Titles that shake and move....?

Over the last few days i've been arranging the titles into the mise enscene and making them break the shots up whilst also placing them in the places i think the titles are able to be showed off....... when putting in the title my teacher asked if i was doing anythink with them, itthen made me think of what to do to them and then a teacher suggested trying to make the titles jolt ever so slighty to give them an edgy uncertain feel to the audience. It got me experimenting and with in hours i got the hang of it and now i'm just in the process of finishing it but as the dealine ain't till a few weeks or so i might just keep tweaking it..... :)

Titles...Make or Break.....

Today i'm just trying to make the titles fit into my sequence. When critiqued earlier last month i decided from then i needed to break up the shots and show less but enough for the audience to understand what is happening. Therefore i began to add the still titles. They looked really nice with my shots and i really was happy with them..... Everything is going to plan i just hope i can make it as good as i imagine it.................. HAPPY DAYS :)

Font

After looking through various different fonts i finally decided to pick the font called ' i still know'. I chose the font because i wanted the font to represent a horror, as well as a nice, smart readable font. I Didn't want there to be unreadable and full of bloody fonts with blood, contrastingly i wanted to keep the red colour to represent danger but keep it nice because of reflecting the Christmas festive time. Here is just a taste of what they will look like......... :)

Editing can make a sequence great? :)

.... Today im just editing as all my shots i took look really nice and im getting into the editing and trying to make it into a proper opening sequence now. I think its going well and I'm starting to get the hang of editing making it even better nearly finished i hope ....;)

3rd Shoot

For this third shoot i reshot some shots because i was not happy with some and also i wanted to try some new shots i had in my mind. The previous shoot gave me the idea of an ending, once showing my teachers the sequence first copy and attempt, recommendations were put forward for a different ending. i researched some more on horror and decided to reshoot a different ending so that i don't give to much away. i shot the ending and it was very simple and straight forward. The filming was done fairly quickly and gave me the shots, from then i began to edit more and more and i know knew the timescale so i worked on producing a good length for my finished product. It was a short shoot but it was useful for me.

Review of 2nd Shoot

The shoot was much more organised and prepared for as this shoot had a new actress acting. Instead of using my sister i decided to use Kirstie Houghton (AKA Girlfriend) because my sister was heading back to university, therefore i decided to switch the character role so that Kirstie was more reliable to use as an actor as i couldn't rely on my sister for a reshoot. The shoot went much more smoother and all the shots were being produced after a few hours i have lots of nice shots and i am happy with what i have produced. Looking back at the shots i knew and had a picture in my mind which i wanted them to pan out for my sequence. Therefore after this second shoot i then began to edit a first drafted piece of coursework.

Organisation is the key....I think?

I decided to try and be organised, so i made a shooting schedule to keep up to date on shoots i had to do, filling in stuff like who was present, what day and also the time. I think it has helped me review my shoots and helped me keep them fresh in my mind ..... :)

Shooting Schedule

This is my shooting schedule that i used to log in the days i filmed, with a brief outcome, people present, people acted and timings of the shoot.

Shooting Schedule Media

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Review of my First Shoot

The first shoot was very successful i believe as it gave me a chance to test shoot my ideas and abled me to see the end product of how it would look on the big screen, i also gave me more ideas to try and different angles to perfect the shots i wanted. in the shoot i used my sister as the actress, she played a big role when it came to getting the performance spot on or i had in my mind that the film would not of been a success. overall for a first shoot i believe it was very successful and worked well.

1st Shoot- EVER! but it went really good...

:) ... I've shot for the first time... i believe the filiming went well. I decided to use my sister for my actress as she was availiable to use to film and because of her free time we had a long time to get a various amount of shots completed. We filmed lots of shots again and again and finally we finished and ended up with half and hour of footage to edit into 2 minutes, so i knew io had alot of work ahead.. i just hope these shots are enough to use for my sequence.....

Organise, Organise, Organise

.... The day before my first shoot and my actor in unavailiable for the shoot... i'm trying to arrange a replacement but I'm thinking of tweaking my sequence for the best as i think a girl instead of a boy may make the sequence more of a success.... anyway other then that I'm ready to shoot jus waiting till tomorrow to begin :)................................

What Audience i need to focus on?

Today i'm trying to think about what sort of audience i need for my sequence. I wanted to think because i didn't want it to be aimed at the wrong audience then making it not as a success. I was thinking of a 15 rating but then i would be annoyed for not being able to include more violence if i chose it, i think i would just be annoyed with being restricted of what i could include therefore it is favouring me to give a rating of 18 instead but i'm still not decided ........:)

Prepare for the best!

......Just preparing for the shoot on the 23rd of December, trying to get a shoot out of the way before christmas and make sure the shot selection is going to be good for mysequence and also to make sure the lighting will be good enough.... i think im on task at this moment and think if i can shoot before the new year, then it6 will prepare me to make and decide on more decision now, instead of leaving it too late :).....

More Research= More Knowledge

I am just beginning to start my research, then from this i will begin to think of a sequence to produce for my coursework. All i know is that i'm going to make a horror sequence as i feel that i could have an idea that could be a nice sequence.... hopefully i can, i'm just looking and analysing openings to get inspirations.... :)