2) Post-Production - Editing Clips in Premier Pro

editing clips by EmmaHolt

1) Post-Production - Titles

titie cards by EmmaHolt

PRODUCTION - Problems Faced

During the stages of pre-production and production there were really no problems that were  encountered, but when it came to post-production and editing, there were some challenges that was faced. 

Premiere Pro:
This was the editing software they I had to use to edit the film project. It was the first time for me to use this and I had know idea in what I was doing. However, for help to create an actual I asked my seminar tutor for guidance along with tutorials on StudySpace. This was a great help as it started to make me feel at ease with the program. 
For all the effects if that be video or audio, I had no idea completely in what to do. So, I used  number of YouTube tutorials for help. This helped a lot as it showed me what to do and I felt that worked for me, as I was doing the action at the same time as the tutorial. Again the same for the audio, I watched YouTube to help bland and fade music's together for the project. 

PRODUCTION

production by EmmaHolt

5) Planning - Costume/Props

Props/Costume by Emma Holt

4) Planning - Locations

Locations by Emma Holt

3) Planning - Audio

Below are all the sounds that we have used throughout the project. They are short clips of the sounds we used. 

2) Planning - Title Cards

The project is going to be in a silent movie style, with some changes. Some of the clips will be in black & white, and others in colour, showing that some aspects of the film are more dramatic than others.
Also, another common convention in a silent movie that the project will consist of is title cards (image to left). This help further explain the actors mime or gestures, so the audience has more of a gist of what is happening in the film. 







The image to the right shows the font style that the title cards will contain. The font is called "Apple Chancery". Its extended tails on letters link it back to when silent films first appeared in society, giving the project a historical feel on a modern day issue with mobile phones. 

Below are the titles being used in the project:

1) Planning - Storyboard

Research into Concept for Project

Research into Silent Movies

Silent Films have been highly popular since the late 1800s, and today are a break through in the film industry. The films common conventions consist of the sequence having no syncgronised sound, particularly dialogue. Although, for the films to get across a story gestures, titles and mime are used. The use of mime creates an entertainment feel...and in the project we want to put across a comical feel to show our proposal of how media effects the people consuming it. Also, the films are in blsck and white, mainly due to the age of the film, but this could add more emotion or atmosphere to the film. Alongside the gestures and titles, music plays an important role in a silent film. The audio adds the atmosphere to the film, giving it the overall feeling of comedy or tragedy making the film more engaging. 

So for the project we plan o use the silent film style to show the story of the proposal. 
Below is a short clip showing an example of the silent film style: 

Research into Frankenstein Storyline
Frankenstein is a novel by Mary Shelley, which is about a montser created by a scientific experiment. When the montser was created at first it was friendly and childlike, but different encounters made it bitter and cruel. In the project we want to show the creation of a monster...through the use of a mobile, by showing old medias put into a box creating a mobile phone that starts of good but turns bad, linking the idea of the Frankenstein story. 
Below is a short clip showing Frankenstein being created: 

New Basic Ideas for Project

Above is a new spider diagram of the beginning of the projects new concept. Showing new ways to focus on the narrative and reach the target audience. Its keeping to the proposal, while taking a new twist...hopefully having a comical streak. 

Presentation & Feedback on Clip

With all the knowlegde gained about techniques and programs to use for the product, we began to edit our film. It was stop-motion based, with dramatic music to tell the story of the effects with media technologies. 

Some of the film was edited and we had to present our idea to the group, show what we were working on and why. Although, we got some feedback suggesting that the stop-motion technique wasn't really working alongside our proposal, some felt it was to staggered and blurry, not showing the full story clearly. 

Also, some of the effects and video transitions didn't work well with the stop-motion style, as it made the clip long winded. And there was no music alongside the clip, which probably made it worse whren we were showing our idea. While, my peers felt that we should film our project as it would work better and make the proposal a lot clearer.  

As a group we decided to scrap the stop-motion film and create another idea using film to make our proposal come across easier. 

Planning for Project

Planning