Further progress...

I have now completed editing the rough cut, and have completed all the shot lengths and timings. I have also added the soundtrack, faded it in and out, and added other sound effects. Some of the clapping, cheering and camera noises i will use in the final cut but other sound effects will need to be recorded and some will need to be recorded again. As i hadn't filmed a shot for each time the page turned, i had to use the drawings from my animatic to show tis, but i am confident the way i stop framed the page turning during the first credit is an affective way to do it for the final cut. I have also considered doing more with the hand, and having them perhaps nock over some paint or glitter which would keep with the scrap book theme. I have used the hand (my hand) to wipe away the names of the characters and the book will be opened and closed by the hand but including more of this could be something to consider. If i make the final cut, and feel it needs more i can always take some more shots of this and include them.

Rough Cut-'Drama Club'

This is a rough cut of my titles, which is more or less what it will be like in the final cut. I will include more moving images such as the microphone ad the camera and other designs and patterns to make it more busy. I'm happy with the way it looks, as i wasn't sure if the letters moving would be effective and tries making them just appear but this didn't look as good as them moving in from the edges of the page. Towards the beginning at (0.12) i included the kind of shot i would use for the page turning. I feel its more effective if i stop frame the hand moving as well but i will have to film this each time i turn the page as i wipe a different name of each time. From watching it back i feel it can be a bit repetitive at times as each credit follows the same formula but this was a convention i noticed when watching other titles, as most of them have a sequence where something is repeated but i may change this and do something different than zooming into each name. I will also pan some of the pages and zoom in on certain photographs which i did show in my animatic, most of the photographs of the people Im using have been taken but i will need some more of them as a group.

On relfection, the size of the screen keeps changing as i adjusted it differently each time, i now know how to change the size and keep it the same throughout so it will remain steady. The lighting also changes during the 'Sophie' title so i will need to make sure this doesn't happen in the final cut. In addition, i could consider is having someone from another race included as most shows have at least one character from a different ethnicity, I could do with another male as the majority are female (will be adding the character 'Sehb').This will also even out the cast further as there will now be two males instead of one which is more realistic as a cast for a children's show. On further evaluation, the camera angle in some places meant you could see the edges of the scrapbook and the table, despite using the tripod. It was hard to keep the camera in the same position, and when i make the final cut i will put a black sheet or large piece of black paper down to stop you seeing the edges of the table which makes it look less professional.