Editing

On Thursday, Tom, Tom C and myself did some editing on the footage we have. Tom Brown was integral to our editing session as he carried out all the changes. We have layered the audio over the top of our conversation scene, which proved tricky. We also put together the beginning where Ollie is running down the alley. Jo said that she will be able to construct the music with a friend, so hopefully the music will be completed or we will have a small sample of the music. If all else fails we will use Garage Band. Frustratingly, we still have some filming left to do, as we have previously not found a slot where Ollie, Tom C and I were free, so we have had to put a couple of shots on hold. Hopefully, when we film on Tuesday/Wednesday, we can finally put all our shots together, and be able to get it in on time. It is all coming together slowly, and everythings gone against us including the los of a tape. It turned out to be not lost, but shoved under the cardboard trays of tapes. However, thankfully, this did not hinder our progress as we had the spare tape on hand to record our footage of Warren Gray who is marvellously acted by myself. We had to improvise the LS because the absence of cloud cover meant the sun was spoiling our continuity. Another point is that Tom C wanted to re-film his-blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance as Henchman 1, as we all felt he wasn't threatening or intimidating enough, so we are shooting that along with the shots we havn't done yet on Tuesday/Wednesday also. We also need to film the whip pan, which I hope will spice up our project, and the high angle shot at the end. However this may prove difficult as it is hard to build an improvised crane, so we may have to sit on the fence for that one, or try a different approach. I would also like another shot at doing Warren Grays shots again. Firstly because we havn't editied the footage yet so its no problem to re-film it. Secondly, we were lacking the costume, which will be brought in when we film and thirdly, as pointed out by various members of the group, my body langauge during the LS doesn't say furious boss, more mildly angry husband, so I'd like another shot at that; maybe even in a different area. We're hoping they'll be no more hitches in our supposed schedule, and that for once our stricken production will run smoothly. We also need to sort out our credits; style, size, colour, content etc. Furthermore, we are also lacking a name for our thriller, so we must think up a genius name that is relevant to our themes without being too cliched our whimsical.

Posted by Michael M.