Final Cut

Response to comments on rough cut -

We are aware that we will need to do alot mroe editing in order for the film to get to where we want it to be. This will mainly consist of cutting the project down to shorter time as one of the min comments was that it was too long. We also intend to change the music as we have recorded our own track and this will replace the rough cut that is currently the soundtrack. Furthermore we intend to use more filters and make the titles simultanious with the action that happens in the film.

comments on rought cut....

Editing:
- A flick between shots while driving
- Blatent Suts
- Camera darkened
- TOO LONG
- when in the car when the light shine brightly its effective
- Shots didn't link too smoothly together
- each shot should be shorter makes the cuts less effective

Camera Work:
- Varied camera shots, to show different views, over the shoulder, point of view
- shot lengths in car too long

Sound:
- Stays in sync with the thriller genre, doesnt change though
- promiscuity needed
Sound of skateboard
- Sound at beginning very effective
-no sound at teh beginning good use of tension but a bit long

Mise en Scen
-lighting - dark
Location flicked between a park and driving on a road
costume, not much

Rough Cut - Longue A Venir

Soundtrack!

After emailing the teacher in charge of recording tracks at college we found that we would be unable to create our own track in the studio and instead we have created a sequence on garageband that we think compliments the film. we used classical paino and a simple bassline to create a relaxed but edgy feel.

Editing in Progress

This week we have started editing but we have found that we need to get a frame for production such as the title sequence and which order they come in. Here is our final plan for titles after research of other thrillers and are listed in the order we intend to present them:

Production company - rocket productions

Actors…
main character 1st - Rhian Nicholls

Title of Film – Lange a venir

other producers – all our names

other significant actors and there characters – made up

Music production comp

– made up company

Editors – oli, jack, phil and rhian
Make up and costume design – Rhian

WRITTEN BY Group T1 30

Director Group T1 30

today was our first editing session after filming on monday we took it in 15 minute turns each to do filming. acomplished cuting all our needed scenes and deleted unneaded footage also we messed around with the colour saturation trying to acheive a cinimatic effect.

To Do...

1. Research into title sequence title trends (e.g. Director first, Producer second)
2. Finish Prop and costume representation analysis
3. Research into film ratings in UK cinema and which should apply our piece and why

In this blog i will be analysing and evaluating the use of props ad costumes how they are used to represent and symbolize different things. Such as the skateboard which we thought would be good to represent the freedom of the memory/flashback the main character is having. Also the use of make up on the close up of the main character is good because it shows femininity which links dicectly to female objectification because we going to cut slits out of the close up like the eyes, mouth and nose. To be continued...

avant garde film inpiration

this film isn't a thriller but is relevant to our project with its jitteryness of the editing this is what we would like to incorporate this into our project.



Analysis- We liked to use of editing such as the contrast of the shots because it gave a sense of mystery and simpleness. We also really enjoyed the way the individual shots were slowed down and sped up to make the jolty connections. It seemed so simple but to great effect and that is the aim of our piece in which we wanted to make a great piece in the simplest way because we recognized all those great thrillers were simple with great editing and sound track and we aimed use this inspiration to our advantage.

Extra Footage

Even though it was raining heavily on Sunday and the set date for filming was postponed I was still able to get some good and intersting footage. I was able to get a car and filmed some simple shots looking out of the traveling car at dusk which is what we planned for the taxi ride. I was also able to use the rain because it left some large puddles which i got the car to go through and get some great footage. The footage is good and hopefully will be put into the final product.

Filming delay SOULTION!!!

As a solution to our filming we are now going to film at the end of today. As some of our filming has already been done by Oli we will not be needing the use of a car. Most of our filming can now be done at Jesus green!

Filming Delay

Due to the poor weather over they weekend with the rain coming down none stop on Sunday we were unable to film resulting in filming delay and slowing our project.

Update On the Music....

We have been in contact with the Head of Music and have asked to try and get some studio time to make our own track, fingers crossed!!!

Scehdule for Filming...

This will be our schedule for filming over the weekend!


Friday:
-meet in town at Starbucks on the market square at 5pm, with car...phillip!!
-have a coffee wait for it to get a dark and drive through town filming car scene, also film face scene.

Sunday:
- Meet at Jesus green at 1pm! film, skating scene x 3, and birds!!
- Lunch!!
- Train station, film train going past and walking into station scene.

Needed:

Friday:
- Rhian, make up
- Phillip, car
- jack and Oli, just be there :)

Sunday:
- Jack, all in black for skate scenes, skateboard
- Rhian, hobo chic!!
- Phillip and Oli, be there!!

Music and Sountrack....

For our soybtrck we intend to create our own song, it was be inspired by many differnt forms of music including classical, contemporary and that of french origin. We are able within our group to create the music without outside help as we are all musically inclined. Below are some examples of music we would like to incorporate into our song.....

Costumes...

For our production we will require two actors they will be Jack Wilson and myself, Jack will be playing the skate boarder and I shall be playing the hitch hiker, in order for these roles to fit specific costume will be needed. Jack will be wearing all black, as the skateboarder is to be seen as a memory and the black will reflect the feelings of the actor. this image shows what we would like the skateboarder to be wearing although in our shot there will not be as much contrast.

Locations and Costumes..

the locations of which we intent to use are.

- Jesus Green skate park

- A drive through of the centre of cambridge

- Cambridge train station outside

None of these need permission, initially we were going to use the inside of cambridge train station which would have meant we needed permission of which is often hard to obtain. Below are some pictures of the places we intend to use...

Jesus Green Skate Park

Cambridge Town Centre

Cambridge Train Station

This is a compilation of music and sounds (both diagetic and non diagetic) which we felt would all be suitable or diverse enough for our thriller opening. there are a variety of styles of music, and all the clips create different sonic images that are still influencing the progression of our film.

Fish eye and filter

The two filters we used on top of the fish eye were 'day for night' and we turned up the 'contrast' , this was the result!