Production Diary #37 - The Final

Here is the final production log that I will be doing for the whole blog - I felt this was the time to stop as after this post each post will be about the final products and that the whole purpose of the production logs was to keep track of the creation process. I have actually enjoyed my time when doing this blog and I have learn't a lot in the process. One of the main things I learn't from doing this blog was timing. I needed everything to be done on time so that I didn't fall behind and have to do everything last minute like last year.

Production Diary #36

Since receiving feedback from both myself and others for my first drafts I have worked to improve my products and made sure I followed the given feedback. However for my second drafts I feel that I will be giving myself feedback instead of asking anyone like the first drafts - this is due to asking people sometimes can be tedious. Not only would I completely remove this tedious effect from receiving feedback but also at the same time I will able to work on criticizing my own work and gradually learn how to give valid feedback to anyone.

Production Diary #35

After finding out the problems with the current products I then research on ways in which I could improve them as well keeping in mind with the feedback given. I began taking into consideration what would I say to my products if they weren't mine. I also went through my blog and noticed that I have missing posts and in some cases things so make sense - for example in my film poster I have chosen the photograph however I didn't explain how I got the photo and if it's actually mine and if it is, what did I do with it. This is what gave me the idea of my next post.

Production Diary #34

My current status:

Production Diary #33

From just doing the first sketch for my short film poster I instantly remember one thing I really wasn't good at/didn't like - drawing/sketching. Not only does it take a long time, but also is very tedious in a sense that I have to draw it with pencil and paper then scan it into the computer for a digital print to them annotate it from there. I know now that for my film review DPS I will have to spent a lot of time doing the sketchs and not actually rushing it like the short film poster one as the overall image looks very scruffy and nowhere as expected - you will have to use your imagination to view the drawing!

Production Diary #32

Quick recording I got to illustrate and explain what's currently happening.

Production Diary #31

So after uploading my practice task I feel that not only was that beneficial for me as a learning curve but also to the final short film. That was the first time using Adobe Premiere to create a proper film and I encountered multiple errors which I have now found and know fixes to - this also means that these problems shouldn't come up in my final products but if they do then I know how to deal with them.

I am beginning to start getting nervous as time comes so close to when we are actually beginning to create draft copies for our products. I just hope my products come out as good as I want them. I guess it just needs some hard work!

Production Diary #30

I kept hearing my class mates use a browser based software called Voki for their production diaries. I had to see what all the fuss was about and I created and account and gave it a try. Anyways moving on I just finished the audience feedback which the lovely Neha who is a class mate of mine did for me. I will now being moving on to finally creating the products! However before that I wanted to include the wedding video I did for my brother as a practice task for my block and before I get into my products.

Production Diary #29

I have now finally published the handout sheet I gave out when I was filming in Portugal. I had to make both English and a Portuguese versions because I will be around multiple English speaking people however there will also be family who live in Portugal who I will be filming aswell who arn't that great at English. And as I now completed my Planning section of my blog I am going to ask a school friend to do a Audience Feedback for me.

Production Diary #28

I have now basically done every element to now create an overall proposal for my short film. This has made me think about what type of background music I want to add, music seems as if it's nothing important however music adds so much emphasis and impact to the short. It's actually so important that I choose a piece which suits my whole theme and also the look of the overall short. So far the one composer who has caght my attention is Andrea Guerra - she created multiple tracks for the film Pursuit of Happyness. There is something about her music which really hits the spot of emotion.

Production Diary #27

Here is a quick video I did for the 27th production post - I don't enjoy filming myself maybe because it's me in it but I felt there was a necessary to do at least one of the logs in this format.

Production Diary #26

Production Diary #25

I'm really confident in the way my short film will form. As I have a shot list and a base structure I am now keen about the overall production. I am not worried that I have to place clips together as that was my previous concern. I will now be moving on to writing my review for my double page spread and I will be getting it checked by a friend of mine who actually writes reviews - I want her to read it to proof read and make sure the review sheds a good light on my short.

Production Diary #24

Making a post solely to the post-production software really opened my eyes and demonstrated to me what I actually have to learn and how long it will take me! These are products which are industry standard and I didn't want to throw this opportunity, this is where I took myself to YouTube! I began finding videos on how to actually work these programs and before I knew it I was on YouTube for the whole day! I was experimenting with multiple different effects and techniques for Adobe Premier and I found that Colour Correcting seemed like something inwhich I wold want to do for my short film. There was something about how good the footage looked after being tweaked. The colour correction seemed to reborn the clip.

 

 

Production Diary #23

I feel like these production diary's are starting to turn into mini podcast! I end up talking for a long time about something so simple as a shot list. I am happy that my audio clips ended up like this as they are more enjoyable and off the bat, which represents my personality. I also spoke about me being unable to create a prop list due to my products have no need for props! Anyway have a listen and enjoy - Until next time!

Production Diary #22

I have noticed that I have taken these production dairies as the personal/realistic part of the blog - realistic in the sense of that I am writing straight what I feel about the current situation. Nothing is really thought about in this section. It's my diary I can talk about any aspect of the filming. My next post is going to be very time consuming so  know that I am going to have to start it very soon and give me a long time spare to finish it - the overall post will be tedious however it will be 100% beneficial specially for the editing stage of the film. Instead of having to go through all the clips and pick one at a time I already have it written down, I now have created the first base of the movie.

Production Diary #21

After creating the "storyboard" I have begun to think about the type of narrative structure that I want my short film to go under:

Chrnological/Linear

The most traditional and most common narrative structure is the linear or chronological one. Such a story is organized around a series of events and key moments that have often been labeled and ordered as follows: the rising action or precipitating incident, the conflict, the obligatory moment, the climax, the resolution, and the falling action. Most children's stories and many of the classics in literature and film move through this predictable, archetypal structure.

The Fractured Narrative

Some writers and storytellers prefer to structure their narratives less linearly, so they are able to jump back and forth in time. If you think about scenes in films where there is a flashback, you'll get a sense for how time can be fractured or bent to alter or intensify a story. William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" is a powerful example of a fractured narrative structure in that the entire book looks at a single brief event through the eyes and voices of a half dozen characters. To pull this off, Faulkner has to move his narrative back through time as each character tells the tale as he experienced or witnessed it.

Framed Narrative

Some stories are actually stories within other stories. In Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," for example, the narrator Marlowe is on a boat out on the Thames with a handful of other seamen when he tells them the story of his trip into the heart of the Congo region. While engrossed in the Congo portion of the story, the reader might even forget that the narrator is actually finished with the Congo journey, retelling it to his fellow sailors on that boat. "The Wizard of Oz" is a similarly framed narrative. The Oz portion of the story is only occurring inside Dorothy's head; it is a dream sequence embedded within Dorothy's "home" life in Kansas. 

The Circular or Epic Narrative 

Some tales end where they begin, with the hero or protagonist returning home after his epic journey. Homer's "Odyssey" is a prime example of this. Odysseus must leave his beloved island Ithaca and his soul mate Penelope to take what amounts to a 30-year odyssey. But ultimately, the journey ends with his return home. Joseph Campbell, one of the foremost authorities on myths and heroes' journeys, found this circular narrative to be a prominent narrative structure across cultures, religions, and time periods.

So far in my opinion I feel that my short film will fall under the Chronological/Linear narrative structure as I'm 100% sure I want the ending of my short to be like a climax. I want the ending to be happy and people finish the film with a smile on their face. Now to think of the conflict/obligatory moment.

Production Diary #20

Another audio recording!

Production Diary #19

I never thought writing a voice over script would be so hard. It wasn't the quantity that was hard to reach - it was the quality. I mean half way through writing my script I realized "This is for my actual Short Film!". From there I had to start fresh and make sure each life fit my idea of having a short film based around family and friends. I used Google as my main helper in the post and searched stuff like "Best family quotes", from there I found the best ones a created a script. Overall I probably went to over five different sites to get enough quotes for my short film as a whole which wasn't too bad. One quote which really grabbed my attention was "Families are like fudge, mostly sweet with a few nuts" - such a powerful quote in such simple terms, amazing.

Production Diary #18

I never thought I would enjoy audio recordings but I have become to love them! Recording is so simple quick and easy and takes 1-2 minutes to upload. QUICK AND EASY! Each of my sound clouds are all unscripted to give that personal side to them. I mean its my production diary's for my product and blog right?