Titles

A couple days ago in class we discussed titles and the order in which they go , i learned that there are many ways to present the titles like for example they could be super imposed or they can be placed against a black screen. I also learnt how the font of the title can represent what type of genre the movie is or what time period the movie is set in, i have given it some thought and i think for my groups opening sequence, we should present the titles against a black screen because a lot of the movies we saw used this method , therefore if we used this method it will make our opening scene look more professional and it will show the examiner that we put a lot of thought into the titles.

Editing the first draft

Today I finished editing the first draft of my opening sequence, i'm really glad with what i edited and i'm looking forward to see what type of feedback the people in my class are going to give it once they have seen it. I have also learned how to make fast cuts to build suspense in a scene which will prove usefull in the future.

Filming and Editing for the first time

A couple weeks ago my group and I went to film some of our opening sequence, we set out to film me checking my watch and getting on the bus. We found the day very productive because we learnt a lot of different ways to use the camera to create different effects , we also learnt that taking the same shot from different angles can prove helpful in the editing process because you then have a wider variety of shots to choose from. We used various different camera angles like low angle shots and panning shots to capture the moving bus, however the tri-pod was very light so whenever we wanted to do some panning it was very difficult because the camera kept shaking. So we had to either hold down the tri-pod by one leg to keep it steady or go out filming when it isn't really windy which will save us time in the future. Once we got all the shots we needed we went back to school the next day and edited the shots together, due to us having a lot of shots it made the editing much smoother. Next time we go out to film my group will be prepared with new skills that we learned.