The project is coming to a close...

The evaluation is done, which means we're coming to the end of this project. All there is left to do is to get the blogs finished and working properly.

For example,

• I went through both blogs and made sure every post was labelled properly

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  Made sure that all photos, videos, and links on the blog work properly

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  Added anything I felt necessary to some posts

etc.

Main Shoot

The weather forecasts for the whole weekend were bleak, with on-off showers forecast for both days. We decided that if we got any luck with the weather, and it remained relatively dry, we could reshoot all of the shots with the kidnapper in, so that he could have a different costume, and a couple of the shots of Matt outside. If the weather was as forecast, we would leave me in the same costume, and only reshoot the fight scene, and a few indoor shots of me, for example this one.

On the day, the weather was terrible, so we had to do the latter. Considering the weather, the shoot was successful, and we got all of the shots we needed. We are now onto editing our main sequence, especially the fight scene. Much of our sequence is remaining almost exactly the same, but the fight scene gave us some trouble to put together (both in shooting and editing).

Here is our 'making of' video to illustrate this (particularly 1:55 onwards)

Rough Cut - Reflections

We have completed our rough cut and here is my personal views on what needs to be improved for the reshoot:

• When Matt enters the house (0:22), he leaves the door open, which I think he would not do in that situation, so he will pause for a second to close the door before running up the stairs in the final cut.
• His boxers are showing for the entire sequence - pull your trousers up boy!
• In the shot from inside the car, although its not immediately obvious, you can see some people in the middle of the road. This shot needs to be redone.
• My acting is terrible. More effort is required.
• When I barge the door open, I dont really push it that hard. This was because we found that if I pushed any harder I would break the glass on the door. On the reshoot I think I should kick the door, and we can then lay a sound effect over the top in post production.
• In the final room, when I reach the mirror, there is a cut and I am suddenly walking backwards, which doesnt really work, as in that position you would turn around to walk out
• In the final room, you can see everything that we had cleared behind the bed, door, etc in some shots. This is because we couldnt really be bothered/didnt have time to clear it away properly. In the reshoot we need to clear away properly before we begin

Rough cut editing

We have captured our footage and have edited them into a basic continuity sequence. This will be the basis for us to work from, adding music, sound effects and contrasting as we go along.

I think it looks very good for an initial rough cut, but there is much that could be improved as well, especially a few continuity errors we have noticed, such as a siren going off when Hugh is walking up towards the house, and Matteo opening the door without putting the keys in the lock.

We look forward to getting the rough cut finished so that we can begin to plan for our main shoot after half term.

I'm off skiing for the week, so goodbye for a bit.