First session back with "Suited and Booted"

After registration and greetings Sara instructed us all step-by-step through the process of "scratch disks".

i directed the cursor to the top left of the page, then clicked on the icon "final cut pro" then "system settings" then "set scratch disk" after this i made a document file entitled with my name. This was done so i can save and access my work with complete and utter ease.

previously we had all done our rough cuts on our short films so this made the whole process run more smoothly and easily. As our "deadline" was in less then a week. After we had all been instructed on how to make minor adjustments to our 'films'. we where all taught and advised to check through our film once more then add Audio clips of our choice if we so wished or felt it appropriate.

lots of us wanted to produce our own audio clips and embed it onto our films but we then had to think logically and this would not have been possible for it wouldn't be complete to a substantial standard in the time frame given. so instead some of the class chose to either use one from a different source and others chose to leave the sounding that was already on the film as it was and possibly alter it slightly.

Like for instance in my film, originally there was numerous amounts of times when i could here one of the members of crew informing us of when the camera was ready for filming by shouting "action"or "rolling" etc. So in some cases i had just found it easier to just crop down the clip to parts of the clip that was most vital, although in other cases it was left to further alterations to then take effect.

i have uploaded images of my print screenings to illustrate the process of modifications made to my film...



this print screen was taken of part of my 'timeline', this was supposed to show the outcome of when i had decreased the fractions of the duration of this particular shot. i had done this because Jake (the love sick main protagonist) had ran down the stairs to show that no matter where he went he still could not escape his thoughts of Kate (the dead girlfriend).

when this was shot Jake had ran down the stairs and touched the wall to the right, then on the second shot he had done the same thing again but then his hand was raised slightly higher then the previous shot.

so to alter this i had to then 'play around' with the shots until i was satisfied. which resulted in the first clip being decreased and the second clip not being altered at all and then it was nice, it flowed.



i hated the whole process of amending and rearranging the film clips and if i am quite honest because i was quite nervous. i think that it was more so of a fear of the unknown. When in doing so i found it difficult for i was limited when it came to using apple MAC's and now that i have successfully finished i am happy to know that i have in actual fact completed my work to a satisfactory standard. for what was my first time in doing rough cuts, amending them then converting them in to a short film.

some of clips taken where taken from particular angles because we wanted to have a nice though creative and effective on the filming. At first we as a group wasn't too sure how we would go about this, we drew up story boards and planned our process thoroughly.



this is a clip of our main protagonist, he was starting his day by freshening up and getting ready in his bathroom. the objective for this was to capture Jake applying his deodorant. firstly you can see Jake opening the cabinet.



this was the image of Jake taking the can of deodorant from the cabinet...



so then finally we had the ending of this "scene" with Kate appearing from behind him in the reflection of the mirror. this was done to help illustrate further more the fact that he is love sick and even in everyday life and normal daily procedures that he cannot escape his thoughts, feelings and even seeing Kate.



that's why we shot clips like these, so then we could add them if we so wished and this allowed room for flexibility, time and detail. i feel that these clips helped to make the audience think or become more involved, it drew them in further and if they where attentive then they would understand the depth of this.



seeing this (Kate in the mirror) it shook jake up and his reaction was to run... this next clip shows jake not just leaving the room but the premesses completely.



jake runs down the stairs,



grabs his coat and heads out the front door.

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