Post Production

Editing the film
When we finally finished filming, we then starting to edit our footage in the mac room. We first had to get a hard drive so things can get backed up. We then opened up Adobe Premiere editing software and we used that to edit our film. Jamie and Maria edit the first half of the footage until the middle. They inserted sound effects e.g bottle opening, closing jar. They also added colour effect through out the whole film to make it black and white. I on the other was searching for music like, horror creepy music to fit in our film. I then found one and i asked Jamie and Maria for their opinion and they seemed to like it. So Maria inserted that piece into the film. Me and Maria then carried on editing from the middle of the film until the end. We added more sound effects and then we added colour for just the last scene when the monster appears.We added a different music piece to the end, a more jumpy scary song, to really scare the audience. I also learned how to properly edit using a software iv'e never used, and by watching other people use it like maria i learned a lot on how to edit footage's using adobe.


Colour correction
We did colour correct the footage at the end because, the original footage was to dark, the lighting wasn't so good.You couldn't really see maria who was acting in the scene so what we did was we put the brightness up and sharpen it . We also changed the hue and saturation and colour contrast, at the end it did make a huge difference because now you can actually see her pointing. Also it has a green effect to it too.

Special effects
The special effect we added was just the green colour at the end of the film

Titiles
Me and Maria added titles at the beginning of the film saying the name of it which is "a noise in the night" in a different white font. Its right at the beginning of the open scene when Aaingel is in the kitchen.Then there's the title at the end of the film which are the credits saying the directors name and editors name.Also who starred in the movie, below is what the credits look like.

Voice over
The voice over seemed like a great idea at first since we didn't have any audio in our film,because of the boom pole mic situation.We decided to leave it out because we thought the film will look better without it. We did record Aaingel and maria's voice and we put it in the film, then we realised we don't actually like it there.Their voices as to loud and out of place and tune so we just left out.We feel like the music kinda took its place.

Music
The music was found on YouTube by me.I found tons of horror music themes and came across two that would fit the film.I wanted two of them because,one for the beginning and another for the end which is something completely different and makes the audience in a different scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUWi9ytJhDc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjPAWbk5jKc

File Formats

PDF-Portable Document file-Unique for being easy to access from anywhere anytime. This doesn't need any any software to be bought. This can be accessed from downloading free software from the internet.

PNG-PNG's are usually pictures that support transparency which means that they have a transparent background and they are easy to edit

PSD-Photoshop Document-This document is unique for saving your different layers so you could edit it later anytime whereas if you would save your work as a jpeg, all your layers will be lost and bind into each other. The PSD is also unique as it can open all the above important documents (GIF,PDF,PNG,JPG) A disadvantage is that this file can be only opened by those who already have Photoshop installed.

GIF-The GIF is a moving image or a short piece of video that is of short size(compressed) and it can be opened without any software so it is accessible to anyone.

JPG-JPGs are famous for their compressed size and accessibility.

In class we focused more on the GIF file. Martin taught us how to create a GIF file from a normal picture.

Homework-Sergei Eisenstein

This is Sergei Eisenstein, he was born on 10th January 1898 and died 11 February 1948. He was a soviet film director and film theorist. He is famous for his particular silent films such as, strike(1925), Battleship Potemkin(1925) and October(1928).  He started his career in Moscow in a theatre there.

Eisenstein has won awards for his film work. He has won, Two Stalin prizes, Honoured artist of the RSFSR, order of Lenin, order of the badge of honour. He was probably one of the first director to have editing in their films.

Group script

This is the script that me and my group are going to act out. We will be reading it and discussing what were gonna do like how to film it and who is acting as the characters and, who is filming it.

Budget
Jamie only bought a mask for the film

Casting
The cast is me, Jamie, Maria, Aaingel and Cale

Props
The only props we used was the mask and the knife

Equipment
The equipment we had was a Panasonic camera 3 LED lights and a boom pole mic with headphones

Production day- Shooting short horror film

This day on 4/10/16 we shot our short horror film in Jamie's house, It was me, Maria, Jamie,Aaingel and Cale. It was a good fun learning experience. What we did was we borrowed a Panasonic camera and it came with its bag. A boom pole mic and 3 lights in its suit case. We borrowed this all for one night, from the technician room. TJ gave us all these equipment's and we had to sign off before we left the college. We then left the college with the stuff to prepare to film in Jamie's house. When we got their we saw Jamie's cute dog and we were playing and stroking it ,but then after that we got straight into filming. We first went into Jamie's room to discuss where were gonna film like the locations so, we decided to film in the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. We then took out all the equipment from the bags like we took out the camera and the tripod. I was trying to put the camera on the tripod but was kind of failing to so Aaingel did it. I then took out all the lights so we would use them later in the night scene and then Jamie took out the boom pole and also the headphones that came with it. As Jamie was preparing the boom pole him and Aaingel noticed that something was missing for it. Apparently the cable from the boom pole that is supposed to connect to the camera was not there, and that's a problem because then there would be no sound in our film. At first we thought maybe it fell ut of the bag but nothing did, we realised that TJ must of forgotten to the cable in. So we were quite worried and some of us were thinking to go all the way back to school to get one but that would make it to late. So we decided to just film anyway without the boom pole and we thought hopefully the camcorder would get the sound and our voices. Also we thought we could do voice over and get sound effects when we edit it.

These are the pictures of when we were shooting the film:










Camera
The filming camera that we used was a Panasonic for all our shots.

Lighting
We borrowed three lights and we when were filming we only used one. We used the lighting when we were shooting the night scene.

Sound recording
We shot our film and then we realized that their is no sound because we didn't have the complete accessories to the boom pole mic so we had to film without a mic. We hoped that the recorder would catch our voices but unfortunately it didn't so we had to work something out afterwards.

Cast
The cast is Me, Jamie, Maria, Aaingel, Cale. I was part filming and Jamie did the other half. Maria, Aaingel and Cale were acting.

Hair and make up
Aaingel had to wet her hair for the shower scene and be in a towel.  Maria and Aaingel  had to be in their Pyjamas. Cale had to wear the scary mask.

Here is the actual footage of the film 'a noise in the night'

Media glossary

M-Media language- Language is used by people to communicate through media or in media (codes and conventions)
I-Ideology-The ideas and plots reflected through media texts or products
G-Genre-The classification of each media product according through some established codes and conventions.
R-Representation-Different representations of media products in different groups
A-Audience-People who consume media texts or products
I-Institutions-Structures or buildings that create media products
N-Narrative-Story and plot of the media text

Primary research-Research made and collected by yourself, your own source
Secondary research-Research gathered and collected from another sources and interpreted

Shot-shot-sizes
Angle-camera angle
Movement-camera movement

Continuity-The running smooth of scenes one after another, without any errors or disruptions that can cause a confusion in the sense of the story.
Continuity error-The mistake made through an scenes of the film that can cause the story of the movie to not make sense or get the audience to become disengaged.

VFX-Visual effects
Frame-One of the many images that compose a moving picture
Shot-A single frame taken by the camera
Sound effects-Other sounds beside music and dialogue to add realism and atmosphere
Sub genre-A genre within a genre
Cut-An instantaneous transition between one shot to another
Comprehension-Reducing the size of a file to a minimum one
Low key light-Image or shot that contains mostly dark colours and tones
High key light-Image or shot that contains predominantly bright and luminous colours
Aperture-A hole in the camera lens that allows a certain amount of light to the optical sensor
Shutter speed-The amount of time taken for the camera to take a photo
Focus-The state in which an object in interest has a clear and sharp definition
Exposure-The amount of light that enters the camera lens
Editing-The process of putting pieces of video together to create a media product
Pan-Movement of the camera horizontally
Mise en scene-It means "putting on scene" this is the arrangement of everything that can be seen in the scene.

Edit decision list

This sheet will help me and my group to decide how were gonna edit our horror short film. This sheet is very helpful and useful as its like a breakdown and a step by step guide, for us to know where were gonna edit in between each shot.