Friday, 6 November 2009
Music and editing, 5th Nov
We have finished making the music for the film. Although it sounds good as a standalone song, it is only loosely related to the film intro at the moment. Similar to the opening, it is quirky and lively, meaning it fits with the atmosphere to our opening and the atmosphere of childrens' films in general. However, it doesn't tesolate with our film directly yet. With some smart editing, however, this will soon change. We have more than enough time to successfully edit both the film and song so they work perfectly together.
We did a fair amount of editing today. However, Michael, our main editor, wasn't in college today. This means that, due to our relative lack of skill in the editing department compared to him, we lost a bit of time. Despite this, we still did enough editing so that the first fifteen seconds or so of our film is now complete, including every necessary camera angle and the first few credits. We managed to make the credits not look out-of-place and also ensure that they looked smart/'clean'. This makes the whole introduction look far more professional and interesting to watch, as the credits won't take a viewer out of the moment or detract from the overall experience. If they looked out-of-place, they would put a viewer off watching as they would be focusing more on the unsightly credits than the film itself.
All-in-all, a good start and a thorough day's work. We are sure that in our last two lessons we have available, we can both finish the song completely and edit the intro completely, and make sure they go together.
We did a fair amount of editing today. However, Michael, our main editor, wasn't in college today. This means that, due to our relative lack of skill in the editing department compared to him, we lost a bit of time. Despite this, we still did enough editing so that the first fifteen seconds or so of our film is now complete, including every necessary camera angle and the first few credits. We managed to make the credits not look out-of-place and also ensure that they looked smart/'clean'. This makes the whole introduction look far more professional and interesting to watch, as the credits won't take a viewer out of the moment or detract from the overall experience. If they looked out-of-place, they would put a viewer off watching as they would be focusing more on the unsightly credits than the film itself.
All-in-all, a good start and a thorough day's work. We are sure that in our last two lessons we have available, we can both finish the song completely and edit the intro completely, and make sure they go together.