Editing

Friday, 28th February 2014

Today we went into the Mac room and continued with our title sequences. Again Aaron continued in looking for music and effects for the sequence and Laxmi continued in the creation of the titles. I continued in the editing stage, going through the clips once again and editing them. Adding more in the sequence in order to prolong it. 
We have downloaded a sound effect of a beating heart which will be incorporated into the sequence and used to present the male characters condition in hospital without actually showing his presence in the hospital. I am also going to continue in perhaps adding some of the downloaded copyright free music into logic film pro in order to explore what works best with the sequence, helping us decide on the final piece.

Editing

Wednesday, 26th Feb 2014

Today we started editing the title sequence Laxmi was in charge of creating the titles for the sequence using photoshop, which we will the download into logic film pro. Aaron was searching for music to use in the title sequence. I was in charge of doing the rough cut edit of the title sequence, importing and converting the MOV. files into DV. files so they will work correctly in film logic pro. Once doing this i then went through the shots filmed and began arranging them and cutting them down etc. From this i have been able to create the first rough copy of the opening of our title sequence.

Thursday, 27th Feb 2014

During my free periods in school i continued to edit the title sequence again looking at and arranging the order of the clips filmed. I have now managed to create a longer rough cut of our title sequence, adding more clips and also editing the one already present. In some of the scenes of the shots, for example when they first bump into each other in the train station i have changed the speed of the shot down to 15% therefore there is a slow motion effect present. Also on one of the traffic scenes in London i have increased the speed of the clip to 600% to create the effect of time passing relating to the male characters life after the incident. 

Filming

Monday, 17th February 2014.

Following our group meeting and planning and scheduling of filming me,Aaron and Laxmi met up and went up London In order to film shots for our title sequence. Whilst up there we filmed a couple of the scenes where the two first bump into each other in Waterloo Station, where we Gorilla filmed. In addition to this on the way up to the train station we also filmed scenes of the title sequence on the train itself, filming not only Aaron who played the part of the male character in the sequence but also getting shots of opposing trains in order to incorporate. 

Once in london we further more filmed shots of moving traffic in which we will speed up during the editing stage and also many famous tourist attractions in London itself such as Big Ben and the London eye. We filmed these shots just outside Waterloo station and then further moved along south bank, where we continued to Westminster Bridge where we also filmed some of the scenes. From this we ended up in Trafalgar Square, using the monuments there to climb up in order to get shots of the passing by traffic, again which we will speed up in the title sequence. 

My group also continued in a second day of shooting up London on Tuesday, 18th Feb. 

In our group we created a questionnaire to see what people thought was best for our film title and also what they thought of the plot of the story. The outcome of the questionnaire was that the audience liked the plot of the film, they also however preferred the title for the film Delayed instead of Train Affairs therefore we have now changed it to Delayed. Furthermore the majority of the people we asked especially females, said that they would go see this film in the cinema. These females in particular where in the age range of 25-28.

This is the feedback we received from the questionnaire. 

Journal 07/02/14 - Production Log and Storyboarding

After further discussions with my group members Laxmi and Aaron we have decided to change our title sequence idea. We are now going to film the title sequence up London using a train station at the moment one of the possible ideas we have is using Liverpool street station. We are also going to use props such as a black cab, in order to show the female character exiting the cab onto the busy London street. 

The title sequence is going to begin with a black screen with a short voice over of the female character saying tot the taxi driver "It's okay i'll walk" due to the heavy volumes of traffic, In the background the audience will be able to hear the sounds of the taxi engine. From this an image will appear of the female characters legs exiting the cab, onto the pavement. As her character begins to walk, with her another screen will be pulled along to reveal a split screen, in which you will see the feet of another character this time male, they will both be walking in sync with each other. The location will be a busy London street in which you will be able to hear background noise of busy Londoners on their commute and also tourists. Both characters will be heading towards the train station. From the split screen, you will see a over shoulder shot from behind the male character approaching a crossing, as well as on the other side of the split screen the audience will see a over the shoulder shot from the female characters point of view, within this frame you will be able to see the back of the male character who will be slightly in front of her. They both come together at the crossing, without realizing as there are people in between them, from this the next shot the audience will witness is the changing of the traffic lights will will turn to red allowing the people to walk, the pair will both cross the road but then turn and  head in separate directions.

The following shot will be of both the characters carrying their office bags, so for the male his briefcase and for the female her handbag. From this the split screen shots will continue to follow their journey's to the train station. Where the two will meet and the split screen will disappear merging into one full screen, where the audience will be presented with a shot of both characters body inches apart facing each other, after they have clashed. This is where our title sequence will finish. 

We have changed the name of our film to Delayed. The actors we have decided to use is ourselves therefore Aaron will play the male character and I will play the female character and Laxmi will be in charge of filming the sequence. 

This is the story board we have come up with so far. 

In today's lesson we completed a production log of when we are going to film the shots, we decided that we will begin filming on the 17th of February and we have also allocated few other days during our half term in which we will use to film also such as the 19th and the 21st of February. We have further more allocated a list to each other of who needs to bring what props, my list includes a Umbrella, smart clothing, handbag and heels.We also arranged to hire one of the school DSLR camera's for the week along with a stedi-cam holder, in order to get still shots. 

The Importance of Typography and Design

Order of Titles:

- Production Company 

- Director (always ends with director)

- Stars/ Talent (in order of status/ fame ) - Name of film 

- Crew

- Editor

- Writer (screen play)

- Producer 

- Director 

Typography of 'Catch me if you can'

Genre, Style/mood and narrative 

- Type writer, including old check writing - Typewriting (intel)

                                                               name= connotes two characters 

Formal= sheriff 

Informal= Runaway 

hiding and changing forms therefore adaptable to Leonardo's disguises 

The title sequence has a Saul Bass influence and starts off smoothly with the sick figure entering.

- The boldness used in the title sequence adds to the idea that it is a detective mystery genre. 

- Zoom in of the title

- Titles are interwoven to the fabric of the title sequence 

O Lord of the War 

Text - Sharp, masculine, block, capitals.

       - Similar size not too big 

       - subtle not too disruptive of the title sequence background

Forest Gump 

- Sherif 

- Timeless (period of time)

- Classic Quality 

- White feather with white text makes it appear peaceful and elegant. 

- Correct grammar 

- Center aligned 

- Old fashioned text placement ]

- subtle fade in and out 

- Gentle, soft and calming 



The importance of typography can also relate to the genre of the film for example bellow the font and style of the text suggests that the film will be part of the rom-com genre and moreover romance, which will fit the genre of our film. 

Moreover if styles and fonts are used such as the one bellow this would not fit the genre of our title sequence as the audience would relate this typography to the Horror genre.  Therefore this presenting just how important typography is. When creating my title sequence i will ensure that the font downloaded from "DA Font" fits to the conventions of my rom-com genre.

Furthermore these are some more of the fonts in which we are considering using in our title sequence.

Audience Profiling

In this presentation we analyzed and researched into the audience age groups that commonly tend to go and view Romcoms in the cinema, we also analyzed other title sequences from the same genre. 

Media audience profiling from shiyanil