Production Question sheet- Megan Wildsmith

Production Evaluation Questions

As editor, I hope that my role in the filming was invisible as that is the main task of an editor. I hope that people watching the film will not be focussing on the editing and be focusing on the storyline or music. An example of my editing that I think is particularly good is the end of the chase scene with the young girl. There are three or four shots that run really well together and are nice and flowing so you are completely focused on the action.

(SHOW THE 3/4 PRINT SCREENS)

As there were only two of us in our group, I collaborated with the ‘sound designer’ and also worked together with her because our roles required us to. When I edited, for example, the end scene in the grave yard, I told charlotte that the shots were going to be fairly long and slow paced and she created music to fit the shots. She suggested an Adele song played on a piano which was perfect as we could get the shot changes to the beat and rhythm of the music.

(SHOW FIRST 2 SHOT TYPES OF END SCENE)

In our team of two, we shared the responsibility of the other roles. We both directed and filmed but as editor I kept an eye on the 180° rule, the 35° rule and the continuity so that when it came to editing, it would be easier to edit, and not jumpy. I played a part in director as I recruited the main actor and two minor characters for the film. We worked well and asked people we knew would act for us and when it came to directing, we both took turns while the other person set up the shot. We also wrote the script together and both injected our ideas into it.

Further evidence of my editing skills that I am particularly proud of is in the scene with the young girl being watched by the antagonist. In one shot, there is an over the shoulder (OS) shot of the girl walking towards the swing with the camera behind a pole, and then there is a mid shot from behind her, then an OS of the boy watching the girl. The audience goes from watching someone stalk the girl to knowing who - the boy from the first scene and things become clear.

(THREE SHOTS: POLE OVS, MS, BOY OVS)

An example of how I created and built tension through editing is when, during the first scene I graphic matched two individual shot scenes, the boy and the mother, together so that the audience found out at the same time the characters did, who wrote the letter who read it and why.

(BOY WRITING LETTER, MOTHER WITH LETTER AT END)

I am most proud of three shots of the boy, opening, closing his bedroom door and walking across the landing. These shots are some of the best shots in this sequence as they flow together really well. Some things we changed that weren’t in the script were simple shot types changed as they no longer fitted in with the location. For example, some long shot were mid shot and vice versa.

Megan and Charlotte Final Film and Trailers

Charlotte (sound designer)  Megan (Editor)

final film

Trailers:

Charlotte:  Trailer (sound designer)

Megan Trailer:  (editor)

Megan/Charlotte- I have not put your titles on here as you titles should an additional scene- not bits of footage from the rest of the film

Mark Scheme for Coursework

Update - Mel

I am very happy with now my film is going at the moment. I need to film one or two more shots to fill in the blanks. I also need to fine tune the editing and add my voice overs and music. So far, i have about 4 minutes of footage but hopefully when i've added in the few extras and the film name it will be over 6 minutes. I think my hardest challenge in the next few weeks will be to think of a film name.

First scene for our final film!! - Megan and Charlotte

This footage is a little jumpy in parts of it but it doesn't matter as this footage it is going to be made into a montage with the footage we have below.

Progress so far...

This is to show what we did film, edit and put to music but unfortunately we cannot use this footage anymore but this is to show what we did film.

As the first part of our film is a flashback we have realised that we can now use this footage, what we are going to do is cut up this with another part we have so it's a montage and then we will have about 2 minutes of footage =]

And a longer clip...

Mel's Trailer Ideas

For my trailer I am  really inspired by the trailers for episode's of the Vampire Diaries. They are really good for capturing many different aspects like action, which is a main feature I want in my trailer. In addition I really like the way they are edited together, they are short, snappy and intriguing. I like this one because it really focuses on the characters.

I love this trailer because it really highlights the vampire personality of Stefan. Its quite scary to see his lack of ability to control his instincts which is increased by the clock ticking in the background adding suspense. This is a great trailer for really keeping the audience gripped.

Trailer Story Line

The trailer will focus on the boys struggle with his vampire self. It begins with him walking down the street towards the camera with his head down and hood up. When he reaches the camera it zooms into his eyes and there is a graphic match. When it zooms out again he is sat on the floor with his head in his hands looking depressed.  There is a voice over saying "I hate what I've become". The screen then fades to white. It fades back into his mother reading the letter and there is the voice over saying "You know what I've gone to do, I'm going to get revenge". Then it flashes to his cutting his wrist and the sharp object dropping to the floor. Then it flashes to his head whipping round as he hears something in the forest. Then there is a blank screen and for a few minutes all we hear is heavy breathing and his fast heartbeat, then it stops. When the scene comes back it is fast paced, the boy and the vampire chasing each other, the boy going to reach for the vampire. Blank screen. The boy is then stood alone in the forest, his arms are out stretched, his head is up and he's yelling at the top of his lungs. Then its cuts out to a blank screen and the film name comes up.