This is my final piece of editing.
Could anybody reading this please comment below with positive and negative feedback. Thank you
After having responded to feedback from peers I re-attempted my opening sequence which can be found here
I will now begin on my evaluation
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Week 11 - Editing
After filming my opening sequence I can now go into post production and begin editing my film.
I uploaded my film in iMovie as when I tried uploading into Final Cut Pro the sound would not upload with the film which was a mojor problem, however uploading into iMovie solved the situation.
After uploading I decided to piece the film together in iMovie as I find it an easier program to use for pieceing together a series of film clips. I then edited in Final Cut Pro.
As iMovie saves the film as a whole sequence and not a series of sequences I had to cut down each shot in Final Cut Pro with the cut tool.
I then began experimenting with different effects in Final Cut Pro as I was not familair with what each of them did, I did this untill the desired effect was achieved. I achieved this with a: Radial Blur, Colour Tint (green) and colour style.
Once I was happy with the visual editing I began on the auditory editing. I wanted the film to be mostly natural so there was mostly non-diegetic audio used however there is some diegetic sounds, which is used to build tension over the non-diegetic sounds.
I used garage band to create the music, I selected the base tracks that I thought fitted best into the film and used the master editing to change the tone and pitch of the notes, often changing each note indidually. It was a long task but was worth it I believe.
I then recorded a friend growling for the creatures growl and put a deeper vocals effect onto it to make it sound much more feral and eerie.
I also chose to have a soft tune in the background as the tension was raised in the scene.
I got inspiration for the title design from this website:
http://www.psdvault.com/text-effects/design-a-horror-style-text-effect-with-dirt-and-splatter-texture-in-photoshop/
Here are some images of my editing process in the titles:
I uploaded my film in iMovie as when I tried uploading into Final Cut Pro the sound would not upload with the film which was a mojor problem, however uploading into iMovie solved the situation.
After uploading I decided to piece the film together in iMovie as I find it an easier program to use for pieceing together a series of film clips. I then edited in Final Cut Pro.
As iMovie saves the film as a whole sequence and not a series of sequences I had to cut down each shot in Final Cut Pro with the cut tool.
I then began experimenting with different effects in Final Cut Pro as I was not familair with what each of them did, I did this untill the desired effect was achieved. I achieved this with a: Radial Blur, Colour Tint (green) and colour style.
Once I was happy with the visual editing I began on the auditory editing. I wanted the film to be mostly natural so there was mostly non-diegetic audio used however there is some diegetic sounds, which is used to build tension over the non-diegetic sounds.
I used garage band to create the music, I selected the base tracks that I thought fitted best into the film and used the master editing to change the tone and pitch of the notes, often changing each note indidually. It was a long task but was worth it I believe.
I then recorded a friend growling for the creatures growl and put a deeper vocals effect onto it to make it sound much more feral and eerie.
I also chose to have a soft tune in the background as the tension was raised in the scene.
I got inspiration for the title design from this website:
http://www.psdvault.com/text-effects/design-a-horror-style-text-effect-with-dirt-and-splatter-texture-in-photoshop/
Here are some images of my editing process in the titles:
Week 10 - Filming
This week I also filmed my opening sequence.
As my shots were uotdoors they were very weather dependant, luckily the weather was good enough to film in. I did however bring an umbrella along with me incase of rain.
Before I went out filming I ensured that the battery was charged and that I has a spare battery with me. I also ensured that the tape in the camera was new and brought along a spare incase anything happened to it.
Due to some time cheduling errors Jamie could not attend filming untill later in the day, I therefore made the deicision to change the opening to have Ruby studying in her room and recieve the text message instead of Alex, this decision has no relevance to the plot of the film but made filming easier.
I also took the time to familiarize myself with different camera shots and angles:
Shots
Long Shot - This shows the entire subject in the frame
Mid Shot - This shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject
Close Up - This is when part of the subject takes up the fill frame
Extreme Close Up - This is when the close up is shown in more detail, often just of eyes or a mouth
Two-Shot - A mid shot with two subjects framed similarly
Over-The-Shoulder - A shot of the back of one subject in the foreground and the front of another in the background
Point-of-view - A shot from one subjects point of view
Angles
Eye-level - This is the most neutral shot, it shows the subject as we would usually see it
High-angle - This shot has the camera at a high angle, looking down at the subject. It makes the subject less powerful and sigificant
Low-angle - This shot has the camera at a low angle, looking up at the subject. It makes the subject more powerful and dominant
I used all of these shots and angles in my opening sequence, which I will describe in more detail in my next post.
As my shots were uotdoors they were very weather dependant, luckily the weather was good enough to film in. I did however bring an umbrella along with me incase of rain.
Before I went out filming I ensured that the battery was charged and that I has a spare battery with me. I also ensured that the tape in the camera was new and brought along a spare incase anything happened to it.
Due to some time cheduling errors Jamie could not attend filming untill later in the day, I therefore made the deicision to change the opening to have Ruby studying in her room and recieve the text message instead of Alex, this decision has no relevance to the plot of the film but made filming easier.
I also took the time to familiarize myself with different camera shots and angles:
Shots
Long Shot - This shows the entire subject in the frame
Mid Shot - This shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject
Close Up - This is when part of the subject takes up the fill frame
Extreme Close Up - This is when the close up is shown in more detail, often just of eyes or a mouth
Two-Shot - A mid shot with two subjects framed similarly
Over-The-Shoulder - A shot of the back of one subject in the foreground and the front of another in the background
Point-of-view - A shot from one subjects point of view
Angles
Eye-level - This is the most neutral shot, it shows the subject as we would usually see it
High-angle - This shot has the camera at a high angle, looking down at the subject. It makes the subject less powerful and sigificant
Low-angle - This shot has the camera at a low angle, looking up at the subject. It makes the subject more powerful and dominant
I used all of these shots and angles in my opening sequence, which I will describe in more detail in my next post.
Week 10 - Storyboard and Casting
This week I completed the storyboards for my opening sequence which can be seen below.
My original storyboard was longer but I decided to shorten it as the opening sequence is only two minutes long and my original idea would have been much longer.
I also cut down the dialogue a lot to only one line at the end which will be Ruby's voiceover "Isnt it ironic, the day I died, my life began." This is the hook that will make the audience want to watch the rest of my film.
As you can see from the storyboard the arrows show the direction of movement and where the shot description is "shakey cam" it shows the narrative switch to the creature. The opening sequence shows a lot of movement which will also help build tension with the combination of music and camera shots as the audience will be curious as to what will happen.
The cast members I have chosen are
Ruby - Jessi Hill
Alex - Jamie Clack
I chose these actors as Jessi is currently studying drama at college and Jamie has previously studied it, therefore it seemed the logical choice.
My original storyboard was longer but I decided to shorten it as the opening sequence is only two minutes long and my original idea would have been much longer.
I also cut down the dialogue a lot to only one line at the end which will be Ruby's voiceover "Isnt it ironic, the day I died, my life began." This is the hook that will make the audience want to watch the rest of my film.
As you can see from the storyboard the arrows show the direction of movement and where the shot description is "shakey cam" it shows the narrative switch to the creature. The opening sequence shows a lot of movement which will also help build tension with the combination of music and camera shots as the audience will be curious as to what will happen.
The cast members I have chosen are
Ruby - Jessi Hill
Alex - Jamie Clack
I chose these actors as Jessi is currently studying drama at college and Jamie has previously studied it, therefore it seemed the logical choice.
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