Twilight

I was just looking for another site to continue my research and it was actually a brilliant idea! The Eclipse site has a little comments box on the side on the front page next to the trailer and I think that's a great idea because people love being able to express themselves and also to see what other people think.
From reading the character descriptions on this site I have learned that while writing them it is not good to write assumptions about feelings and especially appearances as they make the whole thing sound corny and gay and pathetic. However I don't think I will have to try so hard to avoid this problem as my movie is not derived from a book.

Harry Potter - Deathly Hallows

The colours are repetitive, when it comes to the text all of it is in silver, keeping the site related. There is plenty of space in the background and all the pages are focused on one specific thing eg. Characters, Storyling etc.
The overall feel is a bit omnious, like something very big and important and final is comming up, which is true because it is the long awaited end of a long series. All the colours and the burning background add to the tragic atomosphere.
There is a varitey of posters for the film, some contain images of characters and some of objects which are important in the film, for example the Diadem of Ravenclaw.
The website is layed out very clearly, the background stays the same for every page and the information is all displayed in the same fashion, the box just reappears with a different content.
It definately appeals well to the the target audience, both people who are already fans of the series and to people who know nothing about it. It is colourful, and the fact the background is a huge burning castle begs the question "what is going on?"
I like the layout, is looks really clean-cut and proffessional.

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthedeathlyhallows/index.html

The Dark Knight

The site retains the same colour throughout, it is dark and black and reflects the film itself and the supernatural theme of it. Each page contains much space and is centered around one idea, such as the trailer, the characters, the dates etc.
The front page contains a picture of the main character and the background is an image of the city which the film is about, these elements give continuous insight to the storyline of the film and build up an expectancy by the viewers of what they will see in the film.
There are many posters for this film, most of them contain very little information other then a couple of dates and the name of the film. They mostly contain images of the two main characters and are in similar formats which relate them to each other.
The menu system is also interactive.
The target audience is a wide age-range, from 15 years to 30's, the site is interactive both visually and through audio, it targets people who like action and some sort of tradgedy through the dark colurs and full-on background sound.
I like the fact that it is all very simular, it makes it easy to relate every part of the film and its advertisments.

http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/dvdsite/

Post-Production

There were a few problems encountered during post-production and editing. Technically there was a problem with the format of my film, I had created using a lower definition so when it was converted the image appeared stretched. I also ran into trouble with some time management, by the time I learned how to properly use the program final cut I had only enough time to make a couple of quick changes, however, I didn't have enough time as the shots ended up too bright and it make the film a little jerky with odd colours. I also had I slight problem when I didn't have the files I needed to make the film run smoothly, as I had deleted all the ones I believed I wasn't going to use, so in one scene the sister puts the dog down then is holding it a second later.

Storyboards were of absolutely no use which really brought the filming down in my opinion, they would have allowed us to have a specific thing to follow and film, however, the story kept getting changed, so the storyboards no longer applied, and the group kept changing what they wanted to do during the filming process, which made it even more confusing. The rough edit was really useful, it showed us what we needed to change and where effects and voice-overs were needed. We eventually got a script as well and that was really useful as we knew exactly what we needed to say, allowing to film the shots as many times as we wanted and using different parts for the same scene as the words

For time-management there were a few issues, however the only ways I could fix these were to cut things short, or only make them half as good as they could have been, because all the time issues I encountered were ones where I learned information too late to use it appropriately in my film. The worst t.m. issue was the voice recording one, we didn't get it done until a Friday lunch-time and the film was due the next Tuesday, I couldn't get a laptop out for the weekend and so I only had Monday night to work on it, it was made even worse when I got to work on it finally and the brilliant voice recording system which we waited so long for had recorded the sounds so low we could hardly hear them, therefore I had to lower the volume of every single part of my sound-track individually in order to make the voices heard.

I don't think effective use was really made of the EDL because it wasn't until after the scenes were made that I knew exactly the way I wanted to put them together, it was also difficult because the group couldn't really help each other as we were each making pretty different films using different shots and slightly different storylines.

I think after I was reminded what to do that I effectively made plenty of reflections, however they weren't really of any use to me, next time think what I need to do is not reflect but plan ahead if I need to use them productively.

I learned how to use the program final cut pro, and how to convert our clips to the correct format to be used in final cut through another program, I also learned how to individually change parts of the sound in garageband, including parts from the films soundtrack.

I'm not satisfied with the final result of my film, there are many aspects that I had wished to change or improove which I noticed during the progress, but my time managment seemed to be so bad that I only got half the job done that I wanted.

If I could I would have spent much more time on the editing, making it far smoother, finding the scene I was missing with the dog, making the sound better etc. I would have liked to re-record the sound as I had been expecting it to be much better then it turned out to be, however I only discovered this the day before it was due so I couldn't do anything about it.

If I could start again I would definately do a few things differently, I would start by making sure the storyline had storyboards to follow, then I would get all the planning for filming done with plently of time. I would get the voice recording done much earlier so that if there were any problems I would have time to fix them. I would also pay more attention to the editing. Basically I think the only real problem with my project, or the factor that made it un-satisfying, was the lack of time management so that would the factor that never left my head if I did the project again.

E-Z-T Film + Emilys Film

In Elenas film the overall editing was done very well with much detail, they used overlapping layers, colour manipulation as well as camera movement and angle. These effects made the films genre and storyline much more apparent even though it was still only a short film. They also used the effect of taking many photos and using photoshop then running them together to make a scene that would fit in with the normal runs, this allowed them to put in extra effects, it was a brilliant idea. They could just improove one of the first scenes, where she was going into the house, it was a little long, and the sound seemed a bit "echoey". In comparison to mine, the film seemed to have had a lot more time put into it, and far more checking and double-checking of the editing and sound.

Emilys film was done really well in the sense that they chose a perfect storyline for the task, it was short but contained many different elements, as they could use whatever they wanted to slow the girl down, such as a long trip, falling over etc. The film had good use of camera angles as well. The thing that could have been a bit better were the sound, as it was a bit hard to hear in some shots. Compared to mine the storyline was far clearer and it was also funny and had a meaning that was easy to read.

Relfection

All that's really left is the voices. Hopefully that should go smoothly, I timed the blank spaces myself, but if Emily doesn't say it right, even with the script, it's going to mess up my whole film, and I won't be able to fix it because we're out if time. However I don't really think I'll have that problem because Emily always tries her hardest. I'll have plenty of time to get it done on Monday night, as long as I don't forget, I think it would be easier if I could get a laptop and do it on the weekend, that would also help to NOT break my back, as I always do going home with those stupid heavy laptop bags, but I know that I wouldn't get it done on the weekend, and there would probably be no laptops left for me to get anyway. I'm happy with my film, I know it's not the best I could have done, even though I worked really hard on it, but I'm not telling myself that there was more I could have done, only more I should possibly have done, but I work better when I allow myself to be laid back and get it done the way that makes me feel happy with my work. Unfortunately I can't escape from all the other assignments which are more pressing and more important, to me at least. I guess all this means that the real problems I've had with this unit are all to do with myself, I can't manage my time properly and I can make myself do the work the work if it's uninteresting, or, especially in the case of this, embarrassing. But the good things that have come from it is learning just how much better I do when I don't go all out on an assignment, because for some strange reason, when I work harder, I get worse marks, maybe that's why I can't motivate myself? =^_^=

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.)