We started editing today and i had very low expectationans of the clips that were filmed yesterday after college. It wasnt that i though the clips were not filmed properly i just thought if we didnt rush our work and looked back over everything we could have corrected any mistakes there and then.However when the whole group had arrived this morning everyone seemed to be in a good mood which was a total contrast to the last time we were together.
Logging and capturing the clips finalised my previous thoughts. As we catured the clips were noticed that a lot of them were not of good quality and we were left quite disappointed. Instead of stressing about it which i found quite hard not to , we decided to go through the clips and select which one needed re-filming. After going throught the clips it stood out that we had a lot of corrections to be made if we intended on reaching the quality of work we hoped for.
The majority of the lesson was spent on decision makings such as when we were all available to re-film our shots and which ons we should do. We were a bit unsure at first but then it was decided that we would all go back to Alethea's house the following Wednesday and do everything thoroughly. I made it clear to the rest of the group that we need to complete the filming whatever the consequence because a lot of valuable time had already been wasted and we needed to show our dedication as a group.
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Final Touches
Finally to finish the last bits and pieces, we created our title 'Shadows' with another programme on the Macs with ours we added a background that had spots that look liked little shadows that appeared and then the word 'Shadows' came up and it looked really good. The colours were just chrome and silver.
We then added this into Final Cut Pro, and then added the opening credits. We were told by our teacher to add it where there was space and it would look good. We used a dissolve effect so that when one name appeared when the next one came up it faded away. We had about five names that ran after each other including who produced the film and the producer and director.
Our final touch was to see if we should add a scream at the end when Kameir sees the shadow or if it should be silent. We came to the conclusion it should be silent to leave the audience in suspense.
We then added this into Final Cut Pro, and then added the opening credits. We were told by our teacher to add it where there was space and it would look good. We used a dissolve effect so that when one name appeared when the next one came up it faded away. We had about five names that ran after each other including who produced the film and the producer and director.
Our final touch was to see if we should add a scream at the end when Kameir sees the shadow or if it should be silent. We came to the conclusion it should be silent to leave the audience in suspense.
Sound editing
After finishing the film we moved onto our sound editing, which we found a bit difficult as we had trouble getting the hang of the Sound Cut Pro. But it was alot quicker as we had some sound effects already done that Ashton had created during the making of the film.
Later on we needed to concentrate at the times music was needed to create suspense. So at the times when dialogue was used the music would stop then when the dialogue had finished the music came back on which had a very good effect.
The biggest problem we had was trying to not use the same music as everyone else which became very common, but we got around it through the help of mickey which was great. We used sound effects such as rain, thunder, wind and a glass smashing the rest of the sound were diagetic. for example the door slamming and the creaks on the stairs.
Later on we needed to concentrate at the times music was needed to create suspense. So at the times when dialogue was used the music would stop then when the dialogue had finished the music came back on which had a very good effect.
The biggest problem we had was trying to not use the same music as everyone else which became very common, but we got around it through the help of mickey which was great. We used sound effects such as rain, thunder, wind and a glass smashing the rest of the sound were diagetic. for example the door slamming and the creaks on the stairs.
Filming for final thriller.
Today was the first day of filming which started around 4:30pm and the other members in the group wanted it to be finished at around 6;30pm the latest. I thought this wasnt enough time to complete the filming properly however i was outnumbered so i thought it was best to leave the situation alone and not waste anymore time. The time limit that the group was giving for the filming meant that i would be rushed considering that i was the main character.
At first it was a straight forward process until we started messing around and putting fun before our work. When 6;30 started to approach, Ashton started to get frustrated because he wanted to go and thats when i realised i was being rushed even more. Alethea started to get frustrated at the whole situation which placed me under more pressure which then caused tension bewteen the group. A lot of the work ended up rushed and the quality of the acting was at itz lowest, although we were told that we wouldnt be marked on this ; i think good acting would help to persuade the audience. Therfore i was not impressed!!!!
First off all i didnt have a good feeling at all about the outcome of the filming and had asked to watch over the recordings each time after filming but once againg we were working against time .
The scene that i was most excited to film was the medium shot where the camera was placed inside the fridge. This was because the idea was spontaneous and no one else had planned to do it. It also gave us a variation of shots to work with. However my excitement was soon turnt into dissapointment as that scene was also rushed.
The fact that we tried to do all the filming in on day was already enough work to mange let alone giving ourselves a time limit of only 2 hours. It may have seemed that two hours would have been enough to complete filming but it clearly wasnt.
By the end of the day everyone was left in a rotten mood but especially me . The only thing that i hope for is to have good enough shots to edit next lesson.
At first it was a straight forward process until we started messing around and putting fun before our work. When 6;30 started to approach, Ashton started to get frustrated because he wanted to go and thats when i realised i was being rushed even more. Alethea started to get frustrated at the whole situation which placed me under more pressure which then caused tension bewteen the group. A lot of the work ended up rushed and the quality of the acting was at itz lowest, although we were told that we wouldnt be marked on this ; i think good acting would help to persuade the audience. Therfore i was not impressed!!!!
First off all i didnt have a good feeling at all about the outcome of the filming and had asked to watch over the recordings each time after filming but once againg we were working against time .
The scene that i was most excited to film was the medium shot where the camera was placed inside the fridge. This was because the idea was spontaneous and no one else had planned to do it. It also gave us a variation of shots to work with. However my excitement was soon turnt into dissapointment as that scene was also rushed.
The fact that we tried to do all the filming in on day was already enough work to mange let alone giving ourselves a time limit of only 2 hours. It may have seemed that two hours would have been enough to complete filming but it clearly wasnt.
By the end of the day everyone was left in a rotten mood but especially me . The only thing that i hope for is to have good enough shots to edit next lesson.
Red Shadow scene..
Our thriller was set in the night time which meant that we had to take cameras out for overnight filming. However because of the schedule of our media lessons we discovered that it would be slightly difficult to film when we had the lessons as they were all earlier in the day.
After the pitching ,our next lesson was a 3 hours long one but we couldnt film as the house we intended to film in was in use . We did not want to waste time so we decided to film the last part of the storyboard which was the shadow scene. We found a blank wall in the college premises and started to film our idea. The equiptment we used was a ligting kit and a red pallet over the lighting . The red colour pallet was not our intention at first however when we thought about the meaning of our thriller it had relevance as it represented and signified blood and death and we thought it could add effect by building suspense in the audience.
In the end after we had shot the scene a few times we watched it back and thought it was very effective an was hoping that it would fit into the rest of the filming that we are hoping to carry out at the other location. Were were very happy with today as we hadnt wasted valuable time which was very important for us not to do.
After the pitching ,our next lesson was a 3 hours long one but we couldnt film as the house we intended to film in was in use . We did not want to waste time so we decided to film the last part of the storyboard which was the shadow scene. We found a blank wall in the college premises and started to film our idea. The equiptment we used was a ligting kit and a red pallet over the lighting . The red colour pallet was not our intention at first however when we thought about the meaning of our thriller it had relevance as it represented and signified blood and death and we thought it could add effect by building suspense in the audience.
In the end after we had shot the scene a few times we watched it back and thought it was very effective an was hoping that it would fit into the rest of the filming that we are hoping to carry out at the other location. Were were very happy with today as we hadnt wasted valuable time which was very important for us not to do.
Pitching ...........
Pitching our thriller idea to the teacher was a little bit pressurising. I personally felt that we had to prove ourselves considering the fact that we only had 3 people in the group including myself ;compared to the other groups with 4 to 5 people. This didnt discourage us in anyway if anything it made us more determined.
We were in given a fair amount of time in which we had to plan a detailed plot for our final thriller. Between the group we had a lot of very useful ideas. We finally came up with the idea of having a young woman in a empty house who thinks someone else is in the house. At first it sounded very basic but we were hoping that when we edited our filming and used our knowledge from soundtracks use and effects our thriller would have a better appeal to the audience.
After pitching our idea to the media teachers we began our storyboarding amongst our groups. We spent a lot of time deciding on various shots we could use in the thriller and for on shot we even had two ideas on how we could film it based on the bed we used. We wanted to use an ariel shot for the queen sized bed or the Mid shot for the bunkbed.
The storyboarding gave us a further idea of how we could embedd our match cuts when editing. By the end of our lesson we had a completed storyboard that the group was more that happy with.
We had the responsibility of deciding on a reasonable time that would suit us all to start our filming considering the deadline for the completed thriller opening. This was a little complicated as we were using Alethea's house and we also had to work around her family's lifestyle and be considerate.
We were in given a fair amount of time in which we had to plan a detailed plot for our final thriller. Between the group we had a lot of very useful ideas. We finally came up with the idea of having a young woman in a empty house who thinks someone else is in the house. At first it sounded very basic but we were hoping that when we edited our filming and used our knowledge from soundtracks use and effects our thriller would have a better appeal to the audience.
After pitching our idea to the media teachers we began our storyboarding amongst our groups. We spent a lot of time deciding on various shots we could use in the thriller and for on shot we even had two ideas on how we could film it based on the bed we used. We wanted to use an ariel shot for the queen sized bed or the Mid shot for the bunkbed.
The storyboarding gave us a further idea of how we could embedd our match cuts when editing. By the end of our lesson we had a completed storyboard that the group was more that happy with.
We had the responsibility of deciding on a reasonable time that would suit us all to start our filming considering the deadline for the completed thriller opening. This was a little complicated as we were using Alethea's house and we also had to work around her family's lifestyle and be considerate.
Introduction to thriller unit....
Before all the process of creating ,filming and editing our short thrillers we had a media lesson based on 'What are thrillers?'
It was said that the reasons for creating a thriller is to build up suspense and create tension between the audience making them thrilled. Thrillers doesn't necessarily need to show blood or gore to accomplish their goals whereas horrors intend to.There have been many thrillers that have been created from the influence of a horror but show diffence by the 'structure of their plots' and how it has been approached.
We were then asked to come of with a few film that we considered to be horrors based on the information the we had previously been give. Some ideas that were shared by the class were
* Mission Impossible
* Jaws
As the ideas were being put on the board by the teacher, i realsied that she was placing them in differnt places . She placed the thrillers in groups according to their sub genres some of which were
*Sci Fi thrillers
*Crime Thrillers
*True stories
*Action Thrillers
*Spy Thrillers
*Psycholigical Thrillers
*Espionage Thrillers
*Horror Thrillers
*Conspiracy Thrillers
*Political Thrillers
*Supernatural Thrillers
The list could go on and on whilst the thriller sub genre list keeps being expanded continuosly.
They most definately had one thing in common; all the of the sub- genres were still had to same intension of creating tension ,exhilaration and anxiety amongst their chosen audience.We then briefly looked at some thrillers and we were asked to put them in the cateregories based on their sub-genres.
It was said that the reasons for creating a thriller is to build up suspense and create tension between the audience making them thrilled. Thrillers doesn't necessarily need to show blood or gore to accomplish their goals whereas horrors intend to.There have been many thrillers that have been created from the influence of a horror but show diffence by the 'structure of their plots' and how it has been approached.
We were then asked to come of with a few film that we considered to be horrors based on the information the we had previously been give. Some ideas that were shared by the class were
* Mission Impossible
* Jaws
As the ideas were being put on the board by the teacher, i realsied that she was placing them in differnt places . She placed the thrillers in groups according to their sub genres some of which were
*Sci Fi thrillers
*Crime Thrillers
*True stories
*Action Thrillers
*Spy Thrillers
*Psycholigical Thrillers
*Espionage Thrillers
*Horror Thrillers
*Conspiracy Thrillers
*Political Thrillers
*Supernatural Thrillers
The list could go on and on whilst the thriller sub genre list keeps being expanded continuosly.
They most definately had one thing in common; all the of the sub- genres were still had to same intension of creating tension ,exhilaration and anxiety amongst their chosen audience.We then briefly looked at some thrillers and we were asked to put them in the cateregories based on their sub-genres.
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