Production Log EIGHT

One thing we had done this week was edited the credits for our production. The initial aim for the production was to have a typing effect for the text, but at this point of the production, due to time limits, we have stuck to having the iMovie text and not the LiveType one. However, we aim to add in the LiveType effects afterwards as we believe that it is quite suited to the whole 'blog' aspect of the film due to it being of a typing format, as done with blogs.

Something else we did this week was focus on the music. Making the soundtrack for the production was quite a struggle at times as we wanted a piece of music that was both appropriate to the current task but still be copyright free. Whilst my partner and I were navigating around numerous websites to find the correct music, we had come up with an idea of creating the music ourselves. We used a friend of ours, Maninder Tack, to create the music whilst we sat down with him and guided him in the direction that we wanted the production to be in. We found that this was a success as it had added an impact on the definitive situation that the production was aiming to portray.

During our last lesson of the week, my partner and I had gotten the feedback for our draft and had the option to look at what we could change about our production. We took this opportunity and allowed ourselves to create a much greater sequence than we already had. From things like re-shooting certain shots to creating a different voice over, we aim to meet most, if not, all of the feedback that we have received. The feedback that we have is quite useful as we have now realised that our production has a lot more work than we expected and we can only look forward to adding the changes in the future.

Overall, I would say that this was quite a successful week for us as it had enabled us to understand that as well as doing things right, there were some things that we could improve on. Also, the entire title adding can be quite strenuous so we need to allocate a certain point to add in the LiveType credits. Nonetheless, the week was great and we look forward to editing our production further in the coming sessions.