Saturday, 9 April 2016
Our Production Company 'Move'
Our group has created a film company called Move Productions. This name has been chosen due to its similarities and significance with the film industry.
Our film has moving images, so by this concept we decided to bring the idea of continuity to the name of our film. The name 'Move' sounds like it is growing and progressive which is what we want our production company to be.
All together in our group we decided equally this was a good name and we are happy.
All together in our group we decided equally this was a good name and we are happy.
Editing: Fonts
To find the fonts we wanted for our film we used the website 'Art of the Title' alongside '1001 Fonts' and 'Fonts.com' to simply find something catchy for our thriller opening.
There were many font which we thought would fit the ideal for our film, but the one we chose was 'Zodiac' as we felt like it wasn't trying too hard. It has a similar effect to the fonts below but slightly more corrupt.
Our other favourite fonts from '1001 Fonts' and 'DeFont'
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| Albertsthal Typewriter |
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| Special Elite |
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| Harting |
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| RM Typewriter |
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| Old Typewriter 2.0 |
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| Moms Typewriter |
Editing: Transitions
transition
tranˈzɪʃ(ə)n,trɑːn-,-ˈsɪʃ-/
noun
- 1.the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another."students in transition from one programme to another"
synonyms: change, move, passage, transformation, conversion, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, changeover, metamorphosis; More Our group decided to use transitions in our thriller opening because we wanted to try out new editing skills and we thought it would make our film stand out more and look more catchy. We used transitions such as cross dissolves which helped our shots move on well and smoothly so whoever is watching will not notice the transition. This was also used on our titles, we used fade which would make the titles appear as if they were being typed. This helped make our opening look more personal and as if someone was there typing the names.
Editing: Colour
Our film needed some colour grading as some minor shots which we filmed were shot from slightly different angles, so the lighting didn't match, and some colours didn't show up harshly enough so we had to make them more alive and bright.
Opening Scene: We used the blue lighting from the blue assotate which we placed over the light, but some of the shots didn't have the same colouring and the blue was not extreme enough. This was when we decided to colour grade them by altering the highlights, shadows and contrasts.
Flashback Scenes: We again used the colour grading technique, so that when the flashbacks played it looked slightly more obvious, then having just our actor looking upwards and nervous. We were worried that the scene looked like it was being edited badly so that's the reasons due to the colour grading. We used effects like 'washed bleach' and simply using the manual colour editing tool which made the scenes look mild (the sepia tone).
Opening Scene: We used the blue lighting from the blue assotate which we placed over the light, but some of the shots didn't have the same colouring and the blue was not extreme enough. This was when we decided to colour grade them by altering the highlights, shadows and contrasts.
Flashback Scenes: We again used the colour grading technique, so that when the flashbacks played it looked slightly more obvious, then having just our actor looking upwards and nervous. We were worried that the scene looked like it was being edited badly so that's the reasons due to the colour grading. We used effects like 'washed bleach' and simply using the manual colour editing tool which made the scenes look mild (the sepia tone).
Editing: Audio & Sound
Our group found sound quite challenging, due to making sure nothing sounded too high or low. There needs to be continuity between each shots and we needed to make sure that every sound sounded like it was meant to be there.
Background Music: Most scenes we had to get rid of the background music when we were filming we weren't really worried about this because we were going to take it out when we were editing. We were originally planning to use atoms from our school database as other sounds and follie. The train station scene was the only scene where we kept the background sound but we lowered the sound whilst we were editing. There were train announcements playing whilst we were filming and we had to make sure the sound was consistent and it didn't sound too messy. So we used audio clips from one shot which was long and carried it through the whole scene.
We used quite a few sound recordings from the school audio database. For example we used 'busy city' for the exterior shots and then we decided to use 'calm atoms' for our interior scenes.
Our soundtrack was added to the first and last scenes and was quite through the rest. This created mystery and suspense. The music was loud in the more intense moments, where we capture the abusive ex-boyfriend.
Deciding the name for our film
All of us had different ideas for the name for our film. We all didn't really mind so we decided to research and brainstorm to find different names:
Full Circle- We thought this name would be good, as Iris falls back into the arms of her abusive ex-boyfiend, just after she has broken free of him and her past, making her go in a full circle.
Echo- Echo was meant to represent the echo of her past life, and the abuse, coming back to haunt Iris
Return- Representing the return of the trauma of her past-life and relationship
The Retreat- Once Iris is kidnapped she is held captive, so retreat is a play on the whole captivity and removal from her current life
Regain- This allows the question of 'will Iris regain her old life?' throughout the film.
I personally really liked 'Echo' and it was the name i chose. I thought it worked well because the film is sort of a repeat to her previous past with her abusive ex-boyfriend. No one seemed to keen on it so in the end we went with 'Full Circle", which also has vast amounts of relevance to our film.
Full Circle- We thought this name would be good, as Iris falls back into the arms of her abusive ex-boyfiend, just after she has broken free of him and her past, making her go in a full circle.
Echo- Echo was meant to represent the echo of her past life, and the abuse, coming back to haunt Iris
Return- Representing the return of the trauma of her past-life and relationship
The Retreat- Once Iris is kidnapped she is held captive, so retreat is a play on the whole captivity and removal from her current life
Regain- This allows the question of 'will Iris regain her old life?' throughout the film.
I personally really liked 'Echo' and it was the name i chose. I thought it worked well because the film is sort of a repeat to her previous past with her abusive ex-boyfriend. No one seemed to keen on it so in the end we went with 'Full Circle", which also has vast amounts of relevance to our film.
Editing the flashbacks part 2
In the beginning, were planned to have our flashbacks at the point where Iris is waiting to meet her bling date. On the other hand, when we were editing and putting clips into their correct place we all came to conclusion that they didn't look obvious enough to the audience.
We also agreed that the train station scene was quite long and boring and dragged on. This is why we decided to make the editing more effective and create short clips of the train station scene. This looked far more interesting and dynamic.
The use of this editing looks much more interesting and keeps whoever is watching more intrigued. It helps create enigma and mystery throughout and doesn't come across as boring. It also makes the next following scenes more effective, as the short snippets represent unease.
We also agreed that the train station scene was quite long and boring and dragged on. This is why we decided to make the editing more effective and create short clips of the train station scene. This looked far more interesting and dynamic.
The use of this editing looks much more interesting and keeps whoever is watching more intrigued. It helps create enigma and mystery throughout and doesn't come across as boring. It also makes the next following scenes more effective, as the short snippets represent unease.
Editing the flashbacks part 1
The Flashbacks were probably the most challenging when editing our film. We had to try and make sure the flashbacks were obvious, otherwise it looked like bad editing.
Darren Aronofsky was inspiration for our group, due to his hip-hop montages. There are many quick shots which he cuts. This is the equivalent to a long scene, but just making it short and more catchy. We overall decided that we wanted it to be more sequential. We made the scenes more interesting by butting our seconds of our clips. The image jumps in a good amount, so you don't miss the images. This contributes to the male character, it goes alongside his unpredictable character.
Darren Aronofsky was inspiration for our group, due to his hip-hop montages. There are many quick shots which he cuts. This is the equivalent to a long scene, but just making it short and more catchy. We overall decided that we wanted it to be more sequential. We made the scenes more interesting by butting our seconds of our clips. The image jumps in a good amount, so you don't miss the images. This contributes to the male character, it goes alongside his unpredictable character.
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