Credits and Typography

Jessie and I have researched many different types of font and as seen in 'The Technical Bit- Part One' we have many ideas for the typography of the i-dent for our fake production company. We decided to use a simple font, similar to the one below, called 'American Typewriter' for our credits, because the typewritten effect portrays our characters as having an indie/vintage, as well as the fact that the print looks like it could have been done by Katy herself. Below our final choice, there are some other options that we considered:
    Amelia Walker & Dex Elkington

We thought that this font was good as it looked as if it had been written, which is the effect we wanted to go for, but we felt that it may blend in too much and not be obvious enough to the audience that it is a credit and not just something written in the scrapbook.

We again liked the home-made vibe of this font, but felt that it was too childish for the style that we wanted.

We liked this font, but felt that it was impractical to use as it is not girly enough for the look we want the scrapbook to have.






This font is the most similar to the one we have chosen as our final font.  This font appears more damaged and 'grungy' than the more clean-cut font that we chose. We feel that this would be a more appropriate font for a horror or maybe even 
a war film.

The Technical Bit- Part 2: Editing

The editing process was my favourite part of our film making process. I really enjoyed putting all of the footage that we shot in random parts together so that it made sense. We used Final Cut Express which, once we got the hang of, was really simple to use. We've been experimenting with different transitions between the footage and have found that an 'Additive Dissolve' is the best to use in creating the effect that we want. We took a screen shot as well as a recording of our editing; the recording shows the part of the editing process in which we added the credits over the top of the footage.

Filming- Day 2

11:00 AM: "Let's get cracking!"


The ever-punctual Jessie arrived at my house at 11:00am sharp and we immediately began decorating our scrapbook. This had to be left until the day of filming so that we could get the pictures we need; because the pictures are the focal point of the pages, they need to be in place before we could decorate around them. This meant that the only pages we could do before our actors arrived were the pages with their baby pictures on- which we felt would add a personal touch and make increase the realistic feel of the scrapbook- and some of Dex and Amelia walking around as well as the scene beginning shots taken on our first day of filming.

12:00 PM: "The stars have arrived"

By 12:00 noon, both Amelia and Dex had arrived and we were ready to begin filming, so we made our way to the nearest park to capture the short scene in which our couple are together on the swing set.

12:30 PM: "Homeward bound"


We then returned to my house before briskly tidying my room and getting on with filming the short bedroom scene. After a quick change of costume, our actors were ready, so Jessie and I stood at the foot of my double bed with the camera on a tripod and filmed Dex and Amelia firstly having a pillow fight and then just chatting together in bed. The right side of my bed is shaded due to the placement of my window on the adjoining wall and the placing of a screen, so we set up a table and put my daytime simulator lamp there. It was quite a tight fit and we could not capture the frame with the bed in the centre without having a small part of the table in the shot. Because of this, we gathered small items from the rest of my room (a candle & holder, a piggy bank and a pot of pens) to make the table blend in with the rest of the room and make it look as if it is supposed to be there and not a support for a piece of equipment, as you can see in this picture:

1:30-2:00PM: Lunchtime

2:15PM: "Back to work!"

With freshly-filled tummies we set about printing all of the photographs we could and assembling our scrapbook, while Dex and Amelia amused themselves by filming us doing so. I regret doing the scrapbook when we did as we weren't making the most of our tie with our actors, which I will explain about later.

3:30PM: "Best 'til last...or not."

Lastly, we filmed the opening scenes of the film in which Katy walks around her room with books, places them on the desk, clears them to reveal the scrapbook and begins to read it. This is by far the most vital of all the scenes in the entire project as it is the first scene that the audience will see and it needs to capture their attention immediately. It also is quite a lengthy continuous shot that requires a pan of the camera, so despite having to do multiple takes, it was the part that needed the most careful attention from us. Ironically, it was also the most difficult shot to capture as it was done last thing and Amelia needed to go home rather desperately- no pressure! Since Dex had no part in this scene, he offered to film Jessie and I behind the camera hidden from behind my wardrobe (just to be sure he wasn't in our shot!).




I am overall pleased with our entire filming process, and considering that this is mine and Jessie's first time shooting properly, I would say that we have done a good job, and although we did struggle slightly with some time management, we pulled it together well. I am very excited for the next stages in making our film as I enjoy editing and cannot wait to see how it will all come together. It was great to have such co-operative actors and I was lucky to have locations that were convenient as well as a partner as great as Jessie to work with. :)