Editing (:

At the moment, we are in the process of editing our footage. We have uploaded all the stuff we filmed, cut it from 5 minutes down to 2 minutes and 26 seconds and began adding titles. We had difficulty with the titles and decided to remove them for the time being.

The footage then got converted to black and white, which made the movie seem more as we planned it. We had a small technical hitch as our computers needed updating, so this slowed down our editing for a while. When we started again, we added names of the four people involved; Robert Davis, Hayley Bignall, Emily Bacon, Jon Cooper.

The next part of editing is the part where we need to get the rose petals, post box and phone box to show up red. This is sort of a problem as the technician, Rob, isn't too sure about how to help us either.... I FINALLY DID THE TITLES!!! :) love Emily xx We began messing around with Premiere Elements and found it impossible to make only the rose petals, etc, red.

After messing around a bit more, we decided to put all of the opening in faded colour apart from the black and white flash backs. We then changed our mind and put the first two flash backs in colour to signify happier times with her fiancé, and the final flashback in black and white to signify him leaving for war, and sadness. Although now, we are having all flashbacks in black and white.

All thats left to do is add the sound, seeing as our visual editing is almost finished. We have to get hold of a copyright free plane sound, and some music which fits. We also need to record our voice over of the letter, which we have asked Eve to do.

We just downloaded Beethoven - moonlight sonata to place over our footage, and then we are almost finished.

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maybe you're here and life is really hard. maybe you've lost things in your life, those things that are really really painful. we know that probably everyone in this room lives with questions, things we're in the middle of, things that are resolving. we talk about complex issues, they're not simple, they're painful. and we dont wanna offer solutions or answers that are cheap. we've seen this really incredible thing begin to happen and we say the questions matter. the people who live with the questions, those people matter. - twloha

Filming (:

Okay so, on Thursday, Me & Emily went into Sutton to buy the costumes and props, etc. Then on Friday morning we went down Mansfield to buy the last dress. We met Jon, and came back home. I went home to fetch the tripod/script, while they went to Emily's house to get ready. At 3pm we met in the 'Canarvan Arms' pub carpark. We drove down to Teversal village in Emily's dad's car and off we went :)
So, on Friday 20th February we finally got to filming, after a few weeks of delay. We went near Teversal Manor to film under a tree, and in Teversal village to film the postbox scene. It went well to be honest, and we got done in less time than we thought.

To top it all off, I think I shouted 'THATS THE RAP' but i'm not actually sure! :)
Editing time soon :)
xxxx

you have such a pretty smile, it's a shame the things you hide behind it.

Status Update - Table (:

This table shows what we did as a group, and what I did separately. We all made our own table to show what we did, and what we were all included in. We did most things as a group, except for the analysis' and we have some blog entries which are different.
As the filming and editing progress, i'll update this table so you can see what was done by who :)

he said that you're just as boring as everyone else. nothing ever happens. things replace things. days replace days. she'll replace you.

Status Update x2 (:

So we havent yet decided on a font, but here are a few we have considered.
1) Christopher Hand
2) Journal
3) CurlyJoe
4) Jellyka - Nathaniel
5) Daisy Script
6) Inkburrow
7) Amienne
8) Brush Script MT
9) Edwardian Script
10) Freestyle Script
11) Kunstler Script
12) Lucida Handwriting
13) Mistral
14) Pristina
15) Rage Italic
16) Segeo Script
17) Vladimir Script - we chose this font, because it is in between numbers 4 and 11, which we liked best and couldnt decide on. This is sort of writing, but has a fancy edge which makes it look like text and not just scribble.














We also drew up a camera map in school, although my version of it includes the possible set change. Its not necessarily the exact plan, just a rough draft so you can see the basics.

as we grow up, we realise it becomes less important to have more friends, and more important to have real ones. - laguna beach

Status Update (:

So, basically, we had to change our plan. About 5 inches of snow arrived on the week before filming. School got shut on the thursday, and we couldnt get in on friday. This meant our filming had to be rearranged, due to silly weather conditions. We now have to find another day which suits all three of us, so we can continue our project.
We had a little hitch in planning, as we forgot the name of the place we were filming. We thought it was in Tibshelf. But after talking to Charlotte, who lives in Tibshelf, we realised it clearly wasnt. It's in TEVERSAL! (:
Our letter is written, and a copy of the script will be uploaded after filming. We need to type it up as it is hand written at the moment. This will be done asap, we promise (:
The buying of props is in progress. We still need a couple of roses, and the dresses are still in the shops. But they have been chosen. The hair and make-up will be done before we leave the house, so we dont have to take a tent or something, just so the actors look decent.
All our planning is done, and now we are just waiting for the snow to go away, and Valentines day to be over, because thats occupying this weekend. The half term sounds good though :)

inabit ;)

i cry when you leave because you are the one thing holding me together. and when you aren't here, i miss you.