Photoshop

In preperation for our secondary tasks, as a class we learnt the basis of photoshop during our wednesday lesson. This meant learning how to use google effectivley first, and how to find better quality pictures that were suitable for photoshop use. Our task involved finding an image of Tom Cruise and placing his head on the body of an animal. To do this we had to cut out his face from the original picture and place it onto the image of the animal. We learnt what tools to use, and which were more effective as well as how to use layers and build up layer upon layer adding more detail as you go. On reflection, this will definatley help me when it comes to designing the DVD front cover and magazine cover.

(PRINT SCREENS NEEDED)

Developments/Filming

Having gone through what I have done so far with my teacher, one issue with my stop frame is that i included 'Starring' in every title which would not normally happen in a title sequence as it would only appear once at the beginning. I have re-done the stop frame for a third time, and corrected this mistake. The overall quality of the lighting was good enough, and the use of the hand seemed effective and feedback from my class mates showed this would be good to keep in my final cut.

FILIMING: TUESDAY 26T JAN (PERIODS 4/5)
During this session, i need to complete filming all the characters in thier rols for around 8 seconds to include in my title sequence. The end shots will probably be only around 5 seconds.

> Gemma will be singing/bowing (need micophone)
> Sophie will be telling a joke (reading the joke book)
> Amber will be directing someone (clapper board?)
> Andy will be taking a photo of the whole group...this photo may feature on the 'created by' credit-plannign to use an over the shoulder shot of andy taking the photograph.
> Sehb will be wearing a drama mask-will take it off and (will then be bowing)

further stop frame/mini rough cut

I have completed some more stop frame of better quality having slighty re-arranged the layout of the letters and objects ect. I have imported these into a new premier pro project and have begun editing for my final cut. I will upload the shots i have taken as another rough cut to show how the design of the titles has changed, the main aim now is to complete the filming of each of the charcters which i have decided to include. This will be a short clip, 5-6 seconds in length showing them in their role for the drama club. For example the director will have a clapperboard and the singer will be performing with a microphone ect. These will be slotted in between each section of stop frame. The photos I took oringinally will be used at the end of the title sequence were a 'created by...' title will appear. I may create a quick mock up of this to see if it is effective. I plan for the filming to have been completed by the end of next week, it is relativley short filming task so this should be achievable. I am still happy with my choice of music, there wont be any dialog although i may have the actors speak but thier voices will not feature.

Character photos

These are some of the photos I took for the scrapbook, I will use them towards the end of the title sequence during the 'Created By..' credit. I will use three images, swap them around and using stop frame, make them flick between different characters and scenes.

Developments...

I had originally planned on adding the photo's of the characters into the scrap book and having panning shots, close ups, zooms on them etc. and although i will still add them for authenticity i think it would be effetctive to have a collage of the photos on the screen evey so often so you can clearly see the role the charcter has. This may also stop it from being repetitive, although i could still zoom in on certain photos i think a collage where pictures come in from the edged of the screen, and perhaps some other objects to do with thier role (singer, directer etc.)I'm happy with still including the hand turing each page, as it adds to the effect of someone lookign through it but it will cut away from that at times to make it a more convincing titles sequence.

Targets: get as much stop frame done by thurs as possible. Still need to collect some photos of sehb and eveyone together.

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.