feedback on title sequence

Today was the screening of our title sequences which consisted of each group showing their work to the class after which we provided feedback on what we had seen. From this feedback we received very mixed opinions as some thought the elliptical editing worked well and others weren't so keen thus we decided to edit out some of the editing and leave clips as they were originally. We also reduced the clips of writing as we felt it was to repetitive and the class appear to agree.

The main positive we received was on the music and the titles which we were happy to hear about as this was our favorite aspect of the title sequence and because of this we felt nothing needed to be changed apart from some minor spelling errors.

the narrative seemed slightly obscure to the audience from what we could tell and from this feedback we realized that it wasn't entirely clear due to the writing sometimes lacking what is it suppose to portray. To improve on this we only inserted clips into the sequence which made it obvious it was a funeral speech for our protagonists nan. This change also allowed the repetition to be decreased and made it more exciting thus emphasizing the action genre more.

overall we have found this feedback to be extremely useful as it has allowed us to work into the flaws of our title sequence which has included the editing, when the cuts occur and the order of the clips.

Mr Teddy title sequence

Journal 30/01/13 - changing the fonts

These are some changes we made to our titles due to grammatical errors and the fact we had to adapt the number of titles which were going to be displayed to the length of our sequence. These changed have helped to ensure that everything is spelt and placed correctly. 

Journal - 30/01/13 adding the fonts

Today I was overviewing Daisy and Tom who were adding fonts and transitions to the title sequence. We all meet really early in the morning in order to finalize our title sequence as well. Yesterday we managed to get all the clips uploaded and ordered. We also managed to complete most of the elliptical editing meaning all that needed to be done is the adding of titles and the remaining few clips to be added. Lastly, we will be adding the soundtrack, foley sound of scrunching paper and if there is time the production company logo. We managed to have all this successfully completed.

Below is the process we went through to add the fonts and the effects to the fonts.

Step 1: We added the text to our time line by using this drop down menu.

Step 2: We typed in what we wanted the text to read.

Below is what we wanted our text to say.

Step 3: We positioned the texts on screen where we wanted them to be placed/appear.

Step 4: to add a transition to effect how the text would exit we went into effects and the selected the one we wished to be added to our text. Daisy picked band slide which looks great as it ties into our theme of action and represents how Teddy rushes off to stop the bank robbery in the narrative.

Journal 29/01/13 - Problems which led to sequence change

This video explains all the problems we encountered which led us to change our sequence.
- files being corrupted
- title sequence not making sense
- missing footage
- constant outfits changes due to filming on different days
- awkward camera angles because of confined spaces

Journal 30/01/13 - foley sound

As our title sequence is mainly focused around Thomas scrunching up paper we felt it was necessary to add foley sound to emphasize the scrunching of the paper so the title sequence had more realism to it. I tested 3 different types of paper and we sha'll see how they work with our sequence and which one has the best sound to it before we decide on a final one.

Journal 29/01/13 - changing the sequence

Due to a series of complications, which I shall be explaining in more depth in a separate post, we had to change our title sequence. With time being an issue we had to take the simplistic approach to our sequence or we wouldn't have the sequence completed in time. We brainstormed a new idea which focused on elliptical editing as we wanted a simple sequence which still allowed the narrative to be portrayed. This gave a nice effect as it showed the two sides to Teddy, everyday Teddy and spy Teddy, therefore through the sequence his occupation is portrayed.

We had Tom writing a funeral speech for his nan, in which he kept messing up and throwing the paper towards to camera. This was to represent the repetition in training Teddy had to do to become a spy.

Whilst this is happening we placed scenes of action which we filmed, and a incorporated a  couple of scenes from our original footage which we were lucky enough to have on a usb, in the background of the shot.

To create a sort of ghost image/ elliptical editing we uploaded the videos to final cut pro and dragged the video we wanted to be displayed on top over the clip it will be displayed on. We then went into the opaque settings and lowered the setting so the clip would turn transparent.

Once we had done this we noticed the videos didn't run smoothly together thus we added a cross fade at the ends of the clips so  the sequence would come together professionally.