Final draft

Here is the final draft of our Title sequence for our film, Woman's Bane.

Production log 04

Where: Maddie H's house
Who: Maddie H, Niamh, George
Equipment: DSLRs
Purpose: Re-shooting for narrative

This was the final shoot we did before the final cut of the film. The focus of this shoot was just to perfect scenes that had perhaps room for improvement after receiving our second session of feedback. Most of the improvements that had to be made included the same glasses, pouring with one hand, etc. Fine tuning we imagined wouldn't take long, therefore we assumed the shoot would take two hours maximum.

However, we thought we may have some difficulties, as George was wearing a different suit. He originally wore a black suit, and then wore blue within this shoot. However, this problem was easily bypassed being able to colour correct on Final Cut Pro. I had also painted my nails a different colour, and only had one hand with purple nail polish. We bypassed this problem with careful framing.

Shooting 04

After receiving feedback, it was important that we re-shot the footage to make more sense. There were important scenes that had to be re-filmed:

- The corridor scene

- All drinks scenes (pouring, placing glasses...)

Leading up to the bedroom also had to be re-done due to George wearing a different suit. This shoot was successful, quick and easy, and we was able to come back and edit slightly.

Second feedback session

Receiving feedback from our classmates, we have more things that need to be done in order to make our sequence the best it can be. We need to shorten the sequence, as it is almost getting to three minutes long. For a title sequence, this is too long; some of the narrative can be cut out and portray the same idea. We need to also re-shoot the glass pouring scenes, using one hand instead of two - this is considered more sexual. It was also suggested that we use red wine - but we can't do this as there is no other way to show that the glass is being poisoned.

We also need to configure the soundtrack to match up with the pace of the title sequence better - this will just make the overall feel of the title sequence a lot better and much more professional.

Editing session

After our shoot with our new actor, I edited in all of the credits that we would need. I focused on text placement, and what would look best within the frame and composition.

Also, music was edited in with the help of Kelly, with the pace being slowed down and faster according to what is needed, to match the pace.

Production log 03

Where: Maddie H's house
Who: Maddie H, Niamh, George
Equipment: DSLR
Purpose: Recording narrative for male victims death

This sequence happened due to the narrative changing - we originally planned for the death to happen in a bar, but changed the narrative so our protagonist seduced and killed a man back at her home. This made it a lot easier to scout out a location, as all of our houses had what we needed. However, we found my house had the best lighting and look with many blocky colours. As we needed to shoot all the scenes of the the seduction and man's death, we expected this would take the two hours allocated. We were correct, and everything was shot, with room for re-shooting if we felt necessary.

There were little issues with this shoot as we had all the props necessary, and most of our issues were with performance and lighting. As my kitchen is mostly glass, the unpredictability of the lighting on a cloudy day caused issues, meaning if we had to wait a couple times to wait for the sun to come back out. Also, since neither of the actors were professional actors, we had a few performance issues and both needed to be coached. 

Shooting 03

After changing our idea from being in a bar to the home, we asked another boy to play our man. We re-shot most of the scenes and turned it into a sequence where he is lead upstairs, and comes to his eventual death.

Shooting went well, and it was all successful. We shot the whole sequence within two hours with room to change some our ideas originally. Most of the shots we shot were in focus and very little had to be changed.