End sequence

Good reviews

The feedback we got given from the class was the story as a whole which the class enjoyed very much. They enjoyed the whole parkour segment of the sequence as it gave a sense of urgency which is what we were looking for in the story. Also the Matrix style 180 degree spin around Lee and myself pointing guns at each other worked very well. The class thought the pace of the editing was good and it ran fluently, also the music enhanced the sequence. The shot where Ben punches the camera as a point of view shot of Lee worked very well. Also the sound effects we used for punches and the 180 degree spin the group thought worked really well.

The areas of improvement

what the group said to improve the sequence was to turn down the music slightly when there is dialogue, as well as turn the volume down when there is wind as it distracted them from the dialogue and also take the sound out from the equipment as you can hear the from the tracking shots the dolly moving.

Also near the end where Ben is introduced into the fight scene, that introduction could have been more creative maybe using different shots and camera angles.

The shot with Lee saying bad language made the group lose the plot of the story and gave it a feeling as though it was not planned or rehearsed.

Another improvement the group said was for the characters to wear costume to make the sequence look more believable, this also made the sequence looks as though it was unplanned. The last improvement the class said was to make the end fight scene longer and by planning it and story boarding it, it makes the fight look much more realistic.

Storyboard and Location changes

During the storyboard process, we came up with many ideas which we thought would work very well in the end sequence. When we began filming we had to change locations around, in the beginning we had 4 location to shoot in including Ely and the Addenbrookes car park. As time progressed we needed to get permission in both locations to film. which we would not manage to get. In the end we filmed the main part of the sequence in the college car park which our group got permission for. We also decided to film the whole parkour segment in the college as well as it would involve going to Ely and filming which we couldn't do.
Also as we were filming we decided to change a lot of shots that were not on the storyboard as they would work better for the location we were filming in. We decided to take out the other gang members which would involve asking other people, we didn't think that would be good as we didn't want to rely on them being in the place when we wanted them to. Also we have changed many of the shot types and we cut back quiet a few shots from the parkour segment.

Session 17 - 18

Friday - 21st
In these last two sessions we need to complete the last of our end sequence. we are working with Ben to try and get the sound finished, we are also adding in all of the sound effects. Also we have checked through our folders to see if there is any sheet work we need to do. Me and Lee decided watching the end sequence back, we should change the first song of sequence. During lunch i found a beat that i thought worked well so i changed it. It also flows into the next song in the sequence fluently.

Session 15 - 16

Thursday - 20th

In these sessions we carried on searching for punch sound effects to add to the end sequence. Ben bought in his microphone so we tried to add our own sound effects with our own voices. We also carried on making music for the end sequence.

Session 13 - 14

Wednesday - 19th

In this session i had completed editing the actual film footage we shot throughout the past week. I transfered the end sequence to Ben's mac where he would add the music he had been creating for the sequence. In this session i also filled out the shot list where i wrote down what shots we used and the shot types in each location. We also found sound effects to use at various stages throughout the sequence. We had to find sound effects for the shot where me and Lee are pointing guns at each-other and there is a 180 degree tracking shot around us.

Session 12

Tuesday - 18th

In this session, we were all doing our separate jobs, Lee uploaded all of todays still images, Ben carried on composing the music for our end sequence, and i had to upload the shots and edit them into our final sequence, we showed the finished sequence to Steve and he suggested we add another shot to give the end sequence more of an understanding of what happens. We had to film a shot of the undercover cop sending a text to say he had done the job successfully.

Session 11

Tuesday - 18th

In this session, the weather was much better so we went out and filmed the last few shots in location 3 of Ben and Lee having the final fight. After that, we had completed the all the filming and now i had to edit it all. We had changed almost all of the last sequence in the storyboard by using different shots that we all thought would work better when we were in location.

Session 10

Monday -  17th  

Due to the bad weather, we have cancelled the filming today due to health and safety risks. We would be filming in location 2 but the risks we might of faced when filming in the wet would be slipping and injuring ourselves, also the wet weather could damage the filming equipment.

In this session we carried on film our music for the sequence, i had a look to find a punching sound effect to add for when i get punched in the film.

Session 9

In the last session i uploaded all the shots and repeated the stages of putting them on the mac, exporting them to quickime and transfering them to the iMac. I produced a rough cut and showed it to my group and then started to edit the sequence together. The problems i faced was uploading the shots and naming what shots they were, as well as transfering them onto the iMacs.

Session 8

Friday - 14th

In this session we hired the Video camera, the still camera, the tripod and the wheelchair dolly to film in location 3. We filmed the parkour shots in college grounds as we could not film in our original location, then we took the dolly out and filmed the long tracking shots outside the college.

Session 6 and 7

Thursday - 13th

In these two sessions we had booked the video camera, the still camera, the tripod and the dolly to film in location 2. We had to change various locations around as we now only had 3 locations to film not 5, this location was the car park at the front of the college. Our prop guns also did not arrive which meant delaying the filming a lesson, in the end we had to borrow other prop guns from other groups. Also one of my group members did not show for the first session also delaying the filming. I also had to send the email to the college site staff for permission to film on the college ground. In the last session we managed to get the sequence where the two gang ringleaders met up and exchanged the money and diamond filmed. I put all the shots onto the mac and i had to transfer all the clips onto the the iMac for editing.

Session 5

wednesday - 12th

The group and i also had a big idea change where we got told we needed to have permission to film in the main original location, which we couldnt get. We decided to film on college gorunds in the carpark. I had to Email the college site staff and get their permission to film.

Session 3

Tuesday - 11th

In the third session we carried on filming our reshoot and then i uploaded the shots. For our editing we were given the big imacs to edit, this was good as my whole group could also look at the sreen and give me pointers.

Session 4

wednesday - 12th

In this session we reviewed the shots we filmed in location 1 yesterday. I wasnt to happy with the shots we filmed so we did a reshoot. We dicided in the end to film on the college cameras as they have a better movie quality and it would be much easier to upload.

Session 2

Tuesday - 11th

In this session the group and i are going to try and film the first part of our end sequence, the phonecall in location 1. I had to wear a jacket to fit in with the genre and we used the prop diamond. The equipment we used were the video camera, the still camera and the tripod. For filming these shots we decided to use Ben's video camera which meant we had to do a camera test to see if the shots can be transferred to our editing programs. I uploaded the shots we filmed to see if we had to reshoot any. We also hoped for the prop guns to arrived but they didnt.

camera testing

Session 1

Monday - 10th

in this session the group and i decided to continiue planning our shcedule for the the next two weeks. Also we decided on what roles each person in our group should have, i got editor which i am very pleased about as i will enjoy putting all the shots together and actually making the film. We have also started to think about the music that should be in the end sequence.

I also bought in the fake diamond i brought, to use in our end sequence.

HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS IN LOCATION

Our main location is the car park at the front of the college. The health and safety precautions we have to think about on set would be the cars parked in the car park, also cars driving into the college. Another location where there is a health and safety hazard is where Ben will film his parkour segment. The hazards we would have to look out for when filming the parkour segment would be for Ben to stay safe whilst jumping around location.

SAATCHI CONTACT SHEET NEWSPEAK - BRITISH ART NOW

The saatchi gallery is located in London for contemporary art. The gallery was opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985 to exhibit his collection to the public. The gallery has been previously located first in north London, then the south banks by the river Thames, it is currently located in Chelsea. Charles Saatchi was born on 9th june 1943, He is the co-founder with his brother Maurice of the global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. Charles is also known worldwide as an art collector and owner of the Saatchi Gallery.

The newspeak - British Art Now is the second part of its survey of young British artists. 'the Saatchi Gallery’s latest exhibition, Newspeak – British Art Now opens bringing with it a whole host of emerging British art talent. The exhibition is the second part of the series of which part one finished a couple of weeks ago and claims to be a ‘museum-scale survey of emergent British contemporary art’.

All the artifacts i chose to put in my contacts sheet i found to be the most interesting. I thought these particular artifacts worked very well in the British Art Now exhibition. My favorite pictures on the contacts sheet is a piece of art made by Tessa Farmer called 'Swarm'. Also the other pieces of artwork i found interesting were three pieces painted by and artist called Jonathan Wateridge called 'Group series no. 2 space program', ' Group series no. 1 Sandinista' and 'Jungle scene with plane wreck'.