Wednesday 31 March 2010
Tuesday 30 March 2010
Made Myspace Music
To upload our soundtrack to the film, we decided to make a myspace music site. We felt this would be suitable because from our research, we based our film on teenagers and young adults which is the same target audience for myspace users. From here we can advertise our film to similar artists and get our film and soundtrack known.
http://www.myspace.com/mademovie
http://www.myspace.com/mademovie
Storyboards
Here are the storyboards that we produced at the beginning of our project. In each square we have a scene of what we want to happen, with information related to size and mise-en-scene.
Looking back on these boards after we finished our project, we can see the similarities and changes that have been made, such as the introduction to our opening. However, as the storyboards were a key part to our research and planning, we are glad to see that we have mostly followed through with our ideas and improved our shots.
Looking back on these boards after we finished our project, we can see the similarities and changes that have been made, such as the introduction to our opening. However, as the storyboards were a key part to our research and planning, we are glad to see that we have mostly followed through with our ideas and improved our shots.
Friday 26 March 2010
Anthony Stop Motion Experiment
One of the first times we visited the alley way, after Ivaylos house we took a series of shots to experiment with the idea of stop motion. Now that our film is completed we have had the extra time to made a video sequence of these shots. Alex imported all the clips into iMovie and made them each a quarter of a second. We feel this was a useful experiement as we have experimented with various techniques. Please watch in the 480 HD option.
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Adulthood Presentation
As part of our research, we looked at adulthood as a key source for our target audience. We made a powerpoint presentation to show to our class, which enabled us to get an idea of peoples opinions and allowed us to anaylse the opening sequence in more detail.
Friday 19 March 2010
Finishing Off
19/3/2010
Bethany and Alex had three hours to finish off all the editing for the film and make sure it was perfect for uploading onto the media archive. Alex continued to work on the poster and CD covers and also made a video montage of photos we had taken throughout the entire filming process and put them to a track we have on our soundtrack. We thought this was a nice touch to add into our blog as it shows all the hard work we have done over the past month.
Bethany uploaded the re voice over of Anthony to the footage and decided to add in another track underneath Youssefs radio DJ section. She did this because normally on the radio it isn't just a person speaking there are normally other people talking as well or some music in the background, we felt to make it seem more realistic another track would help. Bethany chose one of Ivaylo's other tracks and added it under the oringal audio of Youssef speaking. She made sure the track was quiet enough to still hear Youssef clearly and she then made the track fade into our main track for the rest of the film. It has improved that scene a great deal and made the transition to the main track a lot smoother. Bethany then compressed the film into a quicktime file and put it onto the media archive. Finally finished.
Bethany and Alex had three hours to finish off all the editing for the film and make sure it was perfect for uploading onto the media archive. Alex continued to work on the poster and CD covers and also made a video montage of photos we had taken throughout the entire filming process and put them to a track we have on our soundtrack. We thought this was a nice touch to add into our blog as it shows all the hard work we have done over the past month.
Bethany uploaded the re voice over of Anthony to the footage and decided to add in another track underneath Youssefs radio DJ section. She did this because normally on the radio it isn't just a person speaking there are normally other people talking as well or some music in the background, we felt to make it seem more realistic another track would help. Bethany chose one of Ivaylo's other tracks and added it under the oringal audio of Youssef speaking. She made sure the track was quiet enough to still hear Youssef clearly and she then made the track fade into our main track for the rest of the film. It has improved that scene a great deal and made the transition to the main track a lot smoother. Bethany then compressed the film into a quicktime file and put it onto the media archive. Finally finished.
Edgy Edits
18/03/10
We viewed the finished opening as a group to see if there were any problems with the takes, edits sound etc. We came to the conclusion that we could inhance the editing style of the opening by taking an "edgy" approach. This is because the music used did not quite match the editing style on the opening, and we felt that it was too safe and too neutral. So Bethany and Youssef played around with differnt editing techniques such as rewinding and jump-cuts and just experimented with some more risky ideas to see if we could push the opening to its limits. After the editing we felt that it improved our opening massively and made it stand out further from the rest and proves we can think outside the box.
We viewed the finished opening as a group to see if there were any problems with the takes, edits sound etc. We came to the conclusion that we could inhance the editing style of the opening by taking an "edgy" approach. This is because the music used did not quite match the editing style on the opening, and we felt that it was too safe and too neutral. So Bethany and Youssef played around with differnt editing techniques such as rewinding and jump-cuts and just experimented with some more risky ideas to see if we could push the opening to its limits. After the editing we felt that it improved our opening massively and made it stand out further from the rest and proves we can think outside the box.
Soundtrack cover
17/3/2010
Alex started creating designs for the CD cover and a film poster. We wanted to do this because it shows we have put a great deal of time and effort into our project and we want it presented in the best possible way. Alex made a number of designs using photos we had taken on our many trips out filming. These included many of Anthony in different environments and several locations we had filmed at such as the cambridge estate, the alley and the garage. All the photos we selected suited the theme as they were all urban and all show things that are actually in our film. We chose a design that we felt gave the best impact and message about our movie. The CD cover is black and grey, which is an on going theme throughout our work on this project as it is urban, simplistic but blunt. It has our title 'MADE' in the bottom left corner with a photo of anthony walking and a shot of the cambridge estate in the background which is also the shot we used for our sunset scene.
Alex tried to print out the final version on the 19/3/2010 however there were complications with photoshop and it printed it the wrong size so we will try again on Monday.
Over the past few days our group have had to deal with a number of difficulties including the re-recording voice over because the first one was of poor quality, the problems with sending the MP3s to our soundtrack because of the format of the MP3 itself and the CD cover not printing. This caused a lot of stress for our group but we manged to overcome these issues by discussing the problems as a group and trying to help each other.
Alex started creating designs for the CD cover and a film poster. We wanted to do this because it shows we have put a great deal of time and effort into our project and we want it presented in the best possible way. Alex made a number of designs using photos we had taken on our many trips out filming. These included many of Anthony in different environments and several locations we had filmed at such as the cambridge estate, the alley and the garage. All the photos we selected suited the theme as they were all urban and all show things that are actually in our film. We chose a design that we felt gave the best impact and message about our movie. The CD cover is black and grey, which is an on going theme throughout our work on this project as it is urban, simplistic but blunt. It has our title 'MADE' in the bottom left corner with a photo of anthony walking and a shot of the cambridge estate in the background which is also the shot we used for our sunset scene.
Alex tried to print out the final version on the 19/3/2010 however there were complications with photoshop and it printed it the wrong size so we will try again on Monday.
Over the past few days our group have had to deal with a number of difficulties including the re-recording voice over because the first one was of poor quality, the problems with sending the MP3s to our soundtrack because of the format of the MP3 itself and the CD cover not printing. This caused a lot of stress for our group but we manged to overcome these issues by discussing the problems as a group and trying to help each other.
Re-Voice Over
19/03/10
We decided to re do Anthony's voiceover because we felt that the quality of the first voiceover was poor as it sounded grainy and we needed it to be really clear. We felt that it was important that the main dialogue in our film was clear and of high quality so that the message being said by Anthony had the effect we wanted on the audience. It is the first piece of sound in the film so it had to be perfect. We recorded it again and it worked a lot better.
We decided to re do Anthony's voiceover because we felt that the quality of the first voiceover was poor as it sounded grainy and we needed it to be really clear. We felt that it was important that the main dialogue in our film was clear and of high quality so that the message being said by Anthony had the effect we wanted on the audience. It is the first piece of sound in the film so it had to be perfect. We recorded it again and it worked a lot better.
Anthonys Voiceover
17/03/10
We recorded a voiceover with Anthony today to use as the audio for the scene where he is being followed and then stabbed. We did this because we felt that the audience should gain more of an understanding about the storyline and be properly introduced to the main protagonist. It made the scene a lot clearer and showed how we wanted to go against typical conventions in film by putting the end of our film at the beginning. It also allowed the audience to generate some questions on their own about Anthony, so that there will be a greater interest in the character and story as a whole. This idea was inspired by the opening of American beauty, where we also see the main protagonist giving some background information about himself and then what is to come later in the film.
We recorded a voiceover with Anthony today to use as the audio for the scene where he is being followed and then stabbed. We did this because we felt that the audience should gain more of an understanding about the storyline and be properly introduced to the main protagonist. It made the scene a lot clearer and showed how we wanted to go against typical conventions in film by putting the end of our film at the beginning. It also allowed the audience to generate some questions on their own about Anthony, so that there will be a greater interest in the character and story as a whole. This idea was inspired by the opening of American beauty, where we also see the main protagonist giving some background information about himself and then what is to come later in the film.
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Title and Radio voice over
16/3/2010
Today Bethany uploaded and fully edited in the radio voice over of Youssef for the fade into the alarm clock sequence, it worked really well and adds to the scene nicely. Bethany also added in a title for our film 'MADE', we decided to use this title as it means to live a made life with money, or to have a family with a crime background. The term generally links into crime and money which are two main themes in our film, it is a short snappy title which sticks in your mind. Bethany added the title into the fade from the stab scene to the alarm clock, it is in white font with black background as it looks urban and blunt which is like our genre.
Today Bethany uploaded and fully edited in the radio voice over of Youssef for the fade into the alarm clock sequence, it worked really well and adds to the scene nicely. Bethany also added in a title for our film 'MADE', we decided to use this title as it means to live a made life with money, or to have a family with a crime background. The term generally links into crime and money which are two main themes in our film, it is a short snappy title which sticks in your mind. Bethany added the title into the fade from the stab scene to the alarm clock, it is in white font with black background as it looks urban and blunt which is like our genre.
Radio voiceover
15/3/2010
Youssef, Bethany and Alex quickly wrote up a quick script for Youssef to read for the scene after Anthony is stabbed and we are then faced with an alarm clock, we felt that insted of an ordinary beeping, we should make it a radio alarm so we have an introduction to the date and time of the day the film is fully based around. It also would allow us to fade in our main soundtrack as if it were on the radio. This made the scene more intersting and lively. We used Youssef to be the radio DJ because we felt he could do a good dj voice for the station and we knew we could do lots of takes with him if necessary as he is part of the group.
Youssef, Bethany and Alex quickly wrote up a quick script for Youssef to read for the scene after Anthony is stabbed and we are then faced with an alarm clock, we felt that insted of an ordinary beeping, we should make it a radio alarm so we have an introduction to the date and time of the day the film is fully based around. It also would allow us to fade in our main soundtrack as if it were on the radio. This made the scene more intersting and lively. We used Youssef to be the radio DJ because we felt he could do a good dj voice for the station and we knew we could do lots of takes with him if necessary as he is part of the group.
Tuesday 9 March 2010
The Alley re-shoot
8/3/2010
Bethany, Alex, Youssef and Anthony went to the alley to re-shoot the scene and make it longer, overall it was very successful. We tested some different angles by getting alex on the wall of one side of the alley way and film from above the stabbing scene. We also shot the walk down several more times and it looks a lot better than the first time we did this. We'll upload the footage next lesson and get on with the editing, voiceover and then the music.
Bethany, Alex, Youssef and Anthony went to the alley to re-shoot the scene and make it longer, overall it was very successful. We tested some different angles by getting alex on the wall of one side of the alley way and film from above the stabbing scene. We also shot the walk down several more times and it looks a lot better than the first time we did this. We'll upload the footage next lesson and get on with the editing, voiceover and then the music.
Monday 8 March 2010
Hard Times
07/03/10
The plan for the day was to re-shoot the alley scene so that it was longer, which would enable us to put in a voiceover and to sort out the music for our movie with Ivaylo. However last minute Ivaylo had plans and we were not able to pick the music for the movie. Also Anthony did not have the right clothing to re-shoot and therefore we could not do anything over the weekend. On monday we have made plans to re-shoot the alley way scene.
The plan for the day was to re-shoot the alley scene so that it was longer, which would enable us to put in a voiceover and to sort out the music for our movie with Ivaylo. However last minute Ivaylo had plans and we were not able to pick the music for the movie. Also Anthony did not have the right clothing to re-shoot and therefore we could not do anything over the weekend. On monday we have made plans to re-shoot the alley way scene.
Monday 1 March 2010
Uploading the re-shoots
25/02/10
Youssef & Alex uploaded the re-takes of Omars house footage, and edited it into the final film. Some of the footage we uploaded was not useable due to the fact it simply did not match the previous footage. Also in some of the footage we "crossed the line" when Anthony pulls the sheets over his head and then crosses to him getting out of bed so we decided to cut the pan of him in bed out in order to prevent this.
Youssef & Alex uploaded the re-takes of Omars house footage, and edited it into the final film. Some of the footage we uploaded was not useable due to the fact it simply did not match the previous footage. Also in some of the footage we "crossed the line" when Anthony pulls the sheets over his head and then crosses to him getting out of bed so we decided to cut the pan of him in bed out in order to prevent this.
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