Showing posts with label Construction-Trailer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Construction-Trailer. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 February 2011
Rough cut
This is our rough cut of our trailer.
We managed to cobble this together whilst testing out how far we could go with the technology we had, and were especially impressed with the effect of layering text over images, as we have with the money flying in the air.
However, as a rough cut we intend to hone and perfect the trailer; for instance, we want to include more of our footage, as we realised from our rough cut that the story wasn't made especially clear. We also felt that the song used could be better edited, and thought that perhaps we could use a different song in the second half of the trailer- something more serious to emphasise what the film is parodying in contrast to the light hearted music in this version.
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Shooting: Problems
Although we managed to shoot some footage for our trailer in October, we have gotten to the point where we have begun to edit it and deduced that we need to refilm certain sequences. The problems we encountered were:
- Poor sound quality in a clip where our characters are running.
How we could solve it: We could either refilm the sequence and position the microphone closer to the characters, or try to use the footage we have and record the dialogue again in a voiceover, editing it into the scene in post-production.
- A shaky camera lens in a shot of our characters walking, due to our tripod being broken and thus not secure.
How we could solve it: Refilming the sequence seems the only option in this situation, as it isn't something we can easily disguise.
- Availability of actors- one of the boys we used in our trailer lives in Stamford four days a week, and this tightens our filming schedule.
How we could solve it: We could utilise the time we all have off from school and college by doing our retakes during the Christmas holidays, weather permitting.
- One of our actors, Sophie, has cut her hair since shooting, providing issues with continuity.
How we can solve it: We will have to either reshoot every scene invovling Sophie, or find a way to cover her hair in the remaining scenes- perhaps a comedy hat to fit in with the themes of the film.
UPDATE:
We need to refilm certain parts of our trailer, but have found issues with availability of actors and continuity (mainly due to our main actress having had her hair cut).
We were brainstorming ways of getting around this, and came up with an idea derived from the trailer for new teen film, Easy A. Although the plot is completely different, the dry humour and sense of parody may attract a similar audience, and a technique used in the trailer may be the answer to our problems.
Throughout the trailer, the main character, Olive, speaks directly to the camera, almost like a video diary. This would mean that we could film our actors seperately and when they were available, and it could also explain continuity errors, as it would be made obvious that the videos were made in hindsight.
Here is the trailer for Easy A to demonstrate what we mean.
- Poor sound quality in a clip where our characters are running.
How we could solve it: We could either refilm the sequence and position the microphone closer to the characters, or try to use the footage we have and record the dialogue again in a voiceover, editing it into the scene in post-production.
- A shaky camera lens in a shot of our characters walking, due to our tripod being broken and thus not secure.
How we could solve it: Refilming the sequence seems the only option in this situation, as it isn't something we can easily disguise.
- Availability of actors- one of the boys we used in our trailer lives in Stamford four days a week, and this tightens our filming schedule.
How we could solve it: We could utilise the time we all have off from school and college by doing our retakes during the Christmas holidays, weather permitting.
- One of our actors, Sophie, has cut her hair since shooting, providing issues with continuity.
How we can solve it: We will have to either reshoot every scene invovling Sophie, or find a way to cover her hair in the remaining scenes- perhaps a comedy hat to fit in with the themes of the film.
UPDATE:
We need to refilm certain parts of our trailer, but have found issues with availability of actors and continuity (mainly due to our main actress having had her hair cut).
We were brainstorming ways of getting around this, and came up with an idea derived from the trailer for new teen film, Easy A. Although the plot is completely different, the dry humour and sense of parody may attract a similar audience, and a technique used in the trailer may be the answer to our problems.
Throughout the trailer, the main character, Olive, speaks directly to the camera, almost like a video diary. This would mean that we could film our actors seperately and when they were available, and it could also explain continuity errors, as it would be made obvious that the videos were made in hindsight.
Here is the trailer for Easy A to demonstrate what we mean.
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Shooting
Day #1: Cuckoo's Hollow/ Gunthorpe Garages
During the half-term holidays, my group and I came together to begin filming our project. We decided that it would be best if we used actors for the film and the three of us focused entirely on filming.
The main locations we used were Cuckoo's Hollow in Werrington and a set of garages in Gunthorpe, which we chose to use instead of a set at Walton as originally planned. The reason for this change is that the Gunthorpe garages looked less decayed, and based on the idea that our film is a comedy, we thought it would be funnier if the story was set in a very leafy, green Suburbia kind of setting.
These are our actors: Anthony Race, Sophie Wardell and Joe Stimson. We dressed them all in the similar costumes of jeans and jackets to make them look both similar and entirely plain- we didn't want them to look sexualised in any way.
This is a photograph of Dan positioning Joe in frame for one of the scenes in the trailer.
This is an image of our characters after they have been drinking in a humourous scene. We took some better quality photographs on the camera and are considering using this as our promotional image on both the poster and the webpage because it sums up the 'misfit' social position of the characters.
This is a photograph of Kayleigh, myself and our three actors after a hectic day of shooting!
During the half-term holidays, my group and I came together to begin filming our project. We decided that it would be best if we used actors for the film and the three of us focused entirely on filming.
The main locations we used were Cuckoo's Hollow in Werrington and a set of garages in Gunthorpe, which we chose to use instead of a set at Walton as originally planned. The reason for this change is that the Gunthorpe garages looked less decayed, and based on the idea that our film is a comedy, we thought it would be funnier if the story was set in a very leafy, green Suburbia kind of setting.
These are our actors: Anthony Race, Sophie Wardell and Joe Stimson. We dressed them all in the similar costumes of jeans and jackets to make them look both similar and entirely plain- we didn't want them to look sexualised in any way.
This is a photograph of Dan positioning Joe in frame for one of the scenes in the trailer.
This is an image of our characters after they have been drinking in a humourous scene. We took some better quality photographs on the camera and are considering using this as our promotional image on both the poster and the webpage because it sums up the 'misfit' social position of the characters.
This is a photograph of Kayleigh, myself and our three actors after a hectic day of shooting!
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