Final Cut

This is our film 'The Premonition'

Major setbacks: Costume

This was in the form of come actors in the production wearing a different item of clothing or a completely different outfit, as we did not want to effect continuity to an obvious extent we had to scrap filming for that particular scene.

Whether it was a communication issue or not, we learnt that prior to every shoot we brief each actor on what we need them to wear for the particular scene being shot. After the mishap of both actors not coming in the right costume we took it on board to take a picture of the desired costume, and then send it to our actors in the morning to ensure they know exactly what we expect for them. This made the rest of our shoot easier as there was no longer any complication or confusion with costume.

Editing: Adobe After Effects CS5

Our group identified that in order to make our film look effective we need to use a wider variety of software in order to attain this. We opted to use Adobe After Effects CS5 as our inspiration into creating a production with better visual media than was presented last year. After Effects offers a great range of effects and transitions that you can apply to images, like this smoke effect you see in the image above. By having these effects in our production our group are enabled to present a better representation of the type of movie we are trying to portray, as if we can manipulate the effects we want to portray to create meaning. For instance this smoke effect in a red tint represents danger connotates a violent abruption which unfolds during the outset of the story. 

Construction: Montage - Split screen

Based on the research our group has conducted on the split-screen effect this is the result of what we had produced when using Premiere Pro CS5. We decided to make transitions to the split screen as well to help the montage flow better from shot to shot. The split-screen mainly made up from image-matts, offsets and presents looked very effective when rendered and helped tell the audience a big chunk of our story through short snappy cuts and split-screen sequences.

Problems Encountered During the Production

On shooting the first scene we immediately encountered a problem, location which affected how we planned to shoot scenes. The location for our first scene which happened to be a recurring  location in our production was Victoria Station which we later came to realize that we were not able to film there due to the public and other suspicions, also that we needed to pay and also have a license to film in the station.

Mid way through filming we were stopped by security guards, as we felt this was a particularly good setting for our production we were determined to finish filming in the station. We continued filming again once they had gone and upon their return we decided to try and negotiate with the security guards which paid off with us convincing them to allow us to film for 5 more minutes which we proceeded in filming for another 30 minutes, ensuring we gathered enough coverage in that time.

Another disruption that caused some problems for us was battery life on the camera, as the camera would be in use by our media class it would tend to be either be near to an empty battery or the battery completely drained and filming would be cut short. To get past this we took the simple steps of having another battery pre-charged and/or having the current battery charged to some extent which has made for longer filming time and less hassle