week 5 blog entry (what needs to be done etc.)

I have completed a number of things since the start of this term which i am extremely pleased with. So far i have completed:

• Completed a shooting schedule
• Filming and listed missing scenes
• done any reshoots and that were required
• Almost finished my rough cut which is planned to be finished by the deadline (Feb 15th)
• Most of my sound has been recorded aside from the narration which will be finished and applied to the video rough cut shortly
• i have started my question 7 evaluative essay

Things that i need to do:

• I Must complete my ident which will be filmed over half term
• i need to source some music and SFX
• I need to remake my titles and some of my graphics as i am extremely unhappy with what i have produced and thus not uploaded it.
• Polish my film and make it look proffessional.

Edit: unfortunately i ran into a little bit of an altercation with filming yesterday. Filming will take place on tuesday the 12th of february.

graphics planning

for my piece i want to create a very dark feel. I will achieve this in a number of ways by utilising elements such as fonts, filters, images and other various factors at my disposal.

Firstly there is one font which i am particularly keen on which is used in the woman in black:
as you can see here the font is white and placed on a dark background. The font is also distorted slightly to make it look as if there is light shining behind it. This also makes the font appear very "spooky" and scary.

Unfortunately i feel that this font is more reminiscent of a 'pure-bred' horror film rather than a thriller which is why i want to use a font that is similar to this although not exactly the same.

week 4 diary entry

Over the past week I have dfilmed almost all my shots for my piece. I need to film 1 more scene which I plan to do this weekend and it should not take more than an hour. Luckily the shots are not forming a constant narrative so continuity with the snow is not a problem.

As well as this I have completed a large amount of editing so far on my piece and I have already received some helpful constructive feedback from my teacher. For example a lot of my shots felt very disconnected and it did not seem like a constant narrative; it felt more like a trailer. However i have rectified this and it seems more like a story now.

I need to record the sound for it, which will not take long at all and I can do it in a lunch period at school.

After this all I need to is complete my editing and I will upload my rough cut within the next few weeks.