Today, whilst watching our rough edit, we realized that we needed more still footage in our film to balance out the moving shots. We also needed to record some sound for our film, so Oliver and Liam went out with a microphone, whereas Faii, Daniel and I went to record some still camera shots.
Once we arrived at our first destination we realised we had forgotten to bring a battery, so Daniel ran back to college to get one while me and Faii planned out the shot. By the time Daniel arrived back, we only had 10 minutes left to get our shot. If I had to go out again, I would check that we had everything packed in the box that we would need for the day to avoid forgetting anything.
We did manage to get the footage, but it did not have the effect we wanted int he film so we didn't use it. We should have planned out the shot we wanted that would have fit in the film.
Friday 15 January 2010
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Edward Scissorhands
'Edward Scissor hands' Is a Gothic love story about an unfinished creation of a man with scissors for hands. He is removed from his isolated attic located at the top of a Gothic castle placed on top of a hill, to live with a suburban family. When 'Pegg' finds Edward in his castle, her pastel lavender shaded clothes show a high contrast compared to the darkness of the castle. this contrast is reflected when Edward scissor hands enters suburbia.
Much like the story of Frankenstein, Edward is hated by the town for the way he looks, and by accidentally cutting Kim's finger with his scissors, is referred to as 'Satan' and is chased out the town. Another film that could be compared with this, is Beauty and the Beast, as it also shows that love conquers appearance.
The atmosphere and mood differentiates throughout the film. The small, pastel suburbia with painted houses shows a constant happiness throughout the town. The small windows also show a sense of paranoia that people have in this other wise perfect village. This is a strong contrast in comparison to Edwards castle.
From the town, it looks as if a dark shadow is cast over the hill in the otherwise sunny town. the clean cut town is a lot different to the castle which looks ragged and neglected.
However, past the gates, the happiness that surrounds the castle is a repeat of the town. The bright colours and beautiful sculptures begin to tell the story of Edward, which contradict his appearance.
The film differs from 'classic' horror films, as the 'horror' is not only shown in the typically Gothic castle, and Edward, bus also comes from the 'perfect' people living in the suburbia. The only horror characteristic of Edward is his hands, however the bad things he does with them are always accidents. The suburbans reaction to these accidents shows the real evil.
The music used at the beginning of the film uses a 79 musicians to create a mysterious piece of music which gives a scary eerie feel. The song played during the scene when Patt goes to the castle is mysterious yet playful, which combines the atmosphere of the happy character in the scary surroundings.
Much like the story of Frankenstein, Edward is hated by the town for the way he looks, and by accidentally cutting Kim's finger with his scissors, is referred to as 'Satan' and is chased out the town. Another film that could be compared with this, is Beauty and the Beast, as it also shows that love conquers appearance.
The atmosphere and mood differentiates throughout the film. The small, pastel suburbia with painted houses shows a constant happiness throughout the town. The small windows also show a sense of paranoia that people have in this other wise perfect village. This is a strong contrast in comparison to Edwards castle.
From the town, it looks as if a dark shadow is cast over the hill in the otherwise sunny town. the clean cut town is a lot different to the castle which looks ragged and neglected.
However, past the gates, the happiness that surrounds the castle is a repeat of the town. The bright colours and beautiful sculptures begin to tell the story of Edward, which contradict his appearance.
The film differs from 'classic' horror films, as the 'horror' is not only shown in the typically Gothic castle, and Edward, bus also comes from the 'perfect' people living in the suburbia. The only horror characteristic of Edward is his hands, however the bad things he does with them are always accidents. The suburbans reaction to these accidents shows the real evil.
The music used at the beginning of the film uses a 79 musicians to create a mysterious piece of music which gives a scary eerie feel. The song played during the scene when Patt goes to the castle is mysterious yet playful, which combines the atmosphere of the happy character in the scary surroundings.
Friday 8 January 2010
Editing
Today we started to edit our films. We imported all of our clips from the hard drive into our folders and then imported them onto Final cut pro.
Displayed was a list of locations, and inside was all the clip we took from that location. Once we decided which part of the clip we wanted, we created a starting point by pressing ‘I’ for input, and selected a finish point by clicking O for output
Once we had done this for all of the clips, we decided a rough order for them. By selecting a clip and dragging it, you can arrange the order of the clips.
The problems I faced during the process, was that half way through a clip there was a shot of someone’s legs. I had to cut the clip before the legs were seen, and join on another similar clip. This was easily done by using the input and output tools. However it was hard to find a point where the clips could join without effecting the smoothness of the clip. If we had the chance to film again, I would make sure there were no unwanted objects in shot.
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