Rough Cut to Final Video

Rough cut to final video 

Feedback Evaluation

The feedback that we received was that we should make small minor changes to each of these scenes. Th main points that were picked up on was to make sure that the dialogue can be heard when the mum is talking. Also to make sure that we cut in a little bit where Nathan is walking into the camera. We were also told that Nathans mum is seen to be a little blurry at the start. This is something that we cannot change. We can now work on the music, make scenes lighter, and fade in and out.

Focus Group and Film

Below is our version of the film which we showed to the class to get there feedback.





Below is the feedback that we received in our focus group:






We will take these points into consideration and edit our film according to what we have been told and ideas suggested.

Editing Complete

Today we spent all of our break in the editing suite. We have now successfully edited our film which took is 4 and a half hours to do. We were adding finishing touches such as the title and ending slide.

Permission to use music -Copyright

Today my team member Billie emailed the person who composed the music to ask him if we could use the music in our short film. Below is the email that was sent and the reply that we received:

Music Change

We have chosen new music that we think is suitable for our film. Below is what it is:

Backing Track Planning

Editing- 2

Today we have managed to put everything into order, we are just cutting off different parts to make sure that the film flows in order and doesn't look out of place. We will need to be thinking of a backing track as we have changed our mind from the last time. We feel that the previous music that we chose can become quite repetitive and doesn't fit the theme very well.

Editing

Today we are editing and putting everything into order. This is a bit tricky as we have so many scenes and most of which we will not be using so we have to use the razor tool to cut many things out.

Editing

We have started editing the footage that we have so far. We have tried to add some effects to outline then flashback and to show the difference between the present and past. We will continue to edit.

Filming Day 3- Complete

We filmed today and completed the new scenes that we were meant to film. Filming went very well and we managed to get everything done. There were minor issues that we had to address which was lighting. As it is winter now and the day is shorter it gets darker quick. As we had to wait for Nathans brother to come to meet us at the Olympic Park it got very dark by the time we started filming. We had use the torch in our phones in order to film. You can see the shots but sometimes they can become very hard to see because of the darkness in colour. Lighting was a major problem for us when filming but apart from theme all went well. We managed the props well in terms of making  fake drug sachets. We then went to Nathans house to film the remainder flashback scenes. All went according to plan.

Planning Filming

House Recce

Script

Below is a script for our short film which we all put together. We all had a part of the film that we covered. I covered the first half while Billie took hold of the second half and Nathan covered the last half. It was then put together by Nathan. 

Senseless Script

(Music fades in) 

Scene with Nathan and his mum 

Mum: How can you carry on as normal? Don’t you care? Your brother is dead. For god sake. 

Nathan: Mum! Mum please! Mum, mum! Mum, I’m begging you please.

 (Mum grabs Nathan and throws him out then slams door in his face.) 

(Mum opens door and throws Nathans coat at him then closes door again) 

(Music still playing)

In Nathans Room
Nathan: Pass my bag
Nathan puts drugs into the bag as Aaron watches.
Aaron puts his face in his hands
Music starts
*Music gets lower while they talk*
Nathan pats Aaron
Nathan: Are you looking?!
Aaron: Yess!
Nathan: Watch carefully
He puts the drugs into the bags
*music gets louder*
Next Scene: House scene where Aarons nose starts bleeding, rushes into bathroom.

Nathan: Lemme give you something

Aaron: Can I ask you something..

Nathan: What is it?

Aaron: Can you die from this?

Nathan: You can’t.... Why would you ask that?

Aaron: I was just wondering

Nathan: Sell it for about 10,  just make sure you do it

Aaron: Hm…

(Nathan approaches bridge)

Nathan: I’m sorryy!

New Storyboard

We have no come up with a new storyboard which we will be adding to our existing story. In our story we will now just have Nathan and his brother as the main characters and we will exclude the scenes where there was supposed to be a fight. We have also changed the reason for the death of this brother which will be drugs. We think that this is very effective as it is something from real life which happens on a daily basis all over London. In the next blog post I will be adding images of the new storyboard.

Change of plan -Filming Day 3

We have been unlucky with filming this time round as we have had many issues involving our actors and we cannot find a time that suits everyone. Due to this, we have decided to change our storyboard in order to get everything done. Below are a few screen shots from our group chat on WhatsApp where we have discussed this issues. Nothing is settled as we are yet to make a final decision.

Filming Day 1 - problems

Yesterday was the first day of filming which we managed to successfully complete. Due to the rain affecting some of our shots, we still managed to get it all done within the time stated. as the sun kept coming in and out it made filming quite hard and due to this we had to keep changing the exposure on the camera. Below you can see the difference in shots as we have it up on Final Cut Pro to show the difference

    

Above you can see that the sky is very bright an you can barely see it.

Here is the edited version of the sky which you can see much better. This was done by correcting the exposure. 

Team Meeting

Today we had a team meeting and discussed the issues we were facing regarding actors and timings. We then came up with a date to film which will be on Wednesday 19th November. We will all be present and we intend to get the new scenes filmed. In the next blog post I will be uploading our new storyboard where we have included the new scenes that we will film. 

Team meeting

Due to unforeseen circumstances we were unable to film of the day that we said we would film on. This was Wednesday 5th November. We had another team meeting where we discussed the next available date to film. This will be next Wednesday which is the 12th November. We will be leaving college at 1.30pm to get to Stratford for a suitable time to set up all equipment. We will then meet Nathans brother and his friends who all have a part in the film. We hope to get the final fight scene done. We will then continue to edit.