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The making of the Arthouse Flowerdome music

This is the making of the music for one of the idents used in our title sequence for The Juvenile Massacre. Enjoy!

The making of the Martini Productions music

This is the making of the music for one of the idents used in our title sequence for The Juvenile Massacre. Enjoy!

A quick video demonstration of the editing of The Juvenile Massacre - Jack

A quick video demonstration of the editing of The Juvenile Massacre

The Juvenile Massacre Trailer - Jack

Here is the trailer for The Juvenile Massacre!!

The Juvenile Massacre Outtakes - Jack

The Tim Chronicles

While filming the sequence, we had to record many takes of each shot. We are going to show you parts of those takes we never used for the final sequence. Also, our shoot was often dusturbed by people walking through the corridoors we shot in, which would ultimately ruin the takes.

Third Draft

This is the third draft of our sequence. It still has no music yet, however Jack will be making the music for the sequence over this weekend.

Locations prezi - Charlie Lane

31&32. Costumes

In our title sequence we will not have any particular set costumes when planning. Our movie is based in a high school or college meaning that it there is no particular clothing needed for our title sequence.

Our characters will mostly just dress in jeans and t-shirts and normal stereotypical male clothing for college/school or just normal everyday life. Tim who will be the killer has to change his t-shirts during filming in the title sequence because of the shot when he gets my blood on him. He will change his t-shirt to indicate that he has cleaned up and covered his crime. He will wear a white t-shirt which is ruined by blood but will change into a black t-shirt after the killing scene. I will wear the same jeans and jumper throughout.

It is important that we wear the same clothes because we obviously have to make the title sequence seem real and believable. We will also film at different dates so making sure we wear exactly the same costumes is important and has to be remembered.

Here are Tim's before and after clothes..

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How we have found filming and editing so far - Charlie

We have just finished our second rough draft of our editing process of our title sequence. So far i still think that the project has been tiring and quite time consuming but in many ways rewarding. We have been able to use so many different types of new technologys such as camera and tripods and dolly cams and final cut pro which has increased our IT skills throughout the project.

We have seen new locations and learnt new things in the world of media and different types of social networking.

However, it has been very challenging in many ways. We have had to devote a lot of time around the  filming and editing process so far. We've had to loose a few lunchtimes in order to be able to successfully film and complete other tasks with filming.

Overall, i have found the filming enjoyable so far, more enjoyable than the editing process but editing is more detailed and i think it more difficult because you have to concentrate more on the editing process. We hope to have completed the full title sequence in the forthcoming week/s and to be able to finish off all blog posting.

Rough Draft 2

Here is the second rough draft of the sequence. Our teacher has given us a few things to change.

-Fade to black a the end before the bell sounds
-Start the sequence with a close up/POV shot of Tim's character starting the drawing of the stick people
-Make the shot of Charlie's character a little shorter
-Make the shot of Charlie's character getting the cigarettes shorter
-Make the intro to the top 5 horror kills a match cut
-Automation on that same shot (make the audio louder as Tim walks further from the camera)

Rendering

Rendering the idents for the sequence is taking a while. We have been waiting for 20 minutes so far. It never takes as long as it says it will. Remember that, kids. It can be very frustrating when this happens because it slows down the pace of our work and editing process.

Behind the scenes/ editing photos - Tim

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our filming location - charlie Lane

                

Our filming location took place at a arts school called WAC Arts located in Belsize Park. It was very good to be able to film here because some of their rooms in the school where similar to the ones we created when producing our title
sequence.


It was easy to get to as it took us 20 minutes on the tube and even though we where disrupted at times when filming we where still able to successfully film. It was also useful that Tim usually attends
WAC Arts otherwise we may not have been able to film there which would have been difficult for us.

Filming at WAC Arts was also very useful because it is a school so is indoors and because our planning locations where all inside this helped us. This helped because we felt that judging by the time of year and the weather forecast for the dates we filmed (on a previous post) we thought it best to film indoors as we could be affected by very low temperatures, rain or snow.

Below are a few images of the WAC Arts building and their logo.


    (Some of the performances or performing media/art that takes place at WAC Arts).

where title credits will be in film

(Note. The font will not be the same as what is shown here.)

We will hope to create unique credits which will  match well with the background colours, be able to see and be a suitable size. We will may use a white colour as it stands out well to the background colours. We might also use red as it is a connotation for blood which is a main theme of our title sequence. The credits will also be a suitable size and will appear on screen at appropriate times to create a more professional look to our title sequence.

Our main aim is to make sure colours and fonts are able to read, match other colours and also relate or connote to our title sequence idea in general.

First draft of film

feedback to first filming draft

This is the feedback which our teacher Louisa has given us after our first edit session of our footage. It is just rough editing but gives an idea of the order our clips will be put in. Using our teachers help we will be able to build from this and make our title sequence editing look more professional. 

To improve we will try to use a filter in order to keep the camera colour the same throughout the sequence to give it a more professional look. We will also use more fade in or fade out transitions as they make the footage look more realistic as some of our shots are cut and have no transition and you can tell it has been filmed at a different time. Finally, we will try to improve the sound in dialogue so that the audience can hear better which helps them connect to the title sequence and also to make it realistic also. We must also remember reflections in class and stuff because sometimes we can see the camera in the reflection. 

                                                                                                                                                                        

Camera Equipment - CHARLIE LANE

When filming we used a piece of equipment called a dolly camera. This is a type of tripod but with wheels.

A camera dolly is a specialised piece of filmmaking and television production equipment designed to create smooth camera movements (cinematic techniques). The camera is mounted to the dolly and the camera operator and focus puller or camera assistant usually ride on the dolly to operate the camera. The dolly grip is the dedicated technician trained to operate the dolly.

This was helpful to us because it helped make smooth moving shots when Tim was explaining his top 5 kills to the camera as a monologue. This helped create a realism to the film but also interaction to the audience and a comical side also just like in Ferris Bueller. 

How we made fake blood, and how you could make it too!

Here is the delightful video we made, showing you how to make fake blood. Enjoy!