Tony - Credits - 27/09/2018

Credit Sequence

For this piece we were asked to create an open and ending credit sequence for a thriller. I decided to give my thriller a harbour theme and film my clips at the Key located in Kings Lynn; I filmed my project on a DSLR camera to give a clean crisp image that was appealing to the eye; to help give a more dramatic feel to the film I changed the frame rate to make it more workable to slow motion. doing this will benefit me a lot in the editing process. After filming all these needed clips, they were then transferred to my hard drive for editing. in the edit I wanted a piece of music that I felt captured the mood I was going for in this project by giving it a creepy but simple sound. to show this I have imbedded the clip to show my aims and to help give the viewer an understanding on what I am aiming to make. Looking at my footage I sorted out my clips into folders deciding which clips I thought were best. then placing all my best footage into premiere pro, I began to construct my video fitting in with the song I had chosen and adding effects where necessary to show names and titles of those involved in the film. to give my footage a darker thriller vibe, I added noise effects and lowered the saturation of my footage to make it look dark and gloomy, I also slowed the footage by half giving it a dramatic look in the final product. my final video give myself the impressions of late 1900s horror such as IT and Childs Play. this is a good way to give my film more of a fitted group of films to connect it to rather than just a standalone product with no main audience to appeal to. for my end credits I took a longer clip and used some scroll credits to end my film. I felt as if the clip I used gave the impression of an end event to my film that is left unexplained but shows that something could have happened. Also, with the setting and theme of the footage it fits in with my opening credits to make them feel connected and as if they are part of the same film.

Tony - Sound project - 18/09/2018

Thing of Beauty

We were given the task of creating a short project for our Tuesday lessons with tony. The brief for this project stated we were to find a video on YouTube with less than fantastic audio, to download the video and in Premiere Pro to extract the audio and remake it using our own downloaded sounds and our own foley sounds.  I chose the video seen below as the main component for this project as I felt the visuals had a nice dramatic feel, however, the audio it originally comes with does not sell a specific message or accurately send the correct emotional response to the viewer as the video tries to. To help push this message I used a song for my main piece of audio, I chose this song as it helps fit a mood and has a dramatic feel whilst also being fun and not too uneasy to listen to like that of a thriller or horror film. Over the top of this I also tried to add in some ambiance sounds and some camera sounds which I have timed in with the film appropriately when camera flashes can be seen. I’ve also added in some sound effects of a clock or timer to give the feeling of time running out. On top of the song that can be heard I have gotten an online program to read a poem about beauty. This is because I am trying to use my audio to send the message that the fashion industry is very fake and models act like robots doing as their told with very little else. I feel although I was able to send this message by having an online program read the poem instead of a human, it gives the video a more mechanical feel and makes it sound less human. Overall I feel although I was successful in trying to create this video and am happy with the end product I have mad.

Justin - Short Shot Piece - 12/09/2018

Short Shot Piece

As a start to the year we were set the task to make a short film without the use of sound to tell a story. We were set into teams of three and told to plan our video then start filming immediately, we were given an hour to complete the challenge. The film was to be eight frames, show five different shot types, contain no editing skills and be no longer than about fifth teen seconds long.

My team decided on the idea on basing our short film on the concept of a man trying to get into a room to receive a coat which he has left in there and now needs the keys in its pockets to get it back. The five shot types we wanted to include in this project were wide shots, mid shots, Panning, zoom and mid long shots. Although we struggled we did manage to use most of these and keep our video consistent, so the viewer could follow the story.

As a team we had some small errors when it came to ideas and stubbornness in the team. This meant ideas were not able to flow as smoothly as they could have in some other cases. However, the idea and planning of our project went really well and I feel as though our short project was a good introduction to the year as it felt more hands on and got us thinking about ideas for future projects.