Not using news report

We decided not to use the news report scene we created in the title sequence. the reason we didn't use the news report is that we felt the actor did not give a serious performance as he seemed to happy which did not match what was going on in the back ground. Also the style of the news report didn't seem to match the other shots in our title sequence, it felt too tacky and fake.

title sequence ending eperimentation

 

From the feedback it was shown that the title sequence ends too abruptly. to solve this we added fade outs the end of the shot of the phone the text ran over and faded out after this gave the white text a black background for a few seconds which I really liked. finally I faded out the music and stretched the fade so it would slowly end. After the editing I watched it all and found the title sequence ended a lot smoother and I am very happy the changes were made.

Filming equipment

To film the title sequence we will need.

2 cameras: this is so we can film the same scene from two angles in one take. this creates better continuity and smooth transition from angles.

2 tripods: this is so when we film using two cameras both are able to be steady when recording.

1 dolly: a dolly would be useful to film smooth tracking shots without having the shake which a steady cam would give.

story issues with video

After looking back at the title sequence and looking at the feedback given, the first draft gives the impression that the man is going to kill the woman. This is because the dress scene fades to a target that gets shot so it looks like he's going to shoot her. to solve this issue we decided to change the order of the scenes so that the target would not appear near something of her to avoid the impression that she is the target.

starting of editing

today we started editing, we put all of our videos that were .MOV into one folder and then using  a program called Mpeg streamclip which converts media files we changed the .MOV files to DV.
Once all the videos were converted we imported them to final cut pro were we could start editing and from then on we organised which order the clips went in and cut them down if they were to long.

smooth cam issues

we have had issues with smooth cam were at the beginning of the clip it is smooth but then at the end it glitches and jumps, it seems no matter what we do to fix this problem it doesn't work. so we will have to start the smooth cam over again without credits over the video because we think that could be the reason its jumping.

re shooting plane scene

Today me and Michael decided to reshoot the scene were the camera tracks from a plane to a picture on the wall. we reshot this because steady cam didn't work it was too shaky. To solve this we decided it would be smoother if the camera was running along a solid sturdy surface. we got a plan of wood and rested it at an angle then placed a book which the camera sat on top of and we pushed the book up the plank of wood. This created a smooth scene and we was really happy with the shot.