Arrival of the birds Cinematic Orchestra
Time Inception
To Build a Home Cinematic Orchestra
Requiem for a dream
Possible music choices
I have been researching music choices for films similar to ours and have come up with a few ideas. I think the choices i have chosen would work well with our film and genre as they are all quite high pitched but also quite chilled out which matches part of the film opening.
Fonts and titles
This is a practice of our titles. Olivia researched titles on films that related to ours and found how each title was presented. She then tried the fonts and sizes out and made sure they worked for our film opening sequence. As a group we also thought they matched the genre of our film which would create a successful opening.
However after the class feedback we realised the fonts we had used didn't look very good and we took them for granted as we didn't actually think titles would be that important compared to the importance of the actual film opening. The titles we included were the wrong sizes and they also didn't last as long as they should have done. Everyone else in the class had also taken the titles for granted as no one realised how important they were throughout the film openings. Due to this, Olivia spent time changing them and using different sizes and styles to come out with the best possible outcome. We are now very happy with the fonts chosen and think they improve the opening sequence by a lot.
Class feedback from first draft
From watching our first draft of the film opening, we sort of had an idea of what needed to be changed or improved. The editing for our film took a long time due to the cloning effect we needed to clone Max into the two characters shown in the opening sequence. Because the editing took a long time the group didn't have much time to tidy up the rest so we decided to focus mainly on the tidying up of the opening once the first draft had been handed in ready for the final draft.
Once we had received our feedback we knew what the class thought we should change in order to make our film opening more successful. For example, we thought adding music would completely ruin the opening but after reading the class feedback we thought maybe we should consider adding it. Also, we were advised to cut some shots out to stop it being so boring, E.g the shop scene. If it wasn't for the feedback we probably would have kept it in there but we did in fact delete it. We also think now that scene has been deleted, it makes more sense.
Here are a few pictures of the class feedback:
Once we had received our feedback we knew what the class thought we should change in order to make our film opening more successful. For example, we thought adding music would completely ruin the opening but after reading the class feedback we thought maybe we should consider adding it. Also, we were advised to cut some shots out to stop it being so boring, E.g the shop scene. If it wasn't for the feedback we probably would have kept it in there but we did in fact delete it. We also think now that scene has been deleted, it makes more sense.
Here are a few pictures of the class feedback:
A lot of the good feedback included the cloning effect we used for Max. We were also complimented on a few of our shots at the beginning of the opening. One popular shot from the class was when max enters the house and you just see the door from an angle, closing. I think Max did a really good job on the editing as the cloning looks very realistic and also Olivia's help with the tidying up of the final draft and putting it all together as a final opening sequence made it as good as it could be. Marcus chose the final song choice and it works really well with the filming. I think we have all done well all in all whether it involves the actual editing of the film or the paper work and research of different parts of the task.
We also had some criticisms alongside the good feedback. Most of these included the shaky shots and the lack of music which we have taken on board and tried to improve.
Blog reflection
Technology:
As i have added more and more posts to my blog i have tried to vary the different programmes used so i can have a lot of practice which i think will be useful in future when deciding on which programmes will work best for certain tasks. Recently i have used SlideShare. This programme is for uploading powerpoints so they can be viewed via the blog. During our film opening planning we have used SlideShare quite a lot for some of our research. For example, audience research. For our prelim task i practiced using Prezi to show all the different aspects of our planning. i wasnt very keen on Prezi as i found it quite confusing to use and there was nothing to tell us how to use the programme. I have probably spent the most time using premiere throughout our filming tasks. the first couple of times we used it i found it very confusing and wasn't sure how to apply different effects for different parts of the footage. For our prelim task i spent a lot of time using premiere and i became more confident in using it and i liked my outcome. I particularly liked the ghosting effect.
Mark out of 20?
I would give my blog around 15/20. I need to include more pictures on my blog to make it easier when giving examples for each topic. E.g Representation. I also need to add more detail to certain parts to make my blog more interesting and in depth. I think i have completed tasks well and done what i have been asked to do, including my own knowledge.
More thorough or less complacent?
I reckon i could be more thorough with quite a few of my posts e.g Mise En Scene. There is a lot more i could write and i could also add some pictures for examples of what Mise En Scene actually is. I think this would make it more interesting for the person viewing my blog and it would also make a lot more sense to them. I don't think i've really been complacent as i have tried to fit in quite a lot to all my posts to make the topic quite obvious however i think it could be better if i added images to some of the less interesting posts.
Is it fun to look through?
I think my blog is fun to look through as i try to change the design and text quite often so it isn't boring and 'same' looking. I prefer the colour of my text to the original black text as i think it makes it more interesting to look at. I have also changed the text setting so the colour of the text changes as and when you hover over it and also once you have already visited a certain link. However i do think i need to add a few more pictures to my blog to make it stand our more and to make it more interesting.
Learning journey
The learning journey is evident as when i started posting on my blog you can see how little i knew about media and as i have been doing media for longer my posts have got more in depth and more detailed. If you look at my first practice edit using premiere compared to my prelim task, the difference is very noticeable and you can tell how far i have come with using different programmes. I have also improved on written posts and understand a lot more about the theories in media than i knew in the beginning.
Targets
To improve my blog i think i need to add more photos to make it more visual and interesting. I also think i need to keep practicing using premiere to get as good as i can be and make my videos as good as they can be. I should probably change the layout quite often to stop it being boring.
As i have added more and more posts to my blog i have tried to vary the different programmes used so i can have a lot of practice which i think will be useful in future when deciding on which programmes will work best for certain tasks. Recently i have used SlideShare. This programme is for uploading powerpoints so they can be viewed via the blog. During our film opening planning we have used SlideShare quite a lot for some of our research. For example, audience research. For our prelim task i practiced using Prezi to show all the different aspects of our planning. i wasnt very keen on Prezi as i found it quite confusing to use and there was nothing to tell us how to use the programme. I have probably spent the most time using premiere throughout our filming tasks. the first couple of times we used it i found it very confusing and wasn't sure how to apply different effects for different parts of the footage. For our prelim task i spent a lot of time using premiere and i became more confident in using it and i liked my outcome. I particularly liked the ghosting effect.
Mark out of 20?
I would give my blog around 15/20. I need to include more pictures on my blog to make it easier when giving examples for each topic. E.g Representation. I also need to add more detail to certain parts to make my blog more interesting and in depth. I think i have completed tasks well and done what i have been asked to do, including my own knowledge.
More thorough or less complacent?
I reckon i could be more thorough with quite a few of my posts e.g Mise En Scene. There is a lot more i could write and i could also add some pictures for examples of what Mise En Scene actually is. I think this would make it more interesting for the person viewing my blog and it would also make a lot more sense to them. I don't think i've really been complacent as i have tried to fit in quite a lot to all my posts to make the topic quite obvious however i think it could be better if i added images to some of the less interesting posts.
Is it fun to look through?
I think my blog is fun to look through as i try to change the design and text quite often so it isn't boring and 'same' looking. I prefer the colour of my text to the original black text as i think it makes it more interesting to look at. I have also changed the text setting so the colour of the text changes as and when you hover over it and also once you have already visited a certain link. However i do think i need to add a few more pictures to my blog to make it stand our more and to make it more interesting.
Learning journey
The learning journey is evident as when i started posting on my blog you can see how little i knew about media and as i have been doing media for longer my posts have got more in depth and more detailed. If you look at my first practice edit using premiere compared to my prelim task, the difference is very noticeable and you can tell how far i have come with using different programmes. I have also improved on written posts and understand a lot more about the theories in media than i knew in the beginning.
Targets
To improve my blog i think i need to add more photos to make it more visual and interesting. I also think i need to keep practicing using premiere to get as good as i can be and make my videos as good as they can be. I should probably change the layout quite often to stop it being boring.
Shooting schedule
This is our shooting schedule. This shows when we have planned to shoot our film opening. However our planned schedule could change due to the weather. We may have to extend the dates to film if the weather is bad or just swap round the days and we may have to use the weekend of the 29/ 30th to get all our filming needed, done for editing on Monday 1/ 12 at school.
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