Week Five.

This weeks I've taken comments on board and had more thoughts and slightly changed the direction of my film to allow more freedom and expression while making more original. I've also done some test shots and test sound edits to hear what I can create.

     Firstly I have decided to get rid of the documentary style, and with that the interviews and voice overs. This may have given the film a bit of a generic feel and make it not very original, this is turn could make the film a bit boring. It would have also hindered the creativity throughout the production process. I have now decided to go with any idea which is closer to my original thoughts and make the film as a home movie main by the main character, about himself and his condition. This now allows the soundscape to run through the whole film but also means there will be no speech throughout, though this could create an interesting effect. The characters story and comments will be displayed in text on the screen as we travel through the film, in hopefully a cleverly edit way. One problem I am having is coming up with a substantial amount of visually interesting content. As there will be no speech the sound must be gripping and there must be enough going on to keep the viewer engaged through the whole film. I guess more planning will have to be done to make sure there is as much content as possible.

     Furthermore I did some test shots for my 'introducing the character' montage and also tried some to test audio edits. The filming came out okay but I had a problem converting the files and couldn't get rid of the 'divx' watermark in the bottom corner so I'm going to have to convert my files in class then bring them home to edit. But I did lay some of the sound down in Logic Pro and started adding some filters and EQ effects to see what my soundscape will sound like. Its going to need a lot more work and certain specifics will need to be changed for certain sounds. But overall it sounds like it could turn out quite interesting.

     Next week i'll be doing some more filming and compiling a explicit shot plan/ storyboard so I can use my production time as productively as possible. I'll also convert my first test shots at university and start to edit the montage together.

      Finally I found a great little video on ubu.com/film by a film maker named Luke Fowler entitled Three Minute Wonders: Anna (2009). This is one of four videos which were included in channel 4's 3 Minute Wonder series and showcases a great use of both montage and musical script.


The video can be found here:
Luke Fowler - Three Minute Wonders: Anna (2009)

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