Latest Rough Cut

New Rough Cut

Here is our latest rough cut. We have taken advice previously given to us to improve what we previously had however I still think that this cut needs improving. For example, the framing in some of the shots isn't quite right in my opinion and also the mise-en-scene needs changing in a few places.
There were a couple of scenes that we were unable to get due to weather conditions and not having anything to make blood, however we have indicated what these scenes will be and where they will go in our rough cut.

 

Test Footage 2.

So yesterday we went out at lunch and filmed the outside shots for our second rough cut. We managed to get plenty more shot types and angles so we have plenty footage to work with whilst editing. We experimented with making fake blood effects and also found a possible mask we could use which would be effective. We filmed more in depth in the kidnapping scene and filmed the victim being dragged through the snow with the blood which in my opinion was very effective with the contrast of the white snow and the red blood. We still need to work a bit on getting the camera to stay still and working on getting effective panning shots. Also we need to work on getting realistic looking fake blood and the action. Overall I think the filming went well, we just have to film the inside parts with the improved mis-en-scene.

Podcast 3 - Rough Cut/Production Schedule

Feedback on practice footage.

So today our practice footage was shown to the class and a few A2 students. Overall we got some good feed back on our coursework. The first thing is we needed more footage and more shot varity to keep the audience engaged. The pov shots in the opening scene worked well with the blurring and overlays. However I feel the intro scene needs to be a little longer with more exposision on how the guy gets there. Also we need to show the scene of him getting kidnapped and taken to the basement. Another thing we need to improve when doing our final piece is improving the mis-en-scene which we will certainly work on when it comes to the next shoot. Another comment which was brought up was the lack of a struggle to get away. It was brought up there needed to be some sort trap or moral desision in which he should have to fid away to escape instead of having the keys right above him. We also need better acting and more of a panic. With improved lighting, soundtrack and acting I think we could make a very effective film opening.

Test footage edit.

This is going to be a quick blogpost on some of the edting techniques I used when editing the test footage. So first I had to cut the clips up and order them keeping in mind shot vs shot whilst doing it so the scene flows. The first problem I encounterd was the lack of shot angles I had to work with. This meant takes where quite long so there wasent much shot varity. I used a few effects on the first scene to try and signify intoxican. I used the guassian blur effect and the shot overlays to show blurred vision. Also I used the fade in fade out transision to signify time passing and blacking out. Overall when it comes to the final edit, I will make shots shorter and use more interesting shot variation.

Podcast 2 - Film idea and test footage.

Here we talk about the finalised idea and things we did during test footage.