Change of Title Order

We became aware of the fact that the film title should not appear at the end of the title sequence, and found a more appropriate order for the title sequence. I have decided to update our TimeToast timeline. 

Planning for Shooting Day 4

We have found bits in our opening sequence we do not like due to the amount of jump cuts that we have which does not allow the opening sequence flow freely.

We plan on shooting the establishing shot and Akrem's walking scenes at the beginning of next Wednesday's lesson. Shots will include Akrem moving his prop into his back pocket, himself walking, and an establishing shot of the college when Seun looks up when crossing the road to college.

Dan's feedback

• Suggest different establishing shot
• Shot of Ashley coming out of the coffee shop is very good
• Could have used the knife for comedy a little more 
• Would be nice if we have a close up of the knife 
• Make sure its a match cut and not a jump cut 
• Dan likes the shot of Shannon on the skateboard 
• cut shots of Seun crossing the road 
• If you show 1 person walking to the college show all character should be shown walking to the college 
• Try balance the amount of screen time we all get 

Under the SSEA Productions Ident

Editing Session 5

 

Today we plan to rearrange our titles over our shots in the correct order, however we first needed to complete adding all the right shots into Final Cut pro. We then went through the film numerous times and cut the shots to the appropriate length they needed to be in order for the film to run smoothly and look professional. This was a lengthly process as it was difficult to get the shot lengths exactly right so they fit with the before and after shot.

 

We also made our Under The SSEA Productions Ident for the beginning of our film in Motion, using the template of Satin and added this image for the background to represent Under The SSEA Group. 

Seun also made our films music in Garage Band and added it to our film. We feel the music fits really well for our film type. 

Feedback from Peers

Peer Feedback

Rizwana

Rizwana liked the fact that we used different shots so that it is not boring her.
She also mentioned that she liked the amount of camera time that each character got because it was enough time for each character to introduce themselves and their role within the title sequence. Rizwana  also liked our credits because it fit the theme well because its a high school drama.


Shakayla

wasn't able to tell Shannon was a hipster from her costume - so we plan on adding titles on what character is what to help the audience understand the role of each character.

No sound at the moment.
like the way you cut all Seun's exec travelling - developed since the last one.


Response to feedback.
In response to Shakayla's comment about not being able to tell what Shannon's character what, we are planning on adding Titles when each character arrives to help the audience understand the role of each character.

Editing Session 4

From the feedback we have received from Dan, we decided to reshoot the majority of our title sequence during the half term, and we began editing and including shots we had taken. We decided to reshoot the beginning of our title sequence on one side of the road, as we thought that there was difficulty when moving from one side to the other.
Today, we edited in all the successful shots we had taken and arranged them in chronological order. Next, we plan on rearranging our titles in an appropriate order.

Production Diary - Filming Session 3

Day 3 of filming - As we had to reshoot a few parts in our title sequence, we decided to film on the Tuesday of half term, where the weather was appropriate. We began with the princess character, making sure we included small assets that we could include so it did not drag on like our rough cut - this included shooting the character drinking from the coffee cup, scrolling through her phone, and a close up of her reaction to the main character. We then proceeded to shoot small aspects of each character, including hands going in pockets, point of view shots, close ups, etc. Then we were fortunate that the college gate was open, and we reshot the end scene, where some of the characters enter, then the camera pans up to the sky. 

Filming Day 3

Today we went to film all the scenes that we identified as weak and do not fit our film.
We had to get a new character in place of Emily, her name is Ashley and I feel as she played her role very well as she fit the character very well with her costume and she went a little over the top with the sun glasses and long jacket which matched our over the top fashion lover.

Change of Cast

We had planned on reshooting some of our title sequence during the half term. Unfortunately, Emily had gone away and was not in London at the time we planned to refilm. So, we asked someone (Ashley) else to play her part. Her outfit perfectly executed the role of the "princess". 

Jewellery and additional make up will be added to the character's costume.