http://prezi.com/1dvgjwlvgwzz/fran-powell-main-task/
Here it is!
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Prezi
I'm currently just adding some final ideas to my prezi - I'm trying to remember everything and include everything that I can!
Friday, 2 March 2012
Evaluation
Now that I've finished my editing, I can carry on working on my evaluation. I'm using Prezi to make sure my work is up to good standards.
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Finished
I've finished all editing tonight - my only problem is that my iDVD isn't working so I can't copy it onto a disc!! And YouTube tells me that it's not the right format but I'm going to carry on trying to get this problem sorted out.
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Name meanings
I chose the names Warren, Eve and Lucifer for my characters.
Lucifer is my main character, the man with the young mind, and I chose this name because it is supposedly the name of The Devil. It's supposed to reflect on the evil in Lucifer's character in my product.
I chose Eve as another Bible reference, Eve is a very innocent woman and something very bad happens to her. This is supposed to reflect on my Eve's story.
I looked up names that meant guardian on google, and one name came up as Warin:
WARIN: Old High German name derived from the word wari(n), meaning "cover, shelter," from warnôn "to be careful, watchful."
A close English name to Warin is Warren, so I used this name to reflect on Warren's character, Eve's protector.
Lucifer is my main character, the man with the young mind, and I chose this name because it is supposedly the name of The Devil. It's supposed to reflect on the evil in Lucifer's character in my product.
I chose Eve as another Bible reference, Eve is a very innocent woman and something very bad happens to her. This is supposed to reflect on my Eve's story.
I looked up names that meant guardian on google, and one name came up as Warin:
WARIN: Old High German name derived from the word wari(n), meaning "cover, shelter," from warnôn "to be careful, watchful."
A close English name to Warin is Warren, so I used this name to reflect on Warren's character, Eve's protector.
Voice Over
I have written to script for my voice over:
My name is Lucifer. I’m thirty-four years old. You won’t believe me when you see me. At the age of thirteen I was diagnosed with a mental illness. Mine means that no matter how much I age, my brain will always stay adolescent, that it will no longer develop. It also means that I have a bad sense of communication, and morals. For example, some people might see it as wrong that three days ago – I killed the love of my life.
That’s me. And that’s Eve. I loved her from the very moment I saw her.
Then she grew up. She found someone else.
That’s Warren. He found out that I loved Eve. She was his.
I gate crashed the wedding. It’s not unlike me to be… unexpected.
Eve… Eve… Eve… Eve…
I killed him first.
She couldn’t be his, I wanted her.
So I took her.
Wanna know who I killed next?
The question I pose at the end of the script shows that the story is about to lead on, helping indicate that this is just the title sequence.
Finished the Titles
I've just finished placing the titles on my film. The names are all successfully showing in the lower third (with fade in fade out dissolve for smoother editing) and I've placed my name and candidate number at the start of the video. Luckily, with the two seconds of the name and candidate number at the start, my product still fits within the appropriate time limit.
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Other Improvements
Before I played around with the titles on my product, I cut, sped up and slowed clips down to make it fit better to the audio. I played around with the colours a bit more to make them bolder, and I removed all the audio that I didn't like.
After I've finished with the titles, I'm going to get more sound effects for my prouct, like a scream when Eve is killed and a grunt of pain when Warren hits Lucifer. I couldn't find any fitting sound effects on the internet so I'll record them myself an add them to the product. After this, I will make my whole audio quieter and lay my voice over on top, to make the storyline more clear.
After I've finished with the titles, I'm going to get more sound effects for my prouct, like a scream when Eve is killed and a grunt of pain when Warren hits Lucifer. I couldn't find any fitting sound effects on the internet so I'll record them myself an add them to the product. After this, I will make my whole audio quieter and lay my voice over on top, to make the storyline more clear.
Update
I haven't been updating my blog very often recently because I've been concentrating on editing my film further, and have so far made quite a few changes. I am currently working on the titles of the product, names and such, to make it"less like a music video". I experimented with a few fonts, and the choice came down to two. I initially wanted Handwriting - Dakota because it reflected on the childlike feature of Lucifer, but I ended up choosing Edwardian Script ITC, a loopy, neat font because it seemed quite eerie and reminded me of the font I'd seen in quite a few thrillers and horrors, and I wanted it to be more of a main convention. Plus, it looked a lot prettier!
My next post will describe other changes I made to my product before the titles.
My next post will describe other changes I made to my product before the titles.
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Rough Cut
All my footage has been uploaded and edited, and my rough cut has been completed.
I showed my rough cut to the rest of my media group and got feedback from them all in order to improve my film.
The first question on my questionnaire (used for feedback) was 'Do you think that my film fits the thriller genre?'
Seven people answered 'yes', that it did. three people said that no it did not, and two of the people in this group said it was because the music did not help it reflect that it was a thriller. I may consider changing my audio because of this feedback, because I want it to be portrayed as a thriller to the best it can be.
My second question was 'What do you think was the best part of my movie?'
One person answered with 'the enigma' which is good, because it is one of the main conventions of a thriller.
Another person commented that their favourite part was the church scene, but they did not state why. Still, it is good to know somebody enjoyed one of my scenes!
Three people said that their favourite parts were the camera motions, when I walked with and panned the camera.
One of these people also stated that another favourite part of theirs was the colour changing, along with three other people commenting on my editing.
Two people said that the end scenes of my movie were the best bits, although they did not state why.
I will try to keep up the level of my audience's favourite parts so that I don't lower the standards of my product.
My third question asked my audience which parts of the movie they thought needed improving.
Two people left this section blank, which is a good sign.
Two people said that it did not seem like the opening to a movie, and that I should definitely work on this. I'll definitely do this because the whole aim of the project is to create an opening sequence so I want to make it seem like one.
Two people commented that my audio was a weak point. One person simply answered 'sound' whereas another one went into further detail, stating that the scream was slightly excessive. I agree with this person and definitely want to change the scream of my woman.
Four people said that I needed to make my storyline clearer. It definitely needs to be for my ideas to work, so I will work on this. I could add a voice over to make everything clearer for my audience?
One person said that my colour changing was a weak point, but a bigger group of people have previously stated that this was their favourite part, so I won't look into this one as much but to maybe make it clearer why they change.
My fourth question asked my audience if they thought that my editing helped portray my ideas well, and whether they thought my movie needed less or more of it.
One person said simply 'no', saying that they didn't think it helped portray my movie well, whereas another person said that it needed slightly less editing. Two people commented that they didn't understand the colour change editing, which I will have to work to make clearer. One person commented that they didn't like the ripple effect at the beginning and I will change this because it does look slightly too comical for a thriller.
Six people commented that my editing was good, and not to change it with varying comments like 'don't change the editing to more or less' and 'it is all very well done'.
My fifth question asked whether the audience thought that the audio fitted my movie well. I got mixed responses to this question.
Six people commented that 'yes', they liked it, whereas two people said that they did not like it because it didn't fit the genre and it didn't create suspense.
One person worried that it may be slightly repetitive, so maybe I could look for different audio or just maybe find some way to break the sound up, like a voice over would do. Another commented that my product looked slightly too much like a music video, so I will definitely have to work on making it look more like an opening sequence.
I then asked whether my audience thought that my product would do well with my target audience (teens to mid-twenties).
Whereas one person commented that my main character may be slightly too young to relate to my target audience, the rest of the answers were all yeses so I don't seem to have a problem here.
My final question asked if the audience had any additional comments, and some left me some.
Two people left comments saying 'good :)' and 'better than mine =)', and two commented that they thought it was good, especially my editing and when it came to the colour and blur.
One person left a comment saying 'It isn't an opening sequence though. Colours aren't necessary.' And I will definitely have to work on this. I definitely want to make my product more like an opening sequence, but the colours in it are necessary because it was one of my main ideas. I have had mixed reviews about the colour changes all the way through my feedback where people don't understand why they're there and don't seem to like them, so I will definitely try to make the point of why they're there come across in maybe a voice over. A voice over would also help the audience understand the storyline clearer, like showing that the young actress is supposed to be a boy and explaining why the deaths happen. It could also help it end on a cliff hanger to show that it is going to make it lead onto a movie, making it seem more like an opening sequence.
I showed my rough cut to the rest of my media group and got feedback from them all in order to improve my film.
The first question on my questionnaire (used for feedback) was 'Do you think that my film fits the thriller genre?'
Seven people answered 'yes', that it did. three people said that no it did not, and two of the people in this group said it was because the music did not help it reflect that it was a thriller. I may consider changing my audio because of this feedback, because I want it to be portrayed as a thriller to the best it can be.
My second question was 'What do you think was the best part of my movie?'
One person answered with 'the enigma' which is good, because it is one of the main conventions of a thriller.
Another person commented that their favourite part was the church scene, but they did not state why. Still, it is good to know somebody enjoyed one of my scenes!
Three people said that their favourite parts were the camera motions, when I walked with and panned the camera.
One of these people also stated that another favourite part of theirs was the colour changing, along with three other people commenting on my editing.
Two people said that the end scenes of my movie were the best bits, although they did not state why.
I will try to keep up the level of my audience's favourite parts so that I don't lower the standards of my product.
My third question asked my audience which parts of the movie they thought needed improving.
Two people left this section blank, which is a good sign.
Two people said that it did not seem like the opening to a movie, and that I should definitely work on this. I'll definitely do this because the whole aim of the project is to create an opening sequence so I want to make it seem like one.
Two people commented that my audio was a weak point. One person simply answered 'sound' whereas another one went into further detail, stating that the scream was slightly excessive. I agree with this person and definitely want to change the scream of my woman.
Four people said that I needed to make my storyline clearer. It definitely needs to be for my ideas to work, so I will work on this. I could add a voice over to make everything clearer for my audience?
One person said that my colour changing was a weak point, but a bigger group of people have previously stated that this was their favourite part, so I won't look into this one as much but to maybe make it clearer why they change.
My fourth question asked my audience if they thought that my editing helped portray my ideas well, and whether they thought my movie needed less or more of it.
One person said simply 'no', saying that they didn't think it helped portray my movie well, whereas another person said that it needed slightly less editing. Two people commented that they didn't understand the colour change editing, which I will have to work to make clearer. One person commented that they didn't like the ripple effect at the beginning and I will change this because it does look slightly too comical for a thriller.
Six people commented that my editing was good, and not to change it with varying comments like 'don't change the editing to more or less' and 'it is all very well done'.
My fifth question asked whether the audience thought that the audio fitted my movie well. I got mixed responses to this question.
Six people commented that 'yes', they liked it, whereas two people said that they did not like it because it didn't fit the genre and it didn't create suspense.
One person worried that it may be slightly repetitive, so maybe I could look for different audio or just maybe find some way to break the sound up, like a voice over would do. Another commented that my product looked slightly too much like a music video, so I will definitely have to work on making it look more like an opening sequence.
I then asked whether my audience thought that my product would do well with my target audience (teens to mid-twenties).
Whereas one person commented that my main character may be slightly too young to relate to my target audience, the rest of the answers were all yeses so I don't seem to have a problem here.
My final question asked if the audience had any additional comments, and some left me some.
Two people left comments saying 'good :)' and 'better than mine =)', and two commented that they thought it was good, especially my editing and when it came to the colour and blur.
One person left a comment saying 'It isn't an opening sequence though. Colours aren't necessary.' And I will definitely have to work on this. I definitely want to make my product more like an opening sequence, but the colours in it are necessary because it was one of my main ideas. I have had mixed reviews about the colour changes all the way through my feedback where people don't understand why they're there and don't seem to like them, so I will definitely try to make the point of why they're there come across in maybe a voice over. A voice over would also help the audience understand the storyline clearer, like showing that the young actress is supposed to be a boy and explaining why the deaths happen. It could also help it end on a cliff hanger to show that it is going to make it lead onto a movie, making it seem more like an opening sequence.
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Filming
I've done some filming over the holidays (excluding the street scene, as I could not find a suitable date for all of my actors to come together for the scene). Unfortunately I completely forgot to bring my camera in despite leaving it right by the front door :-(.
I'll bring my footage in tomorrow and edit in my spare time, but until then I'm going to research some editing techniques for when I do :-).
I'll bring my footage in tomorrow and edit in my spare time, but until then I'm going to research some editing techniques for when I do :-).
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