OUR IDENT

Here is our finished version of our Ident that we made using iStopmotion animation. We edited the footage to slow it do 45% less than its original speed, on imovie we also added a piano soundtrack over the top of it.

Overall we are pleased with the outcome as we feel it is a unique and imaginative way of opening our film.

UPDATING MY TRELLO

I updated my trello after last week as we have completed the tasks I set for us to complete. I found that this is a good way to organise and manage my work. This method of working is helpful for me as it is a visual representation of what i have done and what still needs to be done.

CONSTRUCTION: RECORDING THE DOCTORS VOICE OVER

In our lesson today we needed to find someone suitable to act as the doctor, for our voiceover. We required a male, proffesional voice, so we asked our drama teacher to act as the doctor.

We recorded the voiceover straight onto the mac computer and over our movie. By doing this we could time exactly where things would be said. So that at certain point certain things would be said such as when Georgina bangs her fist down on the table and storms out of the room, we have the doctor saying:  "No, wait Mrs March, come back". The voiceover was sucsessful, as it helps the narrative and plot line of the story.

The voiceover script says:

"Mrs March, I have recieved back your fertility test results and i'm afraid it's not good news, you are unable to concieve and carry child natually.... No, wait Mrs March come back"

CONSTRUCTION: FILMING AN ADDITIONAL SCENE

Today we filmed and edited an additional scene in which the woman is opening a case file for a war journalist job. We added this scene in order to clearly identify Mrs march as a war photographer as previously it was unclear as to why we had references to war photos. We decided to have the woman open up a folder on which displayed what it was and who's it was. This was effective as it made the narrate clearer. We also decided to link this scene to the pan across with all the war images, so we merged the two clips together and created a cut away in editing. This worked well as it made a connection between the folder explaining her job details and the war images on the desk.

EDITING: THE GIRL AND TOY SCENE

Today we edited the scene in which the girl is playing with her toy in the field. We decided to add the "dream" effect to the footage as it adds a sense of mystery and fantasy to the scene. As this scene is where the protagonist is watching the young girl we shot from behind a tree and we used point of view shots. This shows to the audience that the young girl might be in danger and sets an ominous atmosphere.

CONSTRUCTION: RECORDING THE LULLABY

Today we recorded the lullaby, "Hush Little Baby", to go over the soundtrack for our film opening. We went to our schools music department and recorded the song in a recording studio. The room had a slight echo which made the recording sound more eery and have a thriller atmosphere to it. We recorded the song a few times in order to ensure that we had the best quality and accurate version of the song.

Here is the recording: 

CONSTRUCTION: MAKING OUR IDENT

Today we made our ident using stop frame animation. It involves us taking a photo of the hot air balloons and then moving them up and down as real hot air balloons would. We have finished this part however we will add a title on iMovie, which will be HOT AIR PRODUCTIONS, as we feel this would be more effective.

I have created an ANIMOTO to show the steps of us making our Ident.

Making an Ident