Presentation Day

Today we presented our initial poster ideas to the class. We had the best presentation in class and our peers really took to the idea. The only constructive feedback was a suggestion from Kulsoom said that we should emphasize the word 'Karma' - that being the word of most interest- and making the 'My Name Is..' smaller - that being the words of least interest.

Poster Draft

Short Film Feedback

My Name Is Karma

Editing

I've been hard at editing this short film guys! Nearly done, just need to add the voiceover. We've finally cut our footage down to 5 minutes by compromising scenes that weren't necessary. It was hard to cut away at things you consider your art but it had to be done. The team are very reliant on me with the editing as I am the only one who has experience using Final Cut Pro. Fingers Crossed we can get the voiceover done tomorrow and get this video UP ON YOUTUBE

Feedback From Vanessa

We received some harsh feedback today from our teacher whilst editing. We have 10 minutes worth of footage edited, this is 100% over the maximum time limit of 5 minutes. WHAT SHORT FILM IS 5 MINUTES? Michael Jackson has music videos longer than that. But rules are rules and we have to start being harsh with our editing, which means having to cut out bits that we love and trim bits that outstay their welcome. Also we need more non diegetic sound to keep the audience interested. I strongly disagree with adding more non-diegetic sound to the film as we already have suspenseful music which acts as our films theme, 2 clips from pop songs, a snippet from Eastenders' theme song, an eerie track, a voice over on the way... I just don't see room for any more music. Do you?

Lost Clips...

We filmed over the weekend... we got good shots...we were happy! As Kyler and I go through the footage the technicians uploaded from the cameras, we don't find OUR BEST SHOTS... all the others remain, except the 2 best scenes. The technician reckons the files became corrupt and couldn't be uploaded. I'm not buying it, it just so happens that two of our best scenes cannot be uploaded but the rest are fine. something tells me Mr Technician did something wrong... I am frustrated and a little annoyed that I have to take time out of my life (because media is apparently the only subject I do) to redo scenes I've already done. It has to be done, but I don't have to be happy about it!