Credits

We did the credits on the programme ‘Motion’; we used the same font and size for all credits but changed the colour. The first letter of every credit is animated in the same dripping effect used in the title of the film. The credits appear at the end of the film. The credits fade in and out of the screen in a slow consisting paste. We kept the background music playing until the credits finished.

Editing diary day three

Today I decided our film needs its finishing touches to make it a professional film. I started off with the credits. Firstly, I needed to find a font that not only matches our film genre but foreshadows the films story. I couldn’t find the appropriate font on the Mac book pro so I used the internet to find free downloadable fonts. I searched for fonts in the calligraphy section. After testing many I decided to use the font FT fang song.  When I downloaded the font I decided to use the software live font to create interesting yet effective credits to add to the film on final cut. I started out by typing in the first two credits. They seemed a bit too plain so I used the font Sf gushing meadow for the first letter of every credit. At first my main idea was to have normal credits but then I thought that it would look more spooky and dramatic if ion credit would appear on one side while the other fades, in continuation.  I then decided to ask a friend in my class for feedback and they said I should make one font side black and the other white. After applying this i converted the file and exported it into our film. I made sure the credits appeared at the most appropriate time with the music.

Editing diary day two

After receiving our feedback, as a group we were determined to perfect our film and achieve all the goals set by our teacher. After the rest of our footage, I edited in what was needed and made sure the film ran smoothly. When I was done I decided to fix the sound and add music. I cut out all the unwanted sound and left the background noise of the running, cars and traffic etc in the background. I then started thinking about the music. At first I used garage band but found out that my choice of sounds were limited. I then started using sound track pro to make music for the opening sequence, flash backs, graveyard confession scene and the ending credits.  I started experimenting with sounds and found a few thriller noises. I then started looking for sad piano music as that was our inspiration from the twilight music. When I found the correct sounds I put them together, converted them and imported them onto final cut pro and started adding them into the appropriate places.

Editing diary day one

After filming our footage I decided to start editing using a Macbook pro. The software I started to use is called Final cut pro. Started putting together the footage using the best shots we took of each scene. After I assembled the footage I started to add a few transitions into the flashbacks and made them black and white. As a group we were unhappy with some of the footage as we not only needed more shots but some of the shots were shaky. After gaining feedback from my teacher, we established that; we had a few missing shots, needed to cut out a few bits, add music, make the train station scene shorter, fix the background sound and film the ending correctly.

Blog Background

Our aim for our blog was to make sure it looked proffesional and coherent with our film, so we chose a famous location in London as the background to our blog, we did this because the majority of our scenes in our film is based around the House of Parliment.