Tonight's Plan

Mr Earl has managed to edit my audio, meaning that some of the hiss has disappeared, however some of the clips have enhanced in hiss due to turning up the whole sound of the audio.

I am going to get the incidental music put over the top of my montages and I need to see how the last part of the flashforward scene works out in terms of the music over the top.

I need to get the finalised title sequence song done, enabling me to put it over the title sequence and send to James.

Things are going well!

James has also progressed with the effects and they're looking great...I am so excited to see the final thing.

Green Background Shots

As the deadline is getting closer and closer, James has done a lot with my title sequence and to add some more excitement to it and give it a more 'Bond' feel, I have filmed some shots with a Bond girl doing a few poses etc, so that James can cut those out and place those into my title sequence.

The vocals for my song have been recorded and now the finishing touches just need to the added.

I have given my audio files to Mr Earl to equalise to try and stop the "hiss" of the audio.

It's really just last minute touch ups!

Paul, who is producing/recording my song has also found some old incidental music that he wrote which he has given me permission to use over my montages and I need to play about with the incidental music that i'm using over the flashforward scene as I am unsure whether the backing track to the title sequence song will work as the last part of the flashforward scene runs straight into the title sequence where the song starts and I want the full effect to kick in when the title sequence starts.

So, I will make the touch up's that I need to make and keep you posted.

UPDATE On Everything

I have started to edit in the ES and the suspence as Laurene walks to Jo's office and now I need to continue to bring in the flashforward scene and montage.

I am recording the vocals tomorrow night, so they should be finished by Thursday, enabling me to get the track sent to James Thursday night. I will send him the demo track tonight, allowing him to work with it before he produces the final title sequence.

James has managed to produce some effects such as: letters falling from either side, a blood drop that forms a pool of blood, a letter getting dyed blood red, a target with a bullet hole and a classic bond gun smoking.

I am really looking forward to seeing how he is getting on as I think that my song and the title sequence will fit extremely well.

Yesterday's Filming

Yesterday I shot the briefing scene in the Miners Hall in Durham. It went extremely well, better than expected actually!

I filmed everything in a LS, MS, CU, SRS, OTS.

I am currently uploading all of my footage to iMovie, getting ready to edit, as the final cut has been requested for Sunday.

This week, I need to:

- Record the vocals to my soundtrack
- Edit the briefing scene
- Re-record audio
- Edit last minute sections
- Get title sequence from James Corker
- Ensure that everything is complete


Yesterday, the only problems was, the desk that we were using had large piles of paperwork on it, and I didn't want to completely move it as it was important documents. However, apart from that, the mise-en-scene definitely fit the part much better and I am really looking forward to editing!

I'll let you know how I get on.

Filming Today

I am currently doing last minute preparations for filming today at the Miners Hall in Durham.

I have been trying to find some focus setting on my camera, to use the depth of field, however I don't think my camera has those kinds of settings. I found a website that explained it, however I can't find it on mine:

Focus Settings

I have also been watching some of the Bond briefing scenes, including Quantum Of Solace and Skyfall.

So, now I need to grab the whisky and the iPad and start shooting :))

Wish me luck!

ES

This would be a good angle for my ES to get my Bond characters walking through the door and get a CU as he walks through door. This would work great.

Sunday

I received my phone call from the Miners Hall on Wednesday afternoon, confirming filming for Sunday. Someone is coming to open and lock up for me, so I think that that is extremely kind and thoughful, giving up part of their Sunday to help with me with my media a-level.

I am going to re-print the actors lines and make sure that they learn them for Sunday. In terms of props, I am going to have:

- Ipad (For Jo to use as information for the suspects)
- Whisky and glasses

I am going to record the naration seperately as well, so that I can layer up the tracks for the montage sequences. I also have improvements to make to the editing which is all explained in Mr Earl's comments in my rough edit, however I will ensure that more is done to get it to the best possible standard. There are just tweaks on the saturation, edits which are too jarring need sorting out and audio etc.

I am also going to record Jo in the shot for all of the montage sections, therefore allowing me to use them if need be, as for the rough edit, I only used a few.

I think it's time to just get filming and see how it goes, therefore then i'll know how many CU's that I need to get etc.

I am going to get more distant shots and then move in closer as the suspence builds up and I am going to use more static shots, rather than pan etc.

Another thing which I will look at is the depth of field settings on my camera, to see whether it is possible for me to get the figure in shallow focus etc.

Tomorrow before filming, I will rewatch the openings of different James Bond films, inlcuding Casino Royale and Skyfall.

The track is pretty much done for the opening sequence, so I will get it chopped down to the part that I will use and send it over to James Corker to use as a guide track. The vocals just need to be recorded, however it's hard to find the time to get them done, so I will also arrange that this weekend.

I am happy with how this is going, however I can't wait to get it all finished so that I can reflect back on it in my evaluation.