Music

Now approaching group critiques and the process that goes by the name of snagging.
We are almost ready for our film to be critiqued. I feel like it is still a rough cut, as we haven't added any sounds yet.

- We recorded all the diegetic sound we wish to use.
- I thought it would be a good idea to have a track playing in the background throughout the film, then fade when we need to.

I am eager to use a track from the 50s, possibly early 60s era. I am thinking we could use snippets from different songs at different times. Of course, I do not want it to look too much like a music video.

Songs



Love is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia: The first song I considered using. I showed it to my group, and they liked it. It reminds me of Dirty Dancing too much though.



Goin' Out of My Head - Little Anthony & The Imperials: I think this song is perfect for the ending shot. I think I'm going out of my head...

Re-shoot

Drama over. Re-shoot done.

Today we added the new footage and it is already starting to look A LOT better.

Thoughts & Stuff

Whenever uploading video to blogger, it makes the quality look so bad!
THIS DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO THE QUALITY OF OUR FILM.
Youtube would not let the video upload, I wanted the video up on blogger as soon as possible, so I just had to settle for blogger. When everything is done, I will upload to youtube.

Also, need to start thinking of music to use, and an actual title! Although I am beginning to like, Untitled Film Project.
May design a banner for this blog too.

First Edit!

The first edit.

FINALLY uploaded the video!
In the previous posts you can see what we discussed. In school we watched it together with Thrasher and we noticed there is a few shots where Layla looks at the camera so we need to re-shoot! I was hoping we got everything we needed to when filming the first time, but sadly we haven't. We only need a couple of shots though.

Our subject was not very happy about the re-shoot as she wanted to dye her hair yesterday but we have had to ask her to postpone it a few more days as we only can shoot tomorrow.
If she has dyed her hair we could always make the film black and white so it would not be as obvious but I am worried the tones may be darker or something.
I am such a continuity freak so this is a big worry.

Half Term

During half-term Callum, (the editor) put together a rough cut. As youtube was not working, he uploaded the video privately and sent Jake and I a link. Jake received the e-mail before me, so Callum and him discussed a few things. (above)

My oven was often in the shot, and there is a green timer in the middle showing the time. It was a concern as it was going to effect the continuity. Every time we was about to film, I would have to press a button to change the time to 00:00. When it came to post production, Callum chose clips where you cannot really see the timer anyway, so this is good.


When I received the e-mail, I also replied with my opinions and worries. I felt really negative, but I was only being critical. I watched it with my father in the room and he agreed it has a very slow start. This was my biggest worry, people losing interest right at the beginning. Towards the end of the film Layla is running around all frantically and it is really intriguing. The editing is superb at this end, and we decided to end on a calmer shot (her sitting down and looking straight ahead). I feel from the moment the film starts it should be quick, edgy and it should draw an audience in.


School tomorrow, Film Tuesday&Thursday.
We have a lot to do.