I personally found creating sound very difficult as it is hard to put together different sounds to make a track that sounds as though it is an actual song. And also the fact that we are thinking of using so many different tracks which we hope will create the feel of a diegetic party playlist along with the other music to go with the main characters getting ready makes it a lot harder as we need to get so many different sounds. However, I think Nicola and I worked well together and found some acceptable sounds to improve on what Natalie and Iveta did in the previous lesson. We also decided as a group that in order to make the music sound right it was essential to get some vocals to the track, however at the moment we are unsure on how to achieve this.
Natalie and Iveta were working on editing the sequence which I think went well because even though there was the problem of not having enough footage of the male in order to inter-cut between the male and female getting ready, they overcame this by just editing other bits which they were able to edit like the female walking down the street and some of the general party shots. A part to the sequence I particularly like and think works effectively is the graphic match from the girls red dress to the boys red gel, this was achieved by zooming on on the girls dress, cross-dissolving onto the gel and then zooming out in order to give context. I really like this as it makes the sequence more visually entertaining and gives the sequence more interest rather than just simple straight cuts. We are also planning on doing something similar to this with the girls hairspray which will visually match with the boys lynx, however I am unsure on whether we should use the technique again as the repetitiveness may take away some of the interest and creativity of the shot, but I do really like the hairspray version of the shot too.
Also in today's lesson we made a list of the shots we must redo and why we feel we need to redo them.
- Zoom in on dress - this shot is good and it works well in the sequence, however we need to get it to be more smooth as the shot we have of it is a little awkward and unrealistic.
- Establishing shot - after watching back the original shot that we have to establish the whole film we do not think it is good enough as it seems a bit nothingy.
- Close up on Ruby's phone call - our whole idea is that we only show close ups of the main female character until the big reveal at the party so that the audience feels as though they are seeing her for the first time with Michael (the main male) and one of the shots of her on the phone reveals too much of her face and so does not fit into our idea.
- Opening the door (arrival of Ruby) - the shots we have of Ruby walking to the party are when it is much lighter outside and so it poses a continuity problem as when Iveta answers the door to let her in, it is suddenly extremely dark outside and so does not work.
- The reveal/arrival of Ruby - this is a very important shot as it is the first time the audience properly gets to see Ruby and so it must be perfect. The shots that we currently have for this are not good enough as in one shot she is looking at the camera and in the other the camera suddenly jolts just as we are about to see her face.
- Putting on shoes - this shot is not good enough as the lighting seems some what orange and also the shoes are not framed correctly in that they aren't in the center and are cut off toward the top of the frame.
- Blusher - we all really liked this shot, however we are using this shot before the girl has applied her eye make up, and in the shot she already has eyeliner on.
- Michael shots - generally we just need more of these.
After school Nicola, Iveta and I stayed and continued editing and also began to piece together small clips which we had edited to make the fit into the sequence.
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