Editing Part 4

Today I created a piece of emotional music that will be used in the grieving part in the film. I produced it using the software Garage Band lasting around 15seconds long. It only needed to be a simple melody of a repetitive string instrument, which I choose to use a Piano.

I exported my song as Mp3 file and imported it into Adobe Premiere where I timed it and increased the volume level.

The final editing part to my film that is coming towards the end of this project, is recording the narrator that I have already produced a script for and then put it in time with the first two scenes of the film. I plan to do this on the date 10th of May.

Editing Part 3

Today I matched the sounds of the scenes that needed a buzz track and other main sounds such as the telephone ringing and levelled the sounds between them. This took me a few hours todo in which I had some time left to start the two difficult scenes with the conversations. During the video recording stage, when filming the sound recorder was left on record throughout the whole session of that scene. This made it easier to layer the separate sound audio with the video footage.

Editing Part 2

Following on from my last post, at a later schedule then anticipated originally, I edited the rest of the scenes  for the film. I spent quite a long time on the pub scene because it is a conversation between two people that changes shot angles quite a lot. I had to listen to the conversation a few times to time the angle of shots so that the person who was talking at a certain point had the camera on them and then moved onto the other persons reply back. The conversation in the house with the girl and her friend was another quite intense scene to edit to make sure the camera was not cutting away to fast before the person had stop speaking to give it a realistic smooth flow.

You can see the progress and development made in the editing, which has visually been completed but now I have to import all the sounds and conversation audio that were recorded separately because the audio sound from the video camera was not the best quality.

This will be a difficulty task to do, especially the talking scenes to match the timing of the visual elements with the audio. If it is not done correctly in time, the conversation audio may be a second behind what you can see on the screen which would not be a successful result.

I plan to complete start this on the date Monday 7th of May and complete it by the date Wednesday 6th of May.

Editing Part 1

Today I started editing my footage together in the programme Adobe Premiere. I set my work area and used my storyboards to remind myself of the sequence the shots for the first 3 scences. Carefully I brought the clips together in time and focused using continuity editing from one shot to another. I didnt need to add any effects onto the clips, only a slight colour change and contrast was used to make the videos look better.

My next step is tomorrow is to finish editing the rest of the film using the same process of close editing from shot to shot to produce a flowing film visually with soft changing angle shots.

Finished Filming

Today I was able to film the last two scenes earlier than what was secheduled on Sunday to do it. The weather was great to take advantage of and I can now carry on editing for the next 13days to bring all the
scences together and produce two 10second music tracks during this process.

I also have to record the narrators script soon so that I can edit it in time with my video. But I will finish the visual editing first and then layer the music and narrator over the top.
My plan is to finish the video footage by the date 9th of May and then produce and layer both music and narrator to the video by the date 11th/12th. This then gives me 3days left over before the deadline to change fix any timing or sound problems. Because the timing and layering many sound tracks are crucial to the film, like any film.

Editing Process

Today I started to sort out all the video footage that I have. I used my storyboards to guide me through the sequence of shots for scences 1,2 and 3. I have setup my editing work area in the Programme Adobe Premiere that I am using for all editing effects and final export.
I have managed to edit the first three scences and used the tools in the editing software.
I used colour correction and transistions to lead between one scene to another. A soft transition, fade to black worked well after experimenting with them.

The timing of the shots from cut to cut throughout the first and second scences may need adjusting later on once ive recorded the narrator track on top and add it in time over the top.
Due to my actoress letting me down for the planned schedule dates in which we were going to finish the filming left to film, it did not happen and I have to now reschedule again this week to get it down.

Thursday: 9pm-5pm
Friday: 9p-5pm

My actress understands that I can not change these dates again because It won't leave me the time I need to edit. so as planned I will contiune to edit the rest of my footage I have until arriving at these dates to finish the filming that will allow me to spend the next week and a half to edit two scences.

Problems have arised with, my solution

Introduction
I started filming on the 2nd of April where I planned to film a different scene each day which would leave me with a week left over the holidays to reshot any footage that needed to be done before the assemnet on the 24th of April. Unfortuantly this plan did not work due to commitment by my main Actoress.

The Problems
A few days before filming my actoress dyed her hair bright red. Although I did not aprove of this, I had no control over it because like in the real world actors get payed, which I am not and is using her voluntarly.

I contiuend to film with the change of hair colour due to the problem that I had no one else to find in replace. But after filming for a week, making a great progress on getting Four scences out off the way, my actress decided that she wanted to change her hair colour back to normal, which left me with another problem arised to leave me with no choice but to reshot all the footage we had already done.

I thought about many ways that I could avoid having to reshot by adding a few lines in a conversation scene. The more I studied the idea of solving it, I realised that it wouldnt work because we had already filmed that scence. So I refilmied the footage we had already done and the footage left todo. Having to start again at this point was a little frustrating, but I worked with my actress throughout the week (9th-15th of April) to finish in plenty of time that would give me chance to look at all the footage.

On the 17th of April, having nearly finished all the filming my actress told me she didnt want to do it due to her falling ill. I was disapointed that I had been let down towards the end of finishing. It was hard enough in the first place to find one person to act so I did not have a back up, which left me in a bad position days before the assessment.

I though about my story and thought how I could work around the problem airsed. My actress was the main character along side my actor. So I thought that if I made my actor the main character in the story, grieving over his brother that had died, then I wouldnt have to change the story alot.

But I was lucky enough that my other friend Natalie Brendal agreed to be the replacement. I was confident enough that the two actors would still work well together as a couple to the films narrative.

 I have not shot all the raw footage I need for my video so far, but 70% of the footage has been done.

I have evaluated what is left todo and have created a plan of action which is timetable to this weeks schedule of footage to finish off. 

I will follow this timetable so that i can produce a good final piece within the time period of editing I have left.
My Self Performance
I started shooting 3weeks before the date of the 24th of April that would of gave me more than enough time to shot all the footage and any reshoots that were needed. My plan did not fall this way which has left me with not a lot of time to finish the filming and editing. But I will look at the negative in a positive and work with the time that I have got left. The end product can still be a well developed short film at the end of this product that I am confident enough to achieve.