Final Task: Progress

In the the last week we have filmed our new footage that we are going to use. Last Thursday we shot the first half of our opening sequence. We were pleased with what we had shot as we took more care when we were shooting and this time we used a tripod so the camera isnt shaking as much this gives the shots a more finished look. We have also included a range of shots this time including long shots and closeups as this is what the criteria asks. We experienced some roblems with the tripod as it was hard to turn the camera when is was on it. This means that some of the shots went wrong and this slowed down the shooting process becasuse we had to make sure that we moved it right. We sorted this problem out before we went to shoot for the second time. Also we wer shooting a close up of a phone to show a text message but the camera would not pick up the text on the phone because it was too bright. Manny also solved this problem by turning down the brightness on her phone and the camera was able to pick up the text message. But after we reviewed the footage at school we discovered that we can't hear the sound coming from the phone so we will add in the audio that manny will record off her phone.
We went out to shoot the second half of our footage last night. We filmed Manny recieving a text message and her running upstairs to the bathroom where the mysterious person(me) appears in the mirrors reflection and persuades her to take the pills. This did not take that long to shoot. The only problem that we encountered was there was not enough room on the landing to film Manny running up the stairs so i had to hold the camera instead.
We are now editing the footage and hope to have finished editing it by next week.

Final Task : Progress

We have not filmed our footage yet and we are going to film it tonight instead. We have decided to find sound effects and edit them into the opening sequence this is so that it sets the scene better and it will definitly add to the mystery and eeriness of the sequence. We need to find a sound effect of a door creaking or a door shutting when the girl is in the bathroom so that she turns around and when she turns back round to face the mirror she sees the girl who is standing behind her. We are also undecided as whether to add some music into the sequence as on our rough cut we got feedback that the sound on the clip sounded weird. If we did put music in it then we would put it when the titles were coming up as from watching similar films there is usually some sort of music in the opening sequence.
We will probably have to film some of it next week as we dont think we will get it all filmed in one night. This means that we will have less time to edit therefore we will come in and edit after school and in our spare time as well as in lesson in order to get it completed by the deadline and also so that it is of a good standard.

Final Task:Problem

We submitted our rough cut at the deadline and it was reviewed over the half term when we off. We recieved feedback for it this feedback stated that our opening sequence lacked a variety of of camera shots and was too simplistic  the title sequence needs to be improved we will look at other films of this genre and see what the title sequence is like on these films and then try to base ours on this in addition to this it has been suggested that we should alter the effects used for the titles as the lightening and the flashing of the titles dosen't look that good. Also we recieved feed back that it was hard to tell what the story was so we have been advised to film some more footage so that the narrative is clearer to the audience. Also when i played it back the lighting looked odd and this is another component that we have decided to change, we have decided that we will film some of it in the light as the girl will be walking home from school and this will be represented by he wearing a school uniform.
We have come up with a plan of the shots that we are going to re shoot as this will make it clearer as to what is going on in the sequence. The sequence is still starting off with the girl walking home from school in her school uniform but she is paranoid that someone is following her so she keeps turning round to look behind her she then starts to run to her house as she is scared she quickly runs in through her front door and starts to cry hysterically she then recieves a text message which says something threatening like "im going to get you" she then looks at the phone again and it is blank. she is then going to run up to bathroom and consider taking an overdose as she is looking in the mirror she sees somebody standing behind her in the reflection of the mirror. the person standing behind her is daring her to take the overdose and then it switches to the main title of the film.
We are no longer filming from the girls point of view as we need to include a variety of shots.
We are going to film our footage tonight after school and possibly another day this week as we predict that we will need more than one night to film this. Next week we need to start editing if we are to meet our deadlines. i am going to come in and edit it after school next week as we wont have enough lesson time to edit it all.  

Final Task: Editing

Last week Manny edited the footage and added the titles because i was off so i couldnt help with the editing. We have now edited the beginning of the opening sequence i think we will have a good rough cut by the end of this week which is the deadline for the first draft to be done. The Titles which are flickering lightening bolts look quite attractive and they draw in the audiences attention. We have decided to keep the footage the way it is and not try to make it darker because on the computer it dosen't look as if its night time and this was a problem for us as we still want the audience to sense the mysteriousness of the sequence. We may feel that we need to shoot some of this footage again when it is darker if it dosent look right we will decide if it is a suitable lighting when we watch the full rough cut of the opening sequence. We have looked through our footage to check for any continuity errors and we have noticed that in one of the shots the pills container is lying down on the kitchen bench but when the camera cuts to the next shot the pills container is upright on the bench and so we have cut one of the shots out tto eliminate this error. We also editing the end of the sequence to make it look blurry and this is creating the effect that the girl is very dizzy.  We are also going to add in the sound effects as well.

Final Task: progress

Today we are continuing with the editing, we are trying to make sure that it is done in time for the deadline. We have started putting the titles in and add in effects to fit the genre of the film. We have decided add an electricity effect which looks ok. We have also decided to call the movie "Linked". We have used appropriate typography that fits the genre of the film. But we encountered some problems as when the title is inserted the background is completely grey when we wanted it to show the shot. So we are trying to sort this out.

Final Task: Editing progress

Manny and me have been editing the footage for a few days now and are still trying to adjust the colour and the brightness of the clip. We have also listened to how it sounds and we like the sound of the girl crying but have also decided that the part where she is walking up to the house is quite long so we may add some music or sound effects in. This will also be the part of the sequence when the titles will come up. We are going to upload some of our footage so that other people can give advice on how to improve it.

Final Task: Editing

The deadline for all the shooting to be done has now passed and we have everything shot and now have to start editing and create a rough cut by the end of term. We have already started editing as we finished filming all our footage before the deadline. Today we have decided to render the footage because it looks really jumpy and not smooth so we hope that this will improve how smooth it will look before we start edidting some of the footage. Manny and me decided that we wanted to shoot it from the girls perspective and therefore we don't mind if the camera is slightly shaky. We also need to make the titles look like they are flickering to add to the mystery of the clip. We have been given some ideas such as lightening coming across the screen but we are unsure about the effect this will give. We have now made the clip look darker so that it looks eerie which is what we wanted it to look like. We have yet to add in the sound effects which will add suspense and tension to the sequence we are going to add in sound effects like an ambulance siren at the end to give the audinde a sense of panic and it indicates that an emergency as happened. We also want ot add a heartbeat sound effect when the girl is falling to show that it is serious.