Today in the lesson we added transitions to our footage, we added some transitions to our piece as this goes against the conventions of the gangster genre and therefore follows the idea of challenging the conventions of the genre as the research on opening sequences we completed, we found that the majority of them only had cut to's and no transitions.
Starting of sound
We also started to overlay sound to our piece, it starts off with choir type orchestral music and then fades into a R'n'B style bass tune, still with the violins on top. We chose this piece as it follows the conventions of orchestral music but then as we are trying to challenge the conventions it also does this by having a modern beat underneath the violins. we are editing the piece so as the music fades the transitions will fit in and fade to black at the same time.
Monday 31 January 2011
Tuesday 25 January 2011
trim footage: 25 January 2011
This lesson I have trimmed the footage down to just over the required limit (4 seconds over) and tinted all of the shots into black and white. So now next lesson when my group are in we are ready to decide what bits to trim even more to make it under the limit so we are ready to add in transitions and title/credits.
Monday 24 January 2011
blog update (24th January 2011)
what has been your role this lesson?
in this lesson i have been uploading footage, ordering the footage, cutting and trimming the footage, and editing the tint and sound (so they are black and white with no sound). For example i ordered the pieces of footage into order ready to cut and trim it, and i had to cut the footage down to stick within the time limit.
what skills have you developed?
In this lesson i have developed the skills needed to quickly analyse a piece of footage to see if it a good piece or not, how to organise shots into a rough order ready for editing, and how to edit the clips in iMovie (tints and audio).
what have you changed about your opening sequence?
I have changed it by taking out a shot as Solomon (one of our actors) looked at the camera when he shouldn't have done so. Also we added a shot at the end to create a full circle effect before the film starts
what do you still need to do in the editing process?
in this lesson i have been uploading footage, ordering the footage, cutting and trimming the footage, and editing the tint and sound (so they are black and white with no sound). For example i ordered the pieces of footage into order ready to cut and trim it, and i had to cut the footage down to stick within the time limit.
what skills have you developed?
In this lesson i have developed the skills needed to quickly analyse a piece of footage to see if it a good piece or not, how to organise shots into a rough order ready for editing, and how to edit the clips in iMovie (tints and audio).
what have you changed about your opening sequence?
I have changed it by taking out a shot as Solomon (one of our actors) looked at the camera when he shouldn't have done so. Also we added a shot at the end to create a full circle effect before the film starts
what do you still need to do in the editing process?
- Add sound (music track)
- add/create credits and title
- trim and cut more footage out
- finish touching up colour tints
Friday 21 January 2011
Monday 17 January 2011
Blog Update
Recently we were due to start filming our coursework (on 11th of January) but unfortunately due to one of our team members having an exam we had to postpone and reschedule this for a week later (Tuesday 18th January). During this period of which we could not film I had spent the time testing out aspects of the mac which could help make our production more professional, to do this I tried out 'GarageBand' and 'LiveType'. I used 'GarageBand' to try and compose some music for our opening sequence so we did not have to ask for permission of use from creators of other music samples as this may take a long time. I used 'LiveType' to create opening credits and see what effects would suit the gangster genre of film which we were filming.
Now we are planning to film most of our scenes on Tuesday 18th Jan, if possible all, but if not we shall use more time on Wednesday 19th Jan to complete filming by Friday 21st to start editing.
Now we are planning to film most of our scenes on Tuesday 18th Jan, if possible all, but if not we shall use more time on Wednesday 19th Jan to complete filming by Friday 21st to start editing.
Friday 7 January 2011
Final Production schedule
Locations:
Sallyann's house (living room, hallway and bedroom)
Props:
Mirror
Make up
Blood
Make up
Blood
Costume:
Black evening dress
Shirt, trousers shoes (work clothes)
Casual wear
Actors/ Actresses:
Sallyann Sindrey
Solomon Agyemang
Ryan Simson
Equipment:
Camera
Tripod
Apple Mac for editing
Time frame for filming:
2 weeks (maximum)
Time frame for editing:
2 weeks (maximum)
Filming production schedule: Tuesday the 4th January
Meet at Martin's corner at 09:00
Props:
radio
Props:
radio
Sallyann's black dress
Fake Blood
Fake Blood
Must clear:
Living Room
Hallway/landing
filming first 7 shots
Colour is negligible as we are altering it into black and white
Shot 1 and 2, 20 minutes max, Note: use tripod
Shot 3, 10 minutes max, Note: use tripod, and hand COMES INTO shot
Shot 4 20 minutes max, Note: Pan Shot use tripod
Shot 7 20 minutes max, Note: Use tripod and shoot various angled shots to see what gives best effect.
Pack up by10:45 and leave by 11:00 to return to school
Tuesday 4 January 2011
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