Final edit of my film opening 2 minutes of Lost Girl:

(Please make sure that you turn off the animations for this clip as they are evaluations of another blog post). Overall, I am very happy with the outcome of my final film opening. I believe that I have put together what I had origanlly planned but also through out the recording and editing process I have been able to make some changes that work much better than my orginal plans and improved my overall outcome as a whole. I belive that the length of my footage was also successful taking into consideration that the opening film companies logo/ clip was 14 seconds long which allowed me to slightly go over the 2 minute mark that I was aiming for. Also I feel that looking back on research that I had done into exsisting film openings such as Hush and Taken I have been able to include stereotypical conventions of Horror/ Action genre films to able my audience to understand what type of film it is as soon as they start watching it. Also linking back to making my film clear and relateable I feel that it also went straight in to tension building and leaving it on a cliff hanger, which is hoooking the audience in to make them want to watch the rest of my film which is also something I wanted to achieve in order to make my film a success overall if it was going to be made in the furture.

Dairy Post: 20/02/2015

As I have been editing my film together I have found that footage wise, I have a lot of footage spear which is great, I am happy with the amount I have because I would rather have too much than too little, also in the future if I decide to change my ideas around and add extra footage or swap some things around during the film than its a good idea to have more footage.

As I began to edit the majority of the storyline together I realised that my film opening seemed slightly repetitive and also expected- you could tell what was going to happen. Because of this I began to brainstorm some ideas together and I came up with an idea to record some new footage of the girl already lying down dead, maybe with some propped fake blood over her and in a park somewhere in the pure bright daylight. With this new footage I'm thinking of cutting some clips into my existing footage and repeating it throughout. So, in terms of my existing footage, the new footage once edited in will make it look as if it is a flash back. This makes the opening two minutes of my film slightly more interesting and different to add enigma and mystery to my film opening, hopefully drawing the audience in more, making them want to watch on furtherer.

Diary Post: 05/02/2015

Yesterday we went to film for my film, luckily I had changed the girl that I was going to record with as she was more available than the other girl. We set off around 6pm, because it was relatively dark outside. Because it was dark I drove around looking for a lit up street which was suitable for recording. From planning I had originally planned a specific road to record on, however, the big beamed lights that I had chosen to use on the road was off that night, therefore because of this I had to rethink the whereabouts. Luckily, I had found a substitute road and it worked just as well, also near the road was a car park so the storyline ran slightly smoother.

The recording went well, although I was a bit worried about how dark it was and if it was too dark to use the footage in my over all opening of the film. So, too look at the footage closer than what was on the small play back screen I uploaded the footage onto the computer and I was happier with it once it was on the screen it had become more clearer.

Diary post: 02/02/2015

Failed filming weekend.

This weekend I planned to record the film opening to my film, I hired out the equipment and arranged to meet with friends. Once I met with friends it was too late and the person who drives who was going to be a part of the film to help improve lighting and to play the boy in kid napping the girl, maybe playing around with maybe putting her in the boot of the car when she gets stopped, but unfortunately the plan didn't work, it got a little too late and he didn't come out.
As a result of this I'v planned to keep the equipment and try again this weekend.

Animation for my opening 2 minutes of Lost Girl:

For the animation storyboard of my film I chose to take photographs of the scenes of the clips I will be recording and left the photo on screen for how long the clip will be. By doing this it enabled me to receive a strong understanding/ feeling for what my film opening will look like as well as planning how long it will be on for. From making this storyboard I realised that my idea may be slightly repetitive, which is going to be a problem, also if I feel that it is going to be slightly repetitive I also believe that it will reduce the timing of my film opening and make it shorter than what I need it to be. To resolve this I will be thinking about filming and maybe even including the moving images as I feel that they came out really well.
Overall I feel that by taking photos and putting them together in a sequence rather than drawing pictures allowed me to get a much better as well as who is viewing my blog of what the opening will look like. I am pleased with the opening titles, they work well and are not all the same transition so therefore mixes it up a bit but follow the same colour theme/ font type therefore remaining a strong brand image that I would create if I was to look at the advertising side to my film. The music also fits in well with what is going on, it builds tension and keeps the audience wanting to know what may happen next resulting in them carrying on watching the film which is what I was aiming for.

Looking at opening titles for my film opening of Lost Girl:

For my opening titles I feel that in terms of keeping a strong brand image that it was successful as I used the same colours/ same font throughout. This makes it easier for my audience to recognise my film if I was to broadcast and advertise in other cases such as film posters or a trailer. Editing on the Mac I was able to know what I am and am not going to use. In the future, so for example when I make my animatic storyboard I need to research further into the order that the titles go in and link it to the production company that I am choosing for my film.

Preliminary Task:

For my preliminary task I practised filing different shot type techniques as well as practising editing them on the Macs. Because I was using a new editing programme and filming a conversation it was new and I found it hard to adapt. After this task I was a lot more familiar and felt confident with using imovie to edit with.