MEDI 119 (Editing is so Complex)

So I have a lot of great clean footage in the can. Now I'm into post production with it and I have never really done anything like this before.

I think myself lucky that 'Psycadelic Productions' is such a good group! Its been really fun working with everyone and thankfully we can spot things differently that need fixing or a way to fix things for one another.

This has been a huge learning curve for me and I although it has been very hard I can't say its not also very rewarding! The editing of the film itself will take a lot longer than I ever expected and I may have to re-shoot a few scenes as it appears some of footage refuses to capture... I'm not sure what direction I will take the film in the re-shoot but I definitely need to tidy up some of the cuts between shots and I am aiming to add a voice over to the track to make it more like an Epic.

I definitely want this film to have a good fantasy feel and I'm hoping it turns out well.

MEDI 117 (Alien Babies)

I have been thinking a bit more about the whole alien babies idea and would love to do something that involved a model alien / human hybrid in a sort of a test tube construct.

I have no idea if this is allowed but I would like to have the baby in a tube in the center of some pictures. Perhaps 4 or so but definatly of an even number.

MEDI 117 (Musings)

 I have been musing on what I can do with regards to this project. The breif says that:

• "Evolution could be interpreted in terms of:  adaptation, change, agency, intervention, memory, catalyst, flux, and metamorphosis." 

This has me thinking of a lot things.
My inital idea would have been copyrighted which would have been somthing to do with changing peoples faces into Na'vi faces as there are a lot of tutorials on the web and I really liked the film.

Carring on with the photoshoping theme I then had the idea that I could morph people into their zodiac animals. Not sure weather I would pick the Chinese or Western zodiac. Since the former is completly animal based it may look better.

I have also gone back to thinking about alien and human hybrids and thought of emulating something in a style like Giger

His odd styles and hybrids appeal to me.  I liked the alien films a lot but it is not that that most apeals.

However I have two split ideas.

One would be the gestaiton of a human baby but have it mixed with some kind of alien and seeing how the hybrid fetus/foetus develops from embryo to birth.

I'm not sure how I would achive this but perhaps through some kind of flash animation or photoshop manipulation.

I would have to use some sort of modle like this one for the base of the human baby. What kind of alien I would use I'm not really sure of. How I would combine them or even what media format to use.

I do like this Idea a lot and it has a good possibility.

The other idea would be to combine man with mecanical objects. Things like cyber space and how it affects man, cyborgs, prosthetics, things of this nature. Exploring the relationship man and machine have and can have in the future. This appeals to my Si-Fi loving nature. Also there can be a lot of elements of steampunk with this and I like the idea of that. I wouldn't really know how to combine these but again Giger is a huge inspiration.

MEDI 116 (Website Headache)

Ok so I have spent a large chunk of today trying to fix all the problems with the website. So far;

• All the pages now link up.
• There are no more white lines everywhere on the site.
• The minor issues with layout have been fixed

This still leaves me with a credits page to do. Also I need to find a page or link I can put the one good sound file we have so that it adds to effect and also a way of finding out how to embed it.

I'm really running out of time for this project and I still don't think its up to my usual standards but I suppose it will have to do...

MEDI 119 (Veiws on Night Filming)

Last night our group went out to film two sences for one of our members. It was dark and cold and we had no extention for the lighting so we had a lot of problems to solve. We used a torch of mine to effect some light, which actually worked with careful placement.

Filming the car was intresting too. I was sound tech tho and trying to get the boom steady when its cold is hard.

I hope we have some good sound.

MEDI 119 (Flim Wobbles)

Ok so I am so far having some issues with the scrip that I wrote for 118 partly due to the nature of the scenes and also the location.

I feel I have to re-work the script which isn't a huge problem. It needs to capture more of the balance between fantasy and reality and have less filler or fluff... I am thinking some of this will depend on scrip whilst some on good sound effects.

Things need to be far more flexible to achive what I want with such little time, knowlege and resorces.

On the bright side using facebook for a casting call seems to have worked very well and I have also managed to snag myself someone that will be a willing makeup artist!

Looking forward to filming this weekend if I can organise it all!

MEDI 116 (Dartmoor Website Ramblings)

We have the basic structure for the website pretty much nailed down now. It is arty with photography and video and also audio blended with poetry and some storytelling.

It has a very branch like structure to it following the kind of optional story telling theme. I am hoping to have some easter eggs so it is an experiance that lasts longer for the user.

Its pretty hard going since we don't have that much coding experiance between us all. Also I have had to resize a lot of images so far and we have had a lot of teething problems with technology not talking to other technology.

Hopefully it will all pull together and have good cohesion and provide an intresting interactive experiance.