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 -
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
Fonts
We used dafont.com to find a suitable font for the credits and these were our final three favourite fonts.
We used dafont.com to find a suitable font for the credits and these were our final three favourite fonts.
This font is really nice and easy to read. It does not look very romantic though and therefore doesn't quite match the theme of the sequence. It is not sophisticated enough.
This font looks too fancy for credits. It is hard to read and may distract attention off the image.
This font seems really suitable because its simple yet sophisticated and suits the final title 'Love You to Death' .
-by Aarti for the group
More Feedback
Today we got some more useful feedback from Miss Blackborow which means that we need to change quite a lot of things in our sequence. She has said to:
- make the first fade-up to house longer
- get rid of the fade-down from house
- make the cross-disslove to shower bigger
- change the font of the credits to make it more curlier
- take the picking up photoframe shot and clock shot out because they are too boring and not subtle enough
- replace these shots by the lipstick popping shot
- move the tying up dress shot to later on in the sequence so it makes more sense
- move the 'based on a novel...by Sandy Winters' down slightly
- the final title distacts th audience from the knife so maybe we could fade to black and then have the title come on.
We now have lunchtime and after school to work on these changes and i think it will really help to improve our sequence. We may even have time for a screening today which will be helpful!
-by Aarti for the group
Today we got some more useful feedback from Miss Blackborow which means that we need to change quite a lot of things in our sequence. She has said to:
- make the first fade-up to house longer
- get rid of the fade-down from house
- make the cross-disslove to shower bigger
- change the font of the credits to make it more curlier
- take the picking up photoframe shot and clock shot out because they are too boring and not subtle enough
- replace these shots by the lipstick popping shot
- move the tying up dress shot to later on in the sequence so it makes more sense
- move the 'based on a novel...by Sandy Winters' down slightly
- the final title distacts th audience from the knife so maybe we could fade to black and then have the title come on.
We now have lunchtime and after school to work on these changes and i think it will really help to improve our sequence. We may even have time for a screening today which will be helpful!
-by Aarti for the group
Production Name
Kadam Productions
After brainstorming ideas for names for our company we decided to call it Kadam productions as not only is it unique but it is made from the initials of mine, Alice's and Mel's names:
K ing/Kannur
A lice
D iwan
A arti
M el
We also thought it was quite catchy and contemporary in sophosticated yet youthful manner.
by Aarti for the group
Kadam Productions
After brainstorming ideas for names for our company we decided to call it Kadam productions as not only is it unique but it is made from the initials of mine, Alice's and Mel's names:
K ing/Kannur
A lice
D iwan
A arti
M el
We also thought it was quite catchy and contemporary in sophosticated yet youthful manner.
by Aarti for the group
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
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