Wednesday, 22 April 2009

22nd April, Sound editing/ logging/ editing/ planning!

Today we had a double period, during which our group worked on various different things. First of all our whole group watched the film through and pointed out parts that we thought could use tweaking. This was to give Jing-Ting, our editor, a starting off point. I think that the general length is pretty much ready now. While watching I kept a sharp eye out for what could be altered sound-wise, like the thinker that I am (see below). I then exported the soundtrack and worked on it from another computer, adding the songs and voice-overs that had already been recorded.

The sound that I exported was not actually used at all itself, I just needed it to know how long the general piece was. I then downloaded music to go with it (two songs from freeplaymusic.com) and sorted out when it should start and end. To be honest it was really difficult to edit the sound without the picture in front of me, so I think that I'm going to have to do it properly when the editing is done completely. This worries me, as that will not leave me very much time...

During class today we also realized (while watching the film through altogether) that there were some shots missing. We realized that this was due to errors in recording the time codes, and therefore we did actually have the footage, it had just not been logged. To remedy this, like thinkers, we got the tapes (which I handily had with me) and logged the shots that we needed. While watching the film we noticed more shots that we had to re-film. So we further planned for our last filming session, which happens to be today. We have 3 locations that we need to shoot at:
  • Causeway Bay - we need to completely re-shoot the traffic scene, as in our original it is pretty obviously night time, which it is not supposed to be in the film
  • My house - for the bedroom scene, which has been such a pain to film as we have had trouble finding suitable locations AND for the extra bathroom scene, so that it makes the transition between the food court and the bathroom more like a portal
  • Juliens house - to re-film some roof scenes, in which there were papers in the shot (don't ask me why)
Over all, so far I'm not entirely happy with our film. It's not that I don't think we have put enough time into it, on the contrary we have put lots and lots of time into it, our issue is that none of us are exactly sure what we can actually do to make it better. Of course smooth transitions and cutting are essential, but we have pretty much done our best there. The issue now is 'production value', and I fear ours is not particularly high. The sound is really worrying me too, as that is all down to me. And it is so difficult! I still have tomorrow and friday to work on it, but it's more the issue of what to do! Hopefully the tutorial will help me.


Thinkers: Exercise initiative in applying skills critically and creatively to recognize and approach complex problems, and make reasoned, ethical decisions.

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