Revisions And Editing

Over the past few weeks we had to refilm alot of shots. We redid our shot of the stereo because the previous shot was too blury.
We also filmed a closing shot of myself against a interactive whiteboard. We turned up the highlights on this shot so that it looks like a large white room. This gives a sense of mystery and unknown, so that people dont know where i am.
We also went back to our local road to refilm some of the driving shots as the previous ones were too shaky, so we used a tripod inside the car.

When it came down to editing the peice we had alot of issues because of the camera we used and the software. The camera is HD and thus recorded in H.264 but within an avi container, however Final Cut Express doesnt support this so we had to convert it to a mov at 1500kbs 856 x 480 (so its no longer HD) and then had to render each clip in the timelime before even being able to edit it.

We used a range of effects, such as blur, highlights, motion streaks. We also used transitions on the titles such as fades. The sshots are cut together with cuts, and fades to white for the flashbacks.

Sound track
Our sound track is Seperateways By Journey, however it has been brought to our attention that we are no longer allowed to use copyrighted music.

Editing

Once we had our footage we decided to edit it together. During this process we realised we had continuity in a few shots but decided it wasn't worth going back to refilm it as it's only a few seconds of our piece and it's likely that most people won't notice it. But overall I think that

When editing, Adrian had a good idea to use the sound of him shouting and reverse it so it sounded eerie for when our character falls over due to him having a shocking flashback. We all agreed that it sounded better once we added a type of whoosh noise over the top of the track.

editing

sue to filming problems and the fact we could not move the shutters quicker enoguh for the shutter shot this therefore meant there was regular stops while filming this therefore meant that the quicker and snappy shot took a long time which spoilt the timing setup and also the mise en scene element with the set as it was meant to display a shutter falling very fast

as it would not have been worth trying to go back to the farm to redo the shot we tried to find a local shutter we could use these ideas varied from a local shops shutters this idea was not possible as we couldn't get behind the shot and therefore we couldn't use it as there would have been a tinge from the glass

we also contemplated using a shutter in the school but we could not use this until then end of the week which would mean little time for editing and could drastically effect the over all visual effect of the piece we could also not rely on the weather as on the day of the filming at the farm it was a nice sunny day where on Friday it was over cast and rain was predicted

so me and Adrian decided to simple cut the bad bits out of the shot therefore the background would simple not charge there would be a small change in the light of the shot due to the cameras balacing system

Meeting 16

Meeting 16, 9/3/09

All present

today we plan to get footage of the shutters closing as when we filmed this at the farm it was too jolty and when sped up it did not close evenly enough.

Outcome:
We could not get access to the shutters as we could not find the key to open them we will plan to get these shots next time.

Monday 9/3/09

Today we went to go film some of the shots that we had problems with, so now we have the footage of the car stereo being turned up as last time it was too blurry. We would have redone the shot of the shutters but we could not get access to the shutters so that will have to be done later, when we film the antagonist.

Filming

This seems to be shaping up well. Your reshot footage is certainly an improvement, technically, and it is good to see some evaluation developing here. If you are going back again to film, remember to be careful with continuity. You might also find it useful to have a laptop with you so that you can check the material you have got already and view your rushes on a decent screen.

Filming 2/3/09

We went to the farm which is the setting of our film, we filmed almost everything that was needed for our film. We were able to use the location of the farm to our advantage as it was secluded which meant it was very quiet which was an eerie effect that we were hoping to include in our film.
We were also able to use parts of the farm to our advantage such as tractors for lighting and loud shutters to create tension.
we collected mainly all of the shots that we needed although we may need to go back to the farm to get some spooky shots of the protagonist.

Filming 2/3/09

We went to go film on Monday the second as we had double media separated with lunch, this gave us plenty of time to film what we needed and capture the sounds of things like the the shutters. We used the road by the farm to film our character coming into the farm and breaking down. We decided to use this instead of the footage we had from when we filmed beforehand as the camera moved too much due to potholes and it could make the audience feel unsteady, which isn't something we wanted to do at that point when filming. Now we need to film the protagonist looking down on the car and the sequences inside the car, so it should only require one or two more trips back to the farm.
Then, once we have all our footage we can edit it together and use techniques like cutting and fading. Then we should be able to combine our two selected songs with the footage to create the tension and mystery that we plan to have at specific points.

filming two 2/3/09

yesterday we went to a farm about half a hour away from school we did this as we felt that location was important and that if we didnt have theright setting it would spoil the mise en scen elements of a abandoned farm the second thing that made this a good option is beacsue it is in a small hamlet with no close main roads around it to cause to much backgorund noise this also meens that we can keep some of the wind etc

along side with this the location was good as there were lots of lighting features and other adjustable feaatures like shutters and large swing doors these are good as due to the editing features we can use these to our advantage theree is also a privtae road leading up the the farm so we can do alot of shots down there as it will not be busy and distuberd by other cars and the general public

filming one 28/2/09

today we went to a public byway about quarter of a mile away from the school to do some shots of a car moving down a road and to some shots from insdie the car where the only thing that the viewer could see would be the interier of the car and the road this worked in theory as many roads look the same when traveling at speed

but there was a probelm when the road turned out to be very bmpby and to have alot of pot holes this therefore directly effected the filming due to the fact that the camera could not be held steady within the car so the shots was ti jittery to use as it would have made the audience feel ill and unsteady ina apart of the film that isnt ment to have that effect