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EDITING UPDATE ON FEATHER FILM

Mar 282012

I’ve cut all of the scenes together and it seems that everything works! I mean that in the sense that the footage we have cuts together well and we won’t be needing anymore Pick Ups (apart from a shot of a train entering a station, which I can get on my own tomorrow). I’m happy with it all. So far it only comes to 17 minutes long; although I could do with stretching out the middle of the film more so that the relationship between the two characters is more believable.

A lot of filmmakers would be screaming at me for making such a long short film for the sake of those festivals and their strict rules on film length. But I don’t care, in the end a good film is all I need. If all I made is 5 minute films then how would I have a clue on how to keep people entertained for 90 minutes. This film will probably end up 20 minutes in length. I am still unsure what to do with it after it’s complete I will try festivals and see how that goes first.

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CHELSEA SMILES – ON SET PHOTOS

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Mar 272012

I was an extra yesterday on a short horror film called ‘Chelsea Smiles’. In the scene forensic scientists uncover body parts that have been buried in the woods. The horror film is for my housemates final year university project. I am going to follow the film and see how its coming along on this site. The film will be watchable online in the next few months here.

FEATHER SHOOT DAY 6

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Mar 252012

We had to film for an extra day to get the last few pick up shots and scenes finished. It was a long day from 12 midday-12 midnight but we managed to get all of the filming done in the end. Most of the day we spent on the underground trains riding back and forth trying to get the footage we needed. I can’t tell as of yet whether the scenes will cut together in terms of continuity -how busy the train carriages where kept changing from hr to hr.

PICK UP DAY TOMORROW

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Mar 212012

The last day to get the footage for my short film done is tomorrow. There’s a few more scenes to do and a couple of Pick Up shots to get. We should get everything done and after that I’ll have to start thinking of ideas for an opening sequence to the film. I never thought of how I was going to open it whilst writing the script – I just cut straight to scene 1 – and perhaps a simple opening with text on a black background is all I need.

March – get all of the film shot and edited
April – Music composed, Sound, Foley work and Colour Grading
May – Make sure film is as good as it can be,) Cast and Crew screening
June – Start festival submission

I hope that this film gets into some good festivals. I think I’d be happy with even just one ‘good’ festival screening. Although I’m still unsure about what is the big deal with film festivals?

If I have my short film shown at a festival will that mean anything important? Its just a short film so it can’t make any money- so will someone see it and offer me funding for a feature film- I think that’s very unlikely! But perhaps if I am a film director who has had their films shown in a few highly regarded festivals then people and organisations will be more likely to fund my next project then compared to someone who hasn’t had their previous work shown in festivals.

Can someone fill me in -I find the distribution side of film making very confusing.

Amy.x

I’VE STARTED EDITING MY SHORT FILM

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Mar 192012

I’ve been editing ‘Feather’ for the past few days preparing for our Pick Up day this Thursday and making note of any extra shots we might need. It’s looking good and I’m happy with it so far, I just hope that we get everything we need done on Thursday.

I’m using Adobe PremierPro CS 5.5 to edit on and After Effects to colour grade I don’t mind editing and my lovely new computer is so fast but I probably will get an editor for my next film – for the sake of getting someone else’s opinion on the cuts and having someone who really knows what they’re doing edit it.

As for the site I’m thinking about putting up a forum next month (as suggested by Jimmy) and then the month after I’ll start putting more stuff on You Tube – both creative videos (some of my Short films) and informative ones on film making. It will take me time to get everything together, so if anyone else has any ideas on how to improve the site please say so.

Amy.x

COMING UP WITH IDEAS FOR A FILM SCRIPT

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Mar 162012

How I write film scripts

One thing I would suggest that I, and other script writers should do is keep a small note book handy at all times and fill it up with ideas whenever they come. That way you would have a catalog of ideas for when it comes to thinking about what to write about next. I’ve done it a little before but haven’t stuck by it as much I should have.

When I wrote the script for Feather all I originally had in my head was a picture of an angel looking down over someone. I thought the idea of angels was interesting, I thought that visually an angel in a city would look great and so I started to write. Often by the 3rd draft of a script I find that it has nothing in common with the first drafted script.

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EDITING UPDATE ON FEATHER FILM

CHELSEA SMILES – ON SET PHOTOS

FEATHER SHOOT DAY 6

PICK UP DAY TOMORROW

I’VE STARTED EDITING MY SHORT FILM

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