Gun shot

We wanted a realistic gun shot in our movie to represent action. we asked our technician for advice and he told us to look at Freddiew you tube channel which we found very useful. here we have one of his short clips with special effects, and then a tutorial on making a realistic Muzzle flare.





                  

We ended not using the Muzzle flare but we have taken elements from the tutorial to make a realist gun shot. this was all new to us and very useful into how special effects are used, and for the future.

Lotus the title

while researching fonts we came across this font:

We liked it as it looked pretty like the flower lotus but quite sharp with the pointed extensions.

while looking through Live type there wasn't a particular animation i liked with the font however i came with the idea of having the extensions (the end) growing . Our technician showed me how I could do it and I ended up making a successful title.

firstly i removed the extensions at the start of the time frame

I removed the tools to reveal the extensions at a different time frame so that the extensions are revealed slowly looking as if they are growing

Poster

We have designed a poster for our film! We have built on the theme of shadows in our film which creates enigma, however it is clear the figure is a female assassin our major selling point.

This poster's appeal will be put to the test when we host our opening sequence premiere in school.

Behind the scenes- Real shoot 25/02/12

This is exclusive behind the scenes footage of our real shoot.  I talk through our setting, props and equipment, whilst also asking talking to group members Natasha and Francis!

Lighting tutorial

None of us have used lightning so we ask for a tutorial from our technician as from our test shoot we noticed how badly we needed them to stop the images from looking grainy.

Our technician demonstrating using Francis as focus of lightening

Nico adjusting the light positioning

Francis adjusting lightening density

Natasha adjusting volume of light projected 

Behind the scenes

Here is a behind the scenes view of our test shoot. We are setting up for shot 6, the focus pull of the man washing his hands behind the drugs.

Group 2 LotusTest Shoot

This is our test shoot footage edited into a rough edit which matches our animatic.
The test shoot itself went pretty smoothly. We started quite slowly however and found ourselves a bit rushed towards the end. This meant we didn't use the clapperboard towards the end, something we need to do for our real shoot. We alos didn't have access to the proper lighting kit for this shoot and also had some stand in props but all these issues will be sorted out for our real shoot next week.
There were many great shots and positives from the test shoot, in particular the general style of the opening CU's and the idea of the shadow in the shooting scene. However there are also many things we need to work on and improve on our next shoot. This is all detailed in the Teacher Feedback post above.