Post-Production

-
Rough Cut 1

Drama:
               

Feedback from Simon: 

- Zoom works at the end
- Good opening
- zoom okay / opening okay

- More reaction shots needed from the two male actors
- A scene in the kitchen between Damon and Elena; they are far apart but when I go over  the shoulder they are close together - fix that
- Add atmospheric sound

Feedback to myself: 

- make the colour darker
- make sure the sounds blend in good

Self- Portrait

            

Feedback from Simon: 

- It's a simple idea but it would be great with good sound effects
- It will all be about the SOUND DESIGN
- As the sound, don't have the actual sound from clip (e.g. if its a sea, don't have the sound of the ocean) - as the sound have sounds from my life here in Rochester = doubling up story

Feedback to my self: 

- add more clips

What I did:


  • I re-filmed more reaction shots of my two male actors (thankfully they lived in halls so it was not a problem to grab them) - downside of this, is that I did not use the lighting like I did in my first shoot - therefore the reaction shots of them have a different colour than the rest of my project 
  • I made the dialogue smoother 
  • For the self-portrait I recorded sounds - streets of Rochester, the train, the park in London, but for the sound that I could not record my self (like the water running in the river) I used sound effects 



Final Rough Cut 

Drama
              

Feedback from Simon: 

  • In the introduction (the legs) have more atmosphere sounds (its night so what sounds would you hear? winds, drown type sounds) - atmospheric dound/music 
  • MORE SHOTS OF THE BOYS - STILL TOO MUCH OF HER 
  • Damons eye line is not correct; Elena bends down but Damon is still looking up
  • At some atmosphere sound or music - a bit dry/plain  
Feedback to myself
  • Do a bit of colour correction 
Self Portrait 
             

Feedback from Simon: 

  • make my eyes fade out and in smoother 
  • make hard cuts on the sound - don't let it blend in with each other 
  • in the last shot (sunset have all the sounds come together and then fade out) 
  • get rid of crowd talking throughout 
  • Cut at the end when I look up 
Feedback to myself: 
  • add a few more sounds 
  • Record someone saying - Camera, sound, Rolling, Action 
  • Have some white noise (see if it fits) 
What I did:
  • Added more shots of the boys 
  • search for ambience sound inside a house and night tie sounds 
  • fixed Damons eyeline 
  • For the self-portrait I made the transitions from my eyes to the shots smoother, recorded more sounds, and the rest that Simon asked to do (made the sound sharper as well)

My Opinion: 
Simon wanted me to add al the sounds to the last scene (sunset) and have them fade out. But after doing it and seeing what it looked liked, I personally did not like it. The sunset scene is the most important one for me because the sound that goes to it says 'we will shortly be arriving at Rochester' and this is extremely significant as it is my new home. By adding all the sounds it got washed out and you couldn't really hear it. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Now or Never (2011) - A short film about family relationships

-
Image
Vivandy Productions  Director: Vivandy and F.C Rabbath  Written and Produced: F.C. Rabbath Synopsis: Its about 3 generations of women; the grandmother, mother and daughter. The same story is being repeated between grandmother and mother as well as mother and daughter. Each mother is trying to reconnect with her daughter; both being unsuccessful. What intrigued me:  Showing the mother getting prepared (I'm planning on doing something like that for my video)  portrayal of family drifting (arguing about being too busy for each other)  when she opens the bathroom cupboard when she's young and closes it when she's old (i like the technique it uses to show time passing)  having the same conversation with her daughter as she did with her mother  the way we are shown that there is an issue (phone call from doctor)  VO flashback to the same line she said her mother 'You're being selfish' = realisation the ending:
Read more

Evaluation

-
Writing the final versions of the script was fun, exciting but also a long process. Having a clear idea of what directions my episodes where going I wrote skeleton drafts to begin with and worked like that. With each new draft,  added new jokes, stories lines. With guidance from Simon and his suggestions for certain characters I did make a few changes to some story lines and slightly changed my characters personality. In the first few drafts of each episode Hara was becoming somewhat annoying and lacked a lot of humour. Therefore I decided to make her into a bit of a spiritual person who gives herself a pep talk in each episode but also one of those people who believes in positive thinking and constantly carries a positive thinking book with her, sage and incense.  Kotchy, didn't have much of a story, if you got rid of him you wouldn't even notice. Therefore I made him so that each time his family does something humiliating he captures it on camera or Sebastian does and he
Read more

Greek Cypriot Culture

-
Image
Family: Family is very important in Greek society; either by blood or even marriage - when a relative marries someone that person becomes your koumbaro (for men) or koumbara (for women). Also, businesses are usually family run.  Food:  One of the most important things in Greek culture; famous Mediterranean food. Greek love to use fresh ingredients such as garlic, onions, fennel, zucchini, grapes, dates, figs and herbs (dill, mint and oregano). Meat is also a very important part of their diet; every Sunday families gather together for Souvla (basically a barbecue)  Food in tavernas are usually meze based meaning a variety of small portions of different types of food is served (usually over 20 different dishes) or there is also the famous Ouzeri where you are brought typically light food such as greek sasuges (pastourma) and halloumi to eat as you drink Ouzo.  Typical Greek Cypriot food:  tzantziki octopus dolmades (which is grape leaves filled with rice and beef
Read more