Rough Cut

So here it is, our rough cut. I hope you guys enjoy what you see as we worked hard to produce this, enjoy!

                   

Hope you all enjoyed it as we are proud of what we produced.

The next post will be the feedback we get from the rough cut and how we made improvements.

Title & Ident Construction

So for our media production we first needed to open with our studio and production team's idents just like a professional media production would. Earlier on in the course, I did some research on what media studios idents could potentially represent so when we came to create ours we would have to create a meaning with the idents.

Our studio name is Vintage Studios and here is a still of what the ident looks like.

Our production team name is Depth Productions and here is a still of what the ident looks like. You may think that it looks and that is because the ident moves almost like water which links back to the idea of depth (ocean,water)

Me and another member of the team sat down and looked through many templates in after effects to find ones that we liked and thought would fit with our team and what we wish to create.

The next post will be our the rough cut of our media production.

Editing

Now that our shots have been filmed we now need to edit what we have to produce our media product. The software we have been using is Final Cut Pro. Getting to grips with Final Cut was difficult but we finally got our heads around it and was able to proficiently edit our shots using many of the tools we were provided with by Final Cut.

While we were editing we took screen shots to show our progression and how what we did progressed through the film.

First when editing we added our production team logo to show the viewer who produced the film. We then applied our first clip and added a day to night filter to give the clip a more darker feel. We then used our first transition which was a wipe and after that had our first title showing our actors names. We then took out all sound in our clips to get rid of the background sound as hearing this would ruin our product.

After we had finished putting all the clips where wanted them we then had to crop some clips short so the length of the product didn't go well over the 2 minute requirement. We decided to add our film name at the end of the 2 minute opening as it would leave our audience wondering while they watch. We then added a sound track that fitted the feel of the film we wanted to make and without the soundtrack the opening would seem nowhere near as good. We added sound effects for the phone ringing in our film and sound effects for the footsteps of our actor walking. 

I feel my contribution to editing was to find out what certain tools do within final cut and apply them to our product. I also assisted the other members of my group in editing as I have a greater knowledge than them and I watched over them and gave my opinion with the choices they made.

The next post will be on the construction of the products idents.

Shooting On Location

Over the last 2 weeks my team and I have been filming our media product and while we were either setting up or filming the main task we were also taking photos of what we were doing. We did this to we know what each member did and to see how we worked as a team and to see how successful we were, enjoy!

Before we began filming we set the equipment up in the positions and angles we needed. The camera had to set up on the tripod in order for our recordings to look level and professional. The tripod has a center spirit level in the side for us to find the balance and correct vertical position for the camera to sit at. After the camera was set up correctly, we then set up the sound recording kit using the boom to capture test samples of footsteps.

During one scene in our film, these props are used by an actor. So before shooting this clip we had to set the desk, telephone and mirror up in the positions we needed to get the shots we needed and to keep with the theme of film it is. 

Each member of the team had a go at each role. We all knew what we wanted to produce so we all had the same idea in our heads.

The recording sessions which took place were all successful as shots recorded from each shoot has been used in the rough cut.

My own contribution to the shooting session is that I directed a lot of what happened and was the camera operator several times.

The next blog post will be the editing process of our media product.