As we had expected as a group because of the tools and the way we wanted too shoot our title sequence there were a few problems with our first shooting. One of the problems that we encountered was due to the dolly tool that we wanted to use as well as the setting that we was shooting in, the problems that happened here was that we never realised just how wide the dolly was and this effected the movement of the dolly as we kept knocking into things around the scene so we had problems here with the width of the dolly and the shooting of our title sequence. We solved this by moving some of the furniture and things around in the room so that we could shoot the title sequence just how we wanted too, so that it did not bump into any things around the room.
The next problem that we encountered when filming our title sequence was the dolly is only supposed to be used on flat smooth surfaces so that it runs without it bumping up and down as it will effect the camera work. Unfortunately like we had expected before we started shooting, we though that the grooves in the laminated flooring of our setting would effect the filming of our title sequence and so they did. When we was watching the sequence over and over again on the flip cam it did not look so bad, however when we uploaded the footage and took a better look at it, we could clearly see that the camera was jumping up and down. This was a real problem for us as our whole idea was based on the dolly giving us a 360 degrees shot of mike sitting on the sofa. As a group we had to act fast as we had already wasted one day of filming and we did not want the next to go the same way, so we put our heads together and came up with new way too shoot it, this time we would not use the dolly and instead just use a tripod to shoot our footage from. This way it would stop the aggravation caused by the dolly and then we could get some footage for me and Mike to edit. The way in which we would use the tripod to film our title sequence is much in the same way as we would use the dolly, instead of the sequence being one long shot, instead we would break it up into more than one shot but would still have the main aspect of going round our main character in a 360 degrees sort of way.
Now that we have sorted the problems that we have encountered on our first shoot, we will now as a group push on and look towards our second filming of our title sequence and feel that this time things will go more smoothly and that at the end we will have some footage in order for me and Mike to edit.
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Tuesday 17 January 2012
How I Keep Organised
The images above show just how i keep organised with my blog in order to keep up to date with blog posts and things i have to do. The first of the the two pictures at the very top is a word document will all of my blog posts up to date so that i know which ones i done and the order i did them in. The image below it is a screen shot of my blog and my planning ahead so that i know what blog posts i am still yet to do, it also allows me to plot my path of my blog so that i am able to see where it is going. The benefits of doing these two things are that i am able to keep a smaller record of all my blog posts, it also allows me to keep highly organised with what i am currently doing, what i have done and what i plan to do. The biggest benefit would be that i am able to plan far ahead by making new blog posts that consist only of the title and label so that when i look at it on my blog, i can look at the title and know exactly what i'm doing. If when i look at the title i cannot remember what i was planning to do then i can look at my word document of my blog posts and i can look at it and read the notes that i had wrote on what to do for that blog post.
Our Progress And Problems I Think We May Encounter
So far we have struggled to finalise details on such things as the music and the setting as we have found better ideas for these two things. I feel that the problems that we have encountered so far are not just a minor hiccup in a flawless plan, i think that there is more to come of things like this as i don't feel like everything is going to go to plan and that in the end we are going to be able to properly stick to the storyboard. We have no fear of editing the idea of our title sequence in order for it to work, we as a group understand that the sotryboard is merely a plan of what we want to do for our title sequence and that this plan can be altered and changed at any time that we may please so we will not hold back if we need to change something or if there is a better way of doing it.
At this moment in time i feel that there is nothing left to plan and that we are now ready to start shooting our title sequence. We have changed around the location so that we are now more equipped with the tools that we are using and we now know that the dolly may work in this setting, however we are still cautious of it. The next thing was s a group are going to do is shoot all of our shots in our storyboard for our title sequence, the benefit of it being in one setting is that we do not have to move around and also that we can shoot all of the footage that we need to in one day.
There are many problems that i feel we may encounter when doing our first shooting of our title sequence, first as i have mentioned above although we have chosen a new location to suit the equipement (dolly) that we are using, i still feel that even with the lamonated flooring in the new setting that there may still be a problem with filming especially using the dolly as i think it will jump when moving the camera around the room. We are unsure yet on how we are going to make this better or prevent it from happening, we as a group are just hoping that the camera will not go up and down when filming and that it will stay steady, however if it does jump when filming then we may have to re-think a few of our ideas and see if we can come up to a solution to this problem. The only other problem that i think we may encounter when filming is once again to do with the dolly, but a different aspect of it this time. Until today we had never seen what the dolly that we are going to use looked like and we now realise just how big it is. The size of the dolly is a real problem for us as we are now unsure whether it will be able to maneouvour 360 degrees around the couch in the center of the room at our setting. If it does not work out then once again like the previous problem we will have to think of a new way of filming it or perhaps using a different setting that has a larger living room with a sofa in it.
At this moment in time i feel that there is nothing left to plan and that we are now ready to start shooting our title sequence. We have changed around the location so that we are now more equipped with the tools that we are using and we now know that the dolly may work in this setting, however we are still cautious of it. The next thing was s a group are going to do is shoot all of our shots in our storyboard for our title sequence, the benefit of it being in one setting is that we do not have to move around and also that we can shoot all of the footage that we need to in one day.
There are many problems that i feel we may encounter when doing our first shooting of our title sequence, first as i have mentioned above although we have chosen a new location to suit the equipement (dolly) that we are using, i still feel that even with the lamonated flooring in the new setting that there may still be a problem with filming especially using the dolly as i think it will jump when moving the camera around the room. We are unsure yet on how we are going to make this better or prevent it from happening, we as a group are just hoping that the camera will not go up and down when filming and that it will stay steady, however if it does jump when filming then we may have to re-think a few of our ideas and see if we can come up to a solution to this problem. The only other problem that i think we may encounter when filming is once again to do with the dolly, but a different aspect of it this time. Until today we had never seen what the dolly that we are going to use looked like and we now realise just how big it is. The size of the dolly is a real problem for us as we are now unsure whether it will be able to maneouvour 360 degrees around the couch in the center of the room at our setting. If it does not work out then once again like the previous problem we will have to think of a new way of filming it or perhaps using a different setting that has a larger living room with a sofa in it.
Thursday 12 January 2012
Location Final Decision Change And Music Final Decision Change
As a group we realised immediately that the location we first wanted to use would not work as we were told that the dolly, we wanted to use, could only work on hard floor that is smooth and not on carpet as the wheel do not move across that surface. So as a group we had to sit down and put our heads together and think of a solution for this problem that would mean that we could use the dolly and still have a similar scene like the one that we had intended to use. With this in mind we looked at the other possible setting that we could have used before we made our first choice on the location and we came to the conclusion that we could not use Dom's living room as it also had carpet, whereas when we looked at Mikes living room we saw that he had laminated floor and so this was ideal for us to use the dolly on and so we have come to the conclusion that we shall now be using Mike's living room in order to film our title sequence rather than my living room which we had originally chosen to use.
As a group when we came across this problem our first instinct was to panic, however as one of the calmest members of the group i decided that we ought to not get stressed out about this minor setback and to instead put our heads together and go back to square one of choosing the location from scratch and with this in mind we was able to select a better more suitable location which would mean we was able to use the dolly as well as still keep our narrative and setting idea for our title sequence.
https://audionetwork.lgfl.org.uk/production-music/yeah-yeah-yeah_7944.asp
When looking for a piece of music to use for our title sequence we found the song 'yeah yeah yeah' on a copyright free music website which we thought best suited our title sequence out of the other songs that were on the website. However even though it was the song that did best suit our title sequence on the copyright free website, the sound track included lyrics which we planned on not having in our title sequence at all but as there was no other piece of music on the website that best suited our title sequence we decided to use the soundtrack for our title sequence. When looking on the copyright free music website for the button to download the song, what we didn't realise was that there was a non lyrical version of the song posted on there and when we made our first decision to use the song we did not see this version and so use the lyric version of the song as our first decision on the music. We only found the non lyrical version of the song when we went back onto the website and so our music decision change that i am talking about here is a team choice of instead of using the lyrical version of the song to use the non lyrical version of the soundtrack as we feel that this would better suit our title sequence.
As a group when we came across this problem our first instinct was to panic, however as one of the calmest members of the group i decided that we ought to not get stressed out about this minor setback and to instead put our heads together and go back to square one of choosing the location from scratch and with this in mind we was able to select a better more suitable location which would mean we was able to use the dolly as well as still keep our narrative and setting idea for our title sequence.
https://audionetwork.lgfl.org.uk/production-music/yeah-yeah-yeah_7944.asp
When looking for a piece of music to use for our title sequence we found the song 'yeah yeah yeah' on a copyright free music website which we thought best suited our title sequence out of the other songs that were on the website. However even though it was the song that did best suit our title sequence on the copyright free website, the sound track included lyrics which we planned on not having in our title sequence at all but as there was no other piece of music on the website that best suited our title sequence we decided to use the soundtrack for our title sequence. When looking on the copyright free music website for the button to download the song, what we didn't realise was that there was a non lyrical version of the song posted on there and when we made our first decision to use the song we did not see this version and so use the lyric version of the song as our first decision on the music. We only found the non lyrical version of the song when we went back onto the website and so our music decision change that i am talking about here is a team choice of instead of using the lyrical version of the song to use the non lyrical version of the soundtrack as we feel that this would better suit our title sequence.
Location Final Decision
As you can see above we have decided that our title sequence is going to be filmed in my house. This is our final location decision and this is where we will shoot all of our title sequence from shots 1-22. The way we decided on this setting was through us voting of which we thought would best suit our title sequence and which we thought would have the easiest surface to film on, another things that we would be judging would also be the position of the sofa and TV in the room as well as the how spacey the room is and the vibe we get from each of the living room settings.
the decision to use this setting as our only location for the title sequence was a very strong decision by the whole group as every member of the group thought that it would be best if we filmed it at this location (my living room). One of the main reasons that we chose this location, apart from the fact that it was the most suitable location for our title sequence, was that it was close and so easy to access and get back and forth from in quick timing. Having the location so close to school is a big bonus as it would allow us to walk in to and from in a small amount of time, which would give us more time to film our title sequence.
the decision to use this setting as our only location for the title sequence was a very strong decision by the whole group as every member of the group thought that it would be best if we filmed it at this location (my living room). One of the main reasons that we chose this location, apart from the fact that it was the most suitable location for our title sequence, was that it was close and so easy to access and get back and forth from in quick timing. Having the location so close to school is a big bonus as it would allow us to walk in to and from in a small amount of time, which would give us more time to film our title sequence.
My Production Plan
https://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=mc&pli=1&gsessionid=9QPFpOho0_r8tWCqMr0k9g
In our calendar we have planned to start our filming on the 19th of january and as we only need one day to shoot all of our shots, then we could edit the next day on friday the 20th. The benefits of only needing to shoot all of our titlke sequence in one location is the fact that we can then get it all shot in one day and save time from moving everywhere and having to film in so many different places.
As you can see above this is our calendar for JaMiDo productions. This calendar indicates to us, when our deadline is, when we are shooting, re shooting, editing and re editing. The overall pattern of our production plan is that we have one day to shoot and then three days to edit what we have shot, we would then re shoot anything that we have done wrong or needed to re shoot and then spend the same amount of time (three days) to re edit the the re shoot that we have done. Finally we would then do one final re shoot before the deadline and do a final edit and make sure that everything is finished and that the video does not need any more editing or any more footage being added to it.
For each of the shoots and re shoots we would need the next few things in order to shoot what we need to; A pizza, a pizza box, a dolly for the camera, a tripod, crisps, a big bottle of drink, chocolate and other items of food that can be placed around a same table that the main character will have his feet up on. The only things that will cost for the shooting and re shooting of this video will be the pizza and the pizza box because the rest of the items that we need will either supplied by the school or we will get them from Mikes house as that is where we are shooting and he has most of the things that we need already in his home.
The potential issues that may arise would be to do with the camera and the movement on the dolly as the grooves in Mike's floor would effect the steadiness of the camera and would make the footage look bumpy. We plan to battle this by going slower with the dolly and to possibly put cardboard down where the parts are most uneven in order to keep it steady. The only other problem that i could think of with regards to the footage would be to do with the actor as Mike (the main actor 'Andrew Anderson') is unsure of when to move and eat the things that he needs to as we planned in the title sequence storyboard, we are going to counter this by talking through out the video by giving Mike instructions on what to do. Then once we put it in final cut pro we would then remove the sound and just have our music placed in the background of the video like it is planned in the title sequence storyboard.
In our calendar we have planned to start our filming on the 19th of january and as we only need one day to shoot all of our shots, then we could edit the next day on friday the 20th. The benefits of only needing to shoot all of our titlke sequence in one location is the fact that we can then get it all shot in one day and save time from moving everywhere and having to film in so many different places.
As you can see above this is our calendar for JaMiDo productions. This calendar indicates to us, when our deadline is, when we are shooting, re shooting, editing and re editing. The overall pattern of our production plan is that we have one day to shoot and then three days to edit what we have shot, we would then re shoot anything that we have done wrong or needed to re shoot and then spend the same amount of time (three days) to re edit the the re shoot that we have done. Finally we would then do one final re shoot before the deadline and do a final edit and make sure that everything is finished and that the video does not need any more editing or any more footage being added to it.
For each of the shoots and re shoots we would need the next few things in order to shoot what we need to; A pizza, a pizza box, a dolly for the camera, a tripod, crisps, a big bottle of drink, chocolate and other items of food that can be placed around a same table that the main character will have his feet up on. The only things that will cost for the shooting and re shooting of this video will be the pizza and the pizza box because the rest of the items that we need will either supplied by the school or we will get them from Mikes house as that is where we are shooting and he has most of the things that we need already in his home.
The potential issues that may arise would be to do with the camera and the movement on the dolly as the grooves in Mike's floor would effect the steadiness of the camera and would make the footage look bumpy. We plan to battle this by going slower with the dolly and to possibly put cardboard down where the parts are most uneven in order to keep it steady. The only other problem that i could think of with regards to the footage would be to do with the actor as Mike (the main actor 'Andrew Anderson') is unsure of when to move and eat the things that he needs to as we planned in the title sequence storyboard, we are going to counter this by talking through out the video by giving Mike instructions on what to do. Then once we put it in final cut pro we would then remove the sound and just have our music placed in the background of the video like it is planned in the title sequence storyboard.
Storyboard Overview And Storyboard Animatic
These pictures above are the storyboards for our title sequence that i have scanned in on to a computer and then put on my blog. I have done this so that everyone is able to see our full storyboard idea, such as the sound/dialogue we may be including or the shots we are planning to use. I drew most of the storyboards in our group however Mike and Dom did contribute to the work that i have done above so i cannot say that it was just me who done this by myself.
The video above is the anamatic the me and Mike created on IMovie. An animatic is a series of photos that you have taken all placed together in a timeline which play consecutively one after another. When deciding on how long one pictures takes before it changes, you get to decide but editing the time limit on that specific image within he timeline. The reason we have created an animatic is to show an image version of our title sequence with the music that we are going to use in the background. We have done this to see if our idea for a title sequence works and whether it looks good or not. Mike took all the pictures of the storyboard's shots and then we both sat on IMovie and placed them together in order and changed the times to match the times on IMovie. We then added the music to the video and had to cut and edit the music in order for it to fit the title sequence and then we had to place the music specifically on the time lime so that it plays halfway through the first shot and also so that when the drumming and electric guitars really kicks in, it would be just moving on to the first shot. We found that moving the music to the specific points the hardest part of this as we had to make it inch perfect.
Sound/Music Final Decision And Locations We Could Possibly Use
We encountered a few problems when it came to our sound/music final decision as we had originally agreed to make our own music in garage band. Mike is currently studying the subject and has training in the software. However Mike had coursework due in for music that same week that we was due to make the soundtrack and so we was unable to make the track that would play in the background of our title sequence. As we couldn't do what we had originally planned, instead we had to use our back up plan which was to get our sound track from the copyright free music website. At the time of writing what we could do as a back up plan seemed pointless to me as we were certain that we wanted to do our own music from scratch and thought that we wouldn't need a back up plan, but now when we found out we couldn't make our own music, i was relieved that in fact we did make a back up plan.
The sound/music final decision wasn't a very hard to decision as we only had to search through a few tacks and we found the perfect piece to suit our title sequence. The music is from the american rock genre of music that uses electric guitars and drums to good use. When me and Mike started to look on the website we didn't expect to find the piece of music so soon and so was very happy when we found the track that we did. When we started looking for music we were going to use an instrumental soundtrack but we couldn't find any from the sort of genre music that we were looking for and so instead settled with a piece of music that uses minimal lyrics but still suits our title sequence that we are trying to create.
For the locations that we could possibly use i decided to not make it difficult in our group in finding the setting that we need for our title sequence and so instead of going out to find the perfect setting for our title sequence, i told Mike and Dom to take pictures of their living room and to then post them on their blog so that we could look at all of the rooms and look at which location would be best for our filming. In the group we will have a vote on the settings as to which one we think we should use and in each of our heads we will be voting for the one that is best for our title sequence, is in good distance for us traveling and if there is anything that could prevent us from filming our title sequences in the setting.
The sound/music final decision wasn't a very hard to decision as we only had to search through a few tacks and we found the perfect piece to suit our title sequence. The music is from the american rock genre of music that uses electric guitars and drums to good use. When me and Mike started to look on the website we didn't expect to find the piece of music so soon and so was very happy when we found the track that we did. When we started looking for music we were going to use an instrumental soundtrack but we couldn't find any from the sort of genre music that we were looking for and so instead settled with a piece of music that uses minimal lyrics but still suits our title sequence that we are trying to create.
For the locations that we could possibly use i decided to not make it difficult in our group in finding the setting that we need for our title sequence and so instead of going out to find the perfect setting for our title sequence, i told Mike and Dom to take pictures of their living room and to then post them on their blog so that we could look at all of the rooms and look at which location would be best for our filming. In the group we will have a vote on the settings as to which one we think we should use and in each of our heads we will be voting for the one that is best for our title sequence, is in good distance for us traveling and if there is anything that could prevent us from filming our title sequences in the setting.
Locations We Could Possibly Use
These are some of the possible locations that we may want to use to film our title sequence in;
These are some of our possible locations that we would use because they fit the setting that we are trying to create in order to film my pre title sequence. We are only using one setting to film all f the title sequence in and one of these settings above is going to be the one that we will use. The setting that we are mostly likely to use would be the first setting show at the very top, this would be the best setting to use as it is at a good distance for Mike and Dom to get there and the room is exactly what we are looking for to use, however there maybe a change in opinion of the group and we may opt to go for a different location, so we haven't made a final decision just yet on which of the above locations to use.
This is Dom's living room.
This is Dom's living room from a different angle.
This is my living room.
This is my living room from a different angle.
This is once again my living room from another different angle.
These are some of our possible locations that we would use because they fit the setting that we are trying to create in order to film my pre title sequence. We are only using one setting to film all f the title sequence in and one of these settings above is going to be the one that we will use. The setting that we are mostly likely to use would be the first setting show at the very top, this would be the best setting to use as it is at a good distance for Mike and Dom to get there and the room is exactly what we are looking for to use, however there maybe a change in opinion of the group and we may opt to go for a different location, so we haven't made a final decision just yet on which of the above locations to use.
Sound/Music Final Track Decision
This is our final track that we are going to use in our title sequence as the background music. Recently there has been some controversy over what piece of music to use as Mike was going to create a piece of music for us in the programme garage band for our title sequence. Mike was unable to do this as he has had coursework deadline dates set for his music that are due soon and so he couldn't make this piece of music for us and so our group had to look for different ways in order to gain copy right free music.
After searching for a long while me and Mike found a copy right free website that provides music from many different genres and it is on this website where we found our piece of music that we are going to use for our title sequence video as background music. Although we did want a soundtrack that was instrumental but we have had to settle for a piece of music that has lyrics in. The link to the music is at the top of the page and this piece of music is copy right free with no strings attached so we are able to use this soundtrack without having to ask for permission.
The music we have found is just like how we wanted it to sound, in fact i think finding this piece of music is better than making our own piece of music and i think the end piece that we now have would have been much better than if we had made it ourselves as this soundtrack that we have sounds professional and will mix in well with our title sequence vibe that we are going to create.
Monday 9 January 2012
Lesson 15 And 16
Lesson 15 mostly helped our group with its storyboard as we was given feedback regarding what we had drawn so far. The criticisms about our storyboard were that there weren't many shots and that there had to be more title communicated through the storyboard as we had only 7 when we drew it for the first time. This lesson helped us a lot as it gave us a chance to make those necessary changes to the storyboard in order to correct that feedback we was given in order to make it the best and most detailed storyboard possible. We as a group thought that doing a photo animatic of our title sequence would be the best idea for us but as we couldn't get to our setting at that point, we had to do the photos in a different setting with different props and costumes . The animatic did not go well and so we decided to get rid of the idea of doing an animatic as it wouldn't work unless we had all the props and the setting and costume that is required for our storyboard. Instead i think we shall just photocopy the whole storyboard and transfer it to our blogs so that we have a version of it on here and i also think we should attempt to perhaps do an animatic but instead of taking pictures of our real life character, i think we should go back to the original idea of photographing the storyboard and adding the soundtrack that we are going to make in behind it to get an idea of what our title sequence will look like. The reason we didn't do this type of animatic before is because our storyboard didn't have enough detail and shots in it before but now we have drawn the more detailed one we can photograph this and possible make the animatic.
In lesson 16 i re-drew the storyboard for our group with more shots and more detail, including 4 extra titles on top of the titles that we had already made. I used the comments that we got back on our storyboard as positives as i thought that not many comments were given about the storyboard lack of quality or the idea in fact and so i used that as a good point and made the needed corrections to the title sequence storyboard. This lesson helped me very much as it gave me a chance to make those vital corrections to the storyboard and finish the storyboard in that lesson so that we are ready to film our title sequence. We then made a Gmail calendar which helped out a lot with organising our work and making sure that we all know the deadline dates for specific pieces of work so that we never get behind. The calendar helped out with many different aspects for example, it helps by get the group organsied and having a deadline date for pieces of work, makes the work get completed that all more bit faster. Also have deadline dates set shows me if the group is doing the work and if they are concentrating on the tasks that are due in. Finally with this calendar it shows you who is making creating the events and deadlines on it so we can see who is contributing to the work and who is not.
In lesson 16 i re-drew the storyboard for our group with more shots and more detail, including 4 extra titles on top of the titles that we had already made. I used the comments that we got back on our storyboard as positives as i thought that not many comments were given about the storyboard lack of quality or the idea in fact and so i used that as a good point and made the needed corrections to the title sequence storyboard. This lesson helped me very much as it gave me a chance to make those vital corrections to the storyboard and finish the storyboard in that lesson so that we are ready to film our title sequence. We then made a Gmail calendar which helped out a lot with organising our work and making sure that we all know the deadline dates for specific pieces of work so that we never get behind. The calendar helped out with many different aspects for example, it helps by get the group organsied and having a deadline date for pieces of work, makes the work get completed that all more bit faster. Also have deadline dates set shows me if the group is doing the work and if they are concentrating on the tasks that are due in. Finally with this calendar it shows you who is making creating the events and deadlines on it so we can see who is contributing to the work and who is not.
Re-Drawing Storyboard And Making A Gmail Calendar For Deadlines And Other Important Dates
In this lesson we re-drew the storyboard that had corrections to make it look more neater and professional. Re-drawing the storyboard didn't take long as we already had a version of it with corrections on it, so when i was drawing it this time all i had to do was include the corrections that needed to be made and then that would be our final storyboard ready so that when we had dealt with all the other aspects of a title sequence we could then go out and start filming our title sequence wherever it needed to be filmed.
In this lesson we also looked at how to make a Gmail calendar for our title sequence group. A Gmail calendar is an online calendar that each member of the group have access too and are able to change any dates as they please. The reason why we are going to use the Gmail calendar is so we can record our deadline dates in the calendar if ever we get some and then we can use this to stick by so that we do not get behind with the work and so that we meet the deadline date that is set for this title sequence.
The idea that we had for our Gmail calendar was to call it JaMiDo Productions after the company and logo that we created. I then thought in order to tell apart which deadlines we had each added to the calendar i thought we should colour code it and so each deadline that person had added it to the calendar, they would change the colour so that the group could see who added what and then we can see that everyone is participating in the groups work and taking this title sequence coursework seriously. Mike is the colour red, Dom is the colour Grey/Blue and i am the colour green on our Gmail calendar (JaMiDo Productions).
In this lesson we also looked at how to make a Gmail calendar for our title sequence group. A Gmail calendar is an online calendar that each member of the group have access too and are able to change any dates as they please. The reason why we are going to use the Gmail calendar is so we can record our deadline dates in the calendar if ever we get some and then we can use this to stick by so that we do not get behind with the work and so that we meet the deadline date that is set for this title sequence.
The idea that we had for our Gmail calendar was to call it JaMiDo Productions after the company and logo that we created. I then thought in order to tell apart which deadlines we had each added to the calendar i thought we should colour code it and so each deadline that person had added it to the calendar, they would change the colour so that the group could see who added what and then we can see that everyone is participating in the groups work and taking this title sequence coursework seriously. Mike is the colour red, Dom is the colour Grey/Blue and i am the colour green on our Gmail calendar (JaMiDo Productions).
Editing And Making Corrections To Storyboard And Possibly Doing A Photo Animatic
In this lesson our group was given feedback on the storyboard that we had drawn for our pre title sequence. The feedback that we was given was that there had to be more shots included in the storyboard and that there had to be more titles communicated in the storyboard to the audience. So as a group, in this lesson, we went back to the drawing board and made the neccessary corrections to our storyboard so that the feedback that we was given had been altered in order to make it better.
In this lesson we was also given the task of possibly preparing an animatic version of our title sequence idea in order to show it to the class to see what they thought of our title sequence idea and to see if it fit in with our film. An animatic is a photogrpahed version of your storyboard that runs from on frame (shot) to another and the time that you have at the bottom of that shot determines how long that shot is on the screen and then you add any dialogue or music that you plan to have in your title sequence to the animatic so it is like a drawn version of your title sequence. You would usually do an animatic to see if your storyboard idea works and it also gives others a chance to review your idea and give you any feedback on how to improve it.
When it came to preparing to do an animatic for our title sequence idea, there was a problem as our title sequence was just one shot which was a 360 degree angle of the main character sitting on a couch with his feet up, this was a probelm for us as the storyboard that we had drawn up didn't have the qualities that would be need for an animatic so we resolved this problem by deciding to do a photo version of this animatic. So instead of taking pictures of our storyboard we would take pictures of the actual scene with a person acting like our storyboard states. Once again we encountered another problem as at first we thought of having the titles appear on actual paper in the scene, meaning that the titles were propps in our title sequence but after doing a mock up of these titles it turned out that doing them on paper looked very cheap and you couldnt quite see what they said. Also as our title sequence would be shot in a living room of a home, it didnt quite look right being shot in a school without the propps that we needed and so the animatic didnt quite look right and when this happened we decided not to do the animatic any more as it was hard for us to accomplish this.
In this lesson we was also given the task of possibly preparing an animatic version of our title sequence idea in order to show it to the class to see what they thought of our title sequence idea and to see if it fit in with our film. An animatic is a photogrpahed version of your storyboard that runs from on frame (shot) to another and the time that you have at the bottom of that shot determines how long that shot is on the screen and then you add any dialogue or music that you plan to have in your title sequence to the animatic so it is like a drawn version of your title sequence. You would usually do an animatic to see if your storyboard idea works and it also gives others a chance to review your idea and give you any feedback on how to improve it.
When it came to preparing to do an animatic for our title sequence idea, there was a problem as our title sequence was just one shot which was a 360 degree angle of the main character sitting on a couch with his feet up, this was a probelm for us as the storyboard that we had drawn up didn't have the qualities that would be need for an animatic so we resolved this problem by deciding to do a photo version of this animatic. So instead of taking pictures of our storyboard we would take pictures of the actual scene with a person acting like our storyboard states. Once again we encountered another problem as at first we thought of having the titles appear on actual paper in the scene, meaning that the titles were propps in our title sequence but after doing a mock up of these titles it turned out that doing them on paper looked very cheap and you couldnt quite see what they said. Also as our title sequence would be shot in a living room of a home, it didnt quite look right being shot in a school without the propps that we needed and so the animatic didnt quite look right and when this happened we decided not to do the animatic any more as it was hard for us to accomplish this.
Typograghy, Music/Sound, Film Production Company Logo And Film Production Company Decisions
The Final decision on our typography was between our group (the three of us) and we based it on our opinions of the typography as well as what the class thought of the questionnaire that Mike put together. The questionnaire had about 10 different types of typography on the piece of paper and we printed enough out for the rest of the class so that they could tick which one they thought best suited our title sequence and the aspect that we are trying to communicate to the audience. As you can see in my previous blog post there was one specific title that everyone took a liking to and with a debate between our group about the different titles and which would look best in our title sequence and which would communicate the theme of comedy to our audience, we decided that the one the class liked best would be the one that we would use in our title sequence as we agreed that this title fitted with our idea for our film and what we were trying to communicate. There was no difficulty in the lead up to finding which titles to use and there was also no problems with the final decision of which title to use. The only difficulties that we may have encountered was the fact that we had to make sure we did a thorough search of the website we used (Dafont) to make sure that we had not missed any styles of font that we could have possibly used as the final decision for our title sequence but this difficulty that we came across was more of a good thing to under go as it made sure that we had found the best style of font to fit our title sequence and that we was happy with what we had found and what we are going to use. As you can see below this is the font style we will be using for our films titles.
For our music/sound we encountered quite a few problems with this aspect of our title sequence as we were unsure whether to use copyright free music or to make a music track of our own. As a group in the end we decided to make a music track of our own as it shows we have put more effort in to making this title sequence but as a back up if making the track of music falls through we will use a copyright free piece of music from a website.
The sort of music that we will be using for our title sequence will be an upbeat american rock theme of music. It wont be hard rock that we use but it will have drums and electric guitars as the main instruments in the peice of music. The music will not have not have any lyrics and so will be instrumental, we have chosen to do it this way as we feel that having lyrics to the music may make him seem like a guy whos into music and perhaps has a career in music and this isnt what we want to communicate. What we are trying to communicate through this use of instrumental american rock music is that this guy is like the stereotypical lazy american who just plays xbox all day whilst eating non stop and listening to rock music. In my opnion i think that the making of the music will fall through as i think that there will be a disagreement over what the soundtrack should sound like and so that is why i have come up with a back up plan so that if plan A goes wrong, then we can go to plan B which is get a copy right free piece of music that sounds how we want it to and that matches in with the title sequence video that we are trying to create for our film. Below, from 23 seconds on, this is the sort of music that we will be trying to create, this is a bad exmaple as we would be looking to have more drums and a little less electric guitar so that it evened out.
Creating our own film production company and logo would be one of the funnest tasks that we have done so far as it we each had fun attempting to create one that looked like a proffesional film company. There were no difficulties in doing this apart from deciding on the font to use and making it look proffesional enough for it to be considered as a film company. The reason why we struggled so much with deciding on the font was because we had to search for a different font other than the font that we had already used and the font that we had to find had to suggest that we were a company that dealt in American comedy films but was owned by three british people and so myself and Mike came up with the idea to once again look on Dafont (font website) and find a font that we liked and then we would change the colours of the writing to red white and blue much like the American flag but can also be seen as the British flag and so in doing this we changed the colours of the logo to match the plan that we had come up with and then we decided to add a cartoon comedy feel to the logo by putting louds around our title of the film production coompany that we had come up with. The name of our film production company was mostly thought up by all of us as we decided to use the first two letter of each of our names to come up with 'JaMiDo' and we all agreed at the same time that this was a good idea and that we should follow up on this idea by creating a logo with the name on the image somewhere. Below this our film production company logo that we have created.
Deciding on which Film Production Company to use was not hard as we had each done reasearch on several different film studios and companies so we was able to select out of the three studios we had researched into which one best suited our film. Once we had looked at all of the studios we found that infact the film studio that i had done research into was the one that best suited our film. Paramount Vantage (the one we chose) linked in best with our film as in its past it had dealt with many low budget American comedies and so our film fitted perfectly into the film productions companies criteria and so with this in mind we as have group decided to use Paramount Vantage as our distributor as well as our Producer and we will include their logo at the beginning of our Title sequence as i have stated in my previous posts. This is the logo of Paramout Vantage which will be at the beginning of our title sequence.
Friday 6 January 2012
Film Studio Research And Who Will Produce/Distribute Our Film
One of the main reasons why we have chosen Paramount Vantage as our film production company is because of the types of films that this studio deals with and we as a group feel that when looking at the history of Paramount Vantage and the films that they have dealt with in the past, we can clearly see that this production company would best suit our film as this studio has both produced and distributed films of the same genre as our film which is comedy.
We as a group have decided to use Paramount Vantage as our producers and distrbiutors of our film for the main reasons that this studio deals with our films genre and also looking back at previous budgets that this studio has dealt with, we can clearly see that our film would suit best in this production company.
Now that we have chosen the distributor and producer of our film, we will now make sure to include Paramount Vantage in some way in our title sequence video. We as a group have decided to include it at the beginning of title sequence and we have included this in the first shot as the production company will shown on a black screen like it is above and then will fade away to the second shot of the back of Andrew Anderson's head, with him sitting on the couch watching tv.
Film Production Company Logo
This is our Logo that we have created to indicate to our audience that the title sequence was created by us three; Mike, Jason and Dom. We will include this logo in our pre title sequence video as it is our trademark logo that we have made this piece of filming.
Mike made this piece of work by himself with input from me and dom. The reason why Mike made it instead of me or Dom is because mike is one of the best at photoshoping and so we felt that if we gave him ideas then he could put them ideas into place with possible changes of his own added to the process. We all came up with the idea for this logo as we were throwing a few ideas together and we first though of 'DMJ' for the first three letters of our name but then we decided that this wouldn't really look like the kind of logo that we each had in our heads, so then one member of our group suggested we use different parts of our names to try and piece together this logo and that is where we came up for the idea of 'JaMiDo'. 'Ja' for my name Jason, 'Mi' for Michael and 'Do' for Dom. The reason why we put capital letters at the beginning of each name in our production company logo is because it is the beginning of each of our names so we thought that it would be best to justify our title sequence even more by putting capital letter where we needed to in order to indicate to people that those are our names and that this is our logo.
The reason we used this typography and the clouds around the image is because it looked unique and we new straight away when we did it that it looked like a real logo for a serious film production company. The specific reason that we used this typography was because when we first saw it we all pointed it out at the same time as it looks like a comedy sort of writing in the way that it is styled and thats what we believe we are, a comedy company and so we need a comedy logo. The colours in the writing also suggest that we could be a British company even though we are making an American film and this could be as that but the way that we see it is that the American flag also has the colours so i think that we could show through the colours of the title that we are possibly British people who make American films and that is where the colours come from. There was no particular idea for the clouds, i said to Mike that we need to have some image either behind it or underneath or perhaps around it and thats when he found the clouds on the internet and though that they looked like cartoon clouds and stuck it around the logo and when we saw what he had done, we agreed that it did in actual fact look quite good and so that is how we came up with the image at the top of the page and this is how we come up with the film production company logo 'JaMiDo'.
Sound/Music Research And Final Track Decision
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w6gMgZeb9c
From 23 seconds onwards in this music video, is the sort of music that we will be making in Garage band for our pre title sequence video. We have currently made the piece of music yet but will in fact be making it next week after school one day. This is the sort of music that we will be using in our pre title sequence, but our will be with more of a balance of electric guitar and drums as then the music will be synchronised and will mix in with the visuals that will be displayed in the film. The reason why we are using this piece of music is because the film is set in America and this piece of music used in the title sequence will indicate to the audience just what type of film Andrew Anderson is and what the audience should expect when it comes to watching this film.
It was not hard to make a decision over the music within our group as the three of us new specifically what type of music would suit best for our title sequence and which piece of music would communicate to the audience best, the different themes of the film. Also we as a group chose the piece of music mainly because when we film it will fit in with the idea of the titles as well as the actions that are happening on screen which we will be filming.
We have chosen to use a sooundtrack within our title sequence video as we as a group think that it will fit in within our title sequence and whole aspect of where it starts and where it ends. The sound track will play throughout the title sequence but as it gets to the end it will cut out as dialougue from the main character will come in and when this happens the music will cut off automatically.
From 23 seconds onwards in this music video, is the sort of music that we will be making in Garage band for our pre title sequence video. We have currently made the piece of music yet but will in fact be making it next week after school one day. This is the sort of music that we will be using in our pre title sequence, but our will be with more of a balance of electric guitar and drums as then the music will be synchronised and will mix in with the visuals that will be displayed in the film. The reason why we are using this piece of music is because the film is set in America and this piece of music used in the title sequence will indicate to the audience just what type of film Andrew Anderson is and what the audience should expect when it comes to watching this film.
It was not hard to make a decision over the music within our group as the three of us new specifically what type of music would suit best for our title sequence and which piece of music would communicate to the audience best, the different themes of the film. Also we as a group chose the piece of music mainly because when we film it will fit in with the idea of the titles as well as the actions that are happening on screen which we will be filming.
We have chosen to use a sooundtrack within our title sequence video as we as a group think that it will fit in within our title sequence and whole aspect of where it starts and where it ends. The sound track will play throughout the title sequence but as it gets to the end it will cut out as dialougue from the main character will come in and when this happens the music will cut off automatically.
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