AS Media Studies Production: Editing Update First Draft

Editing First Draft

Editing: So far we have been able to do quite alot of editing. We have been able to put together around 1 minute, 30 seconds together. However this does not include the title sequence and the company logos that we are going to put in. We have got all of the correct sounds where we need them and the cuts are very sharp or very quick when it is needed. We have also been able to edit together a sequence of small clips with some fading inbetween whcih create a very good affect of time passing by.

 

Filming: At the moment we haven't filmed everything that we want to film. This is because is because of the weather that we have had. Howver we have been able to do some filming indoor. In our film we have got somne clips that will be cut to very quickly and then taken away again very quickly. these short clips are of one of the boys washing their hands. They are meant to act as a flash forwards. Lately we have been able to film these quick shots indoors. 

AS Media Studies Production: Financing Company's

Financing Companys

The name of our group’s film production company is going to be 'Trouble Productions' we have yet to make a logo for it however we are working on it.

To be able to create the film the film industry will need to get funding from one or two finance companys. This is because these filmers will not have the money to be able to create a whole film. As a low budget filming group we will have to choose from a range of lower end companys. For our film and the genre that it is in we have been looking at a few that can be potential finance companys. From the group of companys we had narrowed it down to two companys and these are BBC Films and Pathe. We decide to pick these two companys because of the type of film we are creating and because of our status of amature filmers.

AS Media Studies Production: Film Title

Film Title

 

When filming we were constantly thinking of new titles that we could use for our main title and the title of the film. Some of these title were 'The Woodland pact', 'Trapstyles Woods' and more. However during our editing stages of our first cut we were able to think of a good title that would relate to our film well and have some meaning behind it. We came up with the name 'It Never Happened'. We all felt that this was going to be a good title because of the genre that we have set our film in.

 

The next thing that we had to find was the font that we were going to use. It didnt take us long until we found a great website with all different kinds of fonts that were free to download and use. The website that we got the font that is shown above from was called www.1001freefonts.com . The font that we found and are going to use is called 'Appetre', this font is going to fit in well with our film as it can show a bit of thriller as it has a bit of shaking in it. The font that we have chosen is similar to the film 'Jeepers Creepers' that is also in the thriller genre. Their titles have got the clear text but also has some shaking in it to add to affect.

 

There are only a few titles that we are going to use. The titles that we use will not have their own slides, they will be in the foreground of our film and they will be in white so that they show up a lot more. The titles that we will be creating, in order are: 1. The title 'It Never Happened'

                                                                                      2. Max Allum

                                                                                      3. Billy Saxon

                                                                                      4. Jimmy Beaton

                                                                                      5. Matt Elsom

AS Media Studies Production: 3rd day of Filming

3rd Day of Filming

 On our 3rd day of filming we started off at the same location as last time but in a different area. To start off with we planned out all the different shots that we were going to take and compare them against the story board that we had created. Once we had planned all of our shots we started to experiment with the different angles and distances from which we should take then. After deciding we begun our filming. 

After two hours we had finally got all of the shots that we needed and we were able to capture everything we needed just before it started to get dark. I think that the shots that we got are very good and are able to create the sense of panic that we were trying to show. I think that after some editing and cutting the shots we took would end up being very smooth and will follow our storyboard very well. We have now done all of the filming that we need, unless there are a few shots that need to be re-done.

AS Media Studies Production: Second Day of Shooting

Filming Day 2

Our second day of filming was during our double Media Lesson on Thursday the 29th of November. During this time we filmed the flashback scene showing Billy washing his hands. He had put dirt of them to make it more realistic (he gets the dirt from when the boys were running away and he fell over). We filmed the scene in the school toilets, it was made to look as if he had found the nearest sink possible and that being a public restroom. We did three different shots a Point of view from Billy, a over the shoulder and a close up this was to show different shots every time it flashes back. Each of these flash backs will be quickly flashed onto screen as the camera zooms out from the dead body. They will be linked in with white noise and a static screen to help portray the sense of panic as Billy is washing his hands.

AS Media Studies Production: Location

Location

For our filming we have found a great location with the potential to film all of our clips that we have planned. At the start we have found a ditch in the forest where we can place the body. The rest of the forest is full of paths that we are able to use for our other two actors. They would be able to run down these paths without any problems. The camera would be able to film without any trees getting the way of the models. We have also found a great location for our final scene where the two boys are running down the path with the trees over the tops of them. Overall I think that this is going to be the best place for us to film.

AS Media Studies Production: Sound and Music

Sound and Music Ideas

The beginging of the scene we want it to be silent other than the noises of the forest. We can not just record this as Trapstyles woods is right next to the A10 so would pick up unwanted traffic noises. This means we will need to make our own diagetic sounds for the scene including wind, leaf crunching, and crow noises to represent death. During the flash back we will need to find a noise that is non diagetic and loud to catch the audience off guard we will also need to seperately record a tap running and heavy breathing. For the boys running away we need the noises of their footprints, heavy breathing and music to add to the drama. The music we are looking to find is some loud drumming music to build tension within the scene.