Pictures of the rooms we used and could have used to film Kate's bed scene

These are pictures of the room we used to film Kate's bed scene. We chose to use this room because it has a feminine vibe to it. The walls and curtains are a light mixture of purple and pink - colours stereotypically found attractive by girls. Most girls are fans of stuffed cuddly animal toys. This makes the big cuddly and stuffed bear sitting on the bed appropriate for our film, more specifically the bed scene involving Kate. The room is clean and tidy which is sterotypically what people expect of a girls room.

There was another room we could have used when filming Kate's bed scene. It was also a good option, but we didn't use it. There are two pictures of the alternative room we could have used below:

Production Diary No.9

Our Last Lesson:

In today's lesson, we had a great amount of finishing touches to do. This had consisted of creating our soundtrack for our title sequence on Garage Band, adding titles to our sequence by using Motion and finally adding a characters voice over. We are really happy about our outcome of today because it we have successfully finished and created a very well edited title sequence based on a high school teen drama.

Creating Titles in Motion 

Creating a soundtrack in Garage Band 

Individual Roles:

Jessica- Main creator of our soundtrack
Atiyah & Rizwana- Supervisors to Jessica while making soundtrack
Eric- Creator of titles

My contribution/role

Throughout the past few weeks, our group have all played a major role in the making of our film. I didn't have much screen time in our film, but this doesn't mean I was able to relax and do nothing. I played a major role as the camera operator. I was responsible for operating the video camera in the making of our film. I had to maintain camera angles throughout a given scene/shot. However, I would collaborate with my group and refer to the storyboards before filming a shot. It wasn't an easy role. This is evident by the number of re-shots and the time it took to get the right shot that we were all happy with.

In the editing stages, each member of our group was given a role to focus on. I was responsible for creating the title sequences using 'Motion', a software used to create and edit motion graphics. As a group, we decided on the template, font, and colour. We collaborated to find a font that would be appropriate for our film. We chose light colours that are seen as feminine because our film  revolves around three girls. I had to ensure everyone in my group was happy with what I had chosen. Also, I had to ensure that everything was suitable for a high-school drama.

Aara's Character Represenation

Character Representation and Costume - Chad Nguyen

These are the clothes I chose to use during filming to represent my character, Chad Nguyen.

This is a picture of my character, Chad Nguyen.

Our Movie Website

Here is our official site for mates the movie:

http://artyrayban3.wix.com/mates-the-movie

Blogging health check 3

Hi guys

Just a quick note re. your blog. As Rebecca has said in the feedback to Jessica, you must have more blogs about the editing process itself. Use some screenshots (see Instashot folder on your hard drive) or capture the whole process via Camtasia and narrate a short video. Explain what you are doing exactly, what filters or effects you have used and any other different Final Cut commands. Try and consider what skills you have developed and how the editing process has improved your understanding of film-making. Try and get this up as soon as possible.

You might also want to get some audience feedback – find a member of your target audience, show them your film – bulletpoint their reaction and your response – what last minute changes will you make as a result of their feedback?

Hope this helps – your blog is generally well kept and so far has a nice record of the production process, you just need more posts on editing.

Dan

After reading my feedback, i have understood that I should blog a few things related to our editing process. I have discussed this with the rest of my group and they also agree with the feedback. 

I will also get a member of our target audience to give feedback on our title sequence to ensure that we get a better understanding of how our title sequence is presented and establish any criticisms that may be said when watching it.