Flicka Films Vlog

Myself, Sam and Jamie all had free periods one afternoon so we decided to do a little vlog on how the production of Black Out has been going.

Watch the vlog here..

Black Out 2nd Draft

After editing together the second half of the film, I then gave it to George to edit the 1st and 2nd half together to bring in the next day. Here is the outcome of the 2nd Draft, I feel it is a big improvement on the 1st draft as there are more shots which add story to the film, there are more elements of sound and music as well which does help give the film more depth. The biggest improvement we made was that we filmed at the toilets in the station which is the main location, this ensures that the film seems more realistic as the flow of continuity doesn't break.

There are still some improvements to be made on the 2nd draft such as including more sound/music and just cleaning up the edit through the use of cuts and placements.

Re-editing...

Having Re-shot the entire second half of the film it was down to me to take the camera home with all the new shots to re-edit the second half. When I got home I decided to edit all of it in that one night so I took several hours out of my time to power through the editing, it was quite easy at first because all that was needed was to place the clips in chronological order along the timeline but then I decided to experiment with different effects and sounds to see what would work and what wouldn't.

After 2-3 hours of editing I managed to re-edit the second half of the film with some new shots, new sound and music added in. I then needed to transfer the newly edited second half of the film onto a USB memory stick so that George can edit together both parts of the film on his laptop and then bring the 2nd draft in the next day.

Location 3 - Riverside Toilets!

While filming we managed to get some on set vlog footage which shows the new location we were re-shooting at which was the Riverside station toilets. As text can be boring at times this is a great way of showing of the location and interacting with us and the blog much easier.

Re-shot and soon to be Re-edited..

After receiving some much needed feedback for our 1st draft, as a group we decided to re-shoot the enitre second half of the film. We were in luck as we still had access to a camera and tri-pod.
We then sent another email to South West Trains on Tuesday so we could get permission to film at the toilets on Thursday of the same week. They replied saying it was absolutely fine to film on Thursday 31st March.
In the morning we all headed down during our Media lesson and we filmed everything we needed, including new shots and angles which we feel will add more story to the film and be an improvement on the 1st Draft.

Here is a short video of what we got up to on location...

Black Out 1st Draft

Hey guys, this is the 1st draft of our film "Black Out" this is a very rough edit because there a few things we need to sort out such as music and sound, the 2nd half we didn't do much experimenting so we literally just pieced the clips together as we had them to see how the film worked. We also found out that it was too obvious to see how the toilet scene is a different location.
We let Mr. Titheridge watch our 1st draft and he gave us some key feedback we needed to re-shoot the toilets scene but actually do it at the Train station toilets to allow continuity to flow.
He also advised that we should try to add more of a storyline to the film by adding more meaningful shots so that there aren't too many unanswered questions at the end because sometimes that's not the best thing.

We will the toilet scene and a part of the 1st scene to ensure we get the best footage we can.

How's The Editing Going?

We a re slowly progressing through this stage of post-production, as we are editing on George's laptop we are limited to when we can all sit down as a group. However George does manage to bring his laptop in on the days where we have Media lessons so we can also work in our free periods.
We have pieced together the timelapse and the outcome looks great. I will also upload several screenshots or maybe a video to show how it's done.
The editing stage and piecing every clip together will show us what went wrong during filming and what we need to go back and re-shoot, one of the things that we are mainly concerned about is the toilet scene because we filmed it completely away from the 1st location so it may break continuity.

I will update you on how the editing went in the next couple posts..

Time to Edit!

The time has now come to edit all the footage we have gathered over the past week into a 1st draft which we can then hand in to receive some feedback into what we can improve.

I and George are experienced with editing programs such as Sony Vegas and Adobe After Effects (AE), this meant that me and George could work together and experiment with different effects so that we come out with a good 1st draft.

We edited the 1st draft on George's laptop as he had the software we were familiar with instead of using a Mac and FCE (Final Cut Express) because we feel that it would be a waste of time learning a new program.

We want to create a timelapse effect using AE which we can then simply edit together using Sony Vegas.

Filming in the WBS Toilets

This is a follow up of how filming in the school toilets went.
We all thought it would be best to film during school hours and we as a group were lucky to have a free period at the same time so we made that hour count. This location was ideal for making our film look realistic but there were some major problems such as a bright light shining through the window, perhaps it wasn't the best time of day to be filming.
We did manage to get some great angles and some really nice shots such as a CCTV shot of Sam walking into the toilets, we had limited space but I feel we did really well in utilizing the space we had.
Filming went really well.

Filming at Riverside station!

After successfully managing to get permission to film at Riverside station on the 28th, there are just a few more things we need to be completely ready to film such a steady and able tri-pod and a HD camera to film with and all the necessary props.
Myself, George, Jamie and Sam headed to the station after school on Monday to commence shooting. We took a copy of our shot list and storyboards so we can reference back to them.
While filming, as a group we decided to improvise some shots as some of the ones we drew up didn't look good in reality.
We feel that the filming went really well and we gathered a lot of varied shots considering we had limited time to work with and we made sure we filmed what we needed in that one evening.

Shooting Schedule

Below is the shooting schedule which we devised to plan our filming and how we are going to structure each scene so we can make things for us a lot easier in the long run.
We took our time to decide which scenes we were going to film first and how long to take, there are two separate schedules, there is one for filming at Riverside station and one for filming at the school toilets. Using these schedules everything should go to plan!

Shooting Schedule

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Second Location - WBS Toilets

We have decided that part of our film will be in a Toilet as it is part of our idea, we decided as a group we should film at the school toilets because they are much more accessible for us as students and we don't require permission to film there, shortly after filming at the WBS toilets and piecing together the 1st draft of our film did we realise that moving out of location was a bad idea as the flow of continuity was broken after clearly being able to see we had moved location, below are some location shots of the WBS toilets.

Location 2 WBS Toilets

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Permission To Film At Windsor & Eton Riverside!

I delivered the letter by hand to the office at the Windsor & Eton Riverside station, this left us waiting for a response over the half-term.
We recieved a response email which was sent to our google mail account letting us know we are allowed to film at the station and that there will be staff there to assist us while we film on the platform.

We then had to ring F Roberts on the day we had planned on filming at the station so we can ensure everything goes to plan.

This means we can start filming on our desired date the 28th Februrary

Risk Assessment

Filming at Windsor and Eton Riverside station can be quite dangerous given the fact that there are a few risks and hazards we need to consider when we go and film. It was in our best interest and the interest of the station to be as safe as possible when filming on the platform. We would be supervised by staff at the station and the manager would also ensure we didn't cause any distress to their customers.

The risk assessment filled out below will be shown to our teacher and connotes that we have full understanding of the risks which we may encounter when we go to film on location.

Confirmation Emails.

Here are just a couple of the emails that were sent to request permission to film at Windsor and Eton Riverside station. This was a key part in our project as without the permission to film at this location our film wouldn't of been made.

Main Location - Windsor and Eton Riverside Station

Our plans are to film at the Windsor and Eton Riverside Station because this sort of location is stereotypical of where you would see a tramp, especially buskers who have been known to sit near train stations so we though this would be a great general location for us to film at.
As the train station is a very busy place due to the fact Windsor is known for being a tourist attraction and the station is one of the main ways people transport, we needed to get permission from their management to film because we plan on filming on one of the platforms.
Here are a couple photos of the station which we took just to show you the environment in the station, we will be primarily filming on the platform to the right.

This 1st picture clearly shows both platforms and the size of the station, as you can see the platforms are quite large and allows us a lot of filming space.

This shot shows you more of the platform on the right and how large it is, also this space allows our time-lapse which we plan on doing will allow both trains and platforms to be seen in the shot.

Letter for Permission to Film

We decided to draft the letter in one of our lessons so we can as a group decide how we should write the letter, we tried to make it quite formal as we wanted to sound professional so we could give ourselves more chance of getting the permission we needed so we can start filming after half-term.

 Windsor Boys School,

1 Maidenhead Road,

Windsor,

Berkshire.

SL4 5EH

South West Trains,

Windsor & Eton Riverside Station,

Datchet Road,

Windsor,

Berkshire.

SL4 1QG

14^th February 2011

Dear, Sir/Madam

We are Flicka Films, a production company from The Windsor Boys’ School currently studying Media Studies for the first year of our A-Levels. For our year 12 project we would like to shoot a partial part of our film in your Windsor & Eton Riverside Station. The filming would include two actors (school boys) between the times of 3-5:30pm on Monday 28th February 2011.

We would like to film our two actors on the train platform – we wouldn’t require them to actually go onto any of the trains on this day, but may require some footage of them walking off the train later on in our project if that’s possible. We wont be anticipating any direct contact or involvement with the train customers.

Our film crew is very small, involving one small handheld camera, no lights and no cables.

If you have any questions, please contact us on flickafilms@gmail.com or *********** to discuss any further information you may need. We would be really grateful if you could reply to us within the next week, allowing us to commence filming on the date set.

Many thanks for your time,

Jamie Calder, Sam Correa, Ramtin Totonchi, and George Holgate

Flicka Films

The Windsor Boys School.

Props, Actors and Locations..

We now have a clear understanding of who is going to be the main actors, what our main props are going to be and where we are going to film.
We decided to put everything on paper so we typed up a list of things we have ready so when it comes to filming we will be fully prepared, below you can see we put everything under 3 main headings on an A4 piece of paper.

There isn't much information on paper because our film doesn't require many things as we are trying to make it quite simple.
We made sure each of us had a copy of this work so that we all know exactly what we need and when we need it.
All we need now is permission from W&E Riverside station to be able to film on their site.

Ideas and Shot List

After many hours of thinking and brainstorming different ideas, we now have one which we think is perfect to fit in with the psychological thriller! The first idea we were thinking of doing was something involving Sam's band, Sephiroth. However we thought this wasn't necessary and came up with the idea of a day in the life of tramp, with a twist at the end. After discussing the idea with our teacher, we decided to remove the drug deal, and include another character which over looks the tramp, and ends up locking him in the toilet at the end, however the audience don't know who it is. We're trying to make the opening play on the mind as much as possible, whilst keeping it relatively simple.

The plot to the opening is as follows:

• The Tramp (Sam, Main character) is walking through train and gets off at Windsor and Eton Riverside Station.

• Once he's on the platform, he sets up his busking equipment and starts to play the guitar.

• Whilst he's playing the guitar, another character (Me) is looking over at him, constantly watching what he's doing.

• Whilst the tramps busking, there will be a background time lapse of the station moving fast as time passes by, making a nice effect showing the tramp trying to earn money.

• Once the day turns to night, the tramp packs up enters the Windsor and Eton Riverside toilets to do his business.

• Whilst in there, the other character (Me) locks the door.

• The tramp then tries to leave and realises he's locked in.

• He then starts to panic and time is passing by quickly, with different camera angles of him around the room showing him trying to escape, we show this as it is a natural reaction of a human to panic when locked in a confined space.

• The tramp then starts to become really hot and agitated, making him become angry and feel faint.

• He slips and blacks out on the toilet floor.

• So we now have our plot complete, and have also finished our shot list and storyboards! Below is a presentation of our shot list, showing you what we have come up with!

Flicka Films Shot List

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Storyboarding our film!

Having decided on a plot for our film we began storyboarding it so we can get a clear picture of what we wanted to do. This stage was quite lengthy as none of us were good drawers, but we as a group tried to show through illustrations what our film will look like.

As Jamie was the person in our group who did all of the drawings he had to compromise drawing detail when it came to drawing a crowd of people so he drew a few stickmen just to show how the shot would look like.



We made the storyboards match the shot list so you can clearly see what shots go with what kind of sounds/dialogue.

You can see below a slideshow of the storyboards so you can see our developement into this project and also for us to look at for future reference.

Flicka Films Storyboards

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Demographic Audience Research!

As a group we wanted to extend our research into target audience and what kind of audience would like to watch a film like ours, we already know it's aimed at a niche audience but we wanted to know more about demographics and how it affects some films in the psychological thriller genre.

I did some research into "The Da Vinci Code" which is also a psychological thriller and is a film which also did quite well at the box office. Using the Pearl & Dean film planner I could see what kind of people went to watch a film like this. The questionnaire was quite limited to the people we gave it to and we wanted more information about the audience we should be targeting.

These results show a clear picture of what kind of people watched this film. As you can see more people aged 15-24 watched the film than other ages followed by 25-34. This is good as it allows us to pinpoint certain groups of people that our film would interest.
When it came to gender it was pretty even but it shows that more males watched the film than females but this is something that can easily vary. Class is something that can either be really easy to target or really hard, it all depends on what kind of film it is.
All in all, these statistics on Pearl and Dean have really helped us understand what kind of audience we need to target

Results for The Taget Audience Questionaire

We got the questionnaires we handed to our friends back and it allows us to have a clear picture of what types of films people in our age range want to see.

We asked 6 questions which are based around film genre and the decision between which films people would like to watch.

1.  Out of the following films, which ones would you be prepared to watch? (Please tick)

o   Inception

o   The Butterfly Effect

o   Looking For Eric

o   Terminal

o   Di Vinci Code

o   Quantum Of Solace

o   Paranormal Activity

o   Taken

     2.     What is your favourite film genre? (Please tick)

o   Comedy

o   Action/Thriller

o   Horror

o   Sci-Fi

o   Romance

o   Psychological Thriller

o   Anime

     3. Why do you like these films?

     4. What is your favourite film of all time?

     5. Are there any films you’re planning on seeing in the near future?

     6. Would you be prepared to watch our opening two minutes of a film in the genre of a psychological       

        thriller? (Please specify why you have made that decision)

The main result from the questionnaire was that the 16-18 year old male favourite genre on average was Action/Thriller, and not far behind that was Comedy. However, as we offered the psychological thriller as an option for them to tick 5 people put this as their favourite genre, which is promising! The last question of the questionnaire was whether they would be prepared to watch the opening of our film, and everyone agreed and said they would, which is great!

The Hermeneutic Code

The Hermeneutic Code:
"The Hermeneutic Code contains anything in the text that is mysterious or unexplained, usually leading to questions which the reader needs answered".

That is the definition given by an online dictionary. To keep the interest of the viewer, the final truth of the film isn't revealed until the end of the story and some devices are used to keep it covered such as the snare, which is a deliberate avoidance of the truth. This teases the audience and sends them down the wrong path in thinking what the final outcome may be. Partial answers are used to reveal some but not all of the final truth to increase suspense for the audience and put them on edge which allows them to think about what could be coming next. Equivocation is a mixture of the truth and snare, making it more confusing for the viewer, as it leads them into a blurry path making it hard to predict the future of the film. Jamming is also used to suggest that the problem may be completely unsolvable therefore creating a tense viewer.


In the opening 2 mintues of "Saw" it was clearly apparent that there were many unanswered questions, this may be due to the fact it's a horror film and films in that genre tend to have a lot of unanswered questions until the end of the film and even in some the questions are not entirely answered. The questions that people could ask would be "Why are they there?", "Who are they?", "What's the significance of the blue light?". Those are just some of the questions that I picked up from the opening of this film.

"iRobot" is in a different genre to "Saw" but it still contains one thing that could lead to a question. It's apparant there is a flashback sequence which shows a traumatic experience which the main character (Will Smith) has gone through, this could lead onto a question like "What significance will this have later on?". Other than that, the beginning 2 minutes of this film consisted of just titles.

"The Day After Tomorrow" had an opening 2 minutes filled with several narrative enigmas which hopefully the audience will find the answers to later in the film. Some of the questions that could be asked are "Who are they?" Why are they drilling into the ice?" "What cause the ice to crack?" These questions fuel the audiences interest in the film.

As our film opening is going to be in the genre of a psychological thriller, we want to make sure that we include a large amount of techniques within the Hermeneutic code to get the audience thinking about the plot of the film and why our characters are being used. We hope to produce our opening correctly within the genre as its really important to make sure the viewer stays interested and wants to keep watching.

Opening 5 minutes to a film in my genre – Inception

Inception is a film, which is in the genre we are currently studying for a final 2-minute film opening. After I watched the first 5 minutes of Inception I immediately saw different ways in which they made the film more interesting to the audience by grabbing their attention using different techniques.

The opening scene is on a beach with medium and close up shots of the waves htting the coastal rocks, this doesn’t show much in terms of location but shows that the location may be somewhere tropical.

The next shot is of what the audience would associate as the “main character” laying face down in the water, which suggests he washed up on the shore and is enhanced by the diegetic sound of the waves. This possibly shows us the opening sequence of the film is either a back story or a insight into the future of the film, there are quite a few examples of this and in most cases it proves effective. It does this by making us try and guess what happened to him or what is going to happen to him, which keeps us interested.

The next significant shot shows children playing in the sand and do typical things such as building sand castles, this usually suggests that the area is happy and safe but is contradicting the fact someone has washed up on the shore. The cuts in this scene are spaced out, which helps the slow tempo non-diegetic sound, which is playing in the background help to emphasise that the mood is calm and could well possibly mean the main character is disorientated, due to previous events.

The camera then cuts to a gun which is held against the mans back as he is laying down, this indicated that he is in trouble. This sudden change of events has created a different mood in which confuses the audience and has them wanting answers such as the significance of the children and the man.

The music in the background has changed slightly to more of a subtle tone as a shot of the soldier revealing who the character is, reinforces the fact the character may be in trouble.

The main character had a pistol which was revealed by the soldier shows us that his character is slightly developing as we find out new things.

These things leaves the audience questioning what is happening and what will happen, this ultimately keeps the audience interested and is something we need to consider in our coursework piece.

The opening of this film plays a lot on the mind of what’s going on as the audience need to think hard all the way throughout by taking in all information which is given to them in the first 5 minutes. This is a psychological thriller as it shows all of the key techniques in the opening to be a part of the genre I want to make ‘Black Out’ fit into along with Jamie, Sam and George, making Inception an appropriate film to relate to.

Flicka Films Youtube Channel

Hey there guys, FlickaFilms now have a Youtube channel. Youtube is a great way of sharing videos and is an ideal way to link our production videos here on my blog, this makes it much easier on our group and allows more interactivity with my blog. We will upload videos of our progress through the project on our Youtube channel so you can see how it's going.
I made a stylish background using photoshop for our channel as well to make it more professional and presentable.

Feel free to check it out!  http://www.youtube.com/flickafilms

Preliminary Task Finished

We have now completed our preliminary task which we were set to test our skills of filming and keeping to certain rules such as match on action, shot-reverse shot and the 180 degree rule. We have posted it on our Youtube channel alongside our production company intro.
It can be seen here http://www.youtube.com/FlickaFilms so check it out. The quality isn't great because rendering on final cut express is limited.
Enjoy!

Production Images of Preliminary Task

While we were filming our Premliminary Task, George managed to take some prodution photos of us at work, these images show what angles were were shooting at and shows the environment quite clearly.

You can view the images below in a short slideshow which Jamie kindly made.

We managed to edit the Preliminary in an hour which was quite quick for us as me and George had no prior knowledge of the editing program "Final Cut Express".

We learnt a lot about this program while editing this take but we feel that it would be best to stick what we know.

Preliminary Production Images

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Production Company and Logo

We have decided to name our production company "Flicka Films" because camera reels used to flick through and that's why we felt it was appropriate to have that as a name with the added fact that it sounds quite professional.

With every company there is a logo to represent who they are, and with that on our minds we decided to make one. Me and George came up with different designs with how we could position the text, we came to the conclusion to have one of the Fs reflected so they are facing back to back to create a neat effect. We then put "Flicka Films" in small font size so the name can be seen alongside the logo.

Preliminary Storyboard

What we needed to do first was to draw up some storyboards for our Preliminary. Jamie took up the job as the main drawer and therefore drew up a clear storyboard of what the preliminary would look like, They may look like basic and simple pictures but they outline the angles and shots we wanted to create.

The good thing about storyboards is that they can show more than just images, you can reference back to them when filming and can allow you to plan sound and how many shots it would take to make the film.



Below is a slideshow of the storyboards we did, please feel free to check them out!

Flicka Films - Preliminary Storyboard

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Preliminary Task

George, Jamie, Sam and myself have been set the preliminary task to do over the next week to introduce us to the film making process. Our preliminary will be roughly 30 seconds long and contain the following criteria:

Match on action
Shot reverse shot
180 degree rule

What we will include in the video.
Character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. We have come up with a storyboard involving a student and headmaster, where the student approaches the heads office, opens the door, and then has a conversation with him, therefore overall meeting the set criteria we have been given. We plan to have 8 shots in total, creating continuity editing all the way throughout with a sensible choice of non diegetic music and sound effects.


We started the storyboarding for our preliminary task in todays lesson, and managed to get all of our ideas down on paper so we have a guideline to work from when it comes to filming the piece. The storyboard we have produced explains each shot and camera position to allow us to cover all 3 of the technical codes in our first short clip, along with the camera shots, we also state what music we will be using at the start, as it needs to be non-copyrighted, and sound effects throughout the preliminary. We will be editing the clips on Final Cut Express, installed on the Apple MacBook Pro systems at school.

Comparison of 3 Film Openings.

This post will involve me analysing the beginning 2 minutes of 3 different films which are ("The Dark Knight", "Inception" and "The Da Vinci Code". I will look at how the films use there openings to set the tone of the film and let the viewer know what they film will be about and what kind of techniques the openings use to make the viewer instantly interested.

Inception

Inception is a film, which is in the genre we are currently studying for a final 2-minute film opening. After I watched the first 2 minutes of Inception I immediately saw different ways in which they made the film more interesting to the audience by grabbing their attention using different techniques.

The opening scene is on a beach with medium and close up shots of the waves htting the coastal rocks, this doesn’t show much in terms of location but shows that the location may be somewhere tropical.

The next shot is of what the audience would associate as the “main character” laying face down in the water, which suggests he washed up on the shore and is enhanced by the diegetic sound of the waves. This possibly shows us the opening sequence of the film is either a back story or a insight into the future of the film, there are quite a few examples of this and in most cases it proves effective. It does this by making us try and guess what happened to him or what is going to happen to him, which keeps us interested. The beginning 2 minutes of this film suggests a lot to me about how a film in this particular genre is introduced to an audience. Later on in this project I will do a more in-depth textual analysis of the beginning of this film as I feel it is a good example to go by.

The Dark Knight

The first 2 minutes of this film is very interesting as the film is an action film and starts off in a very cliché way. The beginning of the film involves a bank robbery and is introduced with a long establishing shot of the area which is zooming in towards a building while non -diegetic music is playing in the background, the diegetic sound of the window breaking springs the non-diegetic music up in temp and volume and starts to build suspense these happens throughout the first 2 mintues. The whole way through the non-diegetic music is playing which adds thrill and excitement to the action, this is helping build suspense as the film progresses. The robbery makes you ask questions such as "Who are the robbers", "Why are they wearing masks" and "Why are they killing each other". These questions ensure the viewer will stay interested and will keep them on the edge of their seat.

On a whole the beginning invloves everything you expect in an action film such as weapons, protagonists, antagonists, grenades and very fast paced action accompanied by up tempo non-diegetic music. This film was very successful at the box office and me and my group may wish to consider how this used the first 2 minutes to entice the audience through the use of sound and camera shots, and also shows that the beginning of a film must have the audience hooked straight away.

The Da Vinci Code
The opening 2 minutes of this film is mainly titles with a bit of slow tempo non-diegtic sounds. The film starts off with a man running through a museum there are many techniques the director used here to make this scene much more interesting to the audience. As he is running you can here him panter alongside the diegetic footstep sounds which add drama to the scene. As he is running the non-diegetic music slowly increases with volume as the man is being chased by an unknown figure first seen as a shadow on a wall. The mise-en scene in this opening is very realistic as it has been shot in the "Louvre" in Paris with the added darkness the scene is very dark and gloomy. All of these things combined help to create and atmosphere which will help the audience be more engaged with what is going on in the scene.
Towards the end of the beginning 2 minutes the man stops running to take a painting off the wall, he does this alert the police because a small light underneath the painting flashes read, this may indicate the man is safe as the room is sealed off with bars as well. When we finally see the person who was chasing what seems like the curator of the museum he is dressed in robes which connotes the idea he may be a priest or worshiper of some sort. He then pulls out a gun, this is ould be seen as countertypical of a priest as they are not ones to carry guns. Throughout this time the music had been slowly building up in tempo and volume to this last moment where the man is forced to tell the priest something which we can not hear as the shot moves outside where the loud rain covers the speech. This idicates what he is saying is very important and suggests we will find out later on in the film. This film is a great example to go by as the beginning is used very well to make the audience engaged in the film from the start, the dark gloomy atmosphere added mystery to the scene alongside the non-diegetic music which was playing throughout. As a group we will reference back to these film openings to see how we should entice the audience through the use of sound and mise-en scene.

My Introduction To This Blog

Hey, I'm Ramtin, I am in year 12 progressing through the first year of my A-levels in Media Studies, Biology and AGCE ICT. Throughout my blog I will be uploading posts commenting on my groups production process working towards a final piece of complete coursework, which then will be submitted at the end of the year. I enjoy Media a great deal, and I'm aiming for a reasonable grade in my coursework as I feel confident enough to achieve a good grade

For my coursework I have decided to work in a group with George H, Jamie C and Sam C. We have decided on a name for the production group (Flicka Films) and are undertaking research in different successful film genres which will help us decide on one for our 2 minute opening piece to a film.

When It comes to editing I've had a couple encounters with "Final Cut Express" and I feel that this program is too complicated for a basic editing programme. I would go as far as saying "Windows Movie Maker" is more useful and is more equipt with the features when editing is needed.
I have a lot of experience when it comes to editing as I have been usuing the software Sony Vegas and Adobe After Effects for around 2 years now so I will be very confident when it comes to the editing of our final 2 minute film opening.