My first draft was successful in terms of context, however two of the main aspects that failed on us were the lighting and sounds. The lighting we used was intentionally dark on location for effect, however after receiving feedback from the rest of the class and Mr.Ayres, my group and I came to a realisation that what was happening in the clips couldn't be seen properly and even after editing the lighting, the effect we wanted to create wasn't reflecting on our opening sequence.
In addition to this, due to a confusion on set between the groups, we ended up using a HD camera for half of our filming and an average definition camera for the rest. The difference in quality looks unprofessional and although it is barely visible to our audience, we believe it would be best to film everything using a HD camera to receive optimum results.
The sound we used was the nursery rhyme 'oranges and lemons' which was meant to be whistled in what starts as a happy but then becomes distorted tune. Although we did record what we initially wanted to a good standard, when editing, we found that it didn't fit in with our video clips. The opening sequence consequently became quiet unbearable for us to watch in all honesty, as the sound along with the dark imagery wasn't creating the impact on the audience we had in mind.
The very first and last clip of our opening sequence however, are still going to be used in our second draft as my group and I found that the way they were filmed and the effort put into creating the right shot were tricky techniques to master, for example, the panning shot we have right at the beginning which shows Coventry from an angle not many people get to see it from. A rooftop. The lighting and quality used in this clip is going to be a huge contrast to the venerability and dark eeriness of the rest of the clips.
The idea's we had were interesting however they did not reflect very well onto our finished piece which is why after this process, we decided to try again to create the vision we initially had in mind. We put a lot of effort into the set design and finding appropriate props to suit our opening sequence, and also experimented with a range of camera angles such as P.O.V shots, extreme close ups, long shots, panning shots, as well as edits such as flashing imagery.
In addition to this, due to a confusion on set between the groups, we ended up using a HD camera for half of our filming and an average definition camera for the rest. The difference in quality looks unprofessional and although it is barely visible to our audience, we believe it would be best to film everything using a HD camera to receive optimum results.
The sound we used was the nursery rhyme 'oranges and lemons' which was meant to be whistled in what starts as a happy but then becomes distorted tune. Although we did record what we initially wanted to a good standard, when editing, we found that it didn't fit in with our video clips. The opening sequence consequently became quiet unbearable for us to watch in all honesty, as the sound along with the dark imagery wasn't creating the impact on the audience we had in mind.
The very first and last clip of our opening sequence however, are still going to be used in our second draft as my group and I found that the way they were filmed and the effort put into creating the right shot were tricky techniques to master, for example, the panning shot we have right at the beginning which shows Coventry from an angle not many people get to see it from. A rooftop. The lighting and quality used in this clip is going to be a huge contrast to the venerability and dark eeriness of the rest of the clips.
The idea's we had were interesting however they did not reflect very well onto our finished piece which is why after this process, we decided to try again to create the vision we initially had in mind. We put a lot of effort into the set design and finding appropriate props to suit our opening sequence, and also experimented with a range of camera angles such as P.O.V shots, extreme close ups, long shots, panning shots, as well as edits such as flashing imagery.
