Construction- final cut

Preliminary Task

Moodboard

Diary entry

Today I will be making changes to my film opening using my critical feedback I have gathered. I will also tackle evaluation question 1.

Teacher Feedback

I asked my teacher for guidance and feedback on my opening. She suggested making the screen titles more consistent in colour and realistic in number and order. She also recommended the music being too generic: this is contradictory to what my audience said. The music is featured on popular thriller/horror film '28 days later.' Although a less well known music would be more original, it is hard to find music that progresses at the same place my film did like the 28 days later theme.

I came to the conclusion that as the music was deemed good from people of the target audience, their opinions are prioritised and I should value them. If the feedback I get from a wider range of people and ages feel that the music should be changed, I will take it into consideration and see what possibilities I can use.

I made my screen titles more consistent as suggested and added in fake credits so that there was even distribution of names- so although the team consisted of me and Rhiannon, it looks a lot more advanced : we take full credit for lighting, sound, editing and all the other jobs we can't quite invest professionals in!

Using Final Cut Fro I edited the film to be more consistant in background colours and the differences between lighting ins scenes. This was quite easy to accomplish.

Developing my Film Opening From Audience feedback

After considering my target audience, I selected people to take the opportunity to review my film opening and give me any constructive feedback to improve, criticise and praise my work.

My target audience of 16+ was easy to get hold of as I work among them daily.

The main points they came up with included:

"The music fits really well- the way it progresses with the film opening developing to more intense scenes is complimented by the music pace."

"The continuity is good: realistic, accurate flowing editing."

"It is clear from this who the target audience are and the genre is well presented."

"To develop it you could re-colour parts correcting it to a more balanced lighting and colour effect scheme."

The main point here is the colour correction, which I will work on as soon as I can. I may widen my feedback to a larger population including a wider range of age groups- a good, convenient, fast and effective way to do this that isn't time consuming is publishing it to social networks like Facebook. People can pot to comment on the video thoughts and opinions. I can use this to develop it.

Diarty entry

Today I edited all the footage we have filmed on Final Cut Pro.
I decided which music and sound effects to use.
I decided on the theme song of 28 days later because off the way it build up tension and creates a really dramatic feel of apprehension. I also used a classic fast heartbeat sound effect so that the audience feel the adrenaline intended for them. I added in effects like a quick metallic, jumpy sound to make a jumpy, on edge ending. Also included is the footsteps which was hard to fit together in sync because I was obviously not walking in time for all the shots.

I am trying to get my match on action precise which can be hard and frustrating when the footage is a mere millimetre out of place!
I enjoyed being creative with the footage and deciding what shots i'd use where and what camera angles looked best. I must now add in Titles of Actors etc. I have an idea of where they might fit in but hopefully don't ruin too much screens.