Road to Damascus

I have found this source on the internet using google image but it is kind of iconographic based on what my film is about potentailly what would be on a DVD cover.......

Start of Evaluation

Evaluation

I have now started to think about how I am going to present my evaluation and I think that a making of documentary would be quite good I could potentially include some interviews of the actors and then I would have the directors commentary and then I would also have to add in to the film shots and different scenes that were used in the film.

Another potential idea would be to have a voice over or director’s commentary over the film this would have to be quite brief though because of the fact that the film is not that long so that might not be the best but it is a potential idea.

Difficulties

Difficulties

Some of the difficulties that occurred during the filming of the project I struggled with the timing of the project I had a lot of trouble trying to get the filming done in the time that I wanted so that I could edit it in time. There were also several issues with weather as the initial shoot was supposed to be done in winter and there was snow on the ground I was worried about whether to get all my filming done in case I couldn’t re-film in the snow but then there was snow again when I reshot some footage in march.

Changes in Film

Since I started my project I have made some changes. I focused on documentaries like Supersize Me and The Secrets of Scientology and these really helped me to realise that the most effective thing would be to have a split screen to show the credits and then have an interview with a montage sequence. The split screen has news footage which helps to explain the situation that the film was based on. The idea of having the titles at the beginning of the film also helps to show that the film is based on a situation. Having the footage of the main character lying in a hostage style situation shows a similarity between The Secrets of Scientology which held images of the man in the past whereas for my film the use of black and white is what shows the past and the colour image shows the present situation. What the two colours and the use of a type of flash back shows the idea that the film is not real it shows the idea of the story of the being a story and not a real thing.

As I was looking over my research I realized that I had written about wanting to use a voice over in a part of my documentary. And instead of a voice over I used a part of a news report that introduces the film company that will make my film and then I added the interview scene of my main character and while he was talking there was a cut to different shots to have a kind of montage sequence which is a common feature of documentaries.

Another Rough Edit

What I am up to ...

So what I am hoping to do this week is to clean up the editing so that the project looks better I am hopfully going make the scene transitions smoother with cuts and fades in the right place so that the project looks more professional and so that it is a more effective and believable story.

Rough Edit

This is an example of a rough edit that I have made.

My Ident

This is an example of the ident that I am going to have on my film it was made by James Corker.

Video Changes

So I am going to post an new copy of my rough edit and these are some things that I am hopeing to change before the final version is posted:
I am going to cut the opening titles instead of fading them in
I am going to fix the audio as some of it is lost
then I am hopeing to redo the pan across the landscape so that it is steadier and I am going to fix some of the edits on the different conversations so that none of the words are cut too soon.

Scene Shot

So I have just filmed a scene of Conrad talking to his editor on a phone conversation and then I filmed a scene of Conrad's wife and his daughter talking about him and worry about whether Conrad is okay.

A Couple Changes

There has been a change in the way the film is going to pan out and it has been decided that to add a more interesting dynamic to the film there is going to be the addition of a few characters one of these will be Conrad's daughter who is going to decide to go to Syria herself to find out what has happened to her father. There will also hopefully be the addition of Conrad's editior so that the audience can see that Conrad's mission was made harder becasue there was little co-operation or support for Conrad going on this trip. Also with the daughter going to find her father it shows that the character is risking everything and hopefully this will promote a sense of empathy in the audience.

Script for added Sequence

An: Hey I’m worried about my dad

L: Why?? What’s up with him??

AN: Well do you remember how I told you he was in Syria..

L: Yeah … SO??

An: Well he hasn’t come back or contacted me and he promised he would.

L: He probably just got caught up or the receptions bad

An: No I know something’s wrong

L: What do you want to do about it? Huh? Go to Syria … In the middle of a civil war??

Pause

An: That’s it!! Lorna I’m going to Syria.

 

 

Update

So editing on the film has begun and changes that have been made to the rough cut is a use of black and white to show the flash back scene of the film and the use of brighter colours during the present day shots. Also I am using a split screen to show the titles and I will hope to post another example of my work soon with some changes as I work towards my final cut....

Rough Cut

This is a more sophisticated version of the rough cut a better picture of what the project is meant to be like.