Creating the titles on motion

I created the titles using motion. We decided to follow the similar style as the Mean Girls titles of having two different colours for the names.  We will place the order of the titles in the same order as the majority of high school movies. 

Editing - Daniel

As I was editing I noticed that the transitions from one character to the other are too sudden and don't flow. As a result I have decided to go out and film some filler shots in order to act as a motivational shot, as each character is going to eventually arrive at the college so I thought shots of the college would be suitable. They also clearly mark the end of one scene and start the introduction of the following character.

What we did in todays lesson 27.02.15

                       

In todays lesson, we will continue on what we was doing last lesson.

Nazmin is still working on the soundtracks for the title sequence and amy is creating the titles which are going over the scenes. 

Later on we will be going outside to film some of amy's scenes again as there was a continuity error.

Introducing the main character more...

In response to Rebeccas feedback of introducing Amy's character more, I have decided to take more close up shots of the childhood pictures on my wall. These shots will be added before the shot where I wake up to give an idea of what kind of character I am.

What we did today (25.02.14)

As we are still waiting for additional shots from Amy, we decided to dedicate this day to editing and putting in the music made my Nazmin. We are still considering re filming a couple of Daniel's scenes as we have noticed that the screen time that we have allocated to each character is not equal. 

We also decided to change the name of our film from 'Story of our life' to 'Colly' to connect with our target audience of teenagers who attend college. 

Editing - Daniel

After editing together the parts with Amy and others running to the college, Dan pointed out that it does not really make sense as only Amy arrives at the college even though the nerd and the rebel were present in the previous shots. in order to counter this I decided to re-film Amy's scenes without including the other characters, therefore their disappearance can be explained as they are at different parts in their journey to college. 

Dan and class feedback of rough cut

In conclusion, the advice given include:

1) To even out the screen time of each characters so we need to film more of the nerds and the goths scenes
2) There is a continuity error where all the  characters run towards school but only Amy ends of at the college
3) Have more close ups of Amy towards the end.