Showing posts with label 2. Construction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2. Construction. Show all posts
Friday, 12 February 2016
Edit 3
The content of this video is the same as that of our final product but we have decided that Paramount would not be a suitable distributor for our film as it doesn't fit the rest of the sequence and looks very out of place, therefore we have decided to have Vertigo be the producer and UK distributor for our film.
Thursday, 11 February 2016
Editing Diaries
Editing Diary 1
After our first session of editing, we managed to import all of our footage from filming into the iMovie programme. We had already been through most of the clips and selected the best ones to put into the final product, but we still had a few that we couldn't decide between until we put them into the rest of the sequence. Once we had ordered the clips they came to about 4 minutes long, and so we knew that it was going to be a difficult job to edit down, even after cutting out all of the unnecessary bits from the beginning and end of each clip.
During our next session, we will need to start shortening these clips and make the last couple of decisions on which are the best pieces of footage to use.
Editing Diary 2
Coming back to the film today we could see that there were some clips which didn't fit in where they had been placed. This has meant that we needed to do some reshuffling with the clips so that they made sense in the narrative. We started cutting out the parts of the shots which were too long or weren't needed in the sequence and this has taken ages and ages to do because we had to somehow get it down to about 2 minutes. This took a few sessions to do, and finally we got it down to 2 minutes and 11 seconds. I have written on the blog post under Edit 1 what the feedback from out teachers was and that has given us a starting point for the next session.
Editing Diary 3
Today we tried putting music the chosen music in to our sequence. It took a little while to work out how to get the music to go onto iMovie because the music file type wasn't compatible and so we had to use a programme called Clip Converter to make the file an MP3 to go into iMovie. After adding this in, we decided that actually the music was a bit to festive and christmassy for an opening sequence that is actually quite saddening and is supposed to evoke empathy and sympathy from out audience, therefore we took the music out and tried looking for another choice of music. Annoyingly, before we thought about it we took the old music file out and put the new music file in before we saved a copy of it so w weren't able to put an edit of this on our blog. On top of this however, we have also decided that there are certain parts of the sequence, like the match on action scene with the candle being lit, that are too disjointed and need refilming, so we've decided to organise a date to refilm these parts.
Editing Diary 4
Since our last editing session a few days ago, none of us have been free on the same day so we haven't managed to refilm these parts yet but there were lots of other things that needed to be edited this session. We made the titles for the actors, etc a bit longer because from our feedback from peers, no one had long enough to read them properly. So we did this, and also when trying to make digital typography for the more important titles such as director and producer, we realised that they looked out of place in the sequence and so in a way it was a good thing that we hadn't refilmed already because we then decided to do more ambient titles for these roles too.
Editing Diary 5
Over the holiday period we managed to schedule a time for re-filming where we re-did some footage and also came up with some more alternative and creative ways to display the end titles. In this session we have managed to replace all of the shots which weren't shot well enough originally, and also add in the titles at the end, and the institution titles at the beginning. The project finally started to look like it is coming together when we added in our new choice of music which is slower and more downbeat and so suits the atmosphere of our opening sequence a lot more. This version of our edit can be seen under Edit 2 under the construction header on the blog.
Editing Diary 6
When re-watching this edit with our teachers, they said that they felt that something was missing from the sequence to bring it all together, and that was something to frame the sequence and make it seem more like it was telling a story over the time given. On top of this, they said that the main title which we tried to do using online typography looked very strange in contrast to all of the other titles in the sequence, no matter where in the sequence it was placed. So to overcome this problem we decided to use the idea of a calendar to document time passing over the month and to outline the build up to her Christmas, and that we were going to gradually cross out days on the calendar all the way up to Christmas eve, where we would write the main title of our film. So in this session , we made a lot of important decisions for the sequence, and also did a bit more tweaking to try and make it look as smooth, tidy and professional as we could.
Editing Diary 7
As the most convenient time for us to film soon was when we were all in school together, we used the school's photography studio to film the calendar aspect of our sequence. This took about an hour and I brought in some Christmas decorations to tie it in with the film. In our this editing session we put these clips into the film sequence to see what it looked like and it ended up looking quite good. However we did put all of them at the beginning of the sequence and then only two at the end and we felt that this looked a bit strange so we spread them out more equally about the sequence, which also made us realise that putting the title of the film at the end of it made it look a bit too much like a trailer, so we decided to put it in just after the main actors at the beginning of the sequence. This complied to the conventions of films in that this is the usual order of titles, and so we felt that this looked the most professional.
Editing Diary 8
This was the final editing session we had and so Ella and I decided to go back and do the last few tweaks on the final product to neaten it up a bit more. This was really important for us as there was a blip in the end of the sequence where two of the files had been corrupted since the last session. So, to overcome this we took these two clips out of the sequence and edited them back in a few times until finally the file played correctly. This final edit can be seen on my blog under the Final Product header.
After our first session of editing, we managed to import all of our footage from filming into the iMovie programme. We had already been through most of the clips and selected the best ones to put into the final product, but we still had a few that we couldn't decide between until we put them into the rest of the sequence. Once we had ordered the clips they came to about 4 minutes long, and so we knew that it was going to be a difficult job to edit down, even after cutting out all of the unnecessary bits from the beginning and end of each clip.
During our next session, we will need to start shortening these clips and make the last couple of decisions on which are the best pieces of footage to use.
Editing Diary 2
Coming back to the film today we could see that there were some clips which didn't fit in where they had been placed. This has meant that we needed to do some reshuffling with the clips so that they made sense in the narrative. We started cutting out the parts of the shots which were too long or weren't needed in the sequence and this has taken ages and ages to do because we had to somehow get it down to about 2 minutes. This took a few sessions to do, and finally we got it down to 2 minutes and 11 seconds. I have written on the blog post under Edit 1 what the feedback from out teachers was and that has given us a starting point for the next session.
Editing Diary 3
Today we tried putting music the chosen music in to our sequence. It took a little while to work out how to get the music to go onto iMovie because the music file type wasn't compatible and so we had to use a programme called Clip Converter to make the file an MP3 to go into iMovie. After adding this in, we decided that actually the music was a bit to festive and christmassy for an opening sequence that is actually quite saddening and is supposed to evoke empathy and sympathy from out audience, therefore we took the music out and tried looking for another choice of music. Annoyingly, before we thought about it we took the old music file out and put the new music file in before we saved a copy of it so w weren't able to put an edit of this on our blog. On top of this however, we have also decided that there are certain parts of the sequence, like the match on action scene with the candle being lit, that are too disjointed and need refilming, so we've decided to organise a date to refilm these parts.
Editing Diary 4
Since our last editing session a few days ago, none of us have been free on the same day so we haven't managed to refilm these parts yet but there were lots of other things that needed to be edited this session. We made the titles for the actors, etc a bit longer because from our feedback from peers, no one had long enough to read them properly. So we did this, and also when trying to make digital typography for the more important titles such as director and producer, we realised that they looked out of place in the sequence and so in a way it was a good thing that we hadn't refilmed already because we then decided to do more ambient titles for these roles too.
Editing Diary 5
Over the holiday period we managed to schedule a time for re-filming where we re-did some footage and also came up with some more alternative and creative ways to display the end titles. In this session we have managed to replace all of the shots which weren't shot well enough originally, and also add in the titles at the end, and the institution titles at the beginning. The project finally started to look like it is coming together when we added in our new choice of music which is slower and more downbeat and so suits the atmosphere of our opening sequence a lot more. This version of our edit can be seen under Edit 2 under the construction header on the blog.
Editing Diary 6
When re-watching this edit with our teachers, they said that they felt that something was missing from the sequence to bring it all together, and that was something to frame the sequence and make it seem more like it was telling a story over the time given. On top of this, they said that the main title which we tried to do using online typography looked very strange in contrast to all of the other titles in the sequence, no matter where in the sequence it was placed. So to overcome this problem we decided to use the idea of a calendar to document time passing over the month and to outline the build up to her Christmas, and that we were going to gradually cross out days on the calendar all the way up to Christmas eve, where we would write the main title of our film. So in this session , we made a lot of important decisions for the sequence, and also did a bit more tweaking to try and make it look as smooth, tidy and professional as we could.
Editing Diary 7
As the most convenient time for us to film soon was when we were all in school together, we used the school's photography studio to film the calendar aspect of our sequence. This took about an hour and I brought in some Christmas decorations to tie it in with the film. In our this editing session we put these clips into the film sequence to see what it looked like and it ended up looking quite good. However we did put all of them at the beginning of the sequence and then only two at the end and we felt that this looked a bit strange so we spread them out more equally about the sequence, which also made us realise that putting the title of the film at the end of it made it look a bit too much like a trailer, so we decided to put it in just after the main actors at the beginning of the sequence. This complied to the conventions of films in that this is the usual order of titles, and so we felt that this looked the most professional.
Editing Diary 8
This was the final editing session we had and so Ella and I decided to go back and do the last few tweaks on the final product to neaten it up a bit more. This was really important for us as there was a blip in the end of the sequence where two of the files had been corrupted since the last session. So, to overcome this we took these two clips out of the sequence and edited them back in a few times until finally the file played correctly. This final edit can be seen on my blog under the Final Product header.
Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Thursday, 21 January 2016
Edit 1
The first cut we have done is showing the first draft we have made for our film and how it is going.
This version of our editing is good but we know that it is still missing a few key elements. For example it is missing music, the titles and a few key techniques like match on action and shot reverse shot that makes the flow of the opening sequence a more continuous effect.
Learning Comment:
The music that we would be using is the music that we had chosen on the music section of my blog. However when getting feedback from our peers and teachers, we have concluded that the music choice is a bit too christmassy for our opening sequence, so we are going to use a more mllow, but still christmassy themed song. Despite the rhythm of the song fitting with the cuts between shots, it doesn't sum up the mood and atmosphere quite right for the sequence.
On top of this we have noticed that the match on action part of our sequence isn't smooth enough and so doesn't help towards creating a sense of continuity throughout the sequence. Therefore we are going to meet up again and just film a couple more parts of the sequence that need making smoother on top of some extra shots for the most important titles - the director, writer and producer, editor and the name of the film, but in a creative way like we have filmed the others.
The original idea for our titles was to have a mixture of those that were creatively filmed and handwritten, and then others that were elegantly typed and edited into the footage. However, on reflection, we have concluded that this would make the sequence disjointed and that the edited titles wouldn't be as effective as those that were done during filming. Consequently, when we re-film the other small parts of the sequence, we are going to also come up with some more ideas as to how we are going to work the other titles in and amongst the footage.
Finally we are going to lengthen the time of which the titles are up on screen for because, when given feedback, we realized that the shots with the titles weren't on screen long enough for the audience to take in the information, so in our next editing session we will increase the length of time that these shots show for. On top of this the speech part where Victoria is on the phone to Chris has a two second part on the end in which there is no speech, so we will need to cut this out in order to make room for the addition of new shots.
This version of our editing is good but we know that it is still missing a few key elements. For example it is missing music, the titles and a few key techniques like match on action and shot reverse shot that makes the flow of the opening sequence a more continuous effect.
Learning Comment:
The music that we would be using is the music that we had chosen on the music section of my blog. However when getting feedback from our peers and teachers, we have concluded that the music choice is a bit too christmassy for our opening sequence, so we are going to use a more mllow, but still christmassy themed song. Despite the rhythm of the song fitting with the cuts between shots, it doesn't sum up the mood and atmosphere quite right for the sequence.
On top of this we have noticed that the match on action part of our sequence isn't smooth enough and so doesn't help towards creating a sense of continuity throughout the sequence. Therefore we are going to meet up again and just film a couple more parts of the sequence that need making smoother on top of some extra shots for the most important titles - the director, writer and producer, editor and the name of the film, but in a creative way like we have filmed the others.
The original idea for our titles was to have a mixture of those that were creatively filmed and handwritten, and then others that were elegantly typed and edited into the footage. However, on reflection, we have concluded that this would make the sequence disjointed and that the edited titles wouldn't be as effective as those that were done during filming. Consequently, when we re-film the other small parts of the sequence, we are going to also come up with some more ideas as to how we are going to work the other titles in and amongst the footage.
Finally we are going to lengthen the time of which the titles are up on screen for because, when given feedback, we realized that the shots with the titles weren't on screen long enough for the audience to take in the information, so in our next editing session we will increase the length of time that these shots show for. On top of this the speech part where Victoria is on the phone to Chris has a two second part on the end in which there is no speech, so we will need to cut this out in order to make room for the addition of new shots.
Sunday, 17 January 2016
Filming Diaries: Lonely This Christmas
Day of filming 1: Tues 22nd Dec
Today was the first session we have had filming for our new coming of age film idea. We used Ella's living room as the location for all of the filming today. We did it in the morning to overcome the bad quality picture and lighting issues that usually come with filming inside, and it wasn't lessened.
The filming went really well today as we managed to film all of the cross-cuts we need for the titles and to break up the bits of speech. We also filmed the still images, establishing shot and all of the other scenes without the actress as she was unavailable until the evening, which wouldn't have worked.
Some of our shots however, did not look the way we had hoped for so we made the necessary tweaks where necessary throughout the filming, for example the diagonal pan across the tree was very rough and jumpy, and it took so long, so we've had to change it to a tilt shortly across in order to make it fit.
The changes we made were only small e.g shot type and we did a couple more shots that we had originally planned to do in the original recording session. Overall, the filming went well and the next time we have scheduled to film is on Saturday morning.
Ella & Megan at filming
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Practice Shots: Lonely This Christmas
After coming up with our idea, we decided to test out what our footage would look like in real life. These are only some rough shots but it has allowed us to see what the crosscuts will look like throughout our opening sequences and how effective it will look in real life.
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Frayed Ends Filming Part 2
This lot of filming proved very very difficult to organise because no one was available on the same days, and also different people had the camera and the props so it meant that we really needed everyone there. However, that was impossible so in the end Emily and I went to film with an actress who was different to the person we had planned to film with originally because she became really ill the day before. Even though Ella had the storyboard and most of the props, we made the most of what we could from using the script and the props which were available at the actress' house. By this point in the organisation process it was now about 4 o'clock in December, therefore it was starting to get dark outside already which proved a few problems with natural lighting when filming, as you can see in the few clips below.
This is one of the earliest bits that we filmed in the afternoon so the lighting here isn't so much of a problem, but the smears on the mirror were extremely noticeable, which wouldn't be there if we had planned better before, and also the setting is not as we had planned. As the bedroom wasn't able to be used, we had to try and make do in a living room and make it appear similar to a bedroom, which in my opinion wasn't very convincing.
As you can see from this bit of footage, the lighting started to become a problem around this time. The lack of natural light has made the footage really grainy and low quality, and so the it was completely unusable. However when we turned on the artificial lighting, it made the shot look really yellow and therefore it looked very wrong in the sequence with the other clips we already had. So, despite trying to fix the problem, we still ended up with a shot that had either too much high key lighting or too much low key lighting and so this would have meant that we would need to re-shoot this footage too.
These next few shots would have worked okay together but would have required a lot of editing to get the timings right, and also to get the match on action perfect would have been very difficult too. However the lighting was good and the body language and sophisticated atmosphere we were hoping to get from the clips came through too.
Had we chosen to use this clip, it would have had to have been massively cropped but this series of events would have been great for creating a contrast between our wealthier protagonist compared to Jodie, our other. The reason the lighting in these was slightly better is because we had moved to another area of the house to film this scene. Filming indoors was always going to be an issue for us, especially in winter because it means that the lighting was always going to be worse, and make our lives harder in terms of the quality of the recording. These few shots are still a little grainy, but not as much as before and so they would have been usable if we'd wanted.
In this shot below, the angling is quite good, but the camera work was pretty shaky. Although the actress hesitates and looks towards camera at the end, this would have been easily cropped at 5 seconds. This however is still too long for a shot in our storyboard, and so if we had carried on with this idea, I believe we would have had real difficulty trying to fit all of our footage into two minutes, even with leeway.
This final clip that we got from filming was good quality except not very well planned. The boxes in the background would not be something you would see in the setting of such an upper class, luxurious house, and so again takes away from the effectiveness it would have had in the narrative. Also, it is a bit slow and so would probably have needed re-filming if we decided to use these bits of footage anyway.
All in all, I think we have made the right decision in quitting the production of this opening sequence and starting in the development of another because we would have had trouble in fitting all of our footage into two minutes, even after editing, and due to the fact that filming was rushed, the video that we got from both attempts at filming was not good enough to get the grade that we hoped to achieve as an end result. What I have learnt from the production of this project, is that much more time, consideration and planning needs to go into filming sessions. This means that we should use a shot list effectively to ensure that the right parts are filmed at the right times and to a good enough standard, which would mean that we don't have to re-film, although I think that this is almost inevitable because the footage can always be improved. It also means that we should give ourselves enough time to film, and maybe split it up into more sessions so that it gives us all an equal opportunity to do our fair share of camera work.
This is one of the earliest bits that we filmed in the afternoon so the lighting here isn't so much of a problem, but the smears on the mirror were extremely noticeable, which wouldn't be there if we had planned better before, and also the setting is not as we had planned. As the bedroom wasn't able to be used, we had to try and make do in a living room and make it appear similar to a bedroom, which in my opinion wasn't very convincing.
As you can see from this bit of footage, the lighting started to become a problem around this time. The lack of natural light has made the footage really grainy and low quality, and so the it was completely unusable. However when we turned on the artificial lighting, it made the shot look really yellow and therefore it looked very wrong in the sequence with the other clips we already had. So, despite trying to fix the problem, we still ended up with a shot that had either too much high key lighting or too much low key lighting and so this would have meant that we would need to re-shoot this footage too.
These next few shots would have worked okay together but would have required a lot of editing to get the timings right, and also to get the match on action perfect would have been very difficult too. However the lighting was good and the body language and sophisticated atmosphere we were hoping to get from the clips came through too.
Had we chosen to use this clip, it would have had to have been massively cropped but this series of events would have been great for creating a contrast between our wealthier protagonist compared to Jodie, our other. The reason the lighting in these was slightly better is because we had moved to another area of the house to film this scene. Filming indoors was always going to be an issue for us, especially in winter because it means that the lighting was always going to be worse, and make our lives harder in terms of the quality of the recording. These few shots are still a little grainy, but not as much as before and so they would have been usable if we'd wanted.
In this shot below, the angling is quite good, but the camera work was pretty shaky. Although the actress hesitates and looks towards camera at the end, this would have been easily cropped at 5 seconds. This however is still too long for a shot in our storyboard, and so if we had carried on with this idea, I believe we would have had real difficulty trying to fit all of our footage into two minutes, even with leeway.
This final clip that we got from filming was good quality except not very well planned. The boxes in the background would not be something you would see in the setting of such an upper class, luxurious house, and so again takes away from the effectiveness it would have had in the narrative. Also, it is a bit slow and so would probably have needed re-filming if we decided to use these bits of footage anyway.
All in all, I think we have made the right decision in quitting the production of this opening sequence and starting in the development of another because we would have had trouble in fitting all of our footage into two minutes, even after editing, and due to the fact that filming was rushed, the video that we got from both attempts at filming was not good enough to get the grade that we hoped to achieve as an end result. What I have learnt from the production of this project, is that much more time, consideration and planning needs to go into filming sessions. This means that we should use a shot list effectively to ensure that the right parts are filmed at the right times and to a good enough standard, which would mean that we don't have to re-film, although I think that this is almost inevitable because the footage can always be improved. It also means that we should give ourselves enough time to film, and maybe split it up into more sessions so that it gives us all an equal opportunity to do our fair share of camera work.
Monday, 14 December 2015
Frayed Ends Filming Part 1
These are some of the clips of footage we have got from our first filming shoot. This was when we tried shooting the clips to use for Jodie, the less wealthy of our two protagonists.
As you can see in the video below, this shot is very wonky and that Jaimie, our actress, makes eye contact with the camera for the first second or so of filming. You cannot tell in this piece of film but in the other shots like this, Ella's hand was visible in the corner of the mirror, which no-one noticed during filming, but it made the bits of film unusable already.
This one here was my favourite shot as i felt that the positioning within the frame worked really well, the angle was different to others and it was straight, so it was a shame that we didn't get to use this.
Although the door was left open at the end of this clip, it was the best of the shots that we had. Also as you can see the windy conditions outside meant that the camera work was wobbly, especially towards the end. If we had stuck to this idea, I would have suggested redoing it anyway, even though it would have taken even more time, because I realise now that the match on action we could have done with this shot would have been really effective, and also the fact that the door stays open at the end of the shot doesn't make the scene very realistic.
The pan we have used here is quite effective, but as with the previous shot it is a little bit wobbly. This would have been usable but we would have had to cut off the end because she stops running before the shot ends.
These next couple of shots were successful and we enjoyed filming them. Of the two filming sessions we did, this one was definitely the most successful and was the one that we got the most footage from.
I liked this clip, except for some reason her face and the background are slightly blurry, so again we would have had to have re-shot this one.
This one we have of the bus has a lot of unnecessary footage at the beginning where there is a lot of talking in the background because when we could hear the bus coming we didn't want to miss the footage for it. This is really really wobbly but it would have been cut so that didn't matter, but then when it did finally go pass Jaimie, the camera had stopped recording before it got fully out of shot anyway so that would have had to be re-done too. These were the best shots that we got out of this day, and we couldn't do the ones with her and Kathryn because the other actress wasn't available on this day. These could have been much better, so we would have had to re-shoot most of them in the end anyway, therefore we would have ended up doing at least another two days of filming, probably three if we had kept with this idea.
As you can see in the video below, this shot is very wonky and that Jaimie, our actress, makes eye contact with the camera for the first second or so of filming. You cannot tell in this piece of film but in the other shots like this, Ella's hand was visible in the corner of the mirror, which no-one noticed during filming, but it made the bits of film unusable already.
This one here was my favourite shot as i felt that the positioning within the frame worked really well, the angle was different to others and it was straight, so it was a shame that we didn't get to use this.
Although the door was left open at the end of this clip, it was the best of the shots that we had. Also as you can see the windy conditions outside meant that the camera work was wobbly, especially towards the end. If we had stuck to this idea, I would have suggested redoing it anyway, even though it would have taken even more time, because I realise now that the match on action we could have done with this shot would have been really effective, and also the fact that the door stays open at the end of the shot doesn't make the scene very realistic.
The pan we have used here is quite effective, but as with the previous shot it is a little bit wobbly. This would have been usable but we would have had to cut off the end because she stops running before the shot ends.
These next couple of shots were successful and we enjoyed filming them. Of the two filming sessions we did, this one was definitely the most successful and was the one that we got the most footage from.
I liked this clip, except for some reason her face and the background are slightly blurry, so again we would have had to have re-shot this one.
This one we have of the bus has a lot of unnecessary footage at the beginning where there is a lot of talking in the background because when we could hear the bus coming we didn't want to miss the footage for it. This is really really wobbly but it would have been cut so that didn't matter, but then when it did finally go pass Jaimie, the camera had stopped recording before it got fully out of shot anyway so that would have had to be re-done too. These were the best shots that we got out of this day, and we couldn't do the ones with her and Kathryn because the other actress wasn't available on this day. These could have been much better, so we would have had to re-shoot most of them in the end anyway, therefore we would have ended up doing at least another two days of filming, probably three if we had kept with this idea.
Sunday, 13 December 2015
Filming Diaries
Frayed Ends: Filming Day 1 (05/12/15)
In my opinion, filming for the first time was very productive because it gave us an idea as to what filming was going to be like, and proved more of a challenge than we had once thought. We used Emily's bedroom as the location for our filming and did it in the morning next to a large window, so that the quality of our footage wasn't affected by the poor lighting that comes which is usually an issue with filming inside.
What we filmed today were the shots of Jodie (played by Jaimie Hampton) in her house, getting ready for school. We managed to film all footage of Jodi before she gets on the bus, and so the filming was influential to the task and gave us an insight as to what the final footage would look like with those pieces of film we gathered.
To improve, I think we should have had much steadier camera work throughout as we had quite a few wobbly shots and the ones that were wobbly were probably wonky. Therefore, next time we film we will need to use a tripod from school. As a group and with feedback we had from the class and teacher, we decided that what we have filmed won't be good enough to use in our opening sequence as it is wonky and the camera work is quite poor with grainy image quality, which we kind of expected from our first proper time filming. On top of this, we didn't capture a broad enough variation of camera angles and therefore when we edit it, it would not have enough on-screen movement to engage the interests of our audience.
As a result, next time we film will be using a wider range of camera angles so that we can have a more varies set of angles to choose from when it comes to editing the sequence together.
Ella, Megan & Emily at filming
Frayed Ends: Filming Day 2 (12/12/15)
Today we were able to film the footage for the other protagonist in the sequence, Kathryn (played by Chloe Kemp). I felt that the filming today was quite rushed as we were struggling to get all of our recording done in the light, as we started filming later in the day. However, we did get a good outcome from the shooting today.
We managed to shoot all of the sections of Kathryn before she leaves the house. The unavailability of Jaimie meant that we couldn't film the parts we planned in front of the school building because they both had to be in the scene. I am happy with the filming that came out of today's session, but the low key lighting in the house was an issue for me because I think some of the shots are too dark for us to use and therefore could be a much higher quality.
I would personally like to re-film some aspects of today's footage if we have the time to do so before deadline. If not, and we can't fix it in editing, i'm not sure if a third time trying to film the same shots will be worth it, and we may have to consider a new idea as there are too many flaws in what we have, and I think it may be of too low a quality and too complicated to ever achieve to the standard we are aiming for.
Megan & Emily at filming
In my opinion, filming for the first time was very productive because it gave us an idea as to what filming was going to be like, and proved more of a challenge than we had once thought. We used Emily's bedroom as the location for our filming and did it in the morning next to a large window, so that the quality of our footage wasn't affected by the poor lighting that comes which is usually an issue with filming inside.
What we filmed today were the shots of Jodie (played by Jaimie Hampton) in her house, getting ready for school. We managed to film all footage of Jodi before she gets on the bus, and so the filming was influential to the task and gave us an insight as to what the final footage would look like with those pieces of film we gathered.
To improve, I think we should have had much steadier camera work throughout as we had quite a few wobbly shots and the ones that were wobbly were probably wonky. Therefore, next time we film we will need to use a tripod from school. As a group and with feedback we had from the class and teacher, we decided that what we have filmed won't be good enough to use in our opening sequence as it is wonky and the camera work is quite poor with grainy image quality, which we kind of expected from our first proper time filming. On top of this, we didn't capture a broad enough variation of camera angles and therefore when we edit it, it would not have enough on-screen movement to engage the interests of our audience.
As a result, next time we film will be using a wider range of camera angles so that we can have a more varies set of angles to choose from when it comes to editing the sequence together.
Ella, Megan & Emily at filming
Frayed Ends: Filming Day 2 (12/12/15)
Today we were able to film the footage for the other protagonist in the sequence, Kathryn (played by Chloe Kemp). I felt that the filming today was quite rushed as we were struggling to get all of our recording done in the light, as we started filming later in the day. However, we did get a good outcome from the shooting today.
We managed to shoot all of the sections of Kathryn before she leaves the house. The unavailability of Jaimie meant that we couldn't film the parts we planned in front of the school building because they both had to be in the scene. I am happy with the filming that came out of today's session, but the low key lighting in the house was an issue for me because I think some of the shots are too dark for us to use and therefore could be a much higher quality.
I would personally like to re-film some aspects of today's footage if we have the time to do so before deadline. If not, and we can't fix it in editing, i'm not sure if a third time trying to film the same shots will be worth it, and we may have to consider a new idea as there are too many flaws in what we have, and I think it may be of too low a quality and too complicated to ever achieve to the standard we are aiming for.
Megan & Emily at filming
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