Y8 Film Lesson 15 17-10-2013

                 We had our 15th film lesson today. After finishing our edits, we did the screening and gave feedbacks to all the films.
                 When we were editing, my partner and I wanted to mute one of the clips' sound since the sounds are not relevant to the film. We asked for help and our teacher taught us to lower the volume of the sounds. Our teacher told us that we could come to the classroom during break or lunch so that we can have more time to edit our films. However, we didn't go during break or lunch. We finished editing at the last minute. We should have used our spare time to edit our films.
                 We then commented on each other's films and told what they did well and what could be improved. I have learnt a lot in this unit.
                

17th October,2013

Y8 Film Lesson 14 15-10-2013

          Today in film class, we finished all our shooting.

          First, we shot our film outside the classroom, on the corridor. We haven't finished all our shots that needs to be shot in this place and went to the cafeteria for another shoot.

          Ms. Rosati then told us to finish all the shots in one place first before moving to another location. This is more efficient and will save a lot of time setting up the cameras.

          We also learnt to do different shots in different angles even if it is only one scene. 

          We are going to do our editing next lesson and also the screening. Looking forward to the next lesson!

15th October, 2013

Y8 Film Lesson 13 10-10-2013

           The film my group shot during the previous lessons were edited in the lesson of 10th October, 2013 by one of the group members and me.
           While editing, we discovered that we sometimes didn't know how to control things in Final Cut Pro, such as muting the sounds, which at last one scene in the film ended up with voices of ourselves discussing about the video.
           After finishing the editing, our teacher played all the edited films and we gave comments to each other's edited film so that we can improve on it.
           Since this is not our final edit yet, we are still going to improve our film and end the film shooting next lesson. We had a fun time shooting and editing in film lesson!

10th October,2013

Y8 Film Lesson 12 8-10-2013

                         Today, we are filming some other scenes. This time, I had to act as I am one of the characters in the film!
                         First, we had to find the right location according to the script to film. We needed to find a place which is dark. After thinking for a long time, we finally went to the practice room, where you can practice piano and other music instruments. The room is dark enough that we can't even see each other. Then, in the script, one scene needs red eyes effect. We borrowed some red lights for the effect. 
                         After this lesson, I found out that making a film needs a lot of props and preparation. We must think of every single part of the script and prepare for it. Next lesson, we are going to finish our film and also the editing.

Y8 Film Lesson 11 2-10-2013

                            Today, we did some assembly edit on our film on iMacs using the application Final Cut Pro. In Final Cut Pro, there are four windows - the browser, the viewer, the canvas and the timeline or you can also call it sequence.
                            We were following a system called non-linear system, meaning that you are taking out what you want to the timeline instead of taking what you don't want to appear in the final film. Ms. Rosati taught us to render the clip every time we see a red line on the timeline. Also, we found out that we made some mistakes in our film and we might have to shoot it again. 
                            Assembly edit means not concerning if the clips matched, and that it just what we did today. It's just putting the clips in the sequence you want them to be in.
                            I hope we can do our editing well and make a good film.

2nd October, 2013