P1. Rough Cut Team Production Meeting

Over all we found that all of our comments mentioned that thew film made narrative sense, which means we don't currently need to re-shoot anything. The comments also suggested that we needed to add more music and boost the sound of the dialogue up when Jay and the receptionist are speaking.

My feedback forums:

From the feedback I received from my individual film and edit, I found out I need to make some shots shorted as they drag on too long.

P1. Rough Cut (Not done)

This is what I have done so far for the rough cut. It is missing a scene at the end as we have only just filmed that scene and there wasn't enough time to edit it before the rough cut deadline. It still needs  colour correcting, some of the visual effects need to me improved and sound needs to be added and edited.

I have 3 more visual effects to produce and one more scene to edit.

P1. 23rd of January

In todays lesson I've edited Robyn's face pink for scene 1.

P1. Telekinesis Clips

A few youtube clips I've been watching to help me when we're filming and editing our footage (for ideas):

P1. Health and Safety

Before we started shooting a man named Gary came in and discussed with us a few safety pro-cautions we should take.

Here are some key points he made:

- No standing on dangerous or high up obsticles (such as roofs & benches)

- Be careful of wet and slippery floors (Wet mud on field & Water in hallway)
- Don't climb on/up anything (Trees)
- If you need to climb on anything or stand on something for a high angled shot, talk to him about it and he can arrange a way to safely get that shot (Ladder)
- Don't put tripods in dangerous places such as the stairs, or at a corner (Could knock over, some one could bump into it)
- Don't leave any equipment on the floor, some one could trip and fall on it
- Pack up tripod and equipment every time you change location (incase you hit some one with the tripod ext..)
-Place up a filming sign (To let people know that there's equipment that may be in the way, and also if someone needs to scream for example, people know theres nothing wrong and it's for the film)
- Make sure there's nothing in the corridors that can cause any one harm

P1. Health and Saftey Sheet

P1. Problems we might face

Inconveniences:
- Unwanted sound/dialogue in the background
Solution: Re-shoot the shots with unwanted sound, or make sure its quiet on set

- Bad editing on Premiere/After effects
Solution: Start again or practice

- Continuity Problems
Solution: Have some one being a continuity advisor, or take photos of the shoot where you left off

- Cameras running out of charge/memory
Solution: Make sure you charge it fully before you use it, or bring a spare

- Students walking past
Solution: Have some one standing at the door making sure people don't come by whiles we're filming

- Not being able to find the right props/costume
Solution: Get all the props sorted out before hand, and ask people to borrow props we don't have

Minor Problems:
- Students getting the way of our filming (Standing in our shooting locations)
Solution: Ask them to move for the shoot

- Not knowing how to do some of the special effects
Solution: Practise on Adobe after effects or ask for help

- Forgetting to film a shot
Solution: Quickly re-shoot it

- Missing Dialogue
Solution: Add the dialogue (record it on a audio recorder) in a shot where the characters of camera, or re-shoot it if possible

- Not getting the filming done before the deadline
Solution: Try and work round it and make sense of the footage you do have

- Unrealistic effects
Solution: Re-do them, get practise or help

- Classmates also wanting to use the same location on the same day
Solution: Talk to class mates and take turns with the location

Major Problems:
- Actors being Ill on the day/not turning up
Solution: Move the shoot to another day or get back up actors

- Not being able to get all the actors to be free on the same day
Solution: Find other actors who can

- Not getting the editing done before the deadline (last deadline)
Solution: Work on it at home or in are free time/ free period

P1. Casting Notes

Character descriptions:

Jay:
A student aged 16 - 17 who dresses and acts extremely smart (black suite, tie, polished shoes and briefcase). He is tall, slim with brunette hair and brown eyes. Jay unlike Mike isn't very confident nor friendly.

Receptionist:
A tall assertive looking lady, who dresses fairly smart. She has blue eyes with dark blond/light brown hair, which she wears in an up do. She also wears glasses and dresses proper (black skirt to her knees, blouse, cardigan and heels). She is 20 years old.

Mike:
A laid back, out going character. He dresses extremely casual (Trainers, backpack, Hoody and Jeans), and has light brown hair. He's aged 16 - 17. He is an average height and weight.

Extras:
Young students 16 - 17, dressed casually (e.g Jeans, jumper, converse)
This will include, a couple, and three girls.

Cast:

Jay:
Ben Harrison

Receptionist:
Charlotte Dunnico

Mike:
Vincent Lockwood

Couple:
Robyn Wilson
Alfie

Girls:
Hannah Prem
Dayna Crawford
Zoe Sylvester

P1. Team Production Meeting 3

Date: 6th January 2014
In our team production meeting we discussed which actors / actresses we would ask to be in our film, the dates we would be filming and what shots we would be filming on each date.

Schedule:

17th of January - Locker Corridor scene
Characters needed: Jay, Couple, 2 Extras
Shots

20th of January - Hallway scene
Characters: Jay, Mike

21st of January - Reception scene
Characters: Jay, Receptionist


23rd, 24th, 27th, 28th of January - Editing

28th of January - Rough cut deadline

30th, 31st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 13th - Editing

14th of February - Finished Deadline

P1. Working between Premiere and After Effects

There are numerous ways you can take Premiere project footage into after effects.

If you plan to drag /open up your footage into After effects, no matter what technique you use to transfer this footage, you will  need to make sure you export/save your premiere footage as a file that is recognized and can play on Adobe After Effects.

Another way of doing this, which in my opinion is quicker, is to select your clip in your timeline on Adobe Premiere, and right click on them. This should then come up with a few options, choose 'Replace with After Effects Composition', which will then automatically allow you to save your clip as a format Adobe Premiere can read. This saves you the time of manually selecting the settings when exporting your footage the usual way.

Although the technique about saves you a bit of time and effort, it also removes your footage from Adobe Premiere. To duplicate your footage, making it so you have the footage available in both programs, you can copy your original premiere footage first by clicking on the footage and dragging it whist holding the  alt key. That way, when you select one clip, it will keep the other.

Lastly, regardless of which way you when about converting your Premiere footage to AE footage, open up Adobe After Effects, and either drag or file import your converted footage in.

P1. Rotoscoping

Definition:
Rotoscoping is a form of 3D animation which copies live action. This works by having a sequence of live action, and drawing over each frame to create an animated sequence.To create a rotoscope, you can either trace over the frames giving the film a traditional style, paint them on a arbitrarily, or use them to produce hold-out mattes for combining elements in a scene.

History:
The rotoscope technique was invented by Max Fleischer in 1915 who used it in his series 'Out of the Inkwell'. He then copyrighted it in 1917. His most known work for rotoscoping was his Betty Boop cartoons which he made in 1930, and Gulliver's Travels in 1939.
After this rotoscoping became more common, and was used in famous films such as Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 and Warner Bros Looney Tunes. Rotoscoping continues to be used nowadays; an example of this is Scanner Darkly, directed by Richard Linklater and released in 2006.
Its also useful in VFX, as knowing how to rotoscope helps you take your visual effects to the next level, and can be used when creating visual effects.

Rotoscoping used in Scanner Darkly:
The reason Linklater may have chosen to rotoscope his film could have been to make it more unique/original. He could have also thought the different and wacky style would have suited the genre of his film, and contribute to it. Rotoscoping also makes it easier to add in visual effects and aviod special effects; for example, in the scene I watched Keanu Reeves cuts his finger, this blood could have easily been edited in post-production instead of using fake blood as a prop.The rotoscoping in this film also adds an eerie effect, an example of this is shown in the clip bellow, at 1:38 seconds; by them rotoscoping this shot they can then distort it slightly, again adding to the feel of the film.
By watching a few scenes in this film, I thought that the rotoscoping used was successful.The reason for this is because of the atmosphere it creates. I also think the way the characters have thicker black lines around them works well, as this way they are the main focus, and the background doesn't distract the audience. The actual rotoscoping itself was done successfully, as the characters move smoothly, as if it was the original footage.