do this all the time. Next time I'll tell you to come an hour early.
Emily- God! I said I'm sorry
Michaela- Whatever!
(End of scene)
In wednesday's lesson we did our prelim exercise and we did it very quickly which I am proud of. It was interesting to see how you do not have to shoot scenes chronologically and that it is easier to start filming before dialogue is introduced to it is easier to edit. I am now really looking forward to filming our 2 minute film and I am also excited to do some editing on the prelim exercise.
Our group has decided to base our 2 minute film on Jack the Ripper as it is a true story and a thriller and it interests all of us. Michaela even found a tour that we could go on to discover more about the location and set and to where we can film our film...here is the link:
http://www.jack-the-ripper-walk.co.uk/
http://www.casebook.org/intro.html
"Jack the Ripper" is the popular name given to a serial killer who killed a number of prostitutes in the East End of London in 1888. The name originates from a letter written by someone who claimed to be the killer published at the time of the murders. The killings took place within a mile area and involved the districts of Whitechapel, Spitalfields, Aldgate, and the City of London proper. He was also called the Whitechapel Murderer and "Leather Apron."
It is unclear just how many women the Ripper killed. It is generally accepted that he killed five, though some have written that he murdered only four while others say seven or more. The public, press, and even many junior police officers believed that the Ripper was responsible for nine slayings. The five that are generally accepted as the work of the Ripper are:
Mary Ann (Polly) Nichols, murdered Friday, August 31, 1888.
Annie Chapman, murdered Saturday, September 8, 1888.
Elizabeth Stride, murdered Sunday, September 30, 1888.
Catharine Eddowes, also murdered that same date.
Mary Jane (Marie Jeanette) Kelly, murdered Friday, November 9, 1888.
Besides these five there are good reasons to believe that the first victim was really Martha Tabram who was murdered Tuesday, August 7, 1888, and there are important considerations for questioning whether Stride was a Ripper victim. As to the actual number of women that the Ripper killed, Philip Sugden wrote in his excellent book, The Complete History of Jack the Ripper, "There is no simple answer. In a sentence: at least four, probably six, just possibly eight."
All five of these listed plus Tabram were prostitutes and were killed between early August and early November 1888. All but Tabram and Kelly were killed outdoors and there is no evidence to suggest that any of them knew each other. They varied in both age and appearance. Most were drunk or thought to be drunk at the time they were killed.
This research can help our group to decide what kind of characters our film is going to include and the time period that these murders took place. However we might decide to do a modern take on this story as it will be easier to film and we have loads of ideas.
I have also found a link to a film that was made: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074408/
In last wednesdays lesson we observed group one performing there preliminary exercise, they did this well as they only had to do a few takes of each shot. Having watched this I don't think our group needs to change anything to our storyboard, as it is quite simple as it is.
In yesterdays lesson we had to storyboard our prelim exercise for the next lesson. We all had to decide what was going to be said and we have decided to have someone arriving late and being moaned at by the other person to keep it simple. We also had to decide who was going to be in it as well.
