Production Diary

Pre Production Diary

I made a mind map, in which i came up with various ideas for my 1 minute film





19/11/2014
I asked Cameron and Chris to review my script and make notes while I also did the same for theirs. They highlighted the faults in my script that i can now improve upon as I know where these faults lie. The comments made on my script were that I should write it in a more script-like format, as it appeared that i wrote it in a more book like fashion. I was also not clear on where the film was located and it seemed as if the location changed several times throughout


21/11/2014
I have made the necessary improvements to my script and completed my storyboard.

22/11/2014
I have found the actress for my film and asked if she was avaliable to act in my film. I will get her to sign a n actors contract.

25/11/2014
I have booked out the necessary equipment for the shoot and have finished my budget and script breakdown, I now have all the necessary preparations for when I begin shooting the film.

10/11/2014
The film was shot today, I also had the actress sign the contract.

11/11/2014
I have begun editing today, I have started by piecing together the footage for continuity pruposes and then I will focus on more specialised editing such as fast or slow cuts and colour corrections.

12/11/2014
I have finished editing and uploaded my film to vimeo.

Preparing And Editing Moving Image: 1 Minute, 1 Actor, 1 Location

I made a film to enter in the Cinefesat film festival for the category of 1 minute, 1 actor, 1 location. The requirements of this competition were as stated in the title. The film had to be a length of 1 minute and only feature 1 actor and 1 location.

I began the process of editing my film by adding my footage that was captured to the project in premiere pro. I made a new sequence and moved all the footage into this sequence so that I could place the footage where I wanted in this sequence at will.

I have begun to move the clips together to make the actual film. I used the keyboard shorcuts I and O to set the input and output of the clip, this helps to select only the part of the clip which is useful as it saves much more time than having to cut out each aprt of the clip that is not wanted.

I moved the rest of my clips together too, this is the complete sequence of clips for my one minute film. I have changed the inputs and outputs to efficiently use the time given and to pace the film correctly when necessary.

I have added the sound into the film, sound is important as it sets the ton eof the film and adds an atmosphere, sound is vital to films as without additional sound or music the film becomes boring and often unbearable to watch. I aslo added fades to the background music so that it does not stop abruptly and start over.

I have added the credits at the end of the film. To do this I made a new text clip and just put the participants names on the text and added a scrolling effect. I was able to add the credits on the end as having read the conditions of the competition I discovered that the tiem for the credits is not added to the overall time of the film itself.

I have finished piecing the film otogether and am happy with the pacing, order etc. I have changed the audio levels and faded the audio in and out at specific times.

Now that I have pieced together the footage I have selected one of the clips and began to colour correct it. I did this by gradually changing the colours of the clip until I found the one that suited the theme the most. I then copied this effect and added it to the rest of the clips.

I have uploaded my finished film onto vimeo and gave it a title.