What I have done over the holidays

Over the past week we've been on holiday. Despite this me and my groups have still continued working on our coursework.

Rumpelstiltskin

Above you can find my groups (Me, Fabian, Max and Gregory!) rough cut of our continuity task. I wrote the screenplay, Greg and Max both edited, Greg also produced the music. Finally Fabian was in charge of cinematography and lighting. I'm very happy with our rough cut and all that needs to be adjusted is some transitions and the addition of my narration. Overall I am very pleased with how it's all come out.

However there were a few mistakes we made. For a start we didn't make sure to make that the scenery fit it in completely with our decided on setting. For example at one point you can see that Greg, who plays our mafia boss, is wearing socks. Also at one point you can see an Xbox controller in the background, which doesn't really fit in.

Also, at about halfway through our short film you can the tap dripping for about a minute. While at first we thought this wouldn't be a problem but after watching, several people had said that this ruins the atmosphere of the scene.

Finally, we also shot a lot of our film in one location, which became very repetitive. So when we produce our OTS we need to make sure we have a variation of locations instead of setting it all in Max's house.

So when we produce our OTS we need to make that we have a variation of shooting locations, make sure we focus more on both Mise En Scene and sound.

The task was very helpful as it helped us understand that our OTS will not be as simple and will require a lot of preparation. Speaking of which...

Little Red Riding Hood

My group has decided on what we are going to do for our final production. Our group has changed a slight bit, so for my OTS my group will be me, Fabian and Wil. We are going to produce a OTS for Little Red Riding Hood, retold in the noir form. For this we've even assigned some roles and started planning.

The roles we've decided on are as followed. I am the script writer, director and editor. Fabian is going to be director of Cinematography, location manager and in charge of lighting. Wil, is in charge of music, props and foley. I believe these roles have been assigned well, as we're all working our strong points. There are still several roles that need to be decided on, but the majority not already mentioned will be shared.

I have started writing the script already, I have some ideas when it comes to editing and with that I have a good idea on how I want to direct it. I know Fabian is skilled with his camera and has been looking into what different types of camera shots and angles he wants to use, as well testing out lighting. Finally we've all been brainstorming ideas when it comes to Foley, but Wil has already started producing some music for us to play around.

On the whole, it looks like our group is well prepared to begin the OTS.