Reflection

So now the problem is with the sound, since the specific type of music that goes with whatever genre this film is supposed to be is unclear to me, I basically have to guess what music and effects to add because I'm not very well versed in sound and films. The problem is that I need the music to be subtle, and I also can't find much that I want. It helped a lot when we were showed how to edit the different volumes of specific bits of the sound. Garageband is really annoying, however, because you can not search for types of music like, for example, "build up beat" or something like that. Luckily I've found a few things that I like and think work.

(Well, I forgot to post this, and now I'm not sure what else I was going to say, but I'll still put it up, as progress.)

Props List

Production Title:
Props Master: Emily Bennett, Shelby Batty, Katie Manchester Scene 1 to 13
Director: Olivia Park
Scene #
Name Characters Required Props/Costumes Required
1.

Arriving Home Susie • School Uniform
• Empty Neighborhood
• Susie’s house
2.

Kitchen Scene Susie
Susie’s Mother • School Uniform
• Causal clothes for the mother
• Kitchen equipment e.g. knives, chopping board, food, kitchen table
• Laptop
• Chair
3.

Running Throw the Park Susie
Two Men • Empty Park
• School Uniform
• Gangster clothes for the two men characters

4.

Beating Up Susie Susie
Two Men • Empty Play Ground e.g. swing
• School Uniform
• Gangster clothes for the two men characters
• Toy Gun
5.

Phone the Police Susie’s Mother
Susie’s Sister • Causal Clothes for the mother
• Causal Clothes for the sister
• Phone
• Chairs•
6.

Waking Up Susie • Bed
• Pillows
• School Uniform
• Stuffed Tory
• Bedroom equipment e.g. table, photo frames,

Edit Descision List

I finally got this sorted out, but it might look a bit strange put on the blog.

Production Title: Rules of Life
Director: Emily Bennett Sequence/Scene Name: Kitchen Fight
Editor: Katie Manchester
File/Clip Name Start Timecode End Timecode Shot Description
Emily Driveway Emily, in her school uniform, walks down the driveway.
Emily Front Door Emily walks in the door.
Into The Kitchen Emily enters the kitchen where her mother is grating carrot.
Emily’s Conversation Emily asking and responding to questions from Shelby.
Emily’s Convo Emily asking and responding to questions from Shelby.
Shelby’s Conversation Shelby responding to questions asked by Emily, and asking in return.


Production Title: Rules of Life
Director: Emily Bennett Sequence/Scene Name: Waking Up
Editor: Katie Manchester
File/Clip Name Start Timecode End Timecode Shot Description
Wake Up Emily Emily wakes up in her bed and runs to the door.
Looking Around Emily runs down the corridor looking around.
Emily Stairs Emily walks down the stairs, confused.
Emily Katie Couch Emily meets Katie on the couch and doesn’t believe her eyes.


Production Title: Rules of Life
Director: Emily Bennett Sequence/Scene Name: Park Scene
Editor: Katie Manchester
File/Clip Name Start Timecode End Timecode Shot Description
Emily Running Emily running into the park.
Running Past Emily running into the park with the bad guys going past.
Sit On Swing Emily sits on the swing in the park.
Emily Shelby Olivia Attack Shelby grabs Emily on the swing, Emily runs to the fence, fails to get over it and is thrown onto the ground.
Emily Beaten Up Emily gets beaten up on the ground.


Production Title: Rules of Life
Director: Emily Bennett Sequence/Scene Name: Explanation Scene
Editor: Katie Manchester
File/Clip Name Start Timecode End Timecode Shot Description
Emily Katie Dog Emily and Katie are talking on the stairs outside about Emily being dead.
Dog Sister Close The camera moves form Emily and Katie outside to the door where Amelia comes out.
Emily Sister Door Amelia, with the dog, sees Emily and runs to the door.
Through Door Sister Amelia is let in through the door by Emily.

Production Title: Rules of Life
Director: Emily Bennett Sequence/Scene Name: Mother Yells At Sister
Editor: Katie Manchester
Sister To Mum Amelia tells Shelby that she has seen Emily but they get into a fight about the fact that she is dead.

Production Title: Rules of Life
Director: Emily Bennett Sequence/Scene Name: The End
Editor: Katie Manchester
File/Clip Name Start Timecode End Timecode Shot Description
Set The Table Shelby and Amelia are in the kitchen, Shelby tells her to set table.

Reflection

I feel much happier about my film now. Since having the idea of adding more to the storyline and then learning how to add effects the whole task seems more much interesting. All i have to do is add the title and credits, if needed, then hopefully I can find some really well-suited sound and effects to add when we put it in garageband. The only problem left is really getting it finished on time, but since there is so little left to do that probably won't be a problem.

Music - The Shadow

Adventurous, magical, creepy, dark, strange, unreal, danger, unexpected, un-settled

A movie with a goal in mind that will lead the people into danger, strange things occur, traveling is involved

Volume becomes louder as tempo speeds up, the end becomes much softer but darker,
suggesting that something new is happening or about to happen

Woodwind, strings, brass

Reflection/Evaluation

During the filming of the project there were many problems and diffuculties. None of us were experienced with a camera, so our filming was pretty all over the place, even when we got the tripod on the second day of our filming. All of us had different images in our minds of what the film should look like, because the script was changed and we therefore had no storyboard to follow, it was very hard to get the scenes we wanted. We had trouble getting the film done because of timing, all of our scenes were at a house and so we had to set up dates and get everyone to go over, however, since it was on the weekends people were busy and we only had two sepereate days to film. Both times one team member didn't show up, though she did want too, the first date was good and we got most filming done but we were inexperienced so it turn oout so well. The second date, times of 'visiting' to film were cut short for two more members. We ended up getting all the filming done though, and it only took two days.

One of the tricks I learned during the filming process was something Mr Andrews taught us about how the different angles really make a person seem more imposing or insignifigant. It may be a bad excuse but even after we learned this is seems we are still to amatuer to use the technique properly, however it still did make a difference in the scene that we completely re-shot.

I am satisfied with our film progress, I just need to learn how to use the new program and then it will hopefully be a much easier task then it has been so far.

I believe that our time has been managed effectively, we only had two days to film, yet we managed to get all the film we needed and I am happy with what we got.

There are a few things I would like to change, a few of the scenes which have problems that can hopefully be fixed during the editing problem. Another thing would be the lengths of some of the scenes, which is probably a problem with the storyline not the clips we filmed, there are a couple of shots which are simply too long and make the rest of the film seem oddly fast, I don't think it will go well together or make the time limit when the film is completed.

If I could start again I would start from the very begining and choose a different story which be shot a school, becuase managing everything in our spare time made it extremely difficult, however it also helped, we have taken it much less seriously if we had thought that we had a lot more time to think about it. I would also change the actors if I could start again, either change just mine or get some people who were willing to help out and were confident in their acting skills, it may not be about how well we act but every time I see a scene with myself in it all the problems just jump out at me and I cannot make proper desicions as I am unwilling to watch them repeatedly or even once.

Props and Costume List

Production Title:
Props Master: Emily Bennett, Shelby Batty, Katie Manchester Scene 1 to 13
Director: Olivia Park
Scene #
Name Characters Required Props/Costumes Required
1.

Arriving Home Susie • School Uniform
• Empty Neighborhood
• Susie’s house
2.

Kitchen Scene Susie
Susie’s Mother • School Uniform
• Causal clothes for the mother
• Kitchen equipment e.g. knives, chopping board, food, kitchen table
• Laptop
• Chair
3.

Running Throw the Park Susie
Two Men • Empty Park
• School Uniform
• Gangster clothes for the two men characters

4.

Beating Up Susie Susie
Two Men • Empty Play Ground e.g. swing
• School Uniform
• Gangster clothes for the two men characters
• Toy Gun
5.

Phone the Police Susie’s Mother
Susie’s Sister • Causal Clothes for the mother
• Causal Clothes for the sister
• Phone
• Chairs•
6.

Waking Up Susie • Bed
• Pillows
• School Uniform
• Stuffed Tory
• Bedroom equipment e.g. table, photo frames,