Evaluation Question One

Here is the prezi I created in which I answer the question, below is the plan i created to help me answer this question.

Answer to question

Plan

Audience feedback

These are the comments I received when I showed people m two minuet film opening.

- Really good, the camera shots were really fitting. 

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- Good choice of music and I especially like the beginning with the close ups 

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- The music was really fitting and added quality to the video 

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- Music went really well, good setting; simple idea- makes the opening better. Very good

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- It was very good and I liked the music in the background

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- I liked the music a lot and also you used a very good variety of shots and angles which made it #sik

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-Lots of different shots. Good use of special effects and interesting story.

 (Anonymous)

-I liked the camera shots with the 'camera lens' edit thingy. I though the plot was intriguing as there was quite a lot going on and I wanted to know how it all tied together.

 (Anonymous)

-The soundtrack fitted.

 (Anonymous)

-Good. Fitting music and camera angles. 

 (Anonymous)

-Good 8/10

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-Good shots and angles. Appropriate editing. I liked the pace of the video. 

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-Some good shots. Maybe a bit cliché with the soundtrack 

 (Anonymous)

-The plot was interesting and engaging, as were the characters! Too good. The camera work, while excellent in regards to the shots, was slightly laggy and skipped a little.

 (Anonymous)

Rough cut

This is the rough cut for my film opening. As you can see I've added various effects to my footage on final cut like timecodes and the effect, security to make it look like the footage is from a security camera at one point. I've also added a camcorder effect to certain clips to give the illusion that it is the stalker (Niklaus Buchanan) filming and recording the teenager (Zoe Hunter). I also added a fade to colour and static effect to the footage at the end to give it a more sinister and mysterious feel. Although I’ve added all these effects this is still only my rough cut though and as you can see I still need to add titles, credits and music to my footage before it is finished. 

Filming review

Day one of filming - Friday

On the first day I managed to finish most of the filming that was to be done in Wymondham, both inside the house and in the street. It didn't take too long to film all the scenes in the house and most of the shots worked really well with no hitches. Emily found it quite easy to get into the character and most shots didn't take long to film at all. The only scene that didn't work so well was trying to film Emily entering the bathroom. Due to her bathroom being small there wasn't any space to stand the tripod except for in the bath. It was very challenging to get the tripod to balance in the bath and once that was achieved it was a challenge for Emily to enter the room without bursting into fits of laughter. We soon managed to get a shot though and after that everything ran smoothly again. After getting home and uploading the footage to my computer I noticed a few things that need to be re-filmed for various reasons and also a few thing that need to be filmed to help make sense of the sequence. These are just a few shots that shouldn't take too long to re-film and so I arranged to film this on Sunday.

Day two of filming - Saturday

On the second day of filming I managed to get most of the shots from the city of Emily skating around and putting the posters up. Most of the filming on this day went well and we didn't get too many interruptions from other people asking what we were doing or walking into shot. Due to us working in one specific area in Norwich for filming it meant that we didn't have to walk far between location and we got the filming done fairly quickly. I managed to get lots of good shots of Emily skateboarding, though sometimes these shots did prove difficult to capture. Emily is slightly shy when it comes to skating and so although she was willing to do it in front of the camera, she didn't like doing it when strangers were watching which meant we spent a little of our time waiting for people to go past before we filmed. It was also easy to film Peter as there was only about four shots that I needed to film with him and after I had shot these he could leave so I and Emily could finish the rest. Most of the filming though did run smoothly with no distractions and we managed to wrap everything up within an hour of starting.

When I put this footage on my laptop I didn't notice anything that needed to be re-filmed as most of the shots were of good quality. While filming though I did come up with a new shot which would emphasise the fact that Emily is being watched a followed. I decided to use a high angle shot of her coming out of the under passage so that I could later while editing make the footage look like that of a security camera.

Day three of filming - Sunday

One the third day I managed to finish all the filming which was just the few shots that needed to be re-filmed at Emily's. All the filming on this day went well and we managed to finish the filming in half an hour. It was very easy to get the shots as Emily already knew what she had to do, having already done the actions on Friday. The only problem was that her mother kept interrupting the filming, but we still managed to finish all the filming in no time at all. None of the footage should need to be re-filmed as I checked the footage before leaving and everything looked good.  

With all the filming that I did, I used my storyboards on all three days to help me know what scene I was filming where and also what shots and angles I planned to use with these scenes. I found that using it was very helpful and it helped to make everything run smoothly on all three days and also helped to make sure I didn't miss scenes out by mistake. The use of having the storyboard helped me keep on track what I needed to film and my detailed notes that went along with it helped me know what shots I wanted for the scene.

Images whilst filming

This is the behind the scenes video that I created which contains bloopers and shots from scenes in my two minuet film opening. Due to me working alone for this project I couldn't film any behind the scenes of me setting up the equipment and getting ready to film. When I started to edit my film opening though I managed to find some footage that I wouldn't be able to use but was quite funny and showed what I had been doing while filming. I decided to put all the clips together on final cut and edit it into a behind the scenes video by adding a few captions and effects so it ran smoothly together.

This is the Interview with Emily who plays Zoe Hunter in my film opening. Here you see her answering questions about what we have accomplished so far and how well things have gone. 

Video Diary 2

This is my second video diary where you can see me editing my footage on final cut. You can see me cutting out footage that I didn't need as well as adding in different transitions, titles and effects to my footage.

Video Diary 1

This is my first video diary, it shows my planning and preparation for the film opening. In it you can see all my original ideas as well as my final idea. There are also storyboards shown which go along with my final idea.