Friday 11 May 2012
Friday 30 March 2012
Filming
During the final stages of editing the opening sequence I was still struggling with how to show the audience the character is homosexual, rather than having an obvious clip showing this, I decided to leave a part of the clip leaving the audience guessing. At the final stages of the opening sequence I briefly included a shot of the main character looking at an artistic photo of a man although because it was quick the audience may not have taken this too much into account.
From the related films I've watched I have also seen that little hints are thrown into clips to give the audience an idea of what is going to happen, although because they are sometimes small and quick it goes unnoticed. I think this is an effect way of suggesting the fact the main characters homosexual because it doesn't state anything but leaves the audience thinking and asking themselves questions which is important in this genre.
From the related films I've watched I have also seen that little hints are thrown into clips to give the audience an idea of what is going to happen, although because they are sometimes small and quick it goes unnoticed. I think this is an effect way of suggesting the fact the main characters homosexual because it doesn't state anything but leaves the audience thinking and asking themselves questions which is important in this genre.
Titles
The decision about what titles to use during my opening sequence was very important because from my research I learnt the titles can have a strong impact on the audience and the effectiveness of the clip.
During the editing process I tired different font styles as shown in previous posts but I felt the most important part was when the name of the film appeared.
Using Boris and Title 3D and tired to make the titles look as unique as possible and add motion which will make it look better, in addition using the arabic script as a mirror image on the titles i felt was needed so the film could apply to a wide range of target audience.
Having both the english and the arabic translations in the titles will add effect to par of the clip where it appears, having researched other films similar to this genre I've learnt that the titles always has an impact on the audience is making them remember your film. The films that are best are being memorable are those that have effect and unique titles rather than simple plain texts that the audience may not remember because it wasn't significant.
During the editing process I tired different font styles as shown in previous posts but I felt the most important part was when the name of the film appeared.
Using Boris and Title 3D and tired to make the titles look as unique as possible and add motion which will make it look better, in addition using the arabic script as a mirror image on the titles i felt was needed so the film could apply to a wide range of target audience.
Having both the english and the arabic translations in the titles will add effect to par of the clip where it appears, having researched other films similar to this genre I've learnt that the titles always has an impact on the audience is making them remember your film. The films that are best are being memorable are those that have effect and unique titles rather than simple plain texts that the audience may not remember because it wasn't significant.
Monday 19 March 2012
Practice Titles
Due to the fact in the opening sequence we have to create our own titles we decided it would be a good idea to practice with the tools on Final Cut Pro to allow us to understand more aspects of the program. By practicing titles before doing our actual opening it gives us an advantage as we already understand how to use the program.
This what we created from practicing we titles without much assistant or guidance on how to use effects and other aspects.
Different Font Styles
In order to create the best possible titles in my film opening it's vital I create the right titles using the right font. I've learnt that different fonts may suggest different generic conventions in genres; from the research done I've learnt most films use simple font style.
These are the different font style available in Final Cut Pro, all these styles are effective in their own way although Lucida Handwriting and Footlight MT are the two best possibilities for my opening.
These are the different font style available in Final Cut Pro, all these styles are effective in their own way although Lucida Handwriting and Footlight MT are the two best possibilities for my opening.
Thursday 15 March 2012
Filming
Towards the end of creating our opening sequence during the editing process we realised we had to re-shoot some scenes and get better quality in some shots. As well as recording these shots we also wanted to film the final part of the opening sequence as decided it would be best to show his sexuality through the artwork we had.
From the research about conventions of homosexual people we learnt that men are generally interested in artwork which we felt would we best show his sexuality during the opening sequence without making it clear with the audience. This is a decision we made during the meeting as we also understood it would be efficient to shoot this scenes before we edited the final pieces of footage the next day.
From the research about conventions of homosexual people we learnt that men are generally interested in artwork which we felt would we best show his sexuality during the opening sequence without making it clear with the audience. This is a decision we made during the meeting as we also understood it would be efficient to shoot this scenes before we edited the final pieces of footage the next day.
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Meeting
Whilst recording some of our footage our main actor was injured in an accident and prevented us from recording one of the scenes. This would have been a big delay due to that fact we needed to record our scenes according to our schedule, so we decided to use make up in order to keep on time and target with our filming.
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