The Clock Face

The other day whilst at my friends house i spotted in the corner of my eye a clock very similar to the one i had originally pictured for the title sequence, i explained to her that i needed to record a clock for a few hours for some media work. She allowed me to do this. i set my phone up so it was facing the clock and recorded for a few hours. here's an image of the clock face from a screen shot i took from the video on my phone.

The image has decided to zoom in considerably, i don't know why. Nevertheless here it is!

My Job

Since the job i was previously given had diminished, i have been appointed to a new job as the group editor! This means i will be in charge of editing all of the clips we have filmed by cutting them down, adding transitions from one clip to another, putting in the titles, adding the music, layering the clock face over some of the clips and ensuring that everything looks as it should. I will edit our title sequence using the program final cut pro.

New Storyboard

After a conversation we had with Leanne it became clear that our storyboard needed to change because the way we had originally planned to show our titles was too complicated and time consuming. We also discussed that a larger range of shots were needed. The main idea of the title sequence has stayed pretty much the same but now we have decided to just create the titles on the mac in the font we have chosen. The transition of the titles will probably be just a simple fade in and fade out because this will fit in well with the mood and atmosphere of the sequence. The other changes we have made are based on shots and camera angles. For a larger variety we have added in a few extreme close ups, for example we have added two extreme close ups of Daisy's eye and Todd's eye also to convey some kind of communication. There's an extreme close up on the cigarette burning in the ash tray to show passing time, this also illustrates time metaphorically burning away. There's another extreme close up of the cigarette in the hand and in Todd's mouth as he takes a drag on the cigarette.

Editing Begins!

Today i began editing the title sequence, there are 33 clips 34 including the one of the clock the aim is to create a title sequence with a soft feminine feel. To attain this goal i feel that a range of fade edits will need to be used as well as a variety of opacity effects on the clips to achieve a layering of clips. In the two hour lesson today i have managed to drag eight clips in and added cross fades and additive fades to the beginning and end of each. Due to the length of some clips rendering took up at least a quarter of the lesson, in this case i didn't complete as much as i had wished nevertheless a starting point has been made.

Filming

Today we completed most of our filming, we shot everything but the clock face which we are still in search of.  Filming took about 90 minutes as we had to re-shoot a few frames. We waited until it was about 4:30 because we wanted our lighting to be just right, a slight glow however not too dark. Due to this focus on light  we only had limited time to complete all filming before it got dark. Thankfully we just managed to do it which was a relief. Shooting was rather enjoyable and i believe successful too. All shooting was completed in Daisy's kitchen, at her wooden dining table. Before any filming took place we cleared the table completely and laid out a tray with candles on it, a joss stick in a holder/ashtray, a glass lamp which we regarded to be quite futuristic, the notebook in which Arrow writes the letter and a pen. We placed the chair where Daisy and Todd sit in front of the window so we could get as much natural light as possible in the shots. This was also done because Daisy's kitchen window sill is full of pretty ornaments, we thought this would be a nice backdrop in the title sequence. Both of our actors (Daisy and Todd) were very focused and surprisingly not very giggly at all. This was great because there were very few outtakes, id say there were about 6 maximum. One problem we did come across was that daisy had to write the letter whilst we were filming, because of this we feel the content of the letter isn't as good as it could have been. overall though the filming of our title sequence was a positive experience. here are some photos of the setting we used and different positioning we played about with:

Final song choice

From the online questionnaire we posted online a few weeks ago it has become quite clear which piece of music has been thought to fit our genre the best. It has finally been decided which piece of music we should use for our title sequence, its a piece called curiosities which we found on http://www.audionetwork.com/ Im glad this piece was most popular because for one it suits the atmosphere we hope to create very well. Also this piece of music has more variety than the others and in this case is less likely to become boring than the others.

https://soundcloud.com/daisy-preston-pratt/curiosities

Typography 2

                       
We have now agreed to use this font for our titles because it is easier to read than my previous choice however it still looks very much like handwriting. Because it will be difficult to copy this font exactly we have decided to print it onto good quality paper and perhaps go over it in pen/pencil to give it more of a natural feel. This is how we will construct the letter written by Arrow to Finn.