Our group is very excited about the final edited version of our short film GoodVibez. Drue did a lot of job on the editing using Final Cut Pro. We were able to use different techniques in our film such as fade in fade out, etc. The only improvement that can be done is it seems the when comes to the interview part of the film the sound is not that clear comparing to the beginning. Maybe we should've put subtitles at the bottom in order to help the viewers. However it is not a big problem therefore we are pretty satisfied in general.
It was a really useful and practical semester. I think I should keep working on the final cut software since im still not really good at it. Hope I can have a great future on media production!
The short film “GoodV!bez” begins with a fast cut montage of various music festival video footage. The montage footages were shot from different angles which develop with fast rock genre background music. This creates a sense of music festival atmosphere. After a while there will be a point of view shot on an enchanted festival goer, when the viewers feel the excitement and fun that can be enjoyed at these music festivals.
The beginning montage will last for about 3 minutes when at the end of it the background music slows down, as the screen fades to black. There will be several texts displayed on the screen. For example, “Every year Hundreds of thousands of people attend festivals around the nation.” “Many of these people do partake in the use of illicit drugs in order to enhance their experience” “We’ve brought together a few of those people to talk about why they chose to do this.” These texts are in white which creates a contrast with the black background. The viewers feel a more serious tone comparing to the beginning.
Then the interview footage starts with questions flash up on the screen similarly to the way the facts text displayed. The questions slowly fade into answer footages when a piece of softer rock/piano background music will be played.
There are two interviewees in all. They are both at the age of around 20, however their faces are not displayed clearly due to the considerations of ethical and privacy concerns. The interviews were taken indoor with dark room light. Both of the interviewees were sitting on a sofa in front of a window therefore the back light was much stronger than the light inside. The viewers can see the interviewees’ body language and their voices can be heard clearly.
The interviews were shot with point of view shots. The interviews last for about 8-10 minutes. When at the end of the interviews footage the screen fades to black again. At the end of the film, the concluding statements flash and fade: “Patrons don’t want to be lectured on the fact that drugs are bad” “We’re here to make sure that you know the risks you’re taking, so you can make the choice.” “At the end of the day, music festivals are about the music.” “So don’t pop it, just rock it.” These texts are also in white and the film finishes.
The beginning montage will last for about 3 minutes when at the end of it the background music slows down, as the screen fades to black. There will be several texts displayed on the screen. For example, “Every year Hundreds of thousands of people attend festivals around the nation.” “Many of these people do partake in the use of illicit drugs in order to enhance their experience” “We’ve brought together a few of those people to talk about why they chose to do this.” These texts are in white which creates a contrast with the black background. The viewers feel a more serious tone comparing to the beginning.
Then the interview footage starts with questions flash up on the screen similarly to the way the facts text displayed. The questions slowly fade into answer footages when a piece of softer rock/piano background music will be played.
There are two interviewees in all. They are both at the age of around 20, however their faces are not displayed clearly due to the considerations of ethical and privacy concerns. The interviews were taken indoor with dark room light. Both of the interviewees were sitting on a sofa in front of a window therefore the back light was much stronger than the light inside. The viewers can see the interviewees’ body language and their voices can be heard clearly.
The interviews were shot with point of view shots. The interviews last for about 8-10 minutes. When at the end of the interviews footage the screen fades to black again. At the end of the film, the concluding statements flash and fade: “Patrons don’t want to be lectured on the fact that drugs are bad” “We’re here to make sure that you know the risks you’re taking, so you can make the choice.” “At the end of the day, music festivals are about the music.” “So don’t pop it, just rock it.” These texts are also in white and the film finishes.
Now the filming is done, only post-production is left. Now i'm able to write my editing style statement now, which is really important for my practical learning experience.
The editing of a film is always the key process of the film-making. The editing style in our short documentary film Good V!bez will not be complicated however still help presenting our insights and ideas through the entire film. Hence film editing is not simply putting pieces of a film together; it is a creative work with a combination of images, dialogues, sounds, etc., when my job plays a dynamic role in the film-making.
First of all, there will be a montage of a series of video footages took in several music festivals at the beginning of the film. This montage sequence is a short segment in a film in which narrative information is presented in a condensed fashion. The use of montage sequence will contain various different shots that are edited into a sequence to condense narrative, which instead of trying to create symbolic meanings, the use of montage aims to advance the story as a whole, to introduce the background and setting of our film. Within the fast cut festival footage, there will be several point of view shots of the festival goers, building up the atmosphere of the music festivals and giving the audience a sense of excitement and fun that can be enjoyed there. Also, a song will be played in the background to enhance the mood and reinforce the message being conveyed.
We will also be using gradual fade-out and fade-in between different scenes and the purpose of it is to avoiding the ellipsis, emphasizes smooth transition of time and space. For example, at the end of the beginning montage, when the music slows down, the screen fades to black and a few white text facts and statements about the music festivals will be displayed. Again this fade-in/fade-out technique will be used repeatedly during the interview after. The interview questions flash up on screen when the interviewees' responses are showed among them.
We use point of view shot on the interviewees so their reactions will be showed clearly, however they will not be looking at the camera. The interviews are taken place indoor while we keep the lights down, leaving the interviewees sitting in front of a window. The natural light comes through the window makes a much brighter back light therefore their faces will not be seen clearly. This is due to the consideration of ethical issues. Protecting the interviewees' privacies is one of our crew's primary concerns.
Furthermore, we will be using cross-cutting during the interview part, which is a technique that conveys an undeniable spatial discontinuity. The use of cross-cutting is because we planned to show some festival drug use related images or photos among the interviews. We will manage to achieve it by cutting back and forth between shots of spatially unrelated places. Thus, our audience will understand clearly that the places are supposed to be separate and parallel. Therefore the audiences will not become particularly disoriented, and at the same time, builds up the connection between interviewees' responses and the images/photos showed.
In conclusion, there will be no complex editing in our short film since its genre is a documentary. We use montage of video footages to create the festival atmosphere, engaging the audiences; and the point of view shots helps showing the characters' reactions and feelings. The continuity editing will be simple and straight-forward, the use of fade-in/fade-out and cross-cutting helps to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.
The editing of a film is always the key process of the film-making. The editing style in our short documentary film Good V!bez will not be complicated however still help presenting our insights and ideas through the entire film. Hence film editing is not simply putting pieces of a film together; it is a creative work with a combination of images, dialogues, sounds, etc., when my job plays a dynamic role in the film-making.
First of all, there will be a montage of a series of video footages took in several music festivals at the beginning of the film. This montage sequence is a short segment in a film in which narrative information is presented in a condensed fashion. The use of montage sequence will contain various different shots that are edited into a sequence to condense narrative, which instead of trying to create symbolic meanings, the use of montage aims to advance the story as a whole, to introduce the background and setting of our film. Within the fast cut festival footage, there will be several point of view shots of the festival goers, building up the atmosphere of the music festivals and giving the audience a sense of excitement and fun that can be enjoyed there. Also, a song will be played in the background to enhance the mood and reinforce the message being conveyed.
We will also be using gradual fade-out and fade-in between different scenes and the purpose of it is to avoiding the ellipsis, emphasizes smooth transition of time and space. For example, at the end of the beginning montage, when the music slows down, the screen fades to black and a few white text facts and statements about the music festivals will be displayed. Again this fade-in/fade-out technique will be used repeatedly during the interview after. The interview questions flash up on screen when the interviewees' responses are showed among them.
We use point of view shot on the interviewees so their reactions will be showed clearly, however they will not be looking at the camera. The interviews are taken place indoor while we keep the lights down, leaving the interviewees sitting in front of a window. The natural light comes through the window makes a much brighter back light therefore their faces will not be seen clearly. This is due to the consideration of ethical issues. Protecting the interviewees' privacies is one of our crew's primary concerns.
Furthermore, we will be using cross-cutting during the interview part, which is a technique that conveys an undeniable spatial discontinuity. The use of cross-cutting is because we planned to show some festival drug use related images or photos among the interviews. We will manage to achieve it by cutting back and forth between shots of spatially unrelated places. Thus, our audience will understand clearly that the places are supposed to be separate and parallel. Therefore the audiences will not become particularly disoriented, and at the same time, builds up the connection between interviewees' responses and the images/photos showed.
In conclusion, there will be no complex editing in our short film since its genre is a documentary. We use montage of video footages to create the festival atmosphere, engaging the audiences; and the point of view shots helps showing the characters' reactions and feelings. The continuity editing will be simple and straight-forward, the use of fade-in/fade-out and cross-cutting helps to smooth over the inherent discontinuity of the editing process and to establish a logical coherence between shots.
All the text has been added into the film. This text includes the title, factual statements, interview questions, concluding statements, and finally the credits (which we added our Youtube friend's name to, as he requested).
The editing did take us a while to complete, and we did face several problems - however, after hard work and long hours we have finally completed our short documentary on the affects of drugs at music festivals and the experiences of drug takers within the festival scene.
The GoodV!bez short documentary is now ready to make it's debut in the final presentation for comm 418. We are overwhelmed to have the film completed!
The editing did take us a while to complete, and we did face several problems - however, after hard work and long hours we have finally completed our short documentary on the affects of drugs at music festivals and the experiences of drug takers within the festival scene.
The GoodV!bez short documentary is now ready to make it's debut in the final presentation for comm 418. We are overwhelmed to have the film completed!
We have selected which Youtube footage we like best. We are not going to use the sound that comes with the footage because it is distorted, thus we will cover it with the music we hae selected. The owner of the Youtube clip requested that we insert his name into the films credits - this we did!
Today we edited the interview footage. Only a minimal amount of the initial footage was cut out in order to remove mistakes or stutters. Most of the filmed footage was used in the final copy of the film - which we are quite happy with. The less editing, the better! We have also found both accoustic and dance remixes to use in the documentary. After editing the festival footage from Youtube into the documentary, we added the dance music so that it accompanies the footage. We then edited it to fade out, both sound and footage, and also slow down to a black screen. We've added the interview footage to the film, and accompanied both interviews and the black screens with the same slow accoustic music.
We had some trouble making the questions which appear on the black screen, to fade into the interview footage. We tried to contact MAC and speak to different lecturers but they were not sure either. Fortunately, we ended up figuring out how to do it - (after several hours, mind you! But hey its all part of the experience!).
All we needed to do now was to type the interview questions on to the black screen, as well as type the opening facts, and concluding statements. We also need to add in our credits.
After these final touches are completed, the documentary will then be complete!
Today we edited the interview footage. Only a minimal amount of the initial footage was cut out in order to remove mistakes or stutters. Most of the filmed footage was used in the final copy of the film - which we are quite happy with. The less editing, the better! We have also found both accoustic and dance remixes to use in the documentary. After editing the festival footage from Youtube into the documentary, we added the dance music so that it accompanies the footage. We then edited it to fade out, both sound and footage, and also slow down to a black screen. We've added the interview footage to the film, and accompanied both interviews and the black screens with the same slow accoustic music.
We had some trouble making the questions which appear on the black screen, to fade into the interview footage. We tried to contact MAC and speak to different lecturers but they were not sure either. Fortunately, we ended up figuring out how to do it - (after several hours, mind you! But hey its all part of the experience!).
All we needed to do now was to type the interview questions on to the black screen, as well as type the opening facts, and concluding statements. We also need to add in our credits.
After these final touches are completed, the documentary will then be complete!
Today we finally got our interview footage! The total time is took us to film was about 2-3 hours. The boys had to rehearse how they would answer the interview questions. They were kind of nervous, but thankfully they got over it and sat in front of the camera with ease. We had difficulty selecting a spot in the house with not too much lighting, but at the same time, not too much darkness. We decided to film in my lounge room, in front of a window with the blinds open slightly so just enough light could come through. As the interviewees did not want their faces shown, we chose to use darker lighting - rather than blanking out their faces in the editing process. Once we had found the location for filming and the correct amount of lighting, we discussed which angle to film the boys. We found that it looked better to film them on 45 degree angle rather than having the camera directly in front of them - they also prefered not having to like straight into the camera.
Both interviews were filmed in a mid-shot, which included the torso and the head of the boys. It was a high appeture shot, with alot of backlighting and minimal front lighting. This was how we achieved to shadow the interviewees faces.
Now that the filming is complete - we will be able to edit next week. We have also recieved responses from all three Youtube members. Now it is up to us to select which footage we like best.
Both interviews were filmed in a mid-shot, which included the torso and the head of the boys. It was a high appeture shot, with alot of backlighting and minimal front lighting. This was how we achieved to shadow the interviewees faces.
Now that the filming is complete - we will be able to edit next week. We have also recieved responses from all three Youtube members. Now it is up to us to select which footage we like best.
Filming has once again been postponed. This is because oue two interviewees were unable to make the filming date due to other commitments (one of which being that he was attending a music festival - how ironic!). Although, I have sat down with them and discussed a date which is suitable for both them and us. We have scheduled the filming for next week.
This week however, we researched into possible ideas for music and festival footage. I have located a non-copyright music site which we can sift through and see if we find any music we like. We need to find a kind of pop/dance/trance tune as well as an accoustic or soft piano tune.
We have also spent much time on Youtube going through several clips of festival footage from popular Sydney music festivals. The footage we particularly like however, is copyright. It belongs to actual organisations and it would be too much trouble to use their footage. So we have emailed 3 Youtube users that have their festival footage clips posted on the site, and have asked them if we are able to use their footage for our student project. We are awaiting responses.
This week however, we researched into possible ideas for music and festival footage. I have located a non-copyright music site which we can sift through and see if we find any music we like. We need to find a kind of pop/dance/trance tune as well as an accoustic or soft piano tune.
We have also spent much time on Youtube going through several clips of festival footage from popular Sydney music festivals. The footage we particularly like however, is copyright. It belongs to actual organisations and it would be too much trouble to use their footage. So we have emailed 3 Youtube users that have their festival footage clips posted on the site, and have asked them if we are able to use their footage for our student project. We are awaiting responses.
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