Audience Questionnaires

I asked a bunch of people to take a few questionnaires to help with the fourth question in my evaluation.

The editing process so far...

The editing process has been somewhat of a tough one so far. The main problem I've had with my footage is lighting; on the camera it has looked fine and I (foolishly) assumed it would look the same on the computer however they're all quite a bit darker. I'm going to change the contrast on a lot of the shots and hopefully that'll be enough to make it suitable for the examiner to watch. The dark lighting works on some levels as it's a horror so every cloud!
The second issue I had was continuity; in several shots, Kieran changes the hand he picks the photographs up with and despite this being a small error and obviously one that Kieran wouldn't have prempted to be a problem, I've had to book in another filming session with Kieran on Wednesday 4th to re-film certain shots. My aim is to power through as many shots as possible AND maybe even change certain shots that didn't work as well as I previously hoped.
I'm yet to edit the second part of the scene and I also need to massively cut down my entire piece as it is excessively long.

Shot lists

I've been going through the shots I've taken and marking down which ones I will use for my final piece, which ones may be good for a bloopers reel and which ones didn't work so I can use them as a comparison when I evaluate. I will upload this once it is fully completed. 

And so it begins...

We have started the editing process! I uploaded all of my video files from my memory stick and I have started compiling the successful pieces of footages and I also have added my chosen music, 'Evening of Chaos' by Kevin MacLeod. So far it's going really well - I've got all my idents and the music has fit perfectly to certain shots! Also, the ambiance is working really well and it's exactly what I envisioned. The one problem I'm having is with lighting - some of my shots are very dark and although this works well for a horror, I also need to think practically as the examiner needs to actually see my shots! 

THE BATTLE IS OVER!

We have finished the filming process (cue victorious music!)! Kieran and I powered through the first scene today, grabbing all the shots that we need and we had fun doing so too - I think I may have quite a few bloopers from this one! Tomorrow's plan is to look through all the shots and see which ones are suitable to be used for my final piece; I also want to check if it fits with the music that I've chosen. I'm excited to start the editing process because I feel that's where I can really make things stand out and pop and have the effect I want them to have with the use of some clever audio and visual effects. I want to upload a rough cut by next Thursday ideally so Mr Earl and my fellow media bloggers can have a look and give me some feedback on what I could change or improve upon. 

Scene 2 Filming Done!!!!

We've finished the filming for scene 2!!! Laura and I spent around an hour and a half today in a freezing cold garage perfecting the second scene of my final piece and I'd be lying if I said it wasn't quite a difficult task. Firstly there was a struggle in creating enough fake blood for the scene - I actually had to ask my Granda to go and get some more bless him - and our first attempt went horribly wrong! We managed to get it right after several attempts. Then we tried to heat up the garage which turned out to be a pointless exercise. Then there was the problem of positioning the tripod in a tiny garage - there were quite a few stumbles and wobbles admittedly! However we managed to get all of our footage and I'm happy with what we've done tonight. I also managed to shoot a behind the scenes vlog which I'll be editing and uploading later on this week - here's a few sneak peaks from them.