Final Project

Editing

In order to edit the video footage we had to use software called final-cut express.
This allowed me to change the length of the film and use many different types of editing skills.
In order to film the opening sequence we had to shoot a number of shots many different times in order to get them perfect, and this meant that when it came to editing i had to cut bits out. Once the clips were cut and placed in order, i then had to make sure that it flowed. To do this i used fading, in order to make the clips blend and allow continuity to be obvious to the viewer. Some clips were left without a fade as they naturally carried on flowing, such as the match on action shot on the stairs. In order to create the effect of Martin's character 'fading away' we had to overlay two different clips, one with Martin in, and one without him in the frame and fade the clip of him over the empty frame clip. This meant that it looked as if he disappeared and we were left with an empty frame. This worked really well.
It then came to the credits and in order to do this we used the text tool and placed the text where abouts in the frame we wanted it, such as in the second shot the writing follows me across the screen and when it is written on the piano, and the book. We also used fading where appropriate as well as enlarging the text to make it fly forward in the clip of the characters walking down the long corridor.
Overall the footage looks good and the editing was done with alot of care so it all fits in and flows well and the group is pleased with the end result.

Music

The music started of by just using the keyboard on the mac and using symphs sound effects to create the sound. Over time i added and took away from it to try and make a sound to match the feel of what the film would be about, but also make it easy to listen to. This went through a lot of stages, it started of by using the sympth sound at the start then going into an electric guitar and drum beat. After watching the film i decided this didn't go with the mood and that it was to energetic and didn't fit in. I went back and took out the electric guitar and replaced it with an acoustic guitar to give it a more gental relaxed feel and a bit more emotion. I then replaced the keybord at the start with a spooky sounding electric keyboard and deep base chello which then faded into a grand piano piece. To created the music it was a trail and error proses seeing what worked well with other parts of the song or having to decided to get rid of parts all together wich alot of the time made it sound better. I think that it now works well with the opening and makes it feel more complete.

Images of filming

These our images i took of our group filming certain parts of the footage. The first photo is when we were setting the camera up to do a tracking shot around my head. The second and third image are both when we were filming the establishing shot.

Second Day Of Filming

We filmed a lot more footage today and this was purposeful as it will allow us more to play around with in the editing process. We filmed sequences that will involve Martin's character fading into the background to create a ghost like appearance. We will do this by overlaying a peice of film with Martin in, with a peice of film where martin is not there. We used a dolly to allow a swift tracking shot around a characters head as well as tracking down the coridoor and through rooms. We also found new locations to shoot and have included this in our storyboards. As we now have lots of footage to play around with we have decided against the montage idea.

Storyboard

This is the storyboard i drew up in order to help compose the shots and make the film flow.

First day of filming

Today was our first day of filming and we started by attempting to film our establishing shot of the college from the outside with a smoke effect.
After that we decided to use a digital camera to take lost of shots around the college to use for a montage in our opening sequence.