Looking at independent film distribution companies

My group decided to do a small amount of research regarding independent film distribution companies. We did this because we were having trouble thinking of a name for our own company. We researched and found names such as; 'Dogwoof' and 'Red Barn'. These names were random which made us realise the name did not have to be something which related to film in any way. We also found a production company name of 'Twisted Pictures', which specialises in the horror genre, having created films such as the 'Saw' series. The final company we came across was a company called 'Brain Damage' who also specialises in the horror film genre. In researching these companies, it made it easier for us to think of company names for production, distribution and sound.

28th footage editing and inserting titles

In this editting session, we decided to work on titles and transitions between the shots. We added the main titles which would appear at the start of the film including things such as production company, distribution company, and the music creators. We chose to have the transition for the titles as a fade in/fade out dissolve, as this made it look quite spooky when they appeared on screen. For some of the titles, they were shown over the top of the footage, however we included the first ones at the start of the film in their own shot by themselves. We made the lengths of the titles 3 seconds each, however some had to be shortened slightly due to shot changes. We decided to use the production company name of; 'Prestige Elite', because it was the name of our font, which we quite liked. We also decided to name our Distribution company 'MRH Distributions', due to the letters being the first letters of our names in the group. We chose 'Sinister Sounds' for the music company as we thought it sounded like it fit the horror genre well. In our next editting session we will finish the titles and start to add the sound

21st March - soundtrack & effects

Today, our group have added to our editing and have been looking at digetic and non digetic sound.
We used the freesound website to download around 6 pieces (one or two being tracks, others being actuall effects such as loud bangs).

finalcut

Our group are familiar with finalcut express however, we are not sure as to what all of the tools can be used for. This is why i spent some time researching on various sites for tips and advice whilst using this programme, hopefully this can add to our editing to help create a better finish.

Sites i looked at:

http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_3483_use-pro-video-editing-software.html

http://www.apple.com/finalcutexpress/

freesound.org

http://www.freesound.org/

I have now been introduced to a website in which i can take non-copywrited sounds and use them within finalcut to add to our horror film opening.
Our group have discussed this website and decided to use some of the sound effects
on there for features such as;
creaking decking,
screams,
doors opening and closing,
footsteps,
bangs etc
There are also horror tracks avaliable on the site, however, as a group i think that we are going to be using garageband and creating our own sound loop (our minds could change on this however).

14th march editing

This is our second editing session and so far, as a group, we are on track to reaching all deadlines on the editing process. As we thought about our storyboards carefully and whilst filming we discussed all of the angles we would need, we had the footage that we knew how to edit together. This is making the editing process faster and easier.
So far, we have created a base footage which shows us the order of shots to use and this is around 1 minute 30 seconds. We haven't yet added transitions or played with many effects but we are set up for reaching out 2 minute limitation.

7th march editing

Our group has now began the editing in the production process. We have created roughly 20 seconds of usable footgae however, we may go back to this at a later date to re-edit parts if out ideas or order changes. So far, we are happy with how we have worked and as a group, we don't think that we will need to go back and do anymore filming.

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Our updated storyboards

The new versions of our storyboards are now displayed in the post containing the original ones. We changed our idea after the first filming session as we agreed that the plan we had orginally come up with was not suitable enough for the horror genre, and would also go over the two minute time limit. We have also taken out two of the characters in our new storyboard, Karen and David Osborne. The reason for this is that because those two characters were only going to be needed in a small section of the original storyboard. Now that the storyboard has changed, that section has been removed therefore we did not need those characters. We are confident that our updated storyboard will be more effective and link more to the idea of the teenage horror genre.