Post Production

I experimented quite a lot with post production mainly on colours after I was happy with how the film was all cut together. As I used bright colours anyway I found tweaking the brightness and contrast slightly then increasing the saturation mildly made the film really vibrant and strong in colour and happier to watch.

Evaluation

So, I've really enjoyed this project and am in a way sad that this piece of work is over. This was my first film and I am in mixed emotions about how I found the experience. Looking at the final piece I am disappointing about the second half, it ended up rushed and lacked in lighting which I am putting down to a lack of experience. In the second half of the film it is hinted that the car crashes into the bike but this is maybe not that obvious to the viewer. On a more positive note I have progressed my skills with video hugely and find editting very natural now. Looking back at my research such as rules of attraction I feel the split screen I have used works effectively and it is interesting to see the screens change piece by piece, I particularly like the start where they change paths at the car. The colours worked beautifully. I feel I have produced good work with this piece.

Filming at Night

I would be filming the second half of my film at night mainly in the woods so a lack of light and equipment was a problem for me. I looked into how The Blair Witch project was filmed as this managed to create fear, mainly with the audio but the visual worked well too. The second half of my sound track has been made to create more tension than in the first half. The Blair Witch project used night vision, taken from the web page http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/other-gadgets/nightvision.htm, I found this "Thermal imaging - This technology operates by capturing the upper portion of the infrared light spectrum, which is emitted as heat by objects instead of simply reflected as light. Hotter objects, such as warm bodies, emit more of this light than cooler objects like trees or buildings". So this is how it works, some bits use night vision other bits use a dim torch so you can't really see where she is going and creating tension and fear. Hopefully people won't remember the Paris Hilton Tape when watching this...

Post production in Hard Candy

I am coming close to finishing the edit of my film but am finding myself really obsessed with the details. I want to do some post colour editting as thats what I am used to with my photography. I researched the post production of Hard Candy as I really like the colour levels and tones in various parts of that film and how they change to reflect mood. I am now beginning to edit colours in premiere.

Post production in Hard Candy

Finished Filming

All planned shots have been finished today, After editting i may choose to reshoot or shoot some parts of the film. I am quite pleased with all the footage so far especially the daytime shots but have struggled to get the quality i wanted from the night shots at this stage but hope to refilm these soon

First half and second half

In my previous post I discuss the transiton between day and night. My film holds no real story yet aims to provoke thought and my aim has always been to confuse and make people want to watch the film, I will only hint at things so the viewer can make their own choice. In the first half of the film in the daytime all is very naive yet the music does give the feeling of something bad. In the second half of the film there will be a darker feel induced directly from the lack of natural light in the external shots. I will urge that something has happened in each frame yet a conclusion of what has actually happened will not be shown, but you may feel like you are close to discovering.