Showing posts with label Hasan Mahmood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hasan Mahmood. Show all posts
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Thursday, 29 March 2012
SIGNING OFF MESSAGE
Well, this is my final post, it has been fun working with group 2, and it has been a very fun experience making a thriller. I have enjoyed these few months a lot.
Monday, 19 March 2012
Friday, 9 March 2012
FINAL STAGES OF EDITING
From the feedback we had received from Dan , Mary and other people who had seen our rough cut. and we took into account the feedback and applied it to the final cut.
We made some of the argument scenes considerably shorter because some of the scenes got a bit repetitive. As well as that there was a few seconds which were filled with silence, we filled that silence up by placing a metallic thud, which also places more empthasis on the slap, we liked what we heard so we put it on the part where the actress murders the actor too.
We also made the titles, which are around 3 seconds.
We made some of the argument scenes considerably shorter because some of the scenes got a bit repetitive. As well as that there was a few seconds which were filled with silence, we filled that silence up by placing a metallic thud, which also places more empthasis on the slap, we liked what we heard so we put it on the part where the actress murders the actor too.
We also made the titles, which are around 3 seconds.
SKILLS AUDIT
First we learnt how to Blog, which was fairly simple, click new post in the corner, give your post a title and write what you intend to write, our first task to write a small introduction about ourselves. We then learnt about conventions of a film opening, where we looked at stuff which is usually included in a opening such as music and titles and production and distribution company logos. We were then shown a little tutorial on how to set the tripod and camera up, and then we experimented with shot types and with lighting filters and zooming. We also learnt how to insert a memory card into a camera.
After that we then got to work on making our Shot by Shot remake of the opening of Collateral, we started off with the storyboard then we filmed our shots, then we went on final cut, were we learnt how to select an input point and an output point. And we were taught how to order the clips in a track so the editing looks smooth.
We then were taught how to convert the final cut file into a format where we could be able to upload it onto blogger. We drag the final cut file onto MPEG stream-clip, find the blogger preset and wait for a bit, then upload it.
Then after we done our holiday homework, we were given an editing task in witch we ordered shots from the film, Arlington Road in the right order using the skills from the last editing task and then we learnt how to add titles to a video, which was again fairly simple.
After that task we were taught about foley sounds, in witch we covered the lens of the camera and used the microphone to record specific sounds, such as someone breathing or someone running. etc. We then used the sounds that we recorded and applied it to the Arlington Road film to make it more realistic.
We then were taught how to use Soundtrack, were we used preset loops to find a soundtrack that suited the mood of the film we were editing. We then made the soundtrack file into a format where we can apply it to final cut pro. We had to make it stereo 1,2. Then export it.
Soon afterwards we got to work on our idea for our thriller. After discussing several ideas, we finally came up with a decent one, we fixed it up a little, found a suitable location then pitched our idea to the media teachers who then gave their approval. Then we got to filming, where we applied the skills we learnt in the earlier tasks to come up with some good shots, then after 2-3 days of filming we applied all of the skills we learnt over the past few months to make sure our thriller looks really good, I also learned how to add filters and transitions.
After that we then got to work on making our Shot by Shot remake of the opening of Collateral, we started off with the storyboard then we filmed our shots, then we went on final cut, were we learnt how to select an input point and an output point. And we were taught how to order the clips in a track so the editing looks smooth.
We then were taught how to convert the final cut file into a format where we could be able to upload it onto blogger. We drag the final cut file onto MPEG stream-clip, find the blogger preset and wait for a bit, then upload it.
Then after we done our holiday homework, we were given an editing task in witch we ordered shots from the film, Arlington Road in the right order using the skills from the last editing task and then we learnt how to add titles to a video, which was again fairly simple.
After that task we were taught about foley sounds, in witch we covered the lens of the camera and used the microphone to record specific sounds, such as someone breathing or someone running. etc. We then used the sounds that we recorded and applied it to the Arlington Road film to make it more realistic.
We then were taught how to use Soundtrack, were we used preset loops to find a soundtrack that suited the mood of the film we were editing. We then made the soundtrack file into a format where we can apply it to final cut pro. We had to make it stereo 1,2. Then export it.
Soon afterwards we got to work on our idea for our thriller. After discussing several ideas, we finally came up with a decent one, we fixed it up a little, found a suitable location then pitched our idea to the media teachers who then gave their approval. Then we got to filming, where we applied the skills we learnt in the earlier tasks to come up with some good shots, then after 2-3 days of filming we applied all of the skills we learnt over the past few months to make sure our thriller looks really good, I also learned how to add filters and transitions.
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Our blog goes world wide!!!!
Here we have print screened that are thriller Blog has become well know and hopefully getting bigger. We feel so proud that are hard work is being noticed and we hope we are achieving are potential grade.
Monday, 5 March 2012
Screenshots of editing the final cut and soundtrack
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| Screen grab of using soundtrack. Going through sound effects which will be appropriate of our thriller. |
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| Editing in final cut pro - adding titles |
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Sound- narration has been imported in |
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| Sound has been added properly and and effects have now been implemented. |
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| Here is a screen shot that we were rendering in final cut pro. So all the clips have been re written into the same format |
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| Sound is has moved and text has been added in. In addition the the sound- narration has been given an echo sound effect |
Here are screen grabs showing evidence that we have been editing all are of are clips to make sure it feats in neatly and there is no continuity errors. It was team work effort as we all put in are own thoughts and opinions but props go to Hasan for his amazing computer and editing techniques.
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Feedback
We appreciate feedback from are media teacher, we have learnt quite a lot from his feedback and we will use this to improve are thriller to make as good as possible.
we'de like to say thank you Dan,
here is hes feedback to our rough cut of our thriller.
feel free to leave your comments for our rough cut, as we'll highly appreciate it.
we'de like to say thank you Dan,
here is hes feedback to our rough cut of our thriller.
feel free to leave your comments for our rough cut, as we'll highly appreciate it.
ROUGH CUT
Here is our rough cut, still a lot of work to be done as you will see in the feedback blog which will be uploaded shortyl.
FDA Yearbook Questions
1.) How many suspense films were released in 2010?
In 2010, 38 Suspense films were released.
2.)In total, how much did these suspense films take, gross, to the nearest million?
£42 million
3.)Which genre of film had the highest gross in 2010?
Action Adventure
4.)What was the most popular family genre in 2010?
Animation
5.) Write a short paragraph of about 200 words about how the figures for ‘suspense’ genre films compare with other film genres in 2010.
The figures for suspense films can be compared with others in many ways. For example , 38 suspense films were released in 2010 whereas 26 horror films, were released, yet Horror managed to gross more. This suggests that the suspense films of 2010 wasn't good enough, however it also suggests that Horror movies may have had a better advertising campaign, which contributed to the horror genre receiving more money than the suspense genre.
In 2010, 38 Suspense films were released.
2.)In total, how much did these suspense films take, gross, to the nearest million?
£42 million
3.)Which genre of film had the highest gross in 2010?
Action Adventure
4.)What was the most popular family genre in 2010?
Animation
5.) Write a short paragraph of about 200 words about how the figures for ‘suspense’ genre films compare with other film genres in 2010.
The figures for suspense films can be compared with others in many ways. For example , 38 suspense films were released in 2010 whereas 26 horror films, were released, yet Horror managed to gross more. This suggests that the suspense films of 2010 wasn't good enough, however it also suggests that Horror movies may have had a better advertising campaign, which contributed to the horror genre receiving more money than the suspense genre.
Intertextuality used in our opening
For our film opening, we have made references to various film. For example the idea behind the main person running is based on the openings of Marathon Man and Train-spotting, because both films have the main character running and this sets the tone of the film, suggesting it will be fast and with lots of scenes which have tension. For our opening, we hope to replicate this so our opening has lots of tension and will be fast paced so the audience will be intrigued and will want to carry on watching the film.
Another use of intertextuality we use in our opening is a reference to Psycho, we replicate the section of the shower scene where the victim slides down a wall leaving a trail of blood on the wall. This slows down the scene, and emphasises on the murder that just took place. Another reference we make to Psycho is also after the murder, where the camera slowly pans from right to left, focusing on the whole body, we will also do this because it makes the scene seem cold and create tension, and it will also make the audience think what happened to the murderer.
Another use of intertextuality we use in our opening is a reference to Psycho, we replicate the section of the shower scene where the victim slides down a wall leaving a trail of blood on the wall. This slows down the scene, and emphasises on the murder that just took place. Another reference we make to Psycho is also after the murder, where the camera slowly pans from right to left, focusing on the whole body, we will also do this because it makes the scene seem cold and create tension, and it will also make the audience think what happened to the murderer.
Monday, 27 February 2012
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