Sound
- The preliminary task did not require me to create foley sound or a soundtrack meaning I had no prior experience in dubbing sounds over scenes and alter the volume of certain dialogue or music.
- During the process in creating the final product I was able to develop my skills in recording and merging sound into moving image
- Making mistakes due to not positioning the boom correctly and not recording at the right time enabled me to watch out for these mistakes when we were shooting the final product
- Needless to say, we still had some issues in recording sound for some of the shots which we later realised while editing, we were able to manipulate certain aspects and fill in the gaps
- By shooting the preliminary task it allowed me to build on the basic skills I obtained
- Finding copyright free music was harder than I thought as we had to look for certain music which would build up suspense through out the scene at the right pace
- In the end I think that the soundtrack we manipulated came to be very effective and blinded the film together making it look more professional, this was the last thing we did to the film
Editing
- Whilst editing the preliminary task was fairly minimalistic it still got me developing skills and knowledge
- It gave me a look into how to create continuity editing and the best angles to make it work
- Although I did not like being in front of the camera, I found it interesting developing my own short clip through Final Cut Pro
- These skills meant that when it was time to edit our own opening I was familiar with the program creating a base of understanding I could work on and gain confidence
- Editing was much easier and quicker the second time as there was a more structured storyline making it clear what had to be inserted
Camera-work
- The filming meant that I was able to understand more of the terminology which I had learned
- An example of this would be the 180-degree rule which became instinctive whilst filming the opening due to the prior experience creating the preliminary task
- Due to me focusing mainly on rules and trying to get to grips with the camera I was less able to experiment with the lens and different angles to create a certain representation of a character
- Through out our final product we films a lot of the same scenes from different angles, playing around with the natural light and how we could incorporate this to become more effective
- Due to our experimentation and variation of shots it also made editing the film a lot easier as we did not have to re-film anything which was shot and we were able to create rough cuts using different footage to see what worked best
Mise-en-scene
- As the preliminary task was completed at school it meant that we were not able to play with make-up and costume as we did not have to think about the representation of each character
- This meant that in the final product we were allowed to experiment with different clothing and make-up on the girl showing her crying
- The costumes were carefully thought out before we started filming as we had to have a character which resembled the man in the forest without the actor being there
- This factor meant that we chose for him to wear a black puffer jacket which was made significant as he walked into the house
- Without previous experience with how the editing and storytelling worked it was a challenge for us to resemble his character without him being there although watching the scene without that knowledge, it seemed to look realistic
- While filming the final product, we had to make sure that the lighting and location was scenic and stayed the same through out the scene
- Filming on different days made this difficult, although, it created a challenge which we had to overcome
- We collected toys for the bedroom creating an innocent look of the teenage girl suggesting a lonely, underdeveloped mind
- Small aspects which made up the scene took a lot more planning and thought than what I expected although due to the character of the girl being the same age as us, it made it much easier to create this scene
The main thing I have gotten out of the preliminary task through to the final product would be confidence. The more I got used to Final Cut Pro, the more I was discovering different types of titles and ways to cut the film. This made the whole process of developing the opening more interesting and different as we experimented with the title sequence and final touches. By doing the preliminary task it meant that filming and editing became a lot easier giving us time to look at different ways to show the title sequence and fit in different music for the soundtrack.
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