Final Rough Cut

Becuase of the issue with getting a location for filming, i have had to wait untill this week to film the last bar shots. I have changed the music and edited in time with pace of the track, which i am pleased with. Allthough this subverts the common codes and conventions of Film Noir i think it is noticable as a film noir piece.

Editing - 6th December

I found another music track to put into my trailer and i feel that it will keep the audiences attention. I am pleased with the way the shots change on a beat because it gives it a sense of narrative that fits in with what is on screen. 

I added another title screen for when the film is being released. This appears after the title of the film comes up and the music finishes completely. Overall i feel the tone of the trailer fits in with the codes and conventions of Film Noir because of the slow editing that still keeps the attention of the audience and the lighting. I have also subverted the common conventions through different use of characters and the way the trailer has been put together to make in more modern. 

Re-shoot 29th November

Whilst in post production i decided that instead of the opening shot just being words on a screen, i should add a shot of the Trilby to establish it as the main prop of the film. I experimented with the camera and getting it to zoom in and out smoothly, i found this a bit of a challenge at first because the camera kept re-focusing, i also tried panning from different props to the Trilby hat, this was also hard because i kept jolting the tripod and it showed up on the playback. In the end i decided on a still shot of a CU of the trilby hat. I wanted the words 'Golden Pictures Presents' over the top however because of my limited skills on After Effects i found this difficult. I need to improve my knowledge in this area. I did manage to put the text over the top but when i imported it into Premier Pro it would not run smoothly, i will need to rectify this. 

Back in post production i worked on editing the shots in time with the music, this is an important aspect of trailers because it grabs the audiences attention and is a vital convention of trailers which can set the mood for what the film will be. I originally found it difficult to edit in time with the music because i was worried that i would need to cut shots down considerably in order for it to change in time. However i was lucky that the start of the music fitted in all ready and it was a case of editing around this. I still need to find another track to pick the pace of the trailer up. 

Reshooting - 24th November

Today i re-shot parts of the trailer that i felt could have been improved. This time I used added lighting in order to cast shadows on the props and characters to fit in with the conventions of Film Noir. 

I found it difficult to film some of the scenes because i had to work with the rapidly fading light. For one of the shots the light was particularly limited and because there was no electricity i struggled to light the character and I had to find other ways of lighting it without electricity, i may have to re do this shot again. 

I was happy with the overall shoot as i managed to work within the time i had, and i also experimented with different shots which i thought would improve the finished piece.