Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Saturday, 1 March 2014
Editing the film
Editing the film took about 3 weeks to complete. The first thing I did was make all the shots we took shorter and further making them shorter by using the blade tool on final cut. It took a while, but I managed to put all of the shots into order so they all flowed together properly. However, whilst doing this I saw that there were gaps between each individual shot on final cut. Therefore, I researched how to get rid of them properly and found out that by right clicking on the mouse where the gap is it gives you the option to close the gaps.
After the gaps were closed I originally thought it would look good to put the titles over the graffiti wall, so it would look like the shots were actually on the wall. However, not having the equipment for this type of text made it difficult, therefore I used blade to cut out pieces of the shot of the graffiti wall and put titles in between them. So now instead we have an opening title in black and white showing the audience who produced the film which is the most important, then afterwards you get a shot of the graffiti wall, then back to the titles and etc. Though, I decided if we did this technique too much it would get boring for the audience to watch, and I wanted the opening scene to look fast paced in order to portray to the audience that this is a thriller that's action packed.
After a few shots of the opening title credits in black and white I overlapped the shot of the phone with a title that said who was starring in the movie. I wanted the title of the movie to stand out from the other titles from earlier, therefore I found a software called 3D movie, this allowed me to play around and create a title for our movie which is "The Run" I made a drop shadow and positioned the title so that it looked like it was leaning back. Once I finished creating the title, I opened it in final cut and got the shot where Anna Dylan is leaning against a wall. I added "cross dissolve" to all the text I used which meant it faded out before cutting into the next shot.
I decided that the opening sequence seemed boring without any other music playing. So I decided to use the song Muse - Supermassive Blackhole karaoke version. I got this link off of Youtube and inserted it into iTunes, then downloaded it into the opening sequence. I put the music at the start and edited it to fade out when the titles stop appearing and the voiceovers begin. From creating the questionnaire I found that the majority of people thought rock music was fitting to a Psychological thriller film, and as I enjoy listening to rock music already I didn't find it hard to chose a suitable song. I chose the song Supermassive Black Hole as it's fast paced which goes well with action theme within our movie. In the original version of the song, it includes singing which sounds like a whisper, this type of singing makes it sound like voices in someone's mind, furthermore portraying an element madness.
I next added a filter into the flashback shots to put them in black and white, this meant you can decipher the present day shots from the shots from the past. I also used the "fade in fade out" transition from the video effects in final cut. The fading in and out is meant to represent the audience entering her mind to see what she is seeing, I believe that this transition shows that well.
I did the voice overs for Anna Dylan, as the person who plays Anna Dylan is my sister, therefore we sound the same. For the voiceovers I used the voiceover recorder in Final Cut and used a blue snowball microphone. The problem with this microphone is that you had to speak loudly in order for it to hear you - but otherwise the voiceovers went well. In two of the shots where Robert Grayson speaking on the phone, you can hear the loud noise of the wind behind him. Therefore, to solve this, I deleted the sound track attached to the clip that had too loud wind, which got rid of the wind sound. However this means you get rid of the dialogue too. To solve this issue, I decided to get my dad who plays Richard Grayson to do a voiceover of this shot, although even though you were now able to hear him speak, it didn't sound natural. I copied some of the sound used in earlier frames and pasted it underneath my dads soundtrack, this meant that you could hear Richard Grayson speak due to the wind not being as loud, and it also sounded natural as I added in the sound of the wind blowing in the background of his voiceover.
Finally, my partner thought it would be a good idea to put music at the end of the opening scene to build suspense. Therefore, I went on YouTube to find a movie soundtrack for an action film. This is the one we decided to use: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NL4hpgYw5g&list=RDoH1Ba7ry6wE This soundtrack was made for people to use for their films.
I got this soundtrack onto iTunes, and then I put it onto final cut. Once it was in final cut, I cropped it so it would be shorter. The first part when you hear the music will be when she first sees Robert Grayson. You first hear the music here to show the audience that she is in danger. The music fades out when they have the conversation in the car, and dramatically builds up as she grabs the diary and runs away. To make the film more dramatic, I fitted the soundtrack in so that it finished along with the movie. However, I wanted the very end note of the soundtrack to be a loud bang as the cut off point as it sounds dramatic. Therefore, I took a particular part of the soundtrack and edited it in so that it fit in with the ending.
After the gaps were closed I originally thought it would look good to put the titles over the graffiti wall, so it would look like the shots were actually on the wall. However, not having the equipment for this type of text made it difficult, therefore I used blade to cut out pieces of the shot of the graffiti wall and put titles in between them. So now instead we have an opening title in black and white showing the audience who produced the film which is the most important, then afterwards you get a shot of the graffiti wall, then back to the titles and etc. Though, I decided if we did this technique too much it would get boring for the audience to watch, and I wanted the opening scene to look fast paced in order to portray to the audience that this is a thriller that's action packed.
After a few shots of the opening title credits in black and white I overlapped the shot of the phone with a title that said who was starring in the movie. I wanted the title of the movie to stand out from the other titles from earlier, therefore I found a software called 3D movie, this allowed me to play around and create a title for our movie which is "The Run" I made a drop shadow and positioned the title so that it looked like it was leaning back. Once I finished creating the title, I opened it in final cut and got the shot where Anna Dylan is leaning against a wall. I added "cross dissolve" to all the text I used which meant it faded out before cutting into the next shot.
I decided that the opening sequence seemed boring without any other music playing. So I decided to use the song Muse - Supermassive Blackhole karaoke version. I got this link off of Youtube and inserted it into iTunes, then downloaded it into the opening sequence. I put the music at the start and edited it to fade out when the titles stop appearing and the voiceovers begin. From creating the questionnaire I found that the majority of people thought rock music was fitting to a Psychological thriller film, and as I enjoy listening to rock music already I didn't find it hard to chose a suitable song. I chose the song Supermassive Black Hole as it's fast paced which goes well with action theme within our movie. In the original version of the song, it includes singing which sounds like a whisper, this type of singing makes it sound like voices in someone's mind, furthermore portraying an element madness.
I next added a filter into the flashback shots to put them in black and white, this meant you can decipher the present day shots from the shots from the past. I also used the "fade in fade out" transition from the video effects in final cut. The fading in and out is meant to represent the audience entering her mind to see what she is seeing, I believe that this transition shows that well.
I did the voice overs for Anna Dylan, as the person who plays Anna Dylan is my sister, therefore we sound the same. For the voiceovers I used the voiceover recorder in Final Cut and used a blue snowball microphone. The problem with this microphone is that you had to speak loudly in order for it to hear you - but otherwise the voiceovers went well. In two of the shots where Robert Grayson speaking on the phone, you can hear the loud noise of the wind behind him. Therefore, to solve this, I deleted the sound track attached to the clip that had too loud wind, which got rid of the wind sound. However this means you get rid of the dialogue too. To solve this issue, I decided to get my dad who plays Richard Grayson to do a voiceover of this shot, although even though you were now able to hear him speak, it didn't sound natural. I copied some of the sound used in earlier frames and pasted it underneath my dads soundtrack, this meant that you could hear Richard Grayson speak due to the wind not being as loud, and it also sounded natural as I added in the sound of the wind blowing in the background of his voiceover.
Finally, my partner thought it would be a good idea to put music at the end of the opening scene to build suspense. Therefore, I went on YouTube to find a movie soundtrack for an action film. This is the one we decided to use: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NL4hpgYw5g&list=RDoH1Ba7ry6wE This soundtrack was made for people to use for their films.
I got this soundtrack onto iTunes, and then I put it onto final cut. Once it was in final cut, I cropped it so it would be shorter. The first part when you hear the music will be when she first sees Robert Grayson. You first hear the music here to show the audience that she is in danger. The music fades out when they have the conversation in the car, and dramatically builds up as she grabs the diary and runs away. To make the film more dramatic, I fitted the soundtrack in so that it finished along with the movie. However, I wanted the very end note of the soundtrack to be a loud bang as the cut off point as it sounds dramatic. Therefore, I took a particular part of the soundtrack and edited it in so that it fit in with the ending.
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
All the shots i used listed in order
- medium shot
- close-up
- long-shot
- long-shot
- long-shot
- mid-shot
- close-up
- extreme close-up
- close-up
- mid-shot
- extreme close-up
- medium shot
- extreme close-up
- medium shot
- extreme close-up
- medium shot panning to long- shot
- extreme long-shot
- long-shot
- long-shot
- long-shot
- close-up from above angled downwards
- over shoulder shot angled downwards (shows he's above her, makes her look in danger)
- mid-shot to long shot panning as they walk round
- long-shot from behind
- long-shot
- low shot angled upwards (long-shot)
- over shoulder shot (mid shot) to show the other talking
- over shoulder shot (mid shot) to show the other characters reaction
- mid-shot (shows someone behind)
- medium shot over the shoulder of Robert Grayson
- high angled shot, angled downwards (long shot) shows her running away and setting
The Run - Opening scene
The final version of the video:
This link and video below is the final/finished version of our opening sequence:
The unfinished version of the video:
This video and link below is the unfinished version of our film.
There are two links as i thought it would be best to show how it was and then how it developed after, therefore you can see how it has improved. You can also see that the first link shows loud wind, and my second link shows that i managed to edit this out.
Institutions research
Eon productions which stands for Everything Or Nothing, is owned by MGM a major film company. This company is based in London Piccadilly, and also operates from Pinewood studios in the United Kingdom. This particular production company is well known for creating the James Bond series, with Danjaq. Due to the production company being most well known for the Bond series, they are more likely to produce action films rather than psychological thrillers. However, psychological thrillers include a lot of action which might appeal to them if they were to distribute our film.
Eon Productions and Dajaq productions produced a well known
movie together called Skyfall, a James Bond movie. This movie earned £620
million at the box office, and on opening weekend it got $80.6 million, doing
better than any other previous bond films. This movie made a massive $951
million worldwide, having a budget of $200,000,000 meant that Eon Productions and Dajaq was able
to produce a great movie.
However, Eon Productions isn’t as big as Century Fox,
therefore they could not produce their film alone, and had to use other people
to distribute their film such as: Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
There are six very well known film institutions, which
include: Warner Bros, Paramount studios, Song pictures, Walt Disney
pictures, Universal Pictures and
finally,20thCentury Fox. These six insititutons are very important as they
provide money for films to be made, therefore without them small film companies
wouldn’t be able to have enough money to make a decent film. There is an issue
with film insitituions funding a film, which is that they are likely to want to
have complete control over the movie.
It was formed by three brothers and was one of the first
ever production companies to make films with dialogue in. Warner Bros are good
as they have created a very wide range of movies, from Harry Potter to Slumdog
Millionaire. This institution is known for creating movies with a high budget,
in order to make a lot of money. Their films are global and therefore they must
appeal to a wide range of audiences, which is why they create films of many
different genres such as:
Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows – Part 1 co-production with Heyday Films
Yogi Bear, co-production with Sunswept
Entertainment, De Line Pictures and Rhythm and Hues Studios
The Rite - distribution only, produced by
New Line Cinema and Tribeca Productions
Unknown- co-production with Dark Castle
Entertainment and Studio Babelsberg
Hall Pass - distribution only, produced
by New Line Cinema and Conundrum Entertainment
Red
Riding Hood co-production with Appian Way Productions
Sucker
Punch co-production with Legendary Pictures and Cruel and Unusual Films
Paramount Studios
Paramount Studios is another major production company who was founded in 1916. Paramount is one of the oldest film institutions. Steven Spielberg is a partner with Paramount and is well known due to being one of the leading film directors in Hollywood, and he has been a major contributor to Paramount’s success. Paramount is not only one of the biggest film institutions, but is also one of the biggest earning companies. They make a wide range of genres of films, similar to Warner Bros, such as: 'War of the Worlds', 'Mission Impossible', 'Shutter Island', 'Paranormal Activity'.
Paramount StudiosParamount Studios is another major production company who was founded in 1916. Paramount is one of the oldest film institutions. Steven Spielberg is a partner with Paramount and is well known due to being one of the leading film directors in Hollywood, and he has been a major contributor to Paramount’s success. Paramount is not only one of the biggest film institutions, but is also one of the biggest earning companies. They make a wide range of genres of films, similar to Warner Bros, such as: 'War of the Worlds', 'Mission Impossible', 'Shutter Island', 'Paranormal Activity'.
Sony Pictures Sony pictures is another well-known film institution , it
owns Columbia Pictures, which is a much more well known company which is why it
is so big. They also own Tristar Pictures which is less well known, but still
widely appreciated by many people. Due to people knowing them for their gaming
and electronic products, people trust them, and therefore even though they
aren’t as well known, many people still see their movies as they know of their
other products. For example, they also advertise their films through their
gaming products such as the ps4. Examples of films by Sony Pictures: Spiderman,
Hancock, The social network, Men in black.
Walt Disney Pictures is a media conglomerateone as it sells toys, creates books, makes films and also has its own theme park. It is also the most famous out of all
six, due to people knowing the production company as they watched their films
growing up. Walt Disney Pictures are commonly known for children/family movies
as animations and cartoons. However, this company have also started to make
different genres of films such as Pirates Of The Caribbean which is an action
movie,this allows them to reach out to a wider variety of audience such as
teenagers and adults. Some of the well known institutions they own are Pixar
and Marvel. Pixar and Marvel both concentrate on the quality of the film rather
than how many they make, making them as exciting as possible. This entices a
large audience as they wait for their next movie to come out as they know it
will only be as great as the last. Some films they have created: Finding Nemo,
Pirates Of The Carribean, Tangled, Thor, Bambi.
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox, is another well-known institution, although it started a later than other major film companies. This particular institution is owned by a news corporation, this helps them get publicity as their name is well known for other things as well. As they are owned by a news corporation, it means that they get their money largely from other projects instead of just films, similar to Sony. They also own a television channel the same as Disney, they have even started to make some of their shows into movies, for example The Simpsons Movie. They create movies of different genres like many other of the most well known institutions, for example: Star wars, Die hard, Titanic, X-Men, Marley And Me, Alien.
Finally, Universal Pictures which is another of the major 6 institutions. This particular company also runs different projects such as theme parks around America, which they use to promote their business, like Disney World does. Like many other film companies, they produce a large range of different genres, to appeal to a wider audience. Similar to Warner Bros and Paramount, they are also in it for the money by appealing to a large number of people. However, they are able to achieve bringing out very successful movies such as: Jaws, King Kong, Despicable me, Mamma Mia!.
The film institution that is most likely to produce our film
would be a film company that produces lots of different movies such as
Universal and Paramount. However, due to them being so big, they would want to
change parts of our storyline to make it more of a film that would sell.
Therefore, I would instead like Warner Bros to be the one to produce our film
as they produced Harry Potter which is one of my favourite films. I also know
from research from my own interest that the writer of the Harry Potter books,
J.K Rowling had a bit part in the production of the films, being able to choose
actors to play the characters and also being able to decide what scenes
should be included and what scenes shouldn’t.
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