6th Entry – Done And Dusted?

Yesterdays lack of postage was down to a lack of things to say; there was basically no movement on the project worth speaking of. Today however, Steph did her voiceovers and the final soundmix has now been put together. A brief credit sequence has been added to the end and I’m pretty sure that we’re now good to go!

So, the voiceover didn’t go exactly as planned; we had some issues that we tried to iron out, it did sound right, it didn’t sound right, it sounded right, it stopped sounding right and basically we came to the conclusion that we may need to get the voiceover done by somebody else at a later date. Now however, after much tweaking and shaking, Stephs voice will be making it into the final cut, albeit a little echoey and sharp.

I’ve tweeted the proclamation today as “Nothing special by any stretch of the imagination, just a nice narrative exercise with a tiny bit of vfx”, which I think is a statement I’m going to stick with. It’s been a little bit of fun, practice and experience that won’t really result in much but a 2 minute artsy narrative piece, but I hope it keeps peoples attentions for the 2 minutes that it runs. If people are bored 10 seconds in, then it’s not a success. Comments in respect to this would be welcomed.
Until tomorrows upload, goodnight!

5th Entry – Edited to within an inch of its life!

In the last 24 hours, the footage has gone from a rough draft into a well formed beauty, with it now being quite close to the final piece. Originally, it was going to be full of VFX, with walls, puddles, shadow and colouring effects all being added into the final cut. However a number of obstacles have arisen which mean that camera tracking is a big no no and some tests have proven to not really add anything to the film. As such, everything has being simplified, for the better in my opinion; it is now much more adherent to the values of mobile movies and looks and feels much better than it did do with the test footage being used. Other than a brief (1 second) effect, the film is devoid of image manipulation any further than simple saturation/contrast/exposure. The titles have been added in iMovie, so it’s not as though I’m at any advantage to any of the other filmmakers.

Audio was really the order of the night, with the whole sound being mixed, again in iMovie, which now just awaits Stephanie’s voiceover come Thursday. I’m reasonably happy with the final outcome, keeping the restrictions of the day in mind, so I’m kind of looking forward to releasing it on Youtube on Friday. As it stands, I’m not too sure what my chances of winning are; many of the other entries are in black and white, so it seems like I have conformed to some unspoken fad, which is pretty annoying. The best entry so far is quite entertaining and technically impressive, but it does breach the t&c’s of the competition by having an actor under the age of 18. It’s also a little graphic. I think to be in with a chance, I need to have a punchier start than I currently have…

4th Entry – The Day After The Night Before

It's a wrap!

Shooting took place last night; the actor couldn’t make it, rain put the lights out of use and we were very pushed for time… but it’s shot and in the editing suites, all ready to stick together with magic glue. I reckon it will run just short of 2 minutes, which is a little shorter than I had hoped, so I might have to work on manipulating the footage to stretch things out a little.

Back to the edit I go, till next time, ciao!