Post-Production: Editing Day 9

Another day of editing allowed me to explore the type of music I'd like to include in the start of my film, as well as adding in extra shots which will play as cross cuts, against the footage I have of 'Michael's video recording'. I made an advancement with making a poster which I will later explain further when I write a post on how I went about making it, including the stages I went through to get it to a finalised point.

Post-Production: Editing Day 8

Today I spent roughly two hours working on the second ident for my short film as well as taking time to source songs and continue editing my film. I also started on thinking about making the poster for my short film which I should be able to move onto completing next week.

Post-Production: Software

Post-Production: Ident 1

Today I started making idents, beginning with the first of two, 'IMPRINT PICTURES'. I took a picture of the moon outside my window, only a few nights back and I thought it would be a perfect picture to use for one of the idents. I added a few filters on Photoshop and cropped the photo so the moon is half cast over. The image stands out despite being only just distinguishable (as a moon). Below are several ideas I looked over when planning the overall presentation of the first ident. I have chosen to use the first image because the text is more formal than the other two ideas and is yet informal for it is sans serif, which helps to make the typography appear more friendly: thus giving the audience the reading that the company is sure to be a well-respected one. 

*Font on Photoshop

Font: 1942 Report, Source: http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=113&text=IMPRINT+PICTURES

Font: Linowrite, Source: http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=113&text=IMPRINT+PICTURES

N.B. I used slightly grey typography so that the production company name echoes the colour of the moon. Furthermore, I initially decided to look at fonts such as is seen in the second and third image because they linked to the idea of text being imprinted onto paper (such as is found with typewriters).

Post-Production: Editing Day 7

Today I spent a further two hours decidedly working on the titles/ idents to be used in my short film. You can see an example of the the things I've been working on in the screenshot below, showing how I'm making use of LiveType. I still have a few issues with the programme but overall, I'm finding it much easier to work with. In addition to developing this, I had a look at the music I might use for my film and added a few tracks at the start, playing around with the tracks, thinking about the appropriate mood I want to instil in the audience.

Post-Production: Rough Cut 1

This is the first draft of my film, which is already missing several elements as well as needing a thorough examination of the edits, filters, sound and titles. Nevertheless, this should provide an insight into the idea behind the narrative formed here.

N.B. For some reason, after rendering, when the title appears a bright green light flashes several times. This is in no way an effect applied by myself.

Post-Production: Editing Day 6

Today I spent a further 4 hours working on my film. I have finally come to a point where I can say I've made a rough draft, however it is exactly that; a rough draft. I still need to alter some of the filters used as well as applying more to other shots cut into the short film. Sound is another element which is necessary to my film and something which I need to include and develop on further. I intend to use music throughout the film to create an ominous atmosphere, whilst tinging the ending scene with a sense of foreboding and tension through the use of more erratic beats and either a higher/ lower pitch than the rest of the music in the film. I need to also fix up some of the edits by making them cleaner. Titles are something I need to considerably explore further. I've decided to work with the font chosen by my target audience when I did some research in December. The results of the research can be found here.

Essentially, during the time I worked on my film I managed to look at adding titles in LiveType. Regrettably, I'm still working on familiarising myself with the programme again so I will be working further on the programme in the future to make the titles as effective as I hope them to be. I also added a 'REC' button that flashes every second, mimicking the style of a camcorder recording, making it thus easier for the audience to get the reading that this footage is supposed to resemble 'found footage'.