G321Amelia: 2014

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Evaluation of the rough copy 'Scarlett'

Evaluation

In our rough edit of our film opening 'Scarlett' there were individual shots and sound that weren't as effective as others. As we went through each shot there was many that were not sharp enough or was not framed well enough these shots were discarded and even though we imported them we didn't use them.

The shots we did use worked very well however some need to be re edited or replaced. These shots are the first shot of the group of teenagers walking towards the park as a long shot. This shot we needed to cut out the end where they veered of to much. This was immediately dealt with and flowed very well with the next shot of the close up of one of the characters opening the gate.

After this shot the next shot we need to improve on is where the character jack said 'wanna hear a scary story' the sound of this didn't perfectly fit with the shot therefore when we edit it for the final outcome we must focus on matching it by using garage band to determine the pace of the sound.

Another shot we need to concentrate and improve on is the two shots of the empty swings swinging and the character 'Scarlett' swinging on the swing. We roughly used the video transitions of cross dissolve and dip to black. However there wasn't a balance between the both and the speed wasn't fast enough. Therefore when we edit this again we will make sure these issues are sorted.

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Comments on our pitch

We didn't really get comments of how to change it, we mainly got questions asking about the doll Scarlett.

One of the questions was 'How are we going to make the main character look like a doll? our answer was already figured out, we had found a makeup tutorial this was for inspiration of our dolls makeup and hair on halloween. We will also use a doll costume which has a victorian look to it with puffy sleeves. The makeup will be applied by myself the hair by Amber and the costume advised by beth. The costume is provided by my friend who had worn it to halloween previously.

Paul asked how we would show that the doll is Scarlett within the opening. Well in the opening right at the beginning when the boy asks if they want to hear a scary story one of the boys will say 'you all know the story of Scarlett? The doll girl who was left right hear hundreds of years ago. this indicates that when the flash forward occurs and Scarlett the doll appears the audience will know who she is.

The doll is a girl who is a demon who kills people due to her haunted past. Throughout the whole film there are flash backs where the audience find out about her haunted past.

On thursday in our practical we will be trying out the shots which are point of view shots where there is a person behind someone. Also the shots on the swing where the swing is swinging but you cant see anybody. This will allow us to test out pushing the swinging then running out of the shot.