Evaluation Website

Link to my Evaluation Website : https://8judeclark8.wixsite.com/evaluation2

Dispatch Final Website

LINK TO MY WEBSITE
https://8judeclark8.wixsite.com/dispatch

Dispatch Final Poster

Dispatch Final Trailer

Final Teaser Trailer

Poster | Draft 5 Class Feedback

Class Viewing : Feedback
-rule of thirds works
-super imposition
-know its fast paced
-movement of text works

Class Viewing : Suggested Changes
-add review name (stars)
-make text bigger
-shrink IshBanDam logo
-change opacity of first fade
-try fade out rater than in
-tree problem with first
-introducing, not cameo
-spring instead of April
-bring title down/make it bigger
-produced

Questionnaire | Trailer Draft

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDdtE1jycvDX6Wq6dS-2vm201M9ZNnpJOlrcmVD1OLOtYtRw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Poster | Draft 5

POSTER QUESTIONAIRE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclsUly1wHYc7ShoO-AU04HwdAUFVwH-7ZIh7cS8Iy8zP1V5g/viewform?usp=sf_link

Poster | Draft 4

 After uploading all my pictures to google drive, I choose these three, to layer over the top of an image of me crouched on top of the tree. I decided to use this image as the base pictures because it uses a sense on anticipation, then transfers into action

With this final image, I will either have to crop the picture so there's less room left, or try and fill up the space with text and poster information. I will most likely be cropping the image rather than fill it with text, since I want it to fit with the teaser trailer idea, I'm most likely going to end up cropping it and keeping it simplistic.

Clothing Props | Change of Jake's Look

I've decided to change Jake's clothing from casual gym wear, to normal casual wear, this is because if Jake was to be in gym wear he was almost expecting to be chased and dressed appropriately. With the casual wear this will help any of the audience relate, and give off a more realistic effect of Jake's surprise of being chased.

Poster Draft 3 | Testing Techniques

This first test was to see if my idea of layering multiple pictures over each other, this was to test if the layered images would look out of place. This could be due to different lighting, different opacity and positioning. 

I simply selected around my self in one picture, In-versed the image to delete everything around it, then brushed around the sides to allow more soft edge to the image incase it had too hard an edge. Then copied the edited image on top of the other image. 

I showed a few different people in the class this first idea, they all agreed that the lighting works and it doesn't stand out or look like its been edited in, the only thing was that there was two of me and was a little weird to look at.

Poster 2 | Questionaire

Poster 1 | Questionaire

Dispatch Draft 2 | Putting Feedback Into Motion

Changes Made
Using the feedback of my class, I've cut the trailer down to 33 seconds rather than 1minute 30seconds, this is closer to a teaser trailer than a normal trailer, but with still some shots to add I'm hoping it doesn't increase the time too much
I cut the scene of me walking down the drive, and the wider angle of Chris walking to the door, I also cut out framed shot through the bannisters of me running out. I also added black fading in and out between each scene, this is to stop too quick a change of shots, and also the music will be edited around these fades for a more dramatic effect
Finally I removed all sound, since all the shots of me talking have been removed and all that was left was background noise from around the house, so in the near future I'll foley sounds to stop the trailer being dead silent apart from the music
Feedback on Draft 2
Everyone agreed that the pace was quicker like a teaser trailer, and thought that fades of black split up the scenes very well, but I could experiment around with the speed of these fades by testing them longer and shorter.
A major point a few people made was that I should include some of the scenes I had removed, such as the walking down the drive and bannister shot, but just little snippets for variety of shots, Max suggested uses of jump shots to keep the same shot while keeping the trailer moving as quick as the rest
Changes to Make
I'm going to be adding in the scenes I removed, I'm going to mess around with jump cuts for each shot and test timings, as long as I can keep is below 45 seconds including these shots then that will be fine. I still need to add the running shots after this house scene.
For the bannister shot, I'm going to re-film it as well as add it back in, the shot will be through the bannisters rather than across the top of them. This will create better framing and a longer shot of me running across, it'll also open up the possibility of cutting into the drone shot then leading on to other shots.
Finally I'll be playing around with the length of the dark fades to see if I can cut down the time in order to fit more variety of shots in

Disptach Draft 1 | Feedback From Class

Viewing
I shared my first draft with a few different people viewing it, this draft only includes my first section with Chris discovering Jake dead, and includes no sounds because I haven't had time to foley or adjust and sounds.
Feedback
Overall they said the lighting and setting was fine (with the addition of one continuity error which can be edited around) but everyone's main criticism was that it was too much like a longer narrative for a teaser trailer.
Changes to Make
With this feedback I've decided on a new editing technique, using shorter bursts of the clips with fades in and out of black screens, meaning the narrative will move along quicker and be less like a short film. The scene which I will have to have in full will be when Chris answers the phone to the mysterious man and is told to run. A possibility would be to re-film the scene and make is possible for the scene to be edited the same as the other clips used.

Filming | Destroying My House

After some nagging and a bit of bribing, I was able to convince my Mum to let me mess up the house. Although I wasn't able to smash anything or have a long enough time frame to plan how I was going to make it look messy, having is moved/flipped around set the scene better than a neatly set out house. I took some snapchat pictures while filming and decided to include these to show a bit of a different angle to the mess of the house

Ancillary Task | Testing Moving Shots

Photo's While Moving
For my ancillary task I want to take pictures of me in action, to crop, and drop onto the same pictures to make it seem as I'm parkouring across the tree. I was originally going to just stop, pose and take the picture then crop, but I found I can do the parkour I want to and get someone to hold down the button and take continuous pictures.
The only problem with this is I will have to get Max, or anyone else who can hold the button down, to be there and take the pictures of me in action. I'm unable to set the timer to take contiuous pictures

Drone Filming | Successful Filming with Max

Me and Max spent around 2-3 hours in Old Catton filming the drone shots, and taking pictures for my ancillary task. I decided to settle with just using the side pan shot with the drone, rather than the 3rd person view, this was mainly due to more and more people turning up in the park. Also, the tree we were shooting next to, was being climbed on by several kids and we couldn't fly the drone with them there. This was fine since the pan shot we filmed was good enough to include in my trailer.

Success/Failures

Drone filming was a big success, I managed to get a very smooth and well filmed tracking shot of me running with the tree in the background. Me and Max lowered the light exposure to make the shot darker, this was so that it would match the brightness of my other scenes.

Although the drone was fine, we did have a slight dent in timing, after a could shots Max crashed the drone and it wouldn't fly. I sorted this problem by simply turning it on and off, this only wasted around 10-15 minutes. Another problem was that after we had been filming for about an hour, more parents and children started walking around the park, and a lot of the kids were climbing the tree meaning we couldn't fly the drone due to safety issues. It would have been nice to see what a 3rd person view would have looked like.

Drone Filming with Max | Rescheduled

From my last post, my plan was to film in Old Catton on Friday 10th, but due to me coming down with a stomach bug Thursday, I was unable to film with Max that Friday. I arranged to film Tuesday 14th with Max via Facebook Messenger. We chose Tuesday because it had the best forecast for the days that Max was available to. Below is our quick clarification of filming

Chris' House | Props/Scenery

Music | Discussing with my brother

Once I have my footage filmed and a rough draft I will be going to talk to my brother, who is currently doing a music course, about him being able to make a track that will fit over my trailer. I will have to have a draft and have close input to what music he is making, since I need it to fit my film and he needs to know what timing and pace the music needs.

Drone Filming with Max

With filming the running scenes in Catton park, I won't be able to fly the drone while running, so I have en-listed the help of my friend Max. I will be directing Max on how to fly the drone, the different angles to do and what type of manoeuvres to use. The reason I'm using Max to film me is because to film myself would mean; I would have to be holding the drone controller which would be in the shot. So I am not unable to pull off filming myself, but it would be logical for someone else to instead
UPDATE: Me and Max has a quick discussion using the Facebook messaging app 'messenger' and organised to to the drone filming on Friday 10th February, since there will only be three different drone shots to do, we should be done with filming in a couple of hours.
With this trip to Catton Park I will also be using this as an opportunity to take pictures of Catton Park to use for one of my ancillary tasks
Me and Mac communicating

Two Poster Drafts

Silhouette of Man

When creating the final poster, I will be using my self as the silhouette, this will either be a picture I've edited before or a cut from a part in the film. For this picture I will edit myself to be running along the path, I haven't decided if it will be; away from the camera, towards the camera, or across the camera, but I will be running on the path rather than levitating across the scene.

Background

The background of both posters is a picture I copied from google images, but when creating the final poster, I will have my own pictures to use in the background. I will go to the same location in the picture, take three different pictures with me on the tree, then edit me going across the tree all into one.

DJI | Phantom 3 ADVANCED

For my media production I will be using my Phantom 3 Advanced in the scenes where I will be running across different landscapes, such as in Catton park and across fallen tree trunks. The types of shots I will be incorporating are over the shoulder/head shots of when Jake will be running, the same style as GTAV' third person. The other type of shot will be a side tracking shot, when Jake is running or walking, the drone will be following at the same speed alongside him. 

Indoor Footage

For my first scene, when Jake is meeting his friend at his house, I could use the drone for a smooth camera following him. If I were to use the drone indoors, I would need consistency on smooth shots, and this might be difficult trying to use the drone around corners and in a tighter space.

Drone Research

Living Near an Airport

Since I first received my drone I was aware that we were near an airport. When starting up my Phantom professional, it has a GPS map showing various areas with different colours, it also sends me an alert that I'm within an area which could present danger to planes. I haven't taken the drone to Catton Park and seen if it gives the same warning, but since there are high tree's and I wont be flying it higher than the trees I wont be going too high in order to create a crash or present danger to a plane.

 Screenshot from BBC Documentary 'Drones: WTF?' (Time - 3:05)

Filming in a Park

Flying in a park presents the danger of others being in the park, since this is the local dog park, I will also have to take into account the dogs and how they could affect filming or safety. The only way around the problem is not filming near anyone is checking the area is clear, I also won't be flying high, so the possibility of the drone falling and injuring someone, would most likely only affect me since the drone will be above or following me. (I will be covering the risk oft he drone in my risk assessment) I will try and film during the day, this will mean no kids will be at the park, and most adults will be at work, minimising the amount of people out and about in the park. 

 Screenshot from BBC Documentary 'Drones: WTF?' (Time - 3:00)

Heigh Limit

The expert within the video says not to be an idiot, don't fly drones above 400ft, I won't be flying anywhere near this altitude. In the part I will be flying as high as 20meters above myself, I won't be going as high as the trees surrounding me and above anyone else that isn't taking part in my filming/film.

Screenshot from BBC Documentary 'Drones: WTF?' (Time - 3:10)

Title Results

In total I asked 35 different people on the titles, provided below, and there was a clear winner which had double the votes compared to the others. The people who answered this were a mix of people, some being school friends, some being family friends, and a couple of teachers, but overall I was very happy with their choice on the favourite. The only problem I realized afterwards, is that 'The Courier' and 'Dispatch' are both film titles already. But with them being my most popular and having no negative comments, I will be using Dispatch since the current film Dispatch isn't like mine, but just has the same title.

Co-Ordinated Arrival - Too much of a mouth full (6 votes)
Co-Ordinated Emissary - Too much of a mouth full (5 votes)
The Courier - Already used (8 vote)
Hardcore Parkour - Too Cliche (4 votes)
Dispatch - Favourite amongst others (10 votes)
Create another title - (2 votes)

Title Ideas

To begin with I looked at various Title's for films that matched my type of film genre. These two films all have a name based on the story happening within the film. Going off of this I will need a film name based on the lines of the co-ordinates or the man behind the phone. My next step is to go on Thesaurus.com and search some words for a better worded title.

Thesaurus.com just gave me a breeding ground for different ways to say the words; carrier, co-ordination, running and parkour. These different words just gave  me different words to stand alone and be catchy. Or to string a couple together in order to make it catchy (parkour was not recognised as a word in the Thesaurus so that was the only way I could phrase it)

Using everyday words such as 'carrier' and 'running' wouldn't catch a readers attention. Using unique words, out of everyday life, will draw a readers attention with curiosity. Dynamic movement is a smoother and more detailed way of saying 'jumping' or 'moving'. These small changes can make the difference between a successful title and a boring title.