Filming problems

i haven't been uploading much recently, this is because my film is set at night which makes it really hard to get the right type of light to film in. Another issue is because of the time of year, it keeps on raining and because the quality on the camera isn't very good, rain just looks awful when its filmed.

The big issue though is that i have had loads of different ideas for what i could do for this intro, so whenever i film something, i think of a better idea so i just scrap the last filming. After this post i will write about my current idea and some of my past ideas. Hopefully during this easter holiday i will get all my filming and editing done.

Filming

i've done some filming tonight around my local area, i will upload the clips after ive done abit of editing on them because that is what my whole intro is based on. For the time being ive got some screen shots of the same clip but with different effects on them, one is the default clip, one has colour boosters on and the third one has a custom colour overlay i made with a sharpen added on.

Possible location?

This is the bridge i spoke about in one of my earlier posts, although the lighting is not correct, its just to give a rough idea of what the place looks like, the quality isn't very good because it was only taken on my phone.

Learning Editing Techniques

Recently i've been watching a lot of different tutorials to learn some more cool effects to edit into my intro. All of these tutorials have been for sony vegas pro 9 and photoshop cs4, the reason i've learnt techniques is so that i can create original titles uses an original text with some creative effects.

i've been trying out some of these techniques wide other video clips i had on my comuter, the vast majority of them are colour correction test, trying to figure out how to create a dark eerie feel but still being able to see what's going on, i've created my own colour correction(i will just call it CC from now on to save time) although i have only tried it out on video game clips, it has a slight gold tint, which sounds kinda weird but i will post a screenshot of it to show the difference.

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Se7en Title Intro

I recorded this intro with a capture card, i will upload it to youtube soon. [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRKGxpHDtGg ]Although this intro is a lot longer than i am expecting to do mine, it uses a variety of different editing techniques to create an eerie feel, it also has so many different enigma codes but unless you watch this section after the film has finished, you won't really have a clue what is going on.

It uses a variety of different flashes, usually when the text is on show, the text has been set so it has a slight shutter to give it a bit of movement, also the text sometimes suddenly changes places on the screen for a very short amount of time, this creates the effect of confusion.

This intro uses very dark colours but also a bright red, this use of red i believe is supposed to symbolise blood, these colours add to the eerie feel that the editor was trying to create. The editor also decided to use a shallow focus whenever the character is shown, this creates a mystery because it completely blurs him/her out.

In a short clip n the intro where the main character is writing in his book, it does an overlap of two clips, they are both of the hand writing, but one is a few seconds ahead of the other so it creates a very eerie, supernatural feel.

The Butterfly Effect

I watched the intro to this film today to give me ideas on how to start the film by showing the ending first. At first it shows a quote from chaos theory about how a butterfly can flap its wings and has the possibility to cause a typhoon half way around the world. The writing is in a white serif font on a black background, to make it look trustworthy. The quote fades out, then the opening scene fades in. music for the opening scene is composed using strings, The shot is in slow motion and the main character is shot through glass, the have blinds which distorts the man. As he bursts through the door it is synced with the music and it goes into realtime, the music kicks into a fast paced beat to go with it skipping back to real time.

While the main character is hiding under the desk and writing a note to himself, he sounds out of breath to show how he has been running from people. It zooms in on the page and as he is writing it out as quick as he can, he is mumbling the words to himself.

The colour correction for this intro is very dark to create the mood, lots of black grey and dark blues.

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Locations

I looked around my local area to find suitable spots that i could use to film, while on a walk i found a swamp like area with loads of dead trees that have all deformed all fallen over, this could be the perfect location to shoot a scene where someone is trying to run away from soneone else, although there is no chase in my current story i could change it around to include one because i think it could be a very good clip.
Another new location i found was some corn fieldsin my village, this location looks very creepy and with the right music and actors, it could be used to make a really good clip to include in my intro.
My favourite of the new locations i found is an abandoned house on and old dirt track, i'm not sure if it is safe to go inside or not but it could be used as a great shot if i have someone walking along the dirt track and seeing the house, this shot could work out very well if the right music is played in the background.
For an 'eerie' feel, i considered using a big amusement park in my area (wicksteed park) although i would need to get permission to use the park when its dark. The reason i want to film it in the dark and when its empty is because abandoned parks can give a very creepy film to the audience, especially if i have a single person walking through with a longshot.