Post production - Editing

The editing process for our group was fairly straight forward. Patrick, is a keen editor and has a lot of expereince in doing editing, so we worked together to edit our film efficiently. We made decisions on what sound effects to use and at which point. We used Final Cut Pro to edit our film, something we were familiar with.

Our sound was a critical part of post production, so we had to make sure that it was revelant and effective in our film. We eventually decided on a suspense sound effect, to set the mood for our film. This ambiance signified it was a thriller, mysterious genre. We increased the frequency of cuts, as the tension and suspense in our film grew. Shot reverse shot was an example of this, as we only used short cuts to show facial expression of the characters. This was effective in building suspense up to the point when the money exchanges hands.

Final Post

This is our completed Prelim Film:

Story Board

 Shot 1 of our storyboard shows the character to be looking at his feet whilst walking.

 Shot 2 of our storyboard shows the characters feet walking past the camera.

 Shot 3 is of a characters hand on a door handle as he is about to enter the room.

 Shot 4 is of a character coming through the door into the room.

 Shot 5 introduces us to another character in this film.

 Shot 6 is of one character pulling out his chair as he is about to confront the other character.

 Shot 7 shows both characters talking.

 Shot 8 is an OTS, to show shot reverse shot.

 Shot 9 is from the other characters shoulder.

 Shot 10 is a close up of a character taking out the money.

Shot 11 is a character placing money on the table.

Post production blog post

Before filming we had to make sure of health and safety, risks and availability. At first we used the theatre which wasn't ideal for productions were coming up and it was always used; so we decided to move location to a vacant dance rehearsal room which turned out to be even better than our original location.

When we got to our locale, we did the white balance using a white board that was in the room and then set up the tripod. We cleared the space of the few chairs so that we could film and then set up a scene. We placed a table in the middle with two chairs opposite one another. Then we started filming the scenes.

We forgot to take our script so we used modern technology to rectify the issue of the script. This was made effective. Patrick had the phone which showed him to be rich but in fact, it had the script on the screen for him to use.

We filmed everything and took it to the editing suite where we converted the film and Patrick edited quickly and effectively.

 - Trey and Matt      

Health and safety and risk assessment

Health and Safety

There were various health and safety checks we did before we started filming. We filmed in a Dance Rehearsal Room, so it was empty apart from a couple of chairs and a table.

We had to make sure that our filming space was clear, all chairs had to be out the way so that we wouldn't trip over them. Other than this the risk was minimal because it was a spacious room with scarce amounts of tables or chairs to cause an actual concern. Hence, the health and safety was made redundant for our location was ideal.

 -Trey and Matt

Script

Today, we wrote the script for our preliminary task:

SCRIPT

PATRICK: I HAVE CALLED YOU HERE BECAUSE YOU OWE ME A VAST AMOUNT IN CASH.

MATT: OH, COULDN’T YOU GIVE ME AN EXTENSION ON THE TIME?

PATRICK: I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN THREE MONTHS TO PAYBACK THE LOAN. YOU DO REALISE WHAT HAPPENS IF PAYMENT ISN’T MET, RIGHT?

MATT: *LOW SIGH* YEAH.

PATRICK: I’LL TELL YA WHAT. I’LL GIVE YOU ONE EXTRA WEEK. IF YOU DON’T DELIVER THE MONEY THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.

MATT: *REACTION*

PATRICK: WHY DON’T YOU SELL YOUR HOUSE OR SOMETHING? 

MATT: OH! I JUST REMEMBERED SEEING THAT YOU WALKED INTO MY ST. SWITHUN’S HOTEL. ERGO, YOU OWE ME MONEY.

PATRICK: OH, I’M SORRY. HERE *GIVE MONOPOLY MONEY*



 -Trey, Patrick and Matt

Job allocations

Group job allocations:

Camera Operator: Trey Taylor and Patrick Rotzetter

Storyboard artist: Patrick Rotzetter

Location Scout: Matthew Bishun
Location(s):

Dance Rehearsal Room


Prop manager: Matthew Bishun
Props needed:

Monopoly money
Monopoly hotel
Monopoly cards
Jumper/coat
A table
Two Chairs

Casting Director: Trey Taylor

Actor(s):

                                               Patrick Rotzetter           Matthew Bishun





Director: Trey Taylor




- Patrick, Trey and Matt