Production log 2

Success, Challenges, Targets for next week. 

This week we had huge success in the post-production, whilst we knew we had some more things to re-shoot, we were able to get a lot done this week. Throughout the week we was able to build the the structure of the short film, and start to really edit the beginning of the film. We further was able to record the voice over scripts for the film and start to add in the non copyright music for the certain scenes. This week really helped us to get things edited as we knew this would take up the most amount of time. We ideally wanted to start to colour correct as well, as we knew this would also take a long time. The bedroom, desk scenes came out too orange and warm, which was the opposite style that we needed to go for. In terms of weaknesses, we didnt actually face many, because we was just editing this week. We did encounter a technical problem with final cut and our mac, but this was quickly solved by switching macs and transferring the file over. The targets for next week would be that we would really like to re-shoot the scene that came out too dark, as well as finish production by recording the final scene of the short film, which was a date scene. 

Team and individual performances, Contingency plans.

This week individual performances were very key, this was because exams were starting and so we did not spend much time together editing, so we needed to be on the same page with the direction and vision of the film. This was done to a very high standard, which allowed us to come together at the end of the week and continue with the edit where we did not have to go back and change things. In terms of contingency plans we did aim to record the voice over in the music department, so that the quality would be very crisp. However to remain on time and on schedule we decided to record it in the gallery of the media department because it was quicker. Thankfully the clarity of the voice over was still high, as we was able to record it with a rode mic as well. 

Monitoring Final Product, Problem solving, Quality control. 

In terms of monitoring the final product we was able to go through all of the shots by now that we wanted to use. We found that the visuals were all fine except for some of the audio, which either had some feedback noise or had some heavy background noise. This was not too much of a problem as we were going to use Foley sound anyways. In terms of problem solving we did not face any that stumped our progression towards the final product. We was able to edit this week with little to no problems which was a big help for us in terms of progression. As for quality control this week, we really focused on the colour correction and the visuals of the product. The aesthetics was something that we really worked hard on this week, which meant we could leave a lot of the audio for next week.