Today our editing came to an end ....
We have met the deadline and are happy with the results! :)
Updates since the last blog:
-We have re-recorded Laura's dialogue. Too many people questioned the pause and thought it was a mistake, so we re-recorded it and put it in.
-Tightend up on the dialogue. We cut frames and dialogue to make it tighter and it now runs a lot smoother and appears more natural. We reduced the treble where needed.
-Extended the dissolve from the bathroom shot to the bedroom shot. Slowing it down has really made it look a lot better!
Change of Production Name
KADAM - to ....
PERSPECTIVE PRODUCTIONS
We decided to change the production name after a group discussion about our company and what type of films it would make and what they would aim to achieve.
We chose 'perspective' because our films would offer the viewer different perspectives on different peoples lives in British society today - including different ethnicity's and cultural backgrounds.
In Love You To Death, the main female character is Greek and the rest of the film could potray an insightful look into Greek culture in London today.
Other films the company would produce would focus on differnt aspects of society, for example the life of a homeless person, etc.
We aim to give people a voice in society who usually don't get seen or heard. Therefore, 'Perspective' works and is sucessful as it gives a main stream viewer a wider 'perspective' on British society today.
-Alice, on behalf of the group.
Showing posts with label Editing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Editing. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
More Feedback
After doing a screening to other media students and our media teachers we got lots of feedback on things we needed to change or fix, and noticed some ourselves these were as follows:
- Make the dissolve from the shower to the room slower
- Slow down the shot of her doing her lipstick as by the time the audience understand what's happening, the shot's gone
- Move the title 'music by...', and lower all the titles
- Increase the sound on some of the conversation shots
- Change the font of the titles either the colour, remove the glow around them, or completely change the font as it looks too 'studenty'
- See if we can do anything about when she lights the candle to make it less obvious
- Change the dialogue when she says 'your late...for dinner'
- 'LOVE YOU' is too light
- Laura's shots looked like they had a yellowy tint
We went back to our sequence and made most of these changes. We removed the red glow around the font and think this makes it look a lot more proffessional, we also changed the colour so it has a slight grey tint to it which makes the font look less harsh. We also slowed down the lipstick shot and think that now its easier for the audience to see what she's doing. We also changed around a lot of the titles.
When we next have the opportunity to edit we need to fix:
- Sound levels in the conversation
- The shots of Laura lighting the candle
- Tighter cuts in the conversation
After fixing these issues we will do another screening and see if there is anything else that can be changed.
Continued...
We had the opportunity to edit for a bit today (Monday 12th) and have realised that we need to rerecord some of Laura's dialogue, when she says 'it's almost time for dinner'. Although initially we had wanted a pause between 'time' and 'for dinner' we have realised that it didn't really work and although we have edited it, we think that it will work better if we rerecord it.
- Mel, for the group -
- Make the dissolve from the shower to the room slower
- Slow down the shot of her doing her lipstick as by the time the audience understand what's happening, the shot's gone
- Move the title 'music by...', and lower all the titles
- Increase the sound on some of the conversation shots
- Change the font of the titles either the colour, remove the glow around them, or completely change the font as it looks too 'studenty'
- See if we can do anything about when she lights the candle to make it less obvious
- Change the dialogue when she says 'your late...for dinner'
- 'LOVE YOU' is too light
- Laura's shots looked like they had a yellowy tint
We went back to our sequence and made most of these changes. We removed the red glow around the font and think this makes it look a lot more proffessional, we also changed the colour so it has a slight grey tint to it which makes the font look less harsh. We also slowed down the lipstick shot and think that now its easier for the audience to see what she's doing. We also changed around a lot of the titles.
When we next have the opportunity to edit we need to fix:
- Sound levels in the conversation
- The shots of Laura lighting the candle
- Tighter cuts in the conversation
After fixing these issues we will do another screening and see if there is anything else that can be changed.
Continued...
We had the opportunity to edit for a bit today (Monday 12th) and have realised that we need to rerecord some of Laura's dialogue, when she says 'it's almost time for dinner'. Although initially we had wanted a pause between 'time' and 'for dinner' we have realised that it didn't really work and although we have edited it, we think that it will work better if we rerecord it.
- Mel, for the group -
Friday, January 9, 2009
Editing
Over the last few days, as Alice and Aarti have said, we have been getting feedback from both Miss Thrasher and Mrs Blackborow as well as feedback from other media students. The feedback that we recieved was as followed:
- The clock ticking is too loud
- Sort out the music so that the sequence ends at the right point with the music
- Sort out some of the sound, including Barney's voice being out of synch and making the ring of the phone slightly longer.
- Make some of the cuts tighter
We fixed all the issues that we had and have also deleted the shots where she puts her lipstick on as we felt that that part of the sequence looked bad and would ruin our sequence.
We are going to have a screening to see what other students that we haven't asked think and also to see how it looks on a big screen, this should help us see any major issues that we haven't noticed before.
- Mel, for the group -
- The clock ticking is too loud
- Sort out the music so that the sequence ends at the right point with the music
- Sort out some of the sound, including Barney's voice being out of synch and making the ring of the phone slightly longer.
- Make some of the cuts tighter
We fixed all the issues that we had and have also deleted the shots where she puts her lipstick on as we felt that that part of the sequence looked bad and would ruin our sequence.
We are going to have a screening to see what other students that we haven't asked think and also to see how it looks on a big screen, this should help us see any major issues that we haven't noticed before.
- Mel, for the group -
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Last few days of Editing
Since getting feedback from both Miss Thrasher and Blackborow we have made quite a few changes to our sequence. With the help of Mr Deans, we have managed to brighten a lot of our shots, and we also tried to get rid of the grainy-ness as a result of zooming on the lipstick shots. The grainy-ness has now gone but we still need to adjust the lighting to match other shots. Although we shot Barney's street shots on different days, we have now adjusted the light so that it follows the continuity of the sequence.
We have also made the first cross dissolve that establishes the scene longer.
To make the ending more dramatic, as Miss Blackborow said, we have also adjusted the speed on the shot so that Laura picks up the knife really quickly, and then walks round in slow motion bringing up the knife as this makes it look much more shocking.
We also added the clock ticking sound as a sound bridge which sounds really good!
For the final title 'Love you to Death' we downlaoded a font called inkedgod off dafont.com to make it look more proffesional and unique. We may experiment with the title by adding a whispy effect to make it look more mysterious. We still need to sort out the final shot, and we are considering getting rid of the evil smile shot as it looks slightly amateur after the knife shot.
-by Aarti (for the group)
Since getting feedback from both Miss Thrasher and Blackborow we have made quite a few changes to our sequence. With the help of Mr Deans, we have managed to brighten a lot of our shots, and we also tried to get rid of the grainy-ness as a result of zooming on the lipstick shots. The grainy-ness has now gone but we still need to adjust the lighting to match other shots. Although we shot Barney's street shots on different days, we have now adjusted the light so that it follows the continuity of the sequence.
We have also made the first cross dissolve that establishes the scene longer.
To make the ending more dramatic, as Miss Blackborow said, we have also adjusted the speed on the shot so that Laura picks up the knife really quickly, and then walks round in slow motion bringing up the knife as this makes it look much more shocking.
We also added the clock ticking sound as a sound bridge which sounds really good!
For the final title 'Love you to Death' we downlaoded a font called inkedgod off dafont.com to make it look more proffesional and unique. We may experiment with the title by adding a whispy effect to make it look more mysterious. We still need to sort out the final shot, and we are considering getting rid of the evil smile shot as it looks slightly amateur after the knife shot.
-by Aarti (for the group)
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
An Update
We're back from the xmas break now and started up the project again! One week to go ...
Yesterday I was able to spend some free periods in the editing suite and got some feedback from Miss Thrasher. She suggested tightening up some shots, making them shorter which she said will really improve the quality of the end product. She suggested adjusting the brightness and contrast levels in some of the shots to try and maintain light continuity.
Mr.Deans also highlighted the problem that the titles were not within the specific 'boxes' and therefore won't be seen on some screens and cinema screens. I was able to move them into the correct area. As a group today we are trying to rectify the problems Miss Thrasher pointed out and will get some feedback from Miss Balckborow. Yesterday I also added more titles and credits using key frames to fade them in/out.
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Miss Blackborows Advice:
-She suggested the fade from black should be slower, and we should consider using a dissolve at the beginning. We have used a cross dissolve today and think it looks good - we have also slowed the fade at the beginning, it looks a lot better now!
-She also felt that the sound on the dialogue needs to be brought up because the soundtrack almost drowns out the dialogue - again we have fixed this today by adjusting the volume levels on the dialogue, as the soundtrack is the lowest it will go without becoming inaudible.
-Alongside issues with lighting which has been a constant problem, she suggested slowing down the shot where Laura picks up the knife - we all really like this idea and are putting it into practise now!
-Alice, on behalf of the group
Yesterday I was able to spend some free periods in the editing suite and got some feedback from Miss Thrasher. She suggested tightening up some shots, making them shorter which she said will really improve the quality of the end product. She suggested adjusting the brightness and contrast levels in some of the shots to try and maintain light continuity.
Mr.Deans also highlighted the problem that the titles were not within the specific 'boxes' and therefore won't be seen on some screens and cinema screens. I was able to move them into the correct area. As a group today we are trying to rectify the problems Miss Thrasher pointed out and will get some feedback from Miss Balckborow. Yesterday I also added more titles and credits using key frames to fade them in/out.
post continued ...
Miss Blackborows Advice:
-She suggested the fade from black should be slower, and we should consider using a dissolve at the beginning. We have used a cross dissolve today and think it looks good - we have also slowed the fade at the beginning, it looks a lot better now!
-She also felt that the sound on the dialogue needs to be brought up because the soundtrack almost drowns out the dialogue - again we have fixed this today by adjusting the volume levels on the dialogue, as the soundtrack is the lowest it will go without becoming inaudible.
-Alongside issues with lighting which has been a constant problem, she suggested slowing down the shot where Laura picks up the knife - we all really like this idea and are putting it into practise now!
-Alice, on behalf of the group
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sounds
Yeh...that does sound good...but I'm thinkin when we get Laura in to do her dialogue, we could get Barney to try and scream? I dunno if he would b able to and whether it would be believable but we could try so that it's a bit more realistic. Oh and good idea to join..those free downloads will be really useful.
- Mel -
- Mel -
An update on Sounds
Sounds:
I've been on soundsnap.com again, and i'll link the sound of the man screams to the blog in case you two have a look at the blog tonight and can listen to them before tomorrow.
Click here for man Screaming
I was thinking 8th down, descibed as 'adult man scream' and we could have it loud and use key frames to make it quiet?
Ive joined the webiste and we get five free dowloads - so we can choose five sounds and we're away :) !
-Alice xxxx
I've been on soundsnap.com again, and i'll link the sound of the man screams to the blog in case you two have a look at the blog tonight and can listen to them before tomorrow.
Click here for man Screaming
I was thinking 8th down, descibed as 'adult man scream' and we could have it loud and use key frames to make it quiet?
Ive joined the webiste and we get five free dowloads - so we can choose five sounds and we're away :) !
-Alice xxxx
Monday, December 15, 2008
The Editing Process
Aarti and I have been busy editing and we have made great progress.
Today in the one free period we had together we were discussing the dialogue and we were having difficulties with differences in weather with the scenes with Barney outside.
ALSO - issues with the dialogue. The sound is terrible at the moment, there's a lot of camera noise in some shots, and little camera noise in other shots - i'm not sure why.
Sometime this week at lunchtime we will have to record dialogue, preferably when Mel is back and well again because i'm not around most lunchtimes this week due to the carol service and dentist appointments. So ... we need to get that done urgenetly.
Also - we need to really think about the soundtrack and try and get that sorted by the end of the week. Foley effects too, i was thinking we could have the "beeps" of her dialing the phone or something? And a scream at the end?
I really hope the soundtrack will help add to the eerie inside mood we were trying to create.
I really hope everthing will start coming together this week.
- posted by Alice on behalf of the group.
Today in the one free period we had together we were discussing the dialogue and we were having difficulties with differences in weather with the scenes with Barney outside.
ALSO - issues with the dialogue. The sound is terrible at the moment, there's a lot of camera noise in some shots, and little camera noise in other shots - i'm not sure why.
Sometime this week at lunchtime we will have to record dialogue, preferably when Mel is back and well again because i'm not around most lunchtimes this week due to the carol service and dentist appointments. So ... we need to get that done urgenetly.
Also - we need to really think about the soundtrack and try and get that sorted by the end of the week. Foley effects too, i was thinking we could have the "beeps" of her dialing the phone or something? And a scream at the end?
I really hope the soundtrack will help add to the eerie inside mood we were trying to create.
I really hope everthing will start coming together this week.
- posted by Alice on behalf of the group.
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