Monday, 5 March 2012
Friday, 2 March 2012
Usage of iMovie
I decided to use iMovie for some elements as I found that it had more effects available then on Adobe Premier Pro, and these were easier to do. For example, there is a short scene within the trailer where I distorted the actress's voice, to make it sound more deeper. I done this deliberately as this is a convention which is used in movies when someone is possessed by the devil, as it implies that its the devil speaking through the human body. I done this by readjusting the sound levels, and slowing down the duration.
Another feature I used on iMovie was for the short clip which is shown right at the end of the trailer. The effect I used here was simply to just change the levels of the clip, which made the colour lighter.
Finally, I found it easier to create the text which was included within the trailer, on iMovie, as they had a range of effects to choose from. I experimented with a few, and showed it to the rest of my team members to decide which one looked the best. I had to adjust the duration of each clip as well, so that they would all be in sync with one and another.
I had to export the pieces I created from iMovie in order to be able to include it from my trailer. Each clip was formatted to avi, which I was able to do straight from iMovie.
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Sunday, 19 February 2012
Making the Production Title
My group and I had quite a few ideas for the production title, but none of them went according to plan. Lewis had worked on our original idea for the title, which was 'Terror Films.' This did have animation with it, which consisted of the text moving towards the screen, and then fading out. However, I wasn't too happy with this, and suggested to have a glass shattering sort of effect, and Lewis had tried this out in Adobe Premiere. This turned out to not look quite as we hoped it would, and then Namibia and I decided that we should change the name of the production title altogether.
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Green Preview Screen
While we were editing the footage for the trailer, I remembered that in order to make it look like a professional trailer, we needed to include key conventions which are used. This consisted of having a green screen right at the beginning of the trailer, which would only last for a few seconds. We decided to use Google for research, and to see whether they had one that we could use.
As it shows from the above picture, Google didn't appear to have many images of the green preview screen. Furthermore, they were mainly to do with American movies and audiences, whereas we wanted to have a British one as this is where out movie would show first.
Originally, we thought it would look better if we had the age rating on the green preview screen too, somewhere in the corner. However, after looking at the images, it came to our understanding that this isn't included here, but at the end of the trailer and also on the actual certificate of the movie, which wouldn't be in our trailer, as this is only shown before the movie starts.
After doing more research, my group and I realised that a green preview screen is more to do with American audiences; nevertheless, this didn't stop us from wanting to include this in our trailer, as this does make the trailer look professional.
We then decided to just use an image from Google, verifying that our movie has been certified.
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Saturday, 18 February 2012
Horror on Twitter!!
I was on Twitter last week, and was interested to see that #HowToSurviveAHorrorMovie was trending! This instantly reminded me of my coursework for media, and decided to go through the tweets people were sending. Obviously some of the tweets were jokes, but most of them made sense. Here are a few which I thought were true, but also funny :)
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Choosing the font for 'Damnation'
When it came to creating our trailer, we wanted to brainstorm ideas beforehand for the title, and how it would look like. We had a few ideas in mind, such as:
- having a black outline - stands out more
- text should a blood red
- having some sort of symbol implemented in order to relate back to the storyline. E.g - having a cross for the 'T'
We first started of with this font, placing it on a black background, with no added effect. However, it seemed much too plain, and it also looked amateur, as it doesn't exactly look too scary. This was a helpful beginning as we then able to expand from this.
Lastly, this is our final piece of title that we included in our trailer, magazine cover and poster. I wasn't happy with the shade of red that we previously used, which is why I decided to change it to a darker shade. Overall, I am happy with the last piece of work, as I think it is rather effective, regardless of the fact that it is simple. It turned out that the ideas we originally planned to include didn't work out too well, as we couldn't have a black borderline because the background was black, but I think that white does look better. We couldn't use a religious symbol as it didn't look right, but it still looks fine without it. The only idea we stuck to was having a red colour text. I think that all three colours work really well together, and it highlights the trailer too.
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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Media Deep Learning Day
We recentlty had a deep learning day, which was for media. This day was partly dedicated to the practical side of our coursework. However, we did start on our storyboard which connotes the scenes which will be included within the trailer. We then had the opportunity to create a short parody video based on a horror movie, or to start filming scenes from our trailer. After creating the storyboard, we scanned the pictures onto the computer.
Short Horror Film
Wet then went out to do some practice filming for our actual trailer, as this gave us an understanding of how to use the equipment.
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Monday, 2 January 2012
Storyboard
We recently created our storyboard for the trailer which illustrates the different scenes that will be present, while also explaining the camera angle, the type of edit, whether there will be sound present, and if so, would it be diegetic or non diegetic, alongside a brief description of the scene. My group and I split the tasks amongst ourselves to make it easier and also in order to get it done quicker. This was definitely a hard task to do as it involved a lot of detail and thought, but it was very useful as it made the trailer seem more realistic, and it also bought us together as a group.
Storyboards
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Shooting Schedule
In order to be organised when it comes to filming for our trailer, my group and I discussed the timings of the week in which we are all free. This was particularly difficult as our lessons during school clashed, as well as some of the timings outside of school. However, we solved the problems which then allowed us to create our final shooting schedule, were at least two members from the team will be present.
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