Problems during editing!!!

On the 17th of march we experienced a huge problem whilst editing, As we started to edit our final shots the hardrive unexpectedly shut down. Because imovie was still running it had deleted near enough all of our work!! which we all found very frustrating. However our teacher brought in the technician who was still unable to retrieve our previous work. Therefore we had to start all over again. But fortunately the clips where still saved onto the computer meaning we did not have to upload them again. Because Robyn and Chloe had a lesson to attend i offered to stay behind and begin editing them again and was joined by Chloe after school. After around 2 hours we had finished the editing and was quite relived. HOWEVER the next day we went to our lesson and got told that once again we had lost all our work this made us all even more frustrated because of the time we had both put into it the previous day. Our teacher brought in the technician once again yet he was unable to restore our work, this time all our clips where gone as well. Therefore we decided to use a different computer and Robyn uploaded all of our clips again and began editing them. Myself and Chloe then stayed after school to just run through the sequence one more time shortening the clips as we had run over the time limit and also adding the music to our sequence. We have now finally saved our work and hopefully it will still be there tomorrow.

Recording Song - Nephthys

Today I wrote and recorded the song to go over the sequence in which Jade is packing her stuff to leave. The lyrics and pace of the song symbolise her feelings representing her as a girl who believes that she does not need anyone to guide her into adulthood instead she can now stand on her own two feet and fight her own battles In order to do this she shuts down her blinds symbolising a new start. However throughout this bravery she experiences many painful memories which she tries to overcome and not think about yet they only bring her down. I named the song "Shutting the blinds" because it is one of the main phrases I use during the song as it expresses Jade's feelings towards preparing herself for a new start by shutting everyone and everything in her old life out by metaphorically "shutting her blinds". I recorded the song on abelton live which is a digital audio work station (DAW) also using the recording equipment i have at home. The song was not that difficult to write as I had a lot of support from my group giving me ideas of what the song should represent and what feel and effect it should have on the audience.


You can listen to the preview of the song here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb-7SF6kN0c&feature=channel_video_title

Filming

Today we filmed our opening sequence. Here are some photos:

Location Research

Today we researched into our locations. We only need two different locations for our opening sequence, and have chosen to use a bedroom and a train station. We decided to use Nephthys' bedroom, and used Google Maps to find close stations that we may be able to use. Eventually, we decided on using Hampton Wick as it is small and 'trampy', which would therefore give off the right vibe that we wanted to set. Here are some photos of our locations:

Hampton Wick

Nephthys' bedroom

Today we researched into how to make a bruise, as we want to do this when we film on Thursday. We watched a video on Youtube on how to make a realistic looking bruise, and we followed the steps on Nephthys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BAf1yiXehs&feature=related
We were quite successful and think the black eye looked quite good. However, we think that we might buy some theatre make up or face make up to give a more realistic effect.

Audience research.

The target audience we have decided to go for are teenagers (around 14-17), simply because it is based around a girl of the same age, they may be able to relate towards the film or may be going through the same kind of troubles. Their attitudes and expectations towards such films are intriguing. After seeing a trailer for this type of film, they may want to see it to find out what happens simply because it's someone around their age group, this has inspired us in a way to keep the audience wanting to watch. Parents may also want to watch the film, so they can bond with their children more, also helping the parent see what may go on when their child is out with their friends. Many children hide troubles from their parents and this could help them be more honest if they don't want to be put in a bad position, so our film  may help prevent that.

Research - Analysis of a film poster - Chloe