Creating titles

Titles creation:

As a group in our lesson today we looked through the different fonts and styles that the editing software had and we looked at which ones fitted the conventional theme that goes along with the Motorsport sub-genre. There was only one that would have fitted so when showing the focus group the sounds we just asked them whether the titles fitted or whether they looked out of place and they decided that they fitted and worked well with the opening.

Sound testing+sourcing

Sound testing+sourcing

This is a photo of us doing our sound testing. We got a group of both male and female 15+ and showed them our re-filmed film 3 times, each time with a different sound track. After each one they were asked what they thought of the sound track. After all 3 had been played they were asked which sound track was best. They chose the third track which was good because as a group we decided that that one was our favorite. 

We used a website called freeplaymusic.com to source copyright free soundtracks. 

Re-filming day

Re-filming day

Today we are re-filming some shots for a film. Amelia has spoken to Mr Hopkins and we have permission to film in both the workshop and one of the grand stands in our third period today. 

In the workshop we are going to film the protagonist putting on the race suit; this will introduce him well as the main character. We were lucky that Jacob was able to re-source the race suit for today otherwise we might of had to re-film all of the shots with the race suit. In the grand stand we are re-filming the scene where the protagonist walks up the stairs, we will be able to make this part longer and more interesting using a range of shots to create a preferred reading that the protagonist is focused on the race. 

For the filming we need to consider camera angles, making sure the camera is steady when we are filming etc. 

Last time we filmed the scene in the grand stand we had a problem with the shadow of the camera being on the protagonist, this time we will learn from our mistakes and check before we film and if this is a problem again we will have to think more creatively about  the camera angles we are using.

Call Sheets for Re-filming

Re-filming legislation

For re-filming, we needed to film off school premises and in the workshop, so we needed permission for both these locations. Amelia was put in charge of getting us permission for this.

Rough cut

Rough cut

This is our rough cut, we know there are various issues with it but we are hoping to rectify those issues in the following week. Issues such as this is only 52 seconds long; we can make some of the establishing shots longer which will not only mean we have a longer film but we feel as it will set the tone of the film better. We are also going to re film the scene where the protagonist walks up the stairs to make the footage more interesting with different angles and also so it is longer. We are also going to add in a scene where the protagonist puts on the race suit, this is to introduce the protagonist with close ups denoting that he is a character of importance because at the moment we only have medium shots and extreme long shots of the protagonist. Unfortunately we are going to have to take out the argument scene, this is because it did not work without diagetic sound and it is not overly important to the narrative.
We also need to work on the editing to make the transitions smoother especially on the establishing shots at the beginning.

Editing

Editing

We are doing the editing of our film on Amelia's laptop. This is because she has a mac and knows how to use iMovie. Unfortunately, not doing the editing on a school computer means that myself and Dan do not have access to the footage unless with Amelia. To resolve this problem we have used google drive so that all three of us can access to footage.

Call sheets

 Call sheets

First draft audience testing

Focus group testing

Yesterday (3rd February), as a team we got a focus group together which consisted of a range of people over the age of 12, male and female, which is our main target audience. The purpose of this was for them to watch the rough cut of our film and give feedback on it. We used a questionnaire which had questions which would get us percentage answers and also open questions which would give us suggestions as to how we could improve our opening. This is what our questionnaire looked like.

  Audience testing questions

·         What sort of feeling did the clip give you?

·         Could you immediately tell this film was in the motorsport sub-genre?

·         How could we improve this footage?

·         What sounds do you recommend adding?

·         Would this sort of film normally interest you?

·         Would you go to the cinema to watch this film?

·         What aspects would you change?