We showed the rest of the group our finished video today and got some feedback this is what we got:

"Chain sequence was good"
"Text was too fast"
"Quick chop and change of shots worked well"
"Music was really good and changed with scenes"
"Sink shot didnt work"
"Used the chain scene too much"
:shadow of the tripod"
"production logo very good"

We have now finished all our editing and are happy with what we have produced. We are now going to drop the video into Garage Band to make the music to run effectively with the video.

I have now uploades all my footage from Tuesday and started plaing arround with it in Final Cut to make a good abstract title sequence i have also added some titles such as "Directe By Will Fisher" also added in some transitions for added affects. Tommorow i am going to do some more filming in my free period.

Will

I did my filming on Tuesday 26th. As i am on my own now i will not have time to do what we planned to do in the first place. I am going to try to do an abstrack title sequence instead and use my photography skills to help me. I am also going to try to make a strong creepy sound track to go with the abstract title sequence i think that the music will play a strong part in the sequence.

Idea:

• leaves blowing in the wind
• rippleing puddle close up of a persons feet as they walk
• close up of evil eyes
• wierd lighting
• mabe use the day to night filter

We planned and aranged to do our filming in the first part in half term but rob for got to collect the camera so i aranged with Pete our teacher to pick up the camera on Wednesday (half term) i collected the camera but didnt manage to get hold of my group meaning i wouldnt be able to do the filming.

I really like this Production Company sequence

will

Prop List

• Auldi A3
• Brief Case
  
• 2 Suits
  
• Gun

Location List

• Cambridge Town
• Lode Church
  
• Long Road G Block Stairs
  

Logo

Camera work

we have booked the camera for the first half of half term so that we can meet up and film in town and in the church. We have also re-made the music so that it fits better and we are re-doing the anamatic so that you can see tbe images much easier.

I have made a name and advert for the production company we are going to say that made our film

Opening Sequence for 'Se7en'

This video is of a title sequence from the movie 'Se7en'. I think this particular title sequence is really effective as it leads you in to what awaits you in the film. The actual writing itself is quite scary which fits the film as it seems to have been scratched on to the screen. The little clips in between the writing shows the murderer or suspect planning out his plots which again leads you in to what type of film it's going to be.

Rob.

Anamatic Feedback

The feedback on the anamatic was that the shots were difficult to see as they were very faint because they were only in light pencil. They said that most of the music was strange and didnt fit with the shots. also they stated that the beginning of the music was good as it was a hollow droning noise which builds up tension. It was comented that there should be a change in pace when the clips change pase ie shot 12 when john starts to get followed. There was a good timing with the music changing with the clips changing. Once again the class commented on the title and how good it sounds.

animatic

shots

Shot 1... it starts with a shot of john getting his coat off the stand and in the background is a desk with a briefcase on which is closed but not locked.
Shot 2... its a close up of john's face while he brushes his hair.
Shot 3... he wipes a piece of fluff off his jacket (extreme close up of the fluff)
Shot 4... this is a wide shot of john putting on his long trench coat and locking the brief case.
Shot 5... this is a wide shot of him walking down the stairs and stopping half way.
Shot 6... this is a close up of his left sock as he untucks his trousers from the sock.
Shot 7... this is a over shoulder shot of john leaving his garden path and seeing a car with blacked out windows pull up in front off him.
Shot 8... this is a shot reverse shot of two people in the car from the previous shot. having a talk about getting the briefcase off of the man outside. but the shot of the "boss" never reveals his face.
Shot 9... this is a shot of john walking down the path away from the car and his house.
Shot 10... this is an over shoulder shot for the "boss" talking to Hector (the other man in the car) as he leaves the car and says that he has one more chance to retrive the case.
Shot 11... this is a close up of the "boss" as he says kill him if you have to.
Shot 12... an over shoulder shot of john walking up the road.
Shot 13... a close up of john slowly turn to look behind him.
Shot 14... this is a point of view shot back down the road and seeing no one.
Shot 15... this is the same as shot 13 but he lookes more worried.
Shot 16... this shot is the same as shot 14 but john catches a climpse of hector.
Shot 17... this is a mid shot of hector pressed against a wall and then the camera pans across to see john walk around a corner.
Shot 18... this is a mid shot of a church door swing close as hector walks round the corner to see it.
Shot 19... this is a wide shot from the back of the church down through the chairs at the font and alter, this shows one man seated (extra) on the back isle seat with a brief case (the same) in the isle. Hector aproches the extra and the walks to the front isle seat on the right were john is seated (briefcase between his legs).
Shot 20... a extreme close up of a gun.
Shot 21... This is a wide shot of the church were u hear the gun go off.
Shot 22... this is the title screen with DEAD RUNNER in red writing
Shot 23... this is the final shot were you see john exit the church and get into the "the boss" car.

Production company Logo

We decided to create our own comany logo for the production team. We found a pictue of a gun and a bullet hole on google and put them in to paintshop. After this we painted the backgroud a dark purple and went around the pictures of the gun and the hole so that there was no white area around them. Then we took a picture of a mountian also found on google and pasted it in to the paintshop. We then moved it into the centre of the bullet hole to give the impression that the bullet was fired and revealed the mountian. Finally we added a texture from the options on program which we made go from the bottom left corner to half way across the page, this was bold red lines to start with and got fainter the futher they went across the page until the vanished in the middle.

FEEDBACK

We discussed our pitch to the rest of the class and the teacher where we would then get ideas from them and how to improve. They mentioned it was a bit confusing however that maybe because we didn't mention everything. They also said that older actors would be a lot better than getting one of our group to act in it but if the worst comes to worst we would have to use ourselves. The gun scene where the man gets out of the car and you catch a glimpse of his gun was said to be a bit dangerous if anyone gets the wrong idea. But we got compliments on the title we have chose, 'DEAD RUNNER' and it fits well to the story of our sequence. When we film the church scene we would need to get permission from the church so everything runs smoothly.

FEEDBACK

We discussed our pitch to the rest of the class and the teacher where we would then get ideas from them and how to improve. They mentioned it was a bit confusing however that maybe because we didn't mention everything. They also said that older actors would be a lot better than getting one of our group to act in it but if the worst comes to worst we would have to use ourselves. The gun scene where the man gets out of the car and you catch a glimpse of his gun was said to be a bit dangerous if anyone gets the wrong idea. But we got compliments on the title we have chose, 'DEAD RUNNER' and it fits well to the story of our sequence.

FEEDBACK

We discussed our pitch to the rest of the class and the teacher where we would then get ideas from them and how to improve.

PITCH - INITIAL IDEA

Scene 1: First shot is of the good guy in his flat sorting out some fluff on his white shirt (a perfectionist) putting on is long trench coat (black) where he then leaves and starts to walk down stairs, half way down he stops to sort out the bottom of his suit trouser. He comes out of a front door around the centre of town where he sees a car pull up outside.

Scene 2: It cuts to 2 people talking in the car. Discussing to get the brief case that the man is carrying and if failed there will be serious consequences. Henchman gets out of the car straightens his jacket and tightens his tie and starts to follow the good guy; in the background you hear the car drive off.

Scene 3: The good guy looks back because he can hear footsteps, turns too took and no one is there cuts the henchman hiding against the wall pans across back to the guy looking back. He carries on walking but the footsteps just carry on he. Looks back again this time he catches a glimpse of the henchman and realizes he is following him so he speeds up and takes a right down buy FCUK and McDonald's.

Scene 4: Henchman carries on following around the right bend and realizes he has gone in to the church and follows him in (over shoulder shot). When he gets in the church he notices someone sitting down has the exact same briefcase and checks to see if it's the same man he was following, where he discovers it's not. He then clocks the guy sitting at the very front of the church on the seat so he walks, sly, over to him.

Scene 5: Just one massive close up of the gun, catching the detail of the finger on the trigger.

Scene 6: The church from outside where the sound effect of a bang will be played as if the gun has been fired. From this the titles will play containing the name of the piece (undecided so far) and the cast and director etc. However once these titles have finished, you see the man in the trench coat leaving the scene (church) and entering the same car that the Henchman was dropped off in to leave a massive suspicion for the rest of the film.

LEARNING FINAL CUT AND GARAGEBAND

By Will


I created this using final cut. We use "motion" for the text i think it gave it a great affect and made the writing come a bit more to life. We then used GarageBand to make the music we made the music to fit the piece so that it would flow through.

FINAL CUT - PREP WORK

This is the final clip that we made. First off we chose a random audio file from the computer and placed it in final cut. Then we used some pre-made clips that were on the computer to choose from then cut them up and added transitions to fit with the selected music. After this was complete we made our own music on 'Garageband' to fit with the sequence.

Video:



Over all we learned a lot about the programs we used and what each function did and can now use this program quite efficient.

Dave and Rob

Welcome