More on credits/title

Last lesson we had our 2 minute opening sequence nearly finished but we thought that the subtitles we originally had were not as interesting as they could be so we used a new software called LiveType and started to experiment with some new ideas. We imported the still frames we wanted into LiveType and then changed the colour,movement and transition of the titles. However when we then inserted the new title back into iMovie the quality of the picture changed and it didn't look as professional so we decided to stick to the original credits. As a group we then looked through all the fonts and chose our favourite ones that could possibly used for the title of our film "SnapShot". The colours we considered were red, yellow and orange because they were bright/upbeat and reflected the genre of our opening sequence which is a comedy.We decided on the colour orange and used a fun font called "Manic".

Re-filming

After we imported and edited the zooming in clips of our yearbook we thought that it would be a good idea to re-film it. The shots looked a bit wobbly because it was hard to zoom into the picture without moving the camera left and right to get the exact frame. To overcome this problem we set up the tripod and camera in the same way as before but instead of zooming in, we filmed the book starting with the frame we wanted and then zoomed out. After importing the clips we reversed the dancer,actor and make-up clips so that it looked as if we were zooming in. We all decided that it looked a lot smoother than the previous clips.

Credits/Titles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J85m7zfMYyM&feature=related

After watching the Trainspotting trailer, we really wanted to incorporate still images into our clips while credits play over the top. First of all we tried it out on the gymnast clip and thought it looked effective. This is just a short overview of what we plan to do for every clip:

1) Zoom into yearbook picture
2) switches to the first frame of the clip which starts to play
3)Clips plays for a few seconds and then a still image is used
4)Title plays over the still frame
5)Clips continues to play

Further filming updates

Since the last post we stayed after school to film the yearbook pages being turned and the speaking part of our geek played by Luke. When we planned our location shots we chose to film the book on an art room table, with lots of art related props surrounding it so that it is apparent to the viewers that he is making the yearbook and also to make the shots more interesting. To film the aerial shot of luke turning the pages we had to do some test shots to get the angle right, and the one that worked best was with the tripod on a table with luke kneeling on the floor with Luke leaning back slightly so his head isnt visible.

Then we set up the camera and Luke acted out a few possible scenes that suited his character really well, which then also gives us extra choice when editing!


 This is just a picture that was taken while we were shooting the "Geek". We also felt that Luke's character should wear glasses, so that it stuck to our theme of stereotypes

Filming Update

Before halfterm we managed to film most of the short clips that are going to be used to give the effect of flicking through the book. The actor, the band, disruptive class, make-up obsessors have now all been filmed and during halfterm claire got permission to film part of a football match and the warm-up to show the roles of footballers and the show-off. We came into school on tuesday to upload some footage and start the editing process! Looking at our filming schedule we are now hoping to film the yearbook and our geek character played by Luke, tomorrow after school.

Filming

Our first filming session went well, and we managed to film the part of the dancer for our film played by cindy wellings. Our filming location was in the hall, and with help from the technician we got some lighting. For this particular character, to make it clear to the audience what particular role/stereotype she was in the school we decided on the costume shown in pictures below. We thought that the black theatrical leotard/tutu worked really well with the characters role and also suited the whole theme of stereotypes.