Friday 28 February 2014

Creation of a Voice-over

For the voice over we decided to put into the beginning of our title sequence I wrote a monologue to be read for it. Using my knowledge of music technology I was able to record two different people speaking it in the recording studio, using the microphones, pop filters and the X32 Behringer mixing desk also by using logic pro. I bounced both tracks and created two Mp3 tracks:


Number 1:



Number 2:

After listening to both voice overs as a group and asking other students in the sixth form we decided that number 2 is more suited for our film as the voice is more suited by the way it sounds more enthusiastic.


The 2nd Editing

In this double lesson we continued editing and doing all of our other shots, since the last lesson Hayley had added some more of the shots to the rough cut in her free lessons also when I was with her for an hour she changed the speed of some of the clips. The first example of this was with when I bump into her on the main concourse me and Hayley changed the speed of the shot to 15% so that it has a slow motion effect and now you can really notice when they first see each over and makes this part of the title sequence stand out from the rest. Hayley also changed the speed of the traffic shots up to 600% so that they have a fast motion affect and shows time passing also I think it gives a cool feel to the title sequence showing off London's busy streets in a different way to what they are normally looked at in.

We started by looking at the changes Hayley had made to the title sequence, we discussed what else we needed to do and went straight back to where we left off, Hayley carried on cutting the clips and finishing off the rough cut, I went straight back to finding some music for the title sequence, I was able to refine the search so that only happy and cheerful music came up in my search which we need as it is a convention for a rom-com. After looking through lots of the copyright free music I wrote down the ones I feel would best suit the title sequence so that I had a short-list of songs, Hayley was going to use the short-list to see which sounded best with the rough cut we already had, after finding all the main music that we needed I then focused on some of the sound effects that we would need like a heart beat for the bit after the accident also the sound of the a clock tower for Big Ben and the last sound that we would need is the sound of the car/bus skidding and then hitting me. Laxmi was still looking at the best titles to use she started to create a question with lots of different fonts for the title and you tick the one you like best these will probably be given to our class mates.

Wednesday 26 February 2014

Editing 1st time for everything

First lesson back after the half term, after looking at the shots we got again we discussed them a bit more and thought there was some good shots for one day of filming I then helped organise the roles for everyone, Hayley was put in charge of the actual editing of the clips we got, her job was to make the rough cut of our title sequence but first she had to import and convert the MOV. files into the DV. files which final cut pro uses, this is the editing programme we are using to create our title sequence as is quite easy to use and we have already been taught how to use most of the functions for it. Laxmi was put in charge of the titles deciding what fonts to use and where each tile should be placed, only planning this until she come up with the final ideas. I was in charge of the sound and the music, I decide to put music as the priority over all the sound as I believe the key to creating a great title sequence is the music and I think especially in a Rom-Com. Using the web-site called audio network I was able to look for some free un-copyrighted music to add to our title sequence so I started by searching different types of music to see if any would fit better with the feel to our music after searching for about 30 minutes I could not find what I was looking and we had run out of time for this lesson so i would have to find some in the next double lesson on wednesday.

Sunday 23 February 2014

Journal Entry for the 27/2/2014- Final Logo

Final Logo Idea

After talking about our production logo in depth and talking to Sinead about it she said she liked what we had but agreed that it was little to basic and that we could try and create one ourselves using a hand drawn heart which we already wanted to do so from this we set Laxmi the task of creating by hand as she does Fine Art as an A-Level the production logo for our company- Romway Films she started off by just drawing the heart to how we wanted it and to effect we wanted so that it looked hand made, we then scanned it into the computer where the production company title was put in using Photoshop. This is our finish product of our production logo:




Saturday 22 February 2014

1st Day Of Filming

17th of February
This was our first day of filming, Me, Hayley and Laxmi all met on the bus going to Bexleyheath station. When getting to the station we made sure we had all props and items needed for filming then waited for the train that was taking us to London, whilst on this train we filmed some shots of trains passing by our train and also some of the view of London from the trains windows, we also was able to film some shots in the actual train of me doing different things and even the reflection of myself in the window was a good shot. As we arrived at our destination which was Waterloo east station we walked out onto the main concourse but on the upper level we discussed the best place to shoot and which shots we could get, from this we decided we was going to do some gorilla filming from above onto the lower level of me and Hayley walking in between the commuters on their way to work. Once getting into London we got lots of different shots of famous landmarks like Big Ben and the London Eye then we walked across the south bank getting more and more shots all the way up to Trafalgar Square where we got our last shots before going home.

18th of Febuary      
On this day we didn't go up London for that long we got some more shots on the train and some different shots of the traffic all around London which we are going to speed up when editing them to create an effect, we also got a few more shots of just me and Hayley walking around up there.

Friday 14 February 2014

Change of the film title

After discussing the title of the film for a couple of weeks we decided Train Affairs was no the title we wanted for our film so after discussing more and different titles as a group we decided that Delayed would be a better choice as it links in with trains but also the fact he is delayed on the way to their date by tragic accident but does eventually make it there. So links in lots of different factors within the movie. Also i believe it has a better feel to it as a film title compared to train affairs. However we will still put out some questionnaires about the title to try and improve it.




Thursday 13 February 2014

Results of the Questionnaire

After the questionnaires back we come up with these results:

From this question we can see that from the plot people can see it will be a Romantic Comedy as they are the most commonly selected from the questionnaires. 

From the results of this question we can see that we was right to change the name of the film to Delayed as that is the most liked title.

After explaining the movie it was clear that more females wanted to fill out the questionnaire as they are more likely to go see this film.  

This shows us people are more indecisive then decisive on whether they will go to see this film.  

This graph shows us from results that people aged 17-20 are most likely to go and see this film.




Wednesday 12 February 2014

Split Screening

Our group are focused on using split screening throughout our title sequence as we feel it will create the perfect feel for what we want for our title sequence. Theres lots of different way to use split screens such as this way which out group took some ideas from:

 My group took lots of inspiration from this short split screen film just by the way it is filmed using the contrasting cities but in ours we are using contrasting objects to help show the differences between the characters. This is a great way of using split screen however my group will be using split screen in different ways.


Monday 10 February 2014

Questionnaire's

On the Wednesday we created some questionnaires that we though we could give out to some friends or the general public to get some feedback on the piece as a whole. These are the questionnaires forms that we created, there are just some general questions on each and one being a change in title which the group feel the movie needs anyway. We will take all questionnaires into mind after them being filled out and discuss any thing we feel needs changing after we get the results back.



Friday 7 February 2014

Production Log

In this lesson we designed a production logs to help us keep track of the dates we are filming along with other things such as the props that we will need for each day, we have also hired one the schools DSLR cameras and a Stedi-cam for before we break up for the half term so that we can use it for filming up London. We decided which dates we would film on and which dates we would use to edit the film, find music and create some of the titles, this is only a type of plan so if we then decide to change dates for different reasons we will be able to as it is only a plan. From this we have decided as a group to film during the half term between the 17th and 21st of February because this is when we are all free as a group also the time we want to go up London to film is from 10 am to 3 pm so that we miss the peak times and will cost us less for travel.

From this we also discussed all the different props that everyone would need so we organised who was bringing what props-

Aaron (Me):
- Smart suit and tie
- Watch
- Umbrella

Laxmi:
- The briefcase or laptop bag

Hayley:
- Glasses
- Watch
- Handbag
- Lipstick

Also I will be keeping and transporting the camera and stedi-cam to location and back.

These are the first drafts of the production logs and what we started during the lesson:




These are our finished production logs after completing them in our own time as a group:







2nd story boarding

After discussing ideas again for our filming we decided our first idea and story boards were not as good as they could be so we decided we would change them, first by changing where we was going to shoot, after thoroughly going through this and discussing different locations we realised most romantic comedies are set in big cities like NewYork and London so we thought, we are only a train away from london so why not film up london which would give us a great location to film and lots of other ideas can come just from the location. From the location we decided to use different things such as a london cab to represent london a little bit more, so we thought we could start the title sequence as a black screen just the noise of a women inside the taxi with the engine running from this we were going to have her step out of the taxi and film her legs walking across the street.






















From this we will be using a split screen by bringing across another screen with a males legs walking down a street. From this we will be introducing different props which both characters will have and they will be similar and will be compared using the split screen, during this they will both be walking to the train station and there will be different shots, one shot will be an over the shoulder shot of the male where we will see the female crossing the street. Then when they finally get to the train station they meet and the split screen will become one.

    

Wednesday 5 February 2014

A Lesson On Typography

In this lesson we spoke about the importance of typography, we looked at three title sequence in particular; "Catch Me If You Can", "Lord Of The War" and "Forest Gump".

First of all we spoke about the normal and conventional order of the titles which are as the following:

- Production Company's (normally big production company's first then smaller ones follow)
- Then the name of whoever's film it is which is normally the director
- Stars of the film or talent in the order of who is the most famous
- Title or name of the film
- Crew members
- Editor
- Writer
- Producers e.g. Producer, Executive Producer and Co-producer
- Then at the end the Director should appear.

  Typography for Catch Me If You Can:

- The titles appear as if its been done by a typewriter or and old cheque format.
- There are two types of font, one being Serif which is formal and the other being San-serif which is more informal so this tells the audience that there is maybe two characters, one that is more formal and another which is less formal.
- Has quite a big Saul Bass influence on it, you can see this from the shapes and objects making up the scenes and that it is animated.
- Most of the titles attach there selves to objects and things within the animated scenes to hint and show that one of the characters which is Leonardo Dicaprio, disguises himself within his surroundings to help hide from the man chasing him.

Typography for Lord Of War:

- The titles are bold and masculine, and are all done in block capitals to add the effect that they are important.
- Sharp edged and medium sized but mostly all centred to show again their importance.
- The title of the film is separated so that Lord and War are not seen as the same thing it creates the effect that they are two different things.


Typography of Forest Gump:

- The typography in this title sequence is very conventional and classic.
- Serif shows that the titles are formal.
- White writing and white feather connotes it being peaceful and elegant.
- The text is all centre but because it is in white it does not draw to much attention, and it fades in and out very calmly.
- Old style text with the use of capital letters.

Monday 3 February 2014

Audience Profiling Presentation

This is our audience profiling presentation explaining the types of people or audience which will want to watch our film in the cinema or other platforms, through the genre which is rom-com. On this presentation is also some more information about the conventions and our production logo and the steps we took to make it.