Progression of editing

As we are in the process of editing our footage we have actually got a lot done and everything seems to be going to plan! So far all the aspects of the editing process we wanted to succeed have been completed. We are trying really hard to make our teaser trailer look as professional and good as possible.
So far we have cut down all the shots we want to use and put them into order. The time lapse has been completed and looks very good, we have added the voiceover from Emily and have finished and added the titles to the teaser. When it came to the bed/field scene we had a few minor problems as we did not think it suited the teaser in a sense and so we decided to cut that scene and we feel that our teaser looks better because of it. We are using a temporary soundtrack that we are hoping can be recreated in a similar style, thanks to two A level music students and are hoping that it will be ready for next week. We are in the process of scanning our disposable photos from the swimming pool onto the computer and once they have been uploaded we will be able to add that to the trailer.
Today in class we achieved quite a lot, we took on the advice from the screening the other day. The main success of today was rearranging the whole of the teaser and then speeding it up, from the end of the teaser back to the beginning, we were really pleased with the outcome of it. We also began editing our production logo but after watching and cutting the footage we are indecisive about whether we want to keep this logo or not as we feel it does not fit the genre and style of our teaser trailer.

Screening Feedback

On Friday we screened our teaser trailer to the class. We got really positive feedback from the class, particularly about our water scenes and our voiceover. They also commented on our reuse of our whole teaser trailer being reversed in a matter of seconds. Although all the classes teaser trailers were unfinished we were pleased to see we were further along than others and are on our way to finishing ready for the deadline.

The advice we received was to shorten the length of the laughing scenes to prevent the audience from losing interest and re record our voice overs as the second voiceover of dream was too quiet. We have amended the laughing shots and made it shorter and we are going to re record the voice overs of Emily this week.

Upon reflection the music that will be best suited to our teaser trailer, would be  a song much like the one in the video above. The softness and calm nature of the song beautifully juxtapositions against the chaos of our teaser trailer. It reflects the mental state of Both the character, Verity as well as complimenting the water scenes very well. The simplistic melody contrasts against the scenes of Verity (Emily) laughing hysterically which we feel allows the audience to perhaps feel sympathy for Verity.
We shall attempt to create a song much like the one above to compliment our teaser tailer, as well as adding atmosphere.

Review of Filming

The pool shots couldn't of gone better.  We firstly shot Emily floating in the water and there was a light behind her in the pool which made the shot look quite mysterious and beautiful.  Then we filmed the close up of Emily's hands in the water, we did quite a few long takes of these to give ourselves lots of options.  Then Holly got in the pool and took photos using the underwater camera of Emily looking distressed coming towards the camera.  There were 32 photos on each camera and we used two so we have 64 photos to choose from.  Holly is going to take the cameras to be developed tomorrow so hopefully they will be done by Friday and we can upload them.  Everything went so smoothly today and I am really pleased with the footage we have got.

Final Filming Day

Tonight is our final filming day.  It is the pool scene which we are filming at Molly's Mum's friends house, this is a slight change of plan from the original.  We were hoping to use an outdoor pool but now that the weather is so cold and the days so short it would be difficult for us to get enough daylight hours, so using an indoor pool is more practical and kinder to our actress.  From today we are hoping to achieve good quality underwater shots on our disposible camera as well as interesting shots on the video camera.  We want our teaser to be really exciting and quite edgy and we hope by incorporating the use of and underwater location will make our teaser stand out.  For kit today we have all packed our towels and swimming costumes and goggles so we can see the shots we are capturing underwater.  We have set ourselves quite a long time to do this pool section as we want it to be of a really high quality and want to try our shots from lots of different angles.

First stage of Editing

Today, we exported the clips of Emily standing in Regents street whilst people surround her, this we sped up so that a time lapse is formed. It is very effective as Emily is effective as Emily is slowly moving her head from side to side, which contrasts against the fast moving background.

Here, is the screen shot of Emily turning with a sped up effect around her. We had to apply the effect several times in order for the wanted speed to be achieved, we are happy with the speed we managed to create and we are very pleased with the outcome of the clip.

Here, is a screen grab of the titles, they look really effective and have a clear resemblance to the genre of the film. The black background allows the white font to really stand out and grab the attention of the viewer.

Music Maestro (I think so)

Today, me and fellow groupie Daisy experimented with the soundtrack. We experimented with piano, guitar and layering of beats. We were really trying to find music that was both exciting and adaptable to the theme of psychological thriller. We created a piece that sound similar to the music of 'Linkin Park' for the sound track of transformer, this was not done intentionally however both our film and transformers has a sense of mystery and heart felt pace.
We layered multiple tracks including Electric guitar, Jingles and a synth. To make one possible soundtrack.







We are looking to apply a sound track as an undertone to our voice over, or in the places of silence.
We are pleased with the initial idea for our sound track and when editing is completed we shall experiment with this sound track under our actual footage