Project 1 Screenshot of Mediadata

I put all the footage we recorded into a folder then I put all the footage we where going into a folder called Footage Being Used. I then imported all the footage into Premier and instead of changing the file name I numbered what scene it was in the scene section, so that it would be easy to see which scene was which and to keep it in order so I can just drag it into the timeline. I also created folders for the sound effects, voice recordings and the footage I was using.

Project 1 Screenshots and Explanation of After Effects

For the teleporting effect I imported two clips one with the girls in the frame and one with out. I then pen tooled around the girls and moved them over to the clip without them in it, I then added a Scatterize effect on the layer that I had pen tooled. To finish the effect off I added a yellow solid layer and changed the opacity to 56% to give the teleporting a bit of glow.

For the lightning handshake I created four separate advanced lighting effects and I played around with there positions through out the clip to make them move about a bit. I then changed there mode to add which made them more brighter and more convincing. I then created a light blue solid layer and changed the mode of it to add to do the same with the lightning bolts, and I then feathered it a bit to 433.0 pixels and mask expansion it to 154.

For the Flame Finger Effect I imported footage of a tiny flame and changed its mode to add. I then added. I then created two orange solid layers one for the glow of the actors hand and another for his face I adjusted these into the position and changed there modes to add, I then adjusted there mask expansion and mask feather a tiny bit. 

Project 1 Research into Recording Ambient Sounds and Dialogue

Ambient Sound 
Ambient sound is sound that fills the background of a scene it can be recorded while filming the scene or added in afterwords. It is mainly used to add more depth and surroundings to the scene they can range from parsing cars, singing birds or people talking. Its better to get the ambient sound while you are filming the scene so it fits in more naturally and fits in better than finding sounds to match the scene, but its good to have a mix of both recorded ambient sound and sound effects to flesh out the scene more.


Recording Dialogue
The best way to record dialogue is while on set with the actors and have a microphone and attach it to a boom microphone stand and place above the actors and out of frame to get the best possible audio another way to record the dialogue if you have a dslr camera is to attach a mike on top of it and point it towards the actors. Its also good to record the scene multiple times to make sure that the dialogue is easy to understand and that it isn't muffled by background sounds. If you record the audio separately and add it in to your footage afterwards its a lot harder to get the audio to fit the footage exactly and to get a clean lip sync with the footage. Its good to have ambient sound while recording so that it fills the scene in more and gives it more depth to the scene and its also good so that the audio levels are the same and that the audio levels of the dialogue is higher than the ambient sound levels.

Project 1 Finished FIlm

Project 1 Filming Behind The Scenes

Project 1 Self Appraisal

Audio
The dialogue in the rough cut is very clear and can understand it. Some of the sound effects work really well like the sound effect I used for the fire finger effect when the fire ignites but the sound of the fire doesn't work well with the special effect, the sound effect I used for the scene makes the fire sound a lot bigger than it is, like a camp fire when i want it to be just a little fire. The sound effects I used in the electric hand shake effect are sounds that I thought would be quite obvious to fit with the effect but they really don't fit and kind of ruin the effect even though the effect didn't look that brilliant in the first place.

Special Effects
Two out of the Three effects I've done look really good and I'am surprised in the quality of them. The effect that i dint really like and needs a lot of work to be done with was the hand shake effect compared to the other ones it looks really dodgy and not very realistic and the little lightning strikes I used don't look convincing and don't match the rest of the effect, Ill try and improve the effect by adding a glow around the hands and making the lighting strikes match it. The teleporting effect I thought was gonna be the hardest one for me to do but It was the quickest one to do, little thing to improve on that one is to try and make it flow more fluently and add some sound effects. The best special effect I've done is the flame finger one and this was the first one I did. I think the timing of the flame going off is perfect when Sam snaps his fingers, the flame also follows Sam's finger perfectly and the glow around Sam's face and finger really seals off the effect perfectly.

Sequence
Listening to the pier feedback and re-watching the film Its quite hard to understand what's going on with the story and there's quite a few things happening in the short 2 minute sequence but we could try and fix this by adding a little bit of narration to help the film flow better together. The shots with done I think work really well with the sequence most of the acting I would say is quite wooden especially mine but I don't think that can be helped with most of are first acting roles. But I think if we add a bit of narration here and there and fix the hand shake effect I think the sequence will work really well.

Project 1 Rough Cut Feedback

Key Points From The Feedback 
Add more sounds or music so that the film is less quite in-between clips and scenes, make sure the sounds are all at the same audio level. The sound effects on the hand shake scene don't match the effect and makes it less convincing. The sound effect for the fire finger effect sounds more like a log fire. The camera shots are mostly quite shaky. The sounds during the special effects add an element of realism to the shots.