Thursday, 15 December 2016
Monday, 12 December 2016
Health Check 2: Pitch Feedback Response
After receiving feedback from our peers and teachers, we've come to the conclusion that:
2) Our plot was original and suitable for our Genre choice
3) We've considered every aspect of Mise-En-Scene effectively: Sound and Lighting
4) All the sections of the Pitch was covered and fully explored.
To Improve:
1) Add more images to our presentation.
2) Finalise our Storyboard and make it more clear.
OUR RESPONSE:
> We've made our posts more interactive and appealing, using a wide range of images and gifs - sometimes collages to display multiple images at once!
> We've also made multiple drafts of the Storyboard *See posts for reference
Planning: Original Storyboard (THE PITCH)
We've made a previous post, containing the draft of our Storyboard.
Here is the collage version of it:
Here is the collage version of it:
EDITING DAY 2
Editing! pic.twitter.com/JwhhjPWzm9— Group1Set 1 Media (@ScratchMovie) December 8, 2016
EDITING DAY 1
Editing Day 1 | Working on Slo-mo & presenting our Main Title! pic.twitter.com/ODHQMLFItV— Group1Set 1 Media (@ScratchMovie) December 5, 2016
Blogging Health Check 2
After receiving feedback:
Thank you for your feedback, Mary! I've looked at my targets and since, have edited my posts to include comparison and inspirations from other movies.
An example of this change is my post on our official Movie Title, where I've included inspirations from the TV Show: Lost; and the classic: Psycho.
I've also posted my original Storyboard draft and planning on a collage to show the improvements over time.
BLOGGING HEALTH CHECK 2
1) As a result of my feedback, my prelim is now embedded in the same post as my prelim evaluation.
2) We have arranged the labels and deleted the pitch and presentation labels so that our posts are organised and ready to be submitted to the exam board with just our own labels on.
3) To improve my grade further I will keep posting about production and editing
Blogging Health Check 2
I'm very happy with my grade now as I have made progress since the last health check.
Monday, 5 December 2016
Design | Main Title (FINAL)
Using our originally planned font, we realised that the "Destroy X" font was too bubbly and cartoon-like to evoke the eerie atmosphere that we had planned. Therefore, using Photoshop and using inner shadows, I was able to thin out and create a mysterious, yet sharp title opening, which will fade in and out.
Inspiration From Other Movies:
LOST
The choice of the White on Black title comes from the movie "Lost", where they similarly introduce their title sequence. We also liked the slow-paced and sinister Wild Sound that introduces it because it sets the eerie tone alongside the fading of the letters. Therefore, we've used ambience which starts fading from our last shot to make it seem like the antagonist stalks our protagonist from the dream-world and into the real-world.
PSYCHO:
We've also gained inspiration of the colour palette, from Psycho: White on Black. And although the title isn't on blank screen, we like the idea of presenting the main themes and symbols in our opening.
In Psycho, their symbolism comes from the 'scratch' effect, bringing in each title and revealing the importance of the Knife slashing.
We didn't use moving images, as we want to keep our title more simple, but effective. This is due to the fact that most of our footage contained a rich amount of action, so adding more movement would disengage our audience.
Day 3 | Filming
Day 3:
We decided to meet earlier so we could film more in the daylight before it got dark. It had to film the scene where Eden(the main character) discovers the scar on her arm.
What Went Well:
We managed to finish the rest of the footage we needed and were able to review it.We recreated the scar and had another successful day filming.
Even Better If:
We did experience train delays and some of us were slightly late to the filming session, but other than that all was well.
Hopefully we have all the footage we need to edit, if not we will arrange another filming day before the deadline
Saturday, 3 December 2016
Planning: Overview of Locations
Location 1: Rosalie's Bedroom
We figured this place is effective, because of her thematic style of a white bedroom- which is great for inducing the themes of innocence and purity, which is the contrast we'd like to capture in our opening from a very dark nightmare, which will be seen below:
Location 2: The Forest
Another great thing about the location of Rosalie's house is the close proximity to the forest, giving us more time to record more footage in a shorter space of time. This eerie setting is perfect and fits in well with the first part of our storyboard, where our protagonist is running from something.
We will then get more time to edit our footage accordingly to piece all of our shots in a cinematic way!
Day 2 | Recording in the woods!
Day 2:
On day 2, we explored the back of Rosalie's house, which opens up to a massive field connected to forests. This setting was perfect for our opening sequence, as our first part of our storyboard required a wide space and dull tones.
The weather was effective in creating the eerie effect, alongside Fatima's amazing GFX skills to highlight bruises and cuts on our Actress, Alix.
The weather was effective in creating the eerie effect, alongside Fatima's amazing GFX skills to highlight bruises and cuts on our Actress, Alix.
What Went Well:
The weather was dull and gloomy, so we've managed to get a very muddy setting; a contrast from our bedroom scene, where everything seems more bright.
We've updated on our Twitter and Instagram accounts, using a wide range of media to present our Days of recording!
Timing was more efficient, because we already had a vision of what we'd like our opening to look like (including the pressure from the cold), we finished all our shots and after reviewing, we only need to finish recording the bedroom scenes. It was a wrap!
Even Better If:
Otherwise, the day went really well!
Thursday, 1 December 2016
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