What's left to do...

• Finish editing the colour of the nightmare scenes 
• Finish the Overlays within the nightmare scenes (for example find a suitable position for the knife) 
• Edit the visual of Raine and the Seductress running from the bench – it is too long. 
• Cut down the visual of the candle  
• Maybe visual of the vodka? 
• Edit the stop frame pictures (i.e. make them darker etc, and more shadowy) 
• Put a voiceover over the nightmare scenes (i.e. the candle) 
• Find a scream/add the one that we recorded 
• Put the sound of the tap dripping on the stop frame segment 
• Create a soundtrack (dream like music which transcends to music that represents a nightmare) 
• Photoshop of the title Raine

Editing Process So Far

We began the editing process by watching through our clips and labeling what we thought were our best clips.  Also, we marked in some of the longer clips so that when we returned to use that clip we would know what part of the clip we wanted to use.  We laid our chosen clips on the timeline in chronological order so that we had a basic beginning middle and end.  We then started checking continuity and cut down/lengthened clips so that they flowed better.

When we weren't long into the editing process I think we all realised that some of our shots didn't work or weren't filmed as we'd imagined or that we'd missed out a shot that we hadn't thought of in between a change of scene.  Also, some of our shots were filmed as it started getting dark so aren't as good quality as other shots and we rushed them slightly to get all the shots in, so we didn't have enough shots to choose from.  Any of these issues are bound to affect our final product, however we have tried and will continue to try and create the film we envisioned and overcome any issues we come across.


Recently Perpe has researched Final Cut Pro techniques in response to effects and looks we want to give our clips but couldn't seem to achieve through experimentation.  This will improve the results we get at the end of the rest of our lessons and hopefully our film's final look will be something we are proud of.

We've had ups and downs, but in the end we've always ended the lessons with something we can all agree on and are happy with.

The Filming Process

We planned to film for at least four days (Monday-Thursday) in the second week of our half term.  Depending on the availability of our female protagonist would decide when we filmed in each location.  We decided that we didn't have to use our protagonist for the 'bathroom scene' as we don't see her face and we could use someone else's hand.  We wanted to spend two of the other days filming in the park and the other day of filming by the tunnel.

The Presentation: Raine

Notes for our Presentation

Presentation Notes

Notes typed and edited by Perpe


Synopsis:

·      When trying to create a concept we wanted to explore the two extremes of sleep (a state on vulnerability) and thus merged the idea of dream and nightmare.

·      We wanted to do something different and approach the subject of suicide from a different angle and felt that this was unique because it was created using a more realistic feel.

Actors:

·      In creating Rain, we’ve delved into the fine line between reality and dreaming and created this obviously troubled character. The name choice came quite naturally and it reflects the instability in everything surrounding her.

·      The seductress is one of those characters that you know as soon as you see her is trouble. The iconic white dress, adds to her surrealism, yet she is the one thing that stays the same, because what we see with her, is exactly what we get.

·      The Boyfriend is the ultimate deceiver. Aside from the seductress, we have created a character that Rain can fully trust, which we see in the way she responds to him and once that is taken away from her, the question is what is left for her? And by keeping her ambiguous the question is did she ever really have anything?

·      The small cast, allow us to focus more on Rain’s feelings etc.

Location:

·      We have decided to film in a massive park (Finsbury Park) so we can get to different extremes, the woodland and the more public access parks.

·      By keeping it simple, we help retain the realism.

Props:

·      The water bottle is integral to the whole film, because it is the core from which everything expands.

Storyboard for Raine