This week, we completed our sound cut and published this on YouTube. We then collected target audience feedback, in which we asked people to come to our Macs, watch the video and give us feedback for which I was a scribe. This feedback is something which will be useful for our sound cut. After that, we also completed our final cut after using techniques such as colour grading and adding text messages.
Resources/ equipment used: YouTube, Premiere
WEEK BEGINNING: 27/03/2017
We began and completed our title cut and used the fonts from our typography choices - proving that task to be incredibly useful. Sneha edited the promotional material that had been created in order to showcase how much of a big deal our movie would be, which we added to the promotional website. Finally, I completed a feedback task for our title cut after we collaboratively came up with the questions to ask. This is something which will prove to be incredibly useful when it comes to creating our final cut and sound cut. We used the analysis of each question of our title cut feedback which I published.
Resources/ equipment used: Google Poll
WEEK BEGINNING: 20/03/2017
This week, I completed the rest of the individual evaluation questions use a range of multimedia methods. I edited one of our group evaluation questions and this was difficult as a range of camera shots and angles were used in the evaluation question. Finally, we planned out our title cut and where the bills would be used. We developed questions to ask for target audience feedback and I converted these into a poll. Consequently, we shared the survey with people in our target audience to gain some valuable feedback.
Resources/ equipment used: Plotagon (Q1), tripod, camera, YouTube, Quizlet (Q4), Premiere Pro (Q3, Q5), Visme (Q6), emaze (Q7)
WEEK BEGINNING: 13/03/2017
We completed our transition cut this week. We have two transition cuts because one was too long for a movie opening so we decided to make the opening as concise as possible to reflect on its fast paced which is a common convention of the action/crime genre with the hybrid genre thriller. We also led a focus group for feedback where we showed them both of our versions so they could compare them and comment on whether or not there was an improvement. I had edited this afterwards and published it on YouTube. We also completed evaluation questions which we confirmed that we would do as a group. Finally, I completed work on two of the individual evaluation questions.
Resources/ equipment used: premiere, tripod, camera, YouTube
WEEK BEGINNING: 06/03/2017
After the shot scrutiny which was done last week, which I edited by adding the title, we completed our rough cut by working cohesively and this was not an easy task because we had to put the footage together after finding the best ones from almost two hundred rushes. We put the footage together and published it on YouTube. After this, we collected feedback from our target audience for our movie opening and this was edited and published on YouTube. The feedback was useful because after that we started our transitions cut based on the feedback that we had received. There was also some discussion on the evaluation and we agreed on methods to use for each question to use for the group evaluations.
Resources/ equipment used: internet, premiere, tripod, camera, YouTube
WEEK BEGINNING: 27/02/2017
In this week, I surfed through different font websites in order to develop fonts that would be suitable for the title of the movie. I had to make sure that the fonts matched with the atmosphere that our movie opening tries to create, through making sure that they do not subvert the genre of the movie, as I didn't want to deceive the audiences. For this, I found a total of fifteen fonts which I cut down to a shortlisted ten. These fonts were made into a collage and I also created a video to show the different fonts in turn so comparison would be easy. Along with this, we did a shot scrutiny task to see which shots were good, which shots were bad, and which shots we would have to do again. Fortunately, we did not have to do a shot again. We also created an EDL. Finally, the development of the rough cut also began.
Resources/ equipment used: internet for various websites, Photoshop for collage, premiere to create video for different typography.
WEEK BEGINNING: 20/02/2017
I discussed with the group of how the final billing order would look and based on this created a billing order which consists of the key information that will be needed post production. We also continued the planning process of what tasks were left to do and how and when to do them. I also planned out foley sounds that would be needed. For example, sounds of the cup when it smashes etc. The dialogues were recorded once again just in case some were not delivered to plan.
Resources/equipment used: mindmup for final billing order.
WEEK BEGINNING: 13/02/2017
This week, I finished the call sheet. Aperture Productions got together, and following the production schedule, made the test shoot of our movie. We had rehearsed before with props and costume so filming was easier. I had created a shot list which was useful because it was easy when we were filming. After looking through our test shoot, we were able to discuss changes in terms of camerawork which was useful because we also filmed the actual film opening a day later. Following the production schedule once again, we completed our filming for the movie opening. Overall, the week was very busy because we had to do a lot in a short amount of time, helping me to specifically improve time management skills.
Resources/equipment used: docs for call sheet, spot lights, black backdrop, props for movie opening
WEEK BEGINNING: 06/02/2017
This week, we planned out the tasks that had to be done during half term and after half term. We felt that planning ahead was useful in the past, so we did so once again. The tasks that are my responsibility over half term and after were written out after discussing with our group. I also blocked the script out in terms of camerawork as I am the cinematographer. I annotated through our whole script for camerawork to make it easier when we will be filming next week. I also started on the call sheet which labelled specific information in detail, and I will be finishing this off for the next week. We created a location scouting video which I edited. After publishing this, I completed the location recce of the winning shop that we used during the filming process. This was useful because we were able to evaluate what was successful in filming at the location. As well as this, I created a brief promotional website in order to captivate our target audience. Finally, we planned out when we will be shooting our movie opening and when the test shoot is with the actor. I also helped the director with in the casting of our actor which will be edited soon.
Resources/equipment used: Slide share to embed the script blocking on the blog, scrible to annotate script, camera for recording, tripod for steadiness, Premiere to edit location scouting, thinglink for location recce
WEEK BEGINNING: 30/01/2017
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WEEK BEGINNING: 19/12/2016
This week, I edited the random story game, which was difficult as I had not used that software before. We moved on to actually planning our movie. We had to come up with different individual stories, in which there had to be a log line, and a plot. This was later filmed as we had to all do a pitch about our movie and try and sell it to the class. We had to also create a "Head On" for our story idea. The class later voted for which was their favourite from each of the members in the group, and it was good to gain feedback. I also edited my individual pitch. After, we swiftly moved on to a "script to screen" task in which we made expectations and then watched an actual short to see the similarities and differences of our thoughts. My plot was not chosen but the plot that was chosen is really good.
Resources/equipment used: Adobe premiere to edit random story game and individual pitch, camera, tripod, animoto for my head on, Socrative for voting and feedback, YouTube to publish our work
WEEK BEGINNING: 12/12/2016
This week, we filmed our target audience to gain a better insight about what they would expect and like in an action and crime movie. This was filmed and various people were used. It was later edited by Sneha and then published. We had to also discuss job roles this week. After discussion, it has been decided that I will be the cinematographer and producer of the process. To learn more about what a producer and cinematographer does, I made a poster which stated key duties, which has been very useful. I have also made a presentation for additional research about the marketing in film and how it has an impact overall. Also, we played a game in class; the "Random Story Game" in which we had to be flexible and come up with plots with wacky props, settings, and locations. This was filmed, and I will be editing it next week.
Resources/equipment used: tripod for steadiness, camera for recording, padlet for job roles, emaze for additional research, YouTube to publish our work
WEEK BEGINNING: 05/12/2016
We further developed our research in order to gain a deeper insight about what to expect. We individually created a billing order of different movie openings. The movie opening that I used was of Batman vs. Superman, and it was interesting to see the similarities and differences between us as we had the same genre. We went through some theory linked with Barnes, and as a group, made a presentation about the importance of representation within a story/narrative. I researched the famous director Christopher Nolan and linked it to the auteur theory to find out his signature methods. I also had the opportunity to learn more about him and his work. Also, we worked together to learn about typography and how it has an impact within the diegesis, which will help us when we film and edit.
Resources/equipment used: Readwritethink to make the timeline, postermywall for director research
WEEK BEGINNING: 28/11/2016
In order to find out where we went wrong, we analysed our shot by shot, and recorded ourselves discussing what went well and how it could be better. This was edited thereafter by Jay. I collaborated with my peers to create a presentation about the purpose of a film opening to research. I also analysed a film opening by creating a slideshow which discussed the micro elements of two different films with a different genre and two different films of the genre of action/crime which we have gone with. After, we worked together to come up with pros and cons of our own genre and the other genre that we were thinking of going with. Furthermore, I created a poster which showcased the conventions of a film opening. All of these have been useful as research as I now have a clearer idea of features to include.
Resources/equipment used: Slide Share to embed our work, Prezi to embed our work, glogster for the poster about conventions, tripod for steadiness, camera to record, YouTube to publish our work
WEEK BEGINNING: 21/11/2016
To enhance our editing skills, we have been focusing on creating a shot by shot. It helped us know about the importance of timing in a frame to get the best outcome possible. I took on a role and it was quite difficult to replicate the exact actions going on in the scene. We have chosen to replicate the movie opening of "Snatch". I had to set up the lighting in the room as we used a set in which there was a black backdrop, which we had to develop ourselves. This along with the lighting, had to be similar to that in Snatch in order to make it as similar as possible. It was difficult to act accordingly, but it was really interesting to set up. Luckily, there was no dialogue, just a voice over that I was recorded in. I overlooked the editing and we were happy that both our shot by shot and the actual footage were incredibly similar, despite a few mistakes here and there.
Resources/equipment used: spotlight, tripod, camera, black backdrop, YouTube to publish our work, phone's voice recorder to record the voice over
WEEK BEGINNING: 14/11/2016
During the course of this week, our main priority was to come up with ideas for the production name and logo. We led a focus group for ideas and they suggesting a range of interesting, and exotic names... There were some which the group liked, particularly Aperture Productions, and we decided to make this a dominant name from other ideas. During the half term, we created rough sketches of how the logo could be, and also came up with a back up idea. my backup idea was Spotlight Studios. When we got back, we decided that Aperture Productions was the name that we were going to go for. I created a "blogger" account whilst Jay and Sneha created a Gmail account, a YouTube channel and also Slide Share as we are sure that it will be used very frequently during the project.
Resources/equipment used: stationary, blogger, YouTube to publish preliminary
WEEK BEGINNING: 07/11/2016
This week, we had to create a preliminary piece which was a video which contained specific types of editing, These types were "match on action", "180 degree rule" and "shot reverse shot". First we came up with a story idea. This was difficult because we had a lot of ideas and couldn't stick to one. Eventually, we came up with a decision. Sneha created the script whilst me and Jay focused on making the storyboard. After that, we worked together as a team to film. In this process the skills we learnt were of resilience, and cooperation. Once we had finished filming for the first time, we edited the short separately. Finally, we created the analysis for our preliminary, in which we were able to realise what went well in the preliminary task and how it could be better.
Resources/equipment used: iMovie for editing, tripod for steadiness, camera to film, internet to find music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5DFysYq0mU
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