Final Project - Scene 1 Raw Footage

Here is the raw footage from the day of filming on the Tuesday. It has little editing done to it, mainly just put the clips in order of how they go narratively for the scene. Its incredibly rough in terms of timing but I'm not used to the software on my computer so I haven't trimmed it perfectly or cleaned up the dialogue but I will do a short teaser trailer trailer in which I will correct all these problems and give an idea of what type of trailer I want to create with this more horror orientated approach from the scenes of like him feeding on the victim, the close up intended for the black eye effect and the when he licks the blood off his fingers. All these are the scenes that will be placed in the final trailer to help give the audience the impression of that vampires are monsters and not the current romantic focused ones. In terms of the footage gained and how close it was to my original storyboard, it was quite close to my original idea with many of the shots matching my storyboard. The only problems were that some of the dialogue from the scenes couldn't be heard (which is okay considering that none of the dialogue will be used apart from the parts spoken by Greg which is incredibly clear and since they won't be used along with the scene, can easily be dubbed with an external mic). Also my directions were unclear like in the test footage, they were better but still not the best so I need improve in this area for next time to ensure that my actors and crew know what they are doing and that we get the best shots out of it.

Log Sheet for Scene 1 Filming

Final Project - Film Day for Scene 1

Today I shot the footage required for my first scene that I have planned to splice for my trailer. It went well today, got most of the shots I needed thanks to Greg and Craig who I greatly appreciate for helping me with the filming and acting. There were few problems, mainly to do with me and my instructions that I gave, showing that I need to improve my directorial skills as sometimes Craig didn't understand what I wanted to do. In terms of the acting though, it was quite well done even though there wasn't much it was done to a high standard. Make up also wasn't too bad as I'm no expert on doing vampire or injury make up but it looked good enough with my limited experience, especially the injuries which I thought looked the most convincing while the vampire make up needs drastic improvement but still looked decent on camera. After going through the footage after, most of it is of decent quality and can happily be used for the final project. I will post a rough cut of the footage when its finished to show the footage and allow people to comment on what works, what doesn't or what needs improved.

Final Project Planning - Scene 3 - Timely Rescue (Neat Copy)

Final Project Planning - Scene 2 1st Encounter (Neat Copy)

Final Project Planning - Film Poster Ideas

Here a few design ideas for posters that I did to experiment with the various effects on Photoshop so when it comes to the final poster, I know exactly what I want to do for them.


Final Project Planning - Scene 1 Complete Storyboard

Here are the complete storyboards for Scene 1 that will be filmed to be used in my trailer. This was changed from my original idea by making it much simpler in terms of shots used and the progression of the scene as by having some idea of narrative allows it to flow more easily and less likely to go wrong. In my previous project, it was the first two minutes so the storyboard had this sense of narrative but for a trailer it doesn't so I planned out the scenes I want so when putting them together in a trailer, it would look more in line with other vampire film trailers like in "30 Days of Night" it set the scene with a few shots, identified the characters and the vampires with quick, jumpy shots in close up to capture their teeth and black eyes whilst using some longer shots for brief scenes of dialogue to help explain elements of the story. So the point of this scene is to use the parts of when Dacrual feeds on the victim to connote the vampire as nothing but a monster with the blood stained mouth, black eyes and fangs, all common features seen in vampire trailers. The dialogue said will also help as it can be played over certain scenes like the "Blade" example which describe the world with a monologue or lines from a certain character. There is a few problems with though as from the above point, not a lot is used from this scene so I thought of a way to include another part at the end where Dacrual comples (hyponotises estienally) a woman who was frozen with fear as she watched it all happen to call the police and tell him there is body then to forget it all afterwards and go home and never speak of it again to give this manipulative side to the character and also make them much more terrfying since ethey have this ablitiy.