Code Red- Draft 5 (final draft)

I have uploaded the fifth draft for my coursework film onto youtube.

Draft 4 feedback

I have recently met with my teacher about my most up-to-date film draft, and I have been given a series of adjustments I need to make to improve my draft.

Since my last draft I have adjusted my footage to make the narrative flow more easily and showed more camera control by using a tripod to create a more stable shot.

However I still need to improve on my sound and making my film long enough to fill the needed 2 minutes, I also need to make my sound more professional by blending the seperate sections together.

Filming schedule + film update

I have created a new schedule for the end of this week, however this is the best case scenario and is unlikely to happen, I think that I will be able to film all of my footage and edit the clips however I doubt that I will be able to finish my music on time, therefore I will edit my sound in Garageband on my MacBook at home during the holidays. I am planning for my final deadline for my film to be the 21st of December.

Adding to my script

My film still does not meet the required 2 minutes of footage, therefore I have developed some ideas that will add more footage to the film:

I will add some shots of a board with a map, pictures and other information about Rebecca and Nash, I have decided to have a static shot (3s) to show the overall board and a panning shot which shows more detail about what is included on the board (4s).






I will also add a mid shot of another agent in HQ running through a door and telling Mya that the main agent is in trouble 'Agent 362's cover has been blown, she's been targeted by the enemy and the information is at risk' (5s)




 

Setting analysis

As I have recently filmed more footage at the weekend, however before hand I needed to explain why I picked these locations and if they would be conventional for the action/adventure genre, therefore i have created a PowerPoint which explains why I chose these settings.

Film upate- Draft 4

Today I have uploaded the fourth draft for my media film, I think that I have improved in most of the areas for development that the teacher has suggested to me, however I need to improve my sound as it is still very choppy and not refined.

Teacher feedback from my third draft

My third draft has been reviewed by my teacher, and I have been given some feedback and things that need to be improved:

• change shaky shot at 0:15 
• change font at beginning of the film as it is different from the font of the other texts
• cut shot of running with people, as it slows down the narrative of the film
• fit sound with visual more effectively make film more dramatic
• move fountain shot at 1:15 as it slows down narrative
• change titles at 1:06 and other ones that appear on black screen as they make the production look very low budget

Filming update

This weekend I have filmed more footage in Rotherham that I can add to my film to bring the overall film up to a run time of 2 minutes. I have edited the footage and synced the sound today and I will meet with my teacher tomorrow to get feed back on my latest draft and make anymore recommended changes.

Film update- draft 3

On Friday I uploaded my new footage to the computer, edited it, the sound and the titles and uploaded the third draft to Youtube.

Week schedule

Earlier in the week I created this schedule for the week ahead, so far, despite some technical issues I am keeping up with my schedule. I have also discovered some computers that have not been updated, this means that I am able to edit my video in the older versions of iMovie and Garageband which I started in.

Production update

Today I have experienced some difficulties while trying to edit my film, as the schools technicians have updated the Apple products that are available in school, this means that when I try to open my video on iMovie, or my sound on Garageband the computer cannot find my files and I cannot edit them. However I have discussed these setbacks with the technicians

Reflecting on my second draft

I have created a Prezi about the feedback I have received and what I will do to  improve my film.
https://prezi.com/svtuzy0jwi3q/draft-2-reflection/