Prelim Editing.

24th & 28th January 2011

At the beginning of this lesson we had a small problem in which we couldn't find our tape containing all of our filming. Within about ten minutes we managed to find it. We then had to upload all of our film on to Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. Once we had our film uploaded we began to edit. Me, Rosie and Tom found it really easy to use this programme so we didn't encounter many difficulties. We started by deleting all the scenes we did not need and were left with the important shots. We put all the shots into an order and then decided on the transitions we would use. For the majority of the sequence we tended to use straight cuts, we used these because the shots were of 'Dougie' from different points of view. We used one transition which was called cubespin (picture to left), it turned the screen. The first shot was somebody rejecting a call and after the screen turns it shows the other end of the phone call so we can see who is making it.

We added in some Titles and credits using dissolving transitions to begin and finish off the sequence. We created these scenes like the one to the one to the left using some tools on the editing programme.

To add in transitions such as the cube spin we simply dragged the desired one from a side bar in between the two scenes in the sequence that we wanted.

Prelim Filming.

Friday 21st January 2011 In today's lesson the first thing our group did was find a girl and a boy who would star in our prelim task. After we found the people we gave them a quick brief of what they needed to do for us. We followed our storyboard step by step to make sure every shot was as we wanted it. It took us a while to get used to the cameras. We took a few shots of each scene so we could choose the best one to use during editing. As a group we worked quite well and compromised about camera shots and the script. There were no big issues with our filming. We easily completed all of our filming in this two hour period and had a small discussion on editing at the end of the lesson. We were ready to edit in the next lesson.

Prelim Storyboard & Script.

17th January 2011 In our second lesson one of our group members was not here. However, the 3 of us that were there began to storyboard our sequence. Each of us had great ideas of what we could do. One idea was to have a 'rom-com' genre instead of just romance so we could add elements of humour. Another idea was for the main male character to be the hero saving his love who was being held hostage. However, we decided to use the idea of a couple who had fallen out and the man tries to get his girlfriend back, although he does not succeed in this. After we agreed on our idea as a group we wrote out the script and finalised it ready for the filming in the next lesson. After this lesson we were fully prepared to begin filming and that was the next step to be taken.

Prelim Introduction & Planning.

14th January 2011

This lesson we were introduced to the Preliminary task, we had instructions to follow and were told about camera safety. The first tasks we were faced with were: Who to work with, How many people to work with and also the task of planning.

I am in a group of four including: Rosie, Tom and Ellie. After being debriefed about the preliminary task and deciding on our groups, we started to plan our short sequence. Firstly we decided on the genre of romance. For the remainder of the lesson we brainstormed idea's.

For the first lesson I think the group worked well as a team and everybody had an equal contribution to the planning. Next lesson we will make some finishing touches to the plan and then go on to film the sequence.