Music

After months of searching for the right music, I have finally found the music most suitabl efor my film. There are two tracks that will be used. One will be used at the beginning and one at the end. Both tracks are by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis and they are actually from the film: "The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford". The tracks are called: "What Must Be Done" and "The Legend Of Jesse James". The former will be used at the beginning of the film and the latter will be used at the end of the film.

Beginning of Film.

End of Film.

End of Film.

Reshoots

While reshooting the first scene I took a lot more care in making sure the actors stood in the perfect positions so that the continuity wouldn't be such an issue. I used all the same shot types. The filming of that scene didn't take very long.
I then filmed the second scene. I didn't use the tripod for any panning shots, however I did for still shots. I think the handheld effect works out to be more effective as it makes the audience feel they are following the subject.

For editing, I did exactly what I did before and replaced the old footage. There are still minor continuity issues, but that is expected. It is very rare that a film has perfect continuity. Also the handheld effect worked well, I feel, after seeing it on the screen.

Editing Part Three

The editing for this scene didn't take very long at all. There were no problems at all. The finished scene was just how I wanted.
However, I realised that the continuity in the first scene wasn't that good and the tripod in the second scene had made a lot of noise and you could here it on the film. Therefore I need to reshoot these scenes in their entirety.

Shooting Part Three

I have shot the final scene in my film. The main problem was timing the car and the actors at the right time. There were many takes where the car was much too far away from the two actors. The main actor was pushing the younger actor out of the way of the car so the car has to be close to the actors so that it shows that the car almost hit the actors. We got it in the end.
Another problem that occurred was the camera's battery ran out when we needed another three shots. It was getting dark so we needed to hurry. We ran and charged the camera for about ten minutes which was just enough. We then ran and filmed the rest of it. It was still the same level of brightness outside so the scene is good and it is finished.

Editing Part Two

For this part of the film, I mainly used straight cuts. However I used a couple of fades. I used a fade to show thet time had passed within the scene. I had the main actor walk towards a tree with a rope in his hands. Then there was a fade and the main actor was sitting in the tree with the rope around his neck and the tree. I did this to save time and also to make the film more interesting. If the audience were watching someone set up the rope, it would be very boring and time consuming. I feel the way I did it as the best way to do it. I also used a fade at the end of the scene so that I can add the next scene onto it.

Shooting Part Two

I have just finished shooting the second part of my film. I had no problems but I think I will reshoot some of it because I think another shot would be suitable rather than one I have used. Also, the tripod made too much noise when I was panning the camera to the left. It made a creaking noise.

Filming was not interrupted at all. It was delayed at one point because my lead Actor couldn't get up the tree in order to get one of the shots.

Editing Part One

I have just finished editing the first part of my film using "Pinnacle". It is very easy and Straight forward to do at the moment. However, I think it will get harder as I progress because I have to do different things, such as add transitions and music.