We have finally finished editing, it had taken some time because of certain circumstances, but we have finished all the editing, thanks to Nathan and Matthew.
As they were both working on the editing, me and Elizabeth were doing the logo for the film, which we may upload and show. Also through the process of editing, we found some copyright free music from the website given by school, and Nathan sang along to it and made a theme tune for the film, which is at the beginning of our 2 minutes.
There were some problems at the beginning of editing, due to some clips being lost and we were scared that the dialogue couldnt be heard. But we pulled through and resolved all problems, and we are pretty much happy with the finishing product.
I will soon upload the story board, and give an explanation of changes made to it, the shot list and shooting schedule. But about the script.
We have decided not to do a script, as we improvised through out. We as a group agreed that things run smoother when its a spur of the moment thing, its more natural, and there isnt the whole thing with forgetting your lines and making things more complicated. So a script wasnt in our process, we improvised as we felt more comfortable with this process.
But overall it was a good outcome, the editing went okay, the titles look pretty decent, and the opening song is of good quality, and all together it makes a good quality video in our opinion. So we are happy with the ending result.
We have finished production.
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Thursday, 5 March 2009
McCheese and Callaghan progress 4.
On the third day of filming, we had decided to film everything inside, and change the storyboard so that the whole scene was set inside of a warehouse in Belgium, rather than outside, or outside going inside.
We did this because we decided it would have been easier, and more efficient, with less disturbances because there were quiet places to film that werent a hassle to adjust continuity too. At the start this time, McCheese and Callaghan are stood behind a door, peering through the two windows, shown as a mid-shot, and burst through the door and McCheese throws a shoe at the "Housley". This is another change that took place in our storyboard. We then walk over the Housley as planned, and is still shown as a mid-shot, and we discuss the same as previously planned, about wives and kids, but this time it is filmed in a hall way, and is more of a long shot. We then follow the same idea as we previously tried, by walking up the stairs, and the Housley runs at us, but this time we push the doors open and walk through, talking about our job, but this time McCheese pushes the "Housley" over, rather than hitting him. We believed this ran smoother, and looked much better than a cheesy fake punch that makes the film look shabby. And after that, the same as previously filmed happened, McCheese and Callaghan talking, and Elizabeth running in asking for our help. These new set of shots were a big improvement on the others. Although we still had to reshoot the second half of them. Mainly due to a door closing and wrecking the sound, you could not hear Nathan and me speak. Also we had discovered that the footage from the newer camera is alot sharper and doesn't have the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, which ruins the continuity. So we have decided to do a voice over, over the original. This will make the sound sharper, and make the contuinity of the film better, making the quality equal, rather than one better, and one worse. And we are refilming the parts with better quality, and without a black bar, with another camera, one with less quality to follow the continuity of the whole thing, making it all flow again, and making the quality, and resolution equal.
This will be happening on tuesday, and further information will be uploaded soon after we have filmed and uploaded the new footage.
We did this because we decided it would have been easier, and more efficient, with less disturbances because there were quiet places to film that werent a hassle to adjust continuity too. At the start this time, McCheese and Callaghan are stood behind a door, peering through the two windows, shown as a mid-shot, and burst through the door and McCheese throws a shoe at the "Housley". This is another change that took place in our storyboard. We then walk over the Housley as planned, and is still shown as a mid-shot, and we discuss the same as previously planned, about wives and kids, but this time it is filmed in a hall way, and is more of a long shot. We then follow the same idea as we previously tried, by walking up the stairs, and the Housley runs at us, but this time we push the doors open and walk through, talking about our job, but this time McCheese pushes the "Housley" over, rather than hitting him. We believed this ran smoother, and looked much better than a cheesy fake punch that makes the film look shabby. And after that, the same as previously filmed happened, McCheese and Callaghan talking, and Elizabeth running in asking for our help. These new set of shots were a big improvement on the others. Although we still had to reshoot the second half of them. Mainly due to a door closing and wrecking the sound, you could not hear Nathan and me speak. Also we had discovered that the footage from the newer camera is alot sharper and doesn't have the black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, which ruins the continuity. So we have decided to do a voice over, over the original. This will make the sound sharper, and make the contuinity of the film better, making the quality equal, rather than one better, and one worse. And we are refilming the parts with better quality, and without a black bar, with another camera, one with less quality to follow the continuity of the whole thing, making it all flow again, and making the quality, and resolution equal.
This will be happening on tuesday, and further information will be uploaded soon after we have filmed and uploaded the new footage.
McCheese and Callaghan Progress 3.
On our second day of filming (or attempt), we went back and refilmed the failed scenes, because of the disturbances and shabby filming we had done previously.
Some of the snow had melted, but not all of it, there was still enough snow to keep the continuity of the film flowing, which was a good outcome and lucky for us. But because of the disturbances we had last time, we decided to film the conversation between McCheese and Callaghan inside. We then decided to change the storyboard so that the two of them had infilitrated a warehouse where the enemy had been spotted. As they talk, they both are walking into the building, with a midshot of the two. But there was a problem when it came to re-watching whilst uploading: The other camera was in the shot. Also we filmed another mid-shot which was McCheese telling Callaghan that he doesnt have kids or a wife, we then later realised that it didnt follow continuity, and was off angle, which made it look shabby. The main reason for re-filming was to get Elizabeth to talk to us, about her museum being robbed of the emerald. But as the film got to that part, we noticed that on the 180 degree shot, that the other camera was in shot, which made things worse. Everything was fine until we noticed the little mistakes that werent as obvious until rewatched.
So we decided that because of all the problems, such as disturbances, shabby film work, and lack of continuity, that a refilm was the best option again.
Some of the snow had melted, but not all of it, there was still enough snow to keep the continuity of the film flowing, which was a good outcome and lucky for us. But because of the disturbances we had last time, we decided to film the conversation between McCheese and Callaghan inside. We then decided to change the storyboard so that the two of them had infilitrated a warehouse where the enemy had been spotted. As they talk, they both are walking into the building, with a midshot of the two. But there was a problem when it came to re-watching whilst uploading: The other camera was in the shot. Also we filmed another mid-shot which was McCheese telling Callaghan that he doesnt have kids or a wife, we then later realised that it didnt follow continuity, and was off angle, which made it look shabby. The main reason for re-filming was to get Elizabeth to talk to us, about her museum being robbed of the emerald. But as the film got to that part, we noticed that on the 180 degree shot, that the other camera was in shot, which made things worse. Everything was fine until we noticed the little mistakes that werent as obvious until rewatched.
So we decided that because of all the problems, such as disturbances, shabby film work, and lack of continuity, that a refilm was the best option again.
McCheese and Callaghan. Progress 2.
On the first day of filming it had snowed the night previous, so we changed our ideas a little bit. Our plan from the start was to film me and Nathan lying in the grass waiting for the "Housley" henchman to pop out and attack us, and Nathan would throw a beanbag, but because it had snowed, we thought it'd be more efficient to use a snowball to adjust the humor and irony of the situation. We filmed it all outside, from where Nathan threw the snowball, and me and Nathan talking about the job, and relationships. It took alot of time and effort, to only realise when it came to editing and uploading, that it wasnt good enough. There was too much disturbance, for example people coming from lessons, and cars driving past. And the occasional odd scream, or shout from children in the lower part of school.
Also the continuity of the film wasnt that good, and some of the shots were off center, making it look like a really shabby film. In the end we came to the conclusion that another try at filming should be put forward, and we then discussed how we would fix the mistakes, and improve the quality of the film.
Also the continuity of the film wasnt that good, and some of the shots were off center, making it look like a really shabby film. In the end we came to the conclusion that another try at filming should be put forward, and we then discussed how we would fix the mistakes, and improve the quality of the film.
McCheese and Callaghan progress 1.
On the first day of planning, we were split up to take up certain tasks to plan out certain key parts to the filming.
Me and Elizabeth wrote the script for the 2 minutes of filming, Matthew did the shooting schedule for the day of filming, and Nathan did the shot list for the film.
We later that lesson organised which cameras we would use, and charged them ready for the day of filming.
I will soon upload the script, shot list, and shooting schedule that were put together, by the individuals in the group.
Me and Elizabeth wrote the script for the 2 minutes of filming, Matthew did the shooting schedule for the day of filming, and Nathan did the shot list for the film.
We later that lesson organised which cameras we would use, and charged them ready for the day of filming.
I will soon upload the script, shot list, and shooting schedule that were put together, by the individuals in the group.
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