Last Editing

Our Last editing Session was today!! We needed to finish the sound and the getting the front of our tittles and edit them on. Also pick a Title for our work. We wanted a title that would work with the films themes of memory and not knowing what is and isn't reality. So we started with very basic names like 'forgotten', 'flashback'. We then came to the idea of 'Blank' then to we like the idea of having it like a computer failing so 'system fault' and 'mind default' we did like this but didn't rally fit with the film concept. Then we thought of breaking words up or words that overlap. Thats how we came up with A Void. It works as its the main character being Avoided from her childhood memory's as well she should be avoiding her new parents. 

The fonts 

We went threw a lot of fonts and picked the ones that we thought could work. 

1)Classic Robot 

2)Cormorant Garamond 

3) Van Helsing 

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    We chose number 2, Cormorant Garamond as it looked the best, it was readable and clean. We didn't want the text to be like a typically thriller which is what Van Helsing made us feel. Classic Robot felt too techy for us, and didn't fit the theme we wanted for the film. We then added the all the titles, we had to change it around a couple of times such as doubling up the names due to wanting no titles on the flashback. 

Once we had finish the added the titles we made sure that all the sound smoothly work together, had to do a little bit of editing. Then we watched it three times and we where happy and A Void was complete!

Style and Order of Titles

 The basic order of titles

This was what the order we ended up with for the opening sequence. 

1. The distributor: - Pulp Studios 
2. The production company - Pillback Productions
3. Director - Jack William's film 
4. Cast - Lucia Mont, Anna Zach, Mia James, Maya Smith    
5. Casting director- Oliver Murphy 
6. Costume designer - Alison Turner
7. Editor - Tom Robert 
8. Production Design - Marie Stone 
9. Executive producers - Ronald Evan 
10. Producers - Harry Philips
11. Director - Jack William's film  
12. Film title - Avoid 

The order of titles is important due to an audiences interest up so they carry on to watch the film. 

The director is mention twice due there are most important and the actor are mention near the top due to the interest of an audience if then know/like an actor and will be be more willing to watch the film.

5th editing

We found the beginning of the sequence was getting really long, we then cut Haley yawn, then in the bathroom we cut her from drying her face and her going straight to the pills. This gave us more time to lengthen the action of the sequence. Iside came up with some fake name for the sequence, while i came up with names for the 'production company'. Vita check over the the sound, and was crossfading all the sound together. Iside and Me look on the website 'Dafont' for fronts. We liked

We have talked about cutting the diegetic music, as it doesn't add anything and is likely confuse the viewer to where the music is meant to be diegetic or no diegetic. 

We used the sound effect over the transition flashback, we  

4th Editing

Editing..... cut cut cut 

We edited a lot out due to it one being too long. It took nearly two minutes to get to the flashback! This caused us or anybody watching to lose interest. We cut the walking and stretch to the bathroom. Then we also cutting the whole part where she is washing her face. We try to fix some of the sound, and add some new parts. We added a sound effect for when the flashback happened, Vita being the better one at working the software added it and edited the sound. We didn't have time to finish the sound editing, we didn't have any audio on of the mid shots.

For next time editing 

-we need to finish and pick a font for the titles and add them in 

- clean up on some of the sound editing. 

- PICK A NAME!!!

3rd editing

Vita and Iside and i work on the flashback!

We started editing the part after the bathroom and before the flashback. We decided that the switch between Jules sorting through the box and then fake mum walking down the hall. This helped build a tension when watching. We then started editing into the flashback. The flashback was rather difficult to edit. We decided to make the flashback mostly the POV shot. We talk about the ending of the flashback transition and changing it. Rather from what we had in our storyboard which was to go back to younger Jules to older Jules, we thought it was better to have her blink but into the scene still in Pov. So it would fade into the fake mum speaking.

Our aim was to look and shortening and finishing the picture editing. 

Saul and Elaine Bass

Who are these people?

<——- Mr Saul Bass himself 

Saul

Saul Bass hugely developed what opening titles were. His career over 50 years, he collaborated with some of the most top director and top movies for example he was asked by Alfred Hitchcock to help with the shower scene from 'Pyscho', which is arguably one of the most famous scene from a film, along with traumatizing my brother! Also he has one Oscar. 

Elaine 

She was born in NYC,  she the youngest of 3 older sisters, they had a singing group 'Belmont Sister'.  She was the lead singer and sang on the radio from ages of 14-18, they stoped due to one of her sisters got married.  She went into the fashion industry in New York, made a small name for herself from her singer she then moved to LA, she found a found in a design apartment but wanted something more difficult. There was a job for Saul basses pa,  she knew some of his work but didn't hugely care for his name. She apply and got the job 

Saul's first big work

Saul Bass is mostly know for his work on title sequences, starting really with Otto Preminger's the man the golden arm 1955  (The Jazz musician who has a drug addiction)

Was one of the first title sequence to be more then just titles and add design while the titles are present. The added animated features the white on black paper of a cut out arm of an addict relating to the style and content of the film. 

Saul's aims for all sequences was to 'try to reach a simple, visual phrase that tells you what the picture is all about and evoke the essences of the story'. 

Saul and Elaine work together

1955 Elaine joined with Elaine and in 1960s she directed and producted this title sequence under Saul (Spartacus). The following year they got married.Then both carry on making work with their latest being Casino (1995) he died the following year. Although after his death people have carried on his style such as movies such as 'Catch me if you can' and 'X-men;first Class' with his graphics and animated sequence. 

2nd editing

Iside was sadly not in so it was just me and Vita! But we did our aim! We sorted the issue with the bathroom, we changed the order of the bathroom sequence, so the continuity would work with glasses in and out of the mirror. We did this may using the tap to break up two shot of Jules looking in the mirror as she enter then cuts to tap and then cuts to placing her glasses down and going to wash her face.

 adding on from what we did the first session ^

We have realised that we have got too much footages as we are nearly at 2 minutes but have not done the flashback yet or ending. We are going to do the whole sequences then edit then cut down afterwards on shots thats are not that strong and taking too long.