AS Media Studies Foundation Portfolio Unit G321: Created by Sahir Ahmed

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Friday, 2 December 2011

Video Posted on Facebook Group

Here, I have posted the link to the final video on our Facebook group. This is due to the same reasons why i posted it on the twitter. For publicity and exposure.

Final Video Posted on YouTube

Here, on the YouTube page I created, we have posted the final copy of our film.

Here, I created the Twitter for our production group and I posted the link of our final video, so that it would be exposed to more people, and would advertise the film and hopefully gain more viewers.

Call Sheet

Sound Person's Journal

Sound team: Jaspreet Hanspal, Ahmed Khan, Sahir Ahmed

Jaspreet's Sound Person Journal:
My findings from contributing to sound has been a learning curve for me, as I have discovered how crucial sound effects can prove to be in improving the quality of your work, and how vital it is to have naturalistic sound to create ambiance and atmosphere, and make the video more realistic as a whole.
Finding the sound effects was difficult as it was hard to find a suitable/realistic sound effect to match actions such as footsteps, heartbeat, and the door opening and closing. We also had to find an iconic tune to include in our video, as this is a marketing strategy I wanted to include as Director. At last we found our sound on YouTube, and decided to use a file named 'scary music' which sounded like the 'harry potter' theme tune. however we thought this suited best, as it sounds like a trinket box playing, which corresponds with the age of the little girl, hinting to the viewer the film is going to be about this little child, creating an enigma.
We used programmes such as SoundCut Pro, Clip-art (on word), Youtube and Soundcloud to find our music. We mainly used SoundCut Pro and YouTube, as it was easy to transport the files onto our film, and we used Media Converter (mediaconverter.net) to convert the video file from youtube to an audio file for our production.
Despite finding all the sounds, some worked and some did not. So I had to go and find new sounds with my team, and add them to the production. At the last minute we had to make changes, with feedback from the post-questionnaire I conducted. We eliminated the 'crying' sound for the catchy scary theme tune, as we wanted to create recognition for the little girl, and create suspense for the audience. We also included the heartbeat to also create intensity. In the end, I think the sound has really heightened the quality of my film, and I believe it has definitely improved from the 1st draft successfully, I am very happy with the results!

Sahir's Sound Person Journal:

Being part of the sound crew for our production, has provided me with key skills which I may be able to use in the future for my own advantage. Being part of the sound crew meant that I, along with my other group members, had to find appropriate sounds for our thriller, which would be appropriate, sound effective and sync in with our film. We all found suitable sounds and sampled them with our video and came to a group decision on which ones we should choose. The two main resources we used to find our sounds were Soundcut Pro and YouTube. I made sure that the sounds I used did not have any copyright issues related to them, and this was not a problem with sound cut pro, as all the sounds on there are default sounds already imported into the sofwares' data. I had to make sure that when I was looking for sounds, they did not sound too unrealistic as this would make less like a Horror/Thriller. I found alot of sounds, however many of them did not fit into the guidelines we set out for our sounds to have, therefore I had to scrap alot of them, and proceed with a selected few. We did not find sounds for the effect of Ahmed's footsteps, therefore I came up with the idea of going out and recording certain sounds to make our sound searching alot easier. Hence, later on, Jaspreet did the same with Ahmed after realising how convenient that would be. Our film was a film which needed to put the viewers in suspense, therefore we needed to find a theme tune which effectively went with our story line. Jaspreet and Ahmed found a great theme tune, which was somewhat like the Harry Potter tune, and decided to use it as our opening theme tune. I had a listen to the tune, and acknowledged Jaspreet and Ahmed on their great sound finding skills. All in all, being part of the sound crew had made me a more all round cameraman and media group member, and has given me key skills which I would be happy to use in the future, and would enable me to fit into a film-making cast/crew much more easily.

Final Copy- The Three Wheels of Horror

We decided as a group to try and initiate even more suspense and horror, so we made very last minute changes to try and enhance the build up of tension; we added a new sound effect which substantially heightens the suspense as it is both loud and overwhelming, and eliminates any distractions from diagetic sounds which are unnecessary, such as the running, or the echo in the corridor. Furthermore, we decided as a group we would keep the 'crying' sound, as we felt removing it made no sense as to why the little girl was sat in the corner, which would confuse the audience. Also the crying sound added an abstract feel to the scene, as an enigma is created. We felt as if this new and improved version of the film is more able to meet the expectations of the audience, and capture their attention all throughout.
By Jaspreet

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Recce Pictures

These are some of the recce pictures I took, and these show our group working. Some of the pictures were taken from our day of filming, and clearly show us shooting our short film. The other pictures are taken from a random day where two of our group members are shown to be getting on with their work.

Camera Persons Journal

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

2nd Draft- The Three Wheels of Horror

The 2nd Draft- we are still unsure about the production
We are considering we should get rid of the 'breathing sound' and add more sound as in some places the sound becomes lower in volume and gets cut off.
We are going to continue editing to therefore produce a 3rd and final draft.

Friday, 18 November 2011

Letter For Permission

Letter for Permission

Score Notes

Cry MAIN by spinechillerproductions
This is the sound that we've decided to use as the main sound to show that the little girl in our production was weeping/crying. This is due to multiple reasons; firstly, the sound is a very slow-paced weeping, which fitted our needs perfectly. This is due to a number of reasons; firstly, in the scene where the sound is going to be used, the little girl would be sitting cross-legged on the floor, whilst Ahmed is leaving his detention. As we would need Ahmed to be enticed into going and checking if the girl was alright, we would need somewhat of a slow paced weeping sound. Hence why we picked this sound. Secondly, we also picked this sound as it contain continuous crying, and does not have any intermissions in the middle, unlike some of the other sounds we sampled.

Baby Cry Sample by spinechillerproductions
This is the initial crying sound we were thinking of using, however, we decided against it and decided to use the one listed above. This is because this sound is not as effective, because firstly, the sound has many pauses in between each crying sound. This would not give the viewer the full effect of the crying, as they would have to listen to pauses rather than continuous sound, unlike the one we chose to use finally. Secondly, we decided not to use this particular sound as it is higher pitched than the one we decided to use. We needed the crying to sound more realistic and fitting to our character and physique of our actor, and as this sound did not fit the requirements, we didn't choose it.

Clock Tick Sound, MAIN by spinechillerproductions

The sound we're using here will be used to imitate the sound of a clock, and will be used in the opening scene of our production. It was very easy to decide whether or not to use this sound, as we needed a precise and clear sound which imitated the sound of a clock very effectively. As most clocks sound exactly the same, the first clock sound we found, was the one we decided to use as it was clear, precise, effective and imitated the sound of a clock perfectly.