Technique idea

ollie here

Whilst in class the other day me and chris were discussing different techniques available to us in final cut express. we used some of our time to learn how to pull off some key techniques on the editing programe such key frames and how to slow down specific times in the scenes. One idea we had was to use a "mirror Clone" technique as outlined in the diagram below

the basic premis of this idea is to take two separate shots of chris walking into the room (my living room) from the angle depicted in the image. the first shot will have him standing infront of the mirror looking sad or upset. the second shot will have him walking into the room and then leaving. we will then split screen the clip but take half of each shot so that it looks like a single shot and no-one will be able to tell that a split-screen in occurring. this will give the effect that chris is leaving his reflection behind when he leaves the room. giving connotations of a deeper meaning behind the shot.

thats all for now, but this is good progress.

Today

We made some good storyboard progress on the title sequence, Ollie's done a risk assessment, and Nikki is re-drafting the title sequence storyboard. Without anything to do to contribute, i decided to spend the past hour getting to grip with the basic of final cut express, by watching a youtube playlists of tutorials, and i found some very interesting stuff. I've found out how to seed up and slow down a shot/video, which is what we needed for our title sequence, so thats good, and i also found a few other things we could make use of, such as some downloadable effects, for instance a rain effect, which would save the hassle of filming in the rain if we chose to. We have another meeting tomorrow i believe, so expect more to be coming along soon.