Post for our Film

This is our embedded film

Evaluation

Here is the link to my Prezi presentation

 http://prezi.com/ovx-1b-kaghe/mark-northcott-media-studies-as-evaluation/

These are the links to trailers stated in my evaluation

Also the following link is to my 'Preliminary task blog'- http://marknorthcottas.blogspot.com/

blog update- editing changes due to audience feedback

The jump cuts we have during the flashback scene have been cut down because each shot was to long, as well as this we have 8 jump cuts instead of 4 to make them longer and have more of an effect. The jumps keep the audience's attention this is why fast paced editing is used.

 The heartbeat has been put on all the flashback scenes to help the audience recognise the change in time in the film. Also it subtle creates enigma because anything could happen during the flashback. Also we changed the volume of the heartbeat. Now it is quieter to stop it taking the attention away from what is on screen.

The audio from the start of the first flashback has been put on top of the jump cuts and slowed down by 50%. We felt that the jumps were missing something because the sound can create different emotions for the viewer.

 Also the audio from the end of the flashback scene has been put on the second flashback ending and faded out into the next shot, again this helps the viewer recognise the difference between the films real time and the flashback.

 We have blurred the shots in the time frame between 57 seconds and 63seconds. As well as that we slowed them down, we did this because the previous shot was when Arthur had been hit and that shot was blurred so for continuity we had to blur the shots after.

 The final edit we have done recently is the shot on 60seconds has been zoomed in because positioning of Tom Riley kept changing on the before and after shot. Also the borders on the shot before and after the shot on 60 seconds is larger so we had to edit the shot to make the borders look the same.

 These edits were done on the same day.

blog update- editing changes due to audience feedback

After the class watched the rough cut of our film we received feedback from, the other groups, the feedback was about editing and whether or not it was typical to that of a conventional thriller film.

 From the feedback we decided to change a lot of the editing in our opening sequence. To start with we deleted all the video transitions throughout due to that fact they appeared rushed, as well as this the majority of them were cross fades, with some of the later clips having 'fade in, fade out' transitions.

 we have now decided to use more cuts to each shot to help the film run smoothly and keep the viewer wanting more, because 'fade in fade outs' don't create excitement and tension.

We have changed the volume levels on the heartbeat soundtrack during the flashbacks because they were to loud and over powering. we found this out from our audience feedback, we know now that the sound levels were to high taking attention away from what was going on, on screen. We lowered the sound levels, we did this by double clicking on the audio and dragging the decibel down to minus 28.

We have currently only re edited the first 40 seconds of footage, but it is still a great improvement. We have an extreme close up on Arthur's eye, which have edited by changing the colour slightly to a light red which brings out the centre of his eye. As well as this we edited a glow on to it to help it stand out. The audio for this clip is now linked to the video transitions and is very effective.

Changes we are still going to make are definitely to re-record the speech, we can do this because the majority of the shots where the actors are talking is them not facing the camera, this makes it easy to do. we are rerecording the sound because the actors aren't speaking as if they are actually in that situation.

We have also cut down certain clips because they dragged on far to long meaning the audience can lose interest. For example the first flashback where there is a point of view from Arthur's perspective we have cut down by 4 seconds to help the film flow.

Other edits we have done are getting a sound effect to make the punches seem more realistic. This also makes it seem more professional. the way we filmed the punches means we can put on a punching sound effect, we are however having problems with finding a realistic sound effect. An idea i had was to use a punching effect from another film because they are already realistic.this could have copyright related issues.

Blog update

We have completed the rough cut and the film is on disc, we are now ready to show the class the rough cut and receive feedback on what we can change to suit the target audience.

blog update

We have been editing the film since 4th January 2012. We have to have a rough cut by 23rd Monday 2012, currently we have got all the clips in order with the majority of them cut down, we have a chunk of footage that has been completed, we just need to put the final effects on to the last 20 seconds with of footage.

Transitions

We use transitions in our opening sequence for continuity and to show a change in scene, these can help the viewer get into the film. As well as crerating tension and confusin with fast paced editing involving fast cuts.

With our footage we will use mostly cuts to help link each shot as well as at the end of each scene to split the sequence up.

 The transitions we use are very important to keep the audience interested in our film, we have filmed alot of our shots separately instead of continuously, because of this we need to think of a better transisition then a cut because the sequence looks to jumpy whereas we want it to be smooth.

 The only time we need the sequence to look uneasy is when we have the multiple jump cuts during the flashback scene.

 Hopefully we will be able to create confusion as well as a storyline worth following through the editing to keep the audience intersted and wanting to watch the rest of the film.

Changes made during filming

During filming we made a variety of changes to some of the shots due to the location change which meant were not able to shoot some of the shots. We had to adapt to the situation by changing the shot type to suit the location change.

 Firstly the storyboard shows Arthur with a bag over his head, but we changed this because we wanted to film a point of view shot but the effect on the audience wouldn't be as good therefore we removed the bag to help the viewer feel more involved.

 Shots 1 to 3 are the same but filmed in one continuous shot to help continuity instead of filming each individually.

 Shot 5 was meant to be a point of view from Tom Ryder's perspective but we have changed it to Arthur's P.O.V to show the setting more.

 Then shot 6 is the same but without a bag on Arthur's head for the reason stated earlier.

 The next significant shot change is shot 11 where we have kept the over the shoulder shot but changed the positioning of it because of the lack of space in my garage as well as the lighting a the start of filming. So now the shot is filmed in front of Arthur not behind him.

 Shots 20- 27 are different to the storyboard  because there was a miscommunication between the actors whilst they dragged Arthur up the drive. As well as this we changed the angles of some shots and filmed the sequence continuously for continuity. two of the shots were meant to be high angle jump cuts between each other, but we didn't have the facilities to do this.

Whilst we were looking at the clips we were discussing editing techniques to fix some of the issues and to improve on the sequences to fit thriller conventions through the editing.

 Another issue we faced was lighting and we couldn't find anything to light up the room effectively and dimly, so we had to settle for the garage light however to fix this problem we can adjust the brightness of the sequences during the editing process.

blog update

We filmed the key scenes for our film today, we stopped because the battery ran out on the camera and would take to long to charge with us having to film at night. In tomorrows media lesson we will discuss when we film the final scene, aswell as this we will start editing the footage we have.