Unit 5: Television and short film

The feedback to my original short film was very constructive and helpful and we got together to work on the feedback given and decided to reshoot our short film with a new and improved narrative and better audio and visuals. One of our biggest feedback mentions was how loud the wind was in some shots so this became our priority to ensure the audio was clear and all lines were heard. Also, we wanted to make sure we had a better script and a better narrative.  After we made our new short film, this is the feedback we received. After working on the feedback we ensured we had better audio, improved acting, more lighting and included a wider range of camera shots. We also recognised the improvement feeback on our survey as a group and have made sure to improve on them in other future projects.  Isaac did a lot of editing to ensure the colours matched the autumn/winter theme as it around Halloween, which we learnt about in unit 1 when studying mise-en-scene. Also, we added sound eff...

Rushes Offline edit Storyboards: October 31st Script: Set in a typical school classroom, ALICE , NOAH and ISAAC meet in their spare time to catch up on work they’ve missed. ISAAC is late as both ALICE and NOAH wait for him to arrive. [ INT ] [ DAY ] Classroom   NOAH and ALICE sat in the classroom doing work    NOAH: where’s Isaac he’s late again?  ALICE: I’m not sure. Didn't he say he was getting the bus?    ISAAC ENTERS THE FRAME AND WALKS PAST THE CAMERA AND BEGINS PREPARING HIS WORK ON HIS MACBOOK. ALICE: Wow, he actually turned up. NOAH: You took your time, didn’t you?   ISAAC: Jeez guys, at least I'm here. NOAH: Barely, you’re always late and it’s always ‘the bus's fault’. ISAAC: For once it's actually not my fault! Anyway,what work are you doing? NOAH: we’re carrying on with the masks we’re designing!   ALICE : What's everyone's theme? I'm not sure what mine should be NOAH: Well, considering halloween is coming up, I thought it would...

I have made many changed to sound to ensure it sounds more accurate and appealing. for example, we used a dubbed scream sound effect as seen in the image above and combined it with white noise to make sure it sounded like it was part of the scene and make sure it isn't jumpy.  The scream was imported from Epidemic sound however it was too high pitched so I used a pitch shifter to bring it down. I also turned down the semi-tones to make the scream deeper so it matched the character better. Due to music added, some scenes were missing natural audio. To combat this, I added white noise over the track so that the cuts and audio flowed seamlessly.  throughout the sequence the sounds jump or change so I added a power fade transition on the tracks so that the audio flowed into the next track without the audience noticing. This is a screenshot of my entire timeline, which shows transitions and layers. This is a screenshot of backing music that i added to play beneath the track and whi...

 Finished edit This is the finished edited timeline for October 31st. It involved effects, audio, clips and transitions. The majority of the edits involve cutting and transitioning.  I have used fades and dissolves on clips to ensure the clips are not jumpy when they cut to the other cameras. The purpose for this was to allow for the scene to run smoothly so that it was a clear timeline as well as to ensure spectators are focussing on the narrative as we followed Todorov's Narrative structure including equilibrium, disequilibrium, recognition, attempt to repair damage and then a new equilibrium.  To make sure i was happy with how the scream sounds, i used a pitch shifter because i wanted it to be a high pitched to suggest the character was really frightened by the conflict she was being involved in. This scale decides the level of zoom between the key frames. You can move the scrubber to the point that you eish to be zoomed into on the clip, and the number entered will be...

Before my research into horror/comedy short films, I studied 3 short films: About a Girl, Finley, The Detective. The films are completely different styles but are of the same genre to help influence my own short film. I decided to make my short film based on my knowledge of horror and comedy and learned what shot types and angles i could use as a convention of my short film. We used our spare rooms in college such as the lecture theatre and used different corridors as our short film was based around some friends creating a Halloween costume. In cinematography of a horror there are close-ups, which can be used to capture emotions. As well as this, long shots to capture details of sets and temporal space.  Also, i have researched the 180 degree rule, which is a convention of horror films in conversation scenes. The 180 degree rules states that the line of action is through the center of the action and the camera should not cross the line as it may cause confusion and disorientation f...