Plans of todays lesson. 10/3/13

Today we plan to;

• Finish editting and get a look at our finished product
• Update and post more blogs about everything that had gone into this (filming & editing)
• Start to creat an introduction containing an ident, distributor and to introduce the cast

Editing;

• For editing we need to sync the music more with the film to be accurately synced
• Find and add more pictures within the film to help emphasise on the characters lifestyle

Introduction:

• Use motion to make an animated production ident, distribution ident and film title
• Make sure introduction contains cast name

Feedback on our rough cut.

We received feedback on our film, some shots were not very professional and some schoolboy errors was made, for example, leaving the tripod within the shot, not fully tracking the person and leaving too much headspace when filming.

Firstly we were told that we had the tripod within the shot, to avoid this we had been able to crop the tripod out till it became hardly noticeable and it didn't make the shot have poor resolution and quality.

The second issue with our filming is that tracking on one scene had been really off and the character had left the shot before tracking had started, This made the audience looking at nothing for a really short period.

Another issue was that there had been a lot of head room left when filming, this is unprofessional but wouldn't affect marks too much, just something to improve on in future.

Besides all the constructive criticism there was also positive feedback, we had synced the sound perfectly with the video. also the close up of both eyes seemed to impress the audience.

Pictures for the female characters scene

These are a few ideas that we had to implement within the female characters journey, we had first needed to discuss how her mum had committed suicide, we had many ideas such as shooting, hanging herself and stabbing, we decided to use hanging herself as this meant we would not show as gruesome pictures compared to the other two.

new additions to our film

1. i changed the background music during the male scene to a remix of the black keys lonely boy, the reason for this change is because there is no speech in during the song , it is a remix of the instrumental this was done so it does not interfere with my voiceover and so the voiceover will be more clear further more the instrumental is a lot more upbeat and it suits the character profile.

The black keys-lonely boy remix

2.the second addition to our film was my voiceover in the males scene, this was added in order to create more knowledge on the background of the character plus it gives the viewer an insight of the characters personality. this is the script:"and here i am, mallah, i remember that day crystal clear, i was late for college and i had court the day before that. *sigh* it went really bad i was fined 20 grand but thats ok, im a man that loves to party, known for bizarre encounters, i was the buzz of the party and i didnt really care to what lengths i went to, partying with celebs was the norm, i spent my nights with my idols

but anyway lets get back on track, i was in a  hurry to get to the train station

and thats when i came across her, this was the action that switched my life right round, i fell in love instantly , and little did she know that her life was going to flip upside down"

3. i came up with the idea to embed pictures as the characters are walking, the pictures are based around their backgrounds also, for the females scene the quick snapshots are of her abusive past, some are quite disturbing, this was done to capture how hard hitting and depressing her life was, it also captures the audience's attention finally the pictures add dramatic effect 

4: the final additions to our film was these two close up shots of the characters eyes these were added in order to capture the instant love at first sight that the characters share, it is also dramatic and it helps the viewer identify further the strong attraction they have towards each other

 

Rough Cut for our film differences

Our rough cut for our film, differences.

feedback on second viewing of rough copy of our film by marissa

tripod was on screen in one of the shots and the female is off the camera in the third shot
,however story really good/coming through however few hithces that need to be adressed such as mis en scene and the head room in the shots

Plans for next lesson.

We plan to embed more pictures for the female character's scene

We need to insert music for both character's scenes.

Insert cast members, titles and other credits needed.