Editing sound in Bathroom

Sound in Closing stages of my Film

The sound I added in was a neon light flickering this was so useful I used it many times to display how the person was feeling when taking the drugs. This sound effect becomes more frequently used near the ed before she passes out. I bladed the clip and edited the lighting so that it matches exactly the points at which the light flicks on and off. Something that proved quite hard as the computer was beng quite slow.

You can see as I got closer to the end the sound started to layer this is cause the sound needed to pick up so that it wasn't quite in the background. Also alot of layering occurred near the end as that is when the lights start flickering a lot.  You canalso see that there was some long and small pieces of sound. That is me trying to make it match what I have in the clips that I bladed as well as make it sound realistic as after all it is non diegetic. 

In this screen shot you case a much closer shot of the should used when the white screen was going to appear. The lightbulb bursting was again non diegetic and was meant to signal the end of what happened in this scene. Then it cuts to a few more credits and then another scene and the main title. To get through the first set of title was I added in a flash bang this last for a long time however fits into the end of my scene very well. Then I kept the sound going on for longer so that the titles were not empty of sound.

 Overall I am happy with how the has played out. Especially at the end as the layer of sound makes the situation seem all so real something which I didn't think was possible at first. With all of the layer the sound makes this better and more interesting to the audience something that only sound could achieve.

Editing the Lighting in Bathroom

Editing the lighting final change before Finish

This changes the colour the saturation so how bright colours are and exposure is how much light is let into the shot. When I was looking at the shot of her walking into the public bathroom I wanted it to be a lot darker. However, what I noticed the midtones sharpen up the images.

You can see in this shot the image is much darker than it was before hand. I only use exposure as that darkens the image as well as saturation and colour don't assist with the lighting only the colour in the background which does not help. This also means that I had to keep the same sort of lighting for each shot in bathroom for continuity error. This includes the rewind.

This displays the exposure of the highlights being really low this is because I wanted the shot to being like the light is flickering so I lowered the highlights less than the midtones that way the lighting or exposure doesn't increase and it is only getting darker. However, I did lower it a little bit as that way some colours stand out at least. 

As you can see the lighting is far different to what it was in the image above and makes this situation that she is in far more dramatic than what it was originally. This is going to be combined with a flickering neon light sound to make it like the bathroom is falling apart sort of representing her life at the moment. 

This shot has a high exposure and more vibrant colour this is cause I decreased the midtones tat make it darker colour this makes the shot more vibrant. This is also very good in this shot as the lighter combined with this level of exposure looks a lot more realistic. However,  I still had to darker the image due to continuity so I decreased the highlights a little bit.

On the shot to the left you can see it during one of the flickering areas as it is darker than usual tis means that on the right you should see low highlights and midtones to make a well balanced section with very little shadow as that makes the shot brighter and more faded which is something that I don't want. 

The two shots side by side you can clearly see the difference in what I have done and this just further proves what I can do with the exposure. The timing for these shots had to be good so that it matched the sound that way the drop in lighting made sense.

 What I also did was bladed a single shot about 10 times and increased the shadow in the positive direction and I ddi this because I wanted it to fade. For every clip that I bladed I increased the shadow by 10 that way you could see a natural progression to the end that way it is not suddenly white. This was a new skill because as I increased the shadow if I decreased the other too much you would be able to see the body behind and it looking metallic which I had to avoid whilst maintaining its darkness when looking at the shots in between.

Sound

The sound we used in our short film opening was from a  none copyrighted sound found on sound cloud. As you can see below I had to layer the sound so that it seamlessly faded and was linked between other sounds. this is because certain parts of the soundtrack didn't sound right and other also were bad quality and audio beeps could be heard in some parts of the raw sound. To get this transition we had to layer the sound in the order if its peaks and troughs so that both pieces of sound spike at the same time. This means that you will be able to hear two different pieces of sound at the same time. I used a fade effect so music could gradually fade out and in so would be acoustically pleasing.

I cut and Shorted the song many times but overall the song used was very effective. It had many intertwining polyphonic melodies and tonal integrity. The slow winding yet exaggerated tones from the timbre made the song perfect for our heroin scene. I chose this very well because of my long time playing musically instruments and listening/composing music.

One of the pieces of feedback was that the sound volume was too quiet which we took on board as the start takes a long time to pick up in volume. we did this by raising the disables to 12bd which is quite loud and you could hear lots of different notes which was very effective. Some problems that we also faced with sound was when the pitch off the sounds were too load. We made sure that no peaks off the music were coloured red because this means the sound quality would be taken down because the pitch was too high. we made sure off this because we wanted our sounds to be effective

How I Manipluated the Sound

This none copyrighted sound that we used was found on sound cloud. As you can see I had to layer the sound so that it transitions into the next piece without it beeping or sound like the track is changing as the music picks up in certain sections without notice. To get this transition we had to layer the sound in the order if its peaks and troughs so that both pieces of sound spike at the same time. This means that you will be able to hear two different pieces of sound at the same time, but not notice when one drops off. Thus creating a seamless transition. This is a skill I had to do in another activity so I could so it quite easily.

But then I had layer some of the other sound as it did not last the whole two minuets this would be a problem however, the sound that we used repeats the part I was using as well as other so that I could find that bit and just play it back from the original until the next transition.    

One of the pieces of feedback was that the sound we use was quiet which we took on board as the start takes a long time to pick up in volume so what I did was increased its decibels to about 12bd which is quite loud and you could hear lots of different notes which was good. However in some parts it is defining so then I reduced the sound to find the equal of which I liked. Moving from one extreme to another helped me find the medium much quicker than if I just chose different point by random.

However on this particular place on the repeat I increased the backing sound a lot and kept it in at 12 decibels as that was the only way you could hear it. As well as in the background of the heart beat this was the only way that it would work.

Feed Back Evaluation - Improvements

when we put up our final piece we were subjected to criticism and also support. To improve on our piece we took some advice from other groups in our class and friends a family too see what we could do to improve. Here are some other screen shots of what people said about or piece.

Here are some of the things we need to improve on to get a higher mark in our piece and make it more professional then it already is:

The first thing we need to improve on is our sound. People said the effect were good about the volume of it needed to be worked on more. Some parts of it were too quite whilst others were to load. We need to get a balance of it so audio doesn't have to be changed whilst playing manually.

Another thing that we need to do as a group is cut some off the walking scenes. In our feedback from many sources people say we need to cut the footage down from the walking parts. They say it is very technically and professionally well done but the long amount of screen time of just walking bores people. We need to choose what shots need to be removed so that it stays interesting for the viewer.

Feedback - What we did well

What we did well
Our final draft of our piece was uploaded onto Youtube for other media students to share their opinion on whether positive or negative. 

We were subject to criticism and also positive feedback which we have considered.  

Here on the right I have some examples of feedback sheets that we received. From these i have gathered all the things we have done
effectively such as:

• Our good use of the rewind scene in the beginning which at first we found difficult to accurately represent it as we wanted to. 
• Also we used some good editing such as match on action. We also had good continuity in between our shots, with scenes that flow almost effortly. such as when lucy is opening the door of the toilet.
• We also used special effects such as the parts where we used the CCTV shots.

Feedback - What we can improve on

Feedback - What we can improve on

 Here we have got some feedback that focuses on our background music. It tells us to match up the music and to increase the volume a little bit. We need to make sure that the music in the background flows and doesn't stop and start at different points. We have also taken into consideration their comment by increasing the volume.

 Some feedback that we got is that the sound after the rewind was quiet and we were told to use a bigger font. Due to other feedback also telling us to increase the sound at certain parts, we have taken this aboard and increased it at the points we need to. Also we are working on increasing fonts and making better typography.

 In this piece of feedback we are told to change the title font and the positioning of the titles in some of the shots, and to reduce some of the footage of our actor walking. We have already started to reduce some of the walking scenes by cutting them a lot shorter to clips that will work and will not be boring. We have also found a font that better suits our idea and we are placing them in more conventional and appropriate parts of our footage.

Here again we have been given feedback on sound, this shows that this was one of our main issues as we didn't appropriately fit in the music in the right places. We are now fixing this by placing the sound better.

New Final Typography

This is the main part of all the titles during the walking scene as this keeps it interesting and good to look at. Some of the titles that are in my final piece i have not changed the position of as I found some used the corners and some were well placed which I found to be good.
However, ones that I have changed I have done so via the font and the size of the font which I can edit to the right of the footage reel. What I wanted was to keep most of the titles consistent so that it looked professional and the different size might make the audience a bit confused on the importantce of each role.

Most films start with the production company presenting something which is something I applied in my own way. Originally in the plan I wanted the title of the film to be on the park bench however, The ending seemed more appropriate now looking at the footage. I used an energetic title for this as when it appear it looks like it is coming from the seat as it appears to be embedded in the background something I always want to achieve.

I missed a screen shot of an actor which appeared in the bottom right via lower thirds which is one of the options of how a title could be used. However this is a basic title which I used in the background this title I used in the old one I found this title still to be in a great place and its font and size is what I used as a basis for all the others as condensed and 56 for names and 48 for descriptions.

A piece of feedback from the teachers is that I used two titles in the security camera in the bottom left. The feedback was to remove one and to put the name in either a different location or to put it in a different shot.
So what I decided was to use the other corner for the title as this would make the most sense and would be able to be seen on the background cause the security camera edit made the colours grey scale.

This title I found fun to do I had to layer two of the basic titles as that is what had to do to pivot both. I found that the title would be used in the foreground and would be useful.
To get them to look like they where on the grated metal I used the transformation key which meant I could move the 360 degrees round. So I had to get the right position so that they look good and I used the seats as a marker. Placing the title on that would get me the right angle.

The next title is makeup something on the deconstruction is didn't realise how important it was in the opening credits reel.
The titles need to be changed on this one as they are the same size for the ob title and name which should not be the case so again I am going to have to get two different basic titles out again.

This is a title I wanted to put in as I found it relevant to what we could do with our footage no special effects or anything like that so I feel editing is important for our scenario. I also wanted to put my name in there as I feel I have don't the majority of the editing which also dictates how the film is going to go.
I use the transformation tool again to fit title against the wall this clip is long enough for people to notice it eventually which is good as well.

The two title I wanted to put in as I felt no priorities where felt on any of the titles and as these two are the most important I felt they needed there screen time which was all I wanted. What I want is the sound to happen in the background almost like the audience is assuming what happening and by the first scene they probably have realised.
I don't like the title at the moment cause the background footage does not reveal what it actually is so I will film a brighter ending that way you can see the title much better.

Editing - Typography

Since I have looked at typography off many titles it was my job to make a title. I would have liked to make a fully animated on professional title on Photoshop but due to time constraint we had to cut corners. We used a black screen over the top of a heroin bubbling spoon which we have not used in the film. The writing is in block capitals to stand out and is in sheriff font so the edges dot carry on and they don't flow. This makes it look serious and deep. we also put the letters in bold so it stands out and pops in the viewers eyes.

One thing that I like about or title was the fact that the words change colour due to the movement of bubble on the background. The colour also makes the audience tie in connections with the heroin use in the film.

One thing I do not like about it is the simplicity. I think we could have made it look much more interesting's and maybe made the outline a bit faded and broken so looks like an urban drama. This would make the title look more impressive and also make the viewers more interested in the film in general. One other thing we could do was to make the words animated better. We used a simple effect where the words slide onto screen but it doesn't quite visually fit with the scene. Instead I would have like to do some more professional editing like flashes the title and glitches.

Typography Inspiration

In our final piece we will need to include a title. As we have chosen to do an urban drama we will have to make the title either display the genre or the narrative off our film. This means we will need to look at other urban dramas titles to get inspiration. The film title I am looking at for inspiration is Kidulthood. This is an urban drama made by a local English production company. the film talks about teenagers from London and the trouble they face such as crime and violence. This is similar to what we are doing as a concept of local drug users.

above is the title used in the opening sequence of the film. the writing is pasted onto a black background. This colour makes the audience think of negative connections between the darkness and what will happen in the film. The font used is also san sheriff, this means that writing isn't flowing as it cut off. This makes the writing look bold and prominent which makes it look ominous and looming. The writing is also faded around the ages and the letter O's used have flowing bits off of them. This fade makes it look like old rusty or broken industry's and makes connections between the urban environment it is set in.  The bits coming off the O,s also could represent the art and graffiti and different style of the inner cities. All these things I could take on when it comes to developing a title for the final piece. I would also though like to look at some films or extract where the title is merged with the actual location of the scene and so is evolved with the background.

Feed Back Evaluation - Strengths

 After we finished our final piece we put it onto YouTube so that other people could view it. I also went out and showed friends and family personally what they liked about our piece. Here are some pictures of feedback from family friends and classmates. This three screen shots show what we did well and what we didn't do.



From this feedback I can highlight things we have done effectively. Through out all the feedback people have said that:

• We have had good use of editing. This is mainly the unconventional use of the titles and names being included and evolved with the actual environment of the filmed footage
• Another thing that we pulled off with the editing was our match on action. Are scenes are seamlessly edited and shots flow in and out off each other. especially the door scene when Lucy opens the door and goes through it.
• Another thing we have done well was the use off our rewind. At first we didn't like it but as a group we edited it well and pulled it off well as we reduced the amount off footage used in it.
• The last good thing we did was to use special effects as layers over our raw footage. These gave good diversity to are shots and kept the audience inquisitive and wanting more so they didn't lose interest in piece.

This is all the positive things we have done in our filming in the next blog I will look at the things I will have top do too improve the final piece.

Editing of effects

Editing in Effects

For our urban drama we couldn't really do much effects as it was meant tot be a gritty hard drug opening scene which requires little effects. However, I thought some could be used when she was walking as that would make it more interesting to watch. So I decided to use the iconic security camera something which I could use in the skate park as that would make the most sense.

The shot I chose was positioned high and when walking towards it our previous shits were far enough away so that even in a camera was there you wouldn't be able to see it. So it could be realistic for all the audience would and wouldn't display any continuity errors.

 This screen shot displays how I could change what was present in the image things like the date the name at the bottom and things like that. So what I did is I changed the date to what most people might associate with the footage. however this frustrated me cause I didn't realise the dates were order in American meaning the date originally read 01/18/2015 which obviously isn't possible. So I changed them around so that it now made sense.

In this image you can see the title and dates that have now been changed.

What I would to to improve this?

There is two different shots which included the security camera feed so what would make the transition better I could add a fuzzy effect which would follow me up to the next shot

I could not do that and add in a beep like the different views of the camera are changing this would be good as it could look like a security guard is watching.

This shot i like because it brings something different to the opening as what would otherwise be quite a plain walking scene.

Typography of Spectre

Spectre Typography Order

This deconstruction is to allow us to see what order each part of the title scene goes in that way we are able structure the editing to follow meaning we have no trouble wondering what title to put next. 

Also incase I didn't know how to label a persons job title this deconstruction would help me with that too. So this would help me solve all those problems in the first place. 

First title of production company they used a simple black white font standing out of the foreground no different of style just normal block writing making it look professional. 

Then same writing slightly smaller but of main actor no sign of director or writer.

Main Title in foreground not a different font for the title before hand but this appears before any of the other people do even people like the director or other actors, which are vital to the film.

Actors

The next titles that appeared were actors and they included the words like starring and with to make all the roles seem interlinked in some sort of way as well as clumping the title on one shot as two may appear at once. 

The titles last for about 32 seconds between 50 seconds and 1.22 and as I only have 2 minuets for my film opening i think the actors need to be mentioned for my opening from 20 seconds to like 40 just so I am able to mention the other people.

Other Mentionable Names

Next names to pop up are the co producers no word of the actual producer but haven't seen the director or producer yet which surprised me as I thought they would one of the first people mentioned. 

People mentioned are camera operators and sound recording people that helped with those two. These roles are not that important as they are mentioned as a group unlike other films which mention one important name at a time. The names are still not in the way of the shot and do not take up a lot of room which should be achieved by titles. 

Make up artists and things are mentioned after camera operators which I didn't know before hand suggesting they are quite an important role which surprised me.

The assistant director is mentioned next along with the second assistant director before the actual person is even mentioned this makes me realise that in this film the director is mentioned last and not first something I have not noticed before however would have to look at other films to make sure that they follow a similar format.

The costume designer is far behind the make-up or anything else however the name is singled out ever displaying its importance or as there was no one relevant to costumes over than this person which is why that is the only name we see. 

This person is probably the main person editing which is something I am keen or putting into our film as I am going to be the main editor changing everything. 

This is a role that is mentioned near the end displaying its importance but not how good it actually is something to know when putting in titles that we are able to mention.

This is one of the last opening credits we see right at the end of the clip this means were I have planed to put in the writer that he should not be included until right near the end.

Both the producer and the director are mentioned last which I think i should keep in my mind as I always thought that they were one of the most important people in the whole of the filming process. However this could be used so that people remember there name which is a strategy that I could use in my film opening at the end just to mention them really quickly like the successful film of spectre.