For our non-diegetic sound and backing music we were advised to use royalty-free music as this will mean we will not receive any copyright strikes from any companies who's music is being used. Which was why we used a very popular royalty-free music website to search for our soundtracks. NoCopyrightSounds is an organisation that releases music of a variety from different musicians.
Audacity
Audacity
I mentioned in my previous post the sound equipment we are using to shoot our film, which although may be very good, we would still need to take out any sound anomalies we could encounter during the editing process. Which is why we will be using the Audacity Sound Editing Programme. Audacity is a free open source digital audio editor and recording computer software application
Sony Vegas
Sony Vegas
To edit all of our footage, we have been using Adobe Premiere Pro throughout the whole course including for when we had to make our Preliminary Task and Copy Videos. We have been shown from the very beginning how to use this software from both Sion Roe who gave us the workshop and our teachers as well. However,
Preparation for filming
Preparation for filming
Having just pitched our idea to our peers and them being satisfied with our idea, we now need to start planning out our schedule and preparation to start our filming. Alex and I booked out the drama studio for Period 5 and after school until 6:30 pm on Thursday 21st January and Thursday 4th February. We also will spend
Filming Schedule
Filming Schedule
This timetable we have drawn up here is our filming schedule corresponding to the dates which we have booked the drama studio out and leaving some time at the weekend for the free running.
Jack Bauer | Character Analysis
Jack Bauer | Character Analysis
Having Picked our genre of Action/Adventure for our Main Task, we now have to begin gathering information on how our characters are going to act. We have already established that James McCullin is acting as the protagonist character in our film, we now have to be able to compare the characteristics of his character he plays as to a real movie
Location Shots
Location Shots
In preparation for our filming of our Opening Sequence, we have to cover and photograph all of the possible locations we can use in our film so that we know whether the locations are appropriate for our film as well as indicating what possible risks we could encounter when at these locations. Our 1st location shot is of
Script for Main Task
Script for Main Task
This here is the script which Alex and I had planned out which is giving us both an idea about how we are panning out our Opening Sequence and what our characters are going to be doing when instructed to do so.
Storyboard for Main Task
Storyboard for Main Task
This here is an animatic of our current storyboard for Alex's and my main task Opening Sequence. The individual panels roughly outline what our film Opening Sequence is hopefully is going to turn out like!
Feedback from Pitch
Feedback from Pitch
Now that the rest of our classmates had pitched their ideas to us for their Opening Sequence to their film, it was now time that Alex and I pitched our idea to the others who will also then give us feedback on our idea for what we could possibly change. Title: "ANONYMOUS" Roles: Filming: Alex Muir Editing: Robert Johnstone Sound:
Examples of Authentic Storyboards by Andrew Johnstone
Examples of Authentic Storyboards by Andrew Johnstone
Looking back at mine and Alex's Preliminary Task, it was evident that we both had to improve our storyboard for our film a lot more because we had no proper plan as to how we should structure our storyboard and the design of each panel. With this in mind, I decided to look through some past storyboards of
Mise-en-Scene for Opening Sequence
Mise-en-Scene for Opening Sequence
Having a brief idea as to what our film is going to be about before we start finalizing our story and presenting a pitch to the class, we now need to consider our Mise-en-Scene and how we are going to make this to be similar to how an Action/Adventure film should be filmed. Props: As our opening sequence is
Adobe Premiere Pro Workshop
Adobe Premiere Pro Workshop
On the 24th November 2015, an ex student from the Kings School Ottery St. Mary called Sion Roe (a professional photographer based in Exeter) came into our media lesson to help us and give us tips/tricks on how to improve our introductions/title sequences on our own films. He showed us how to create our very own film titles
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