Editing on Final Cut

We've still got some more footage to take. Meanwhile, me and my team are working on editing. We have discussed and decided where some of the titles should be placed and whether or not some of the fonts should stay the same. Only recently I started editing with my group and I regret not doing it since our filming journey began. The reason behind this is because I get new ideas and suggestions from them which is good for our title sequence. As well as this, we discussed which footage we would keep and which footage we will remove from the task bar on final cut.

Another very important thing I learned today was how to use motion. Our Mac tech Gerry taught me and the other editors from other groups how to use it. Motion is a title editing software in which we be more creative with our titles and add more effects etc. Of course I couldn't learn it all in one lesson which is why I went home and learned more by watching videos from YouTube . Once I make titles on motion I can transfer this over to Final Cut and apply it to our footage.

Editing

Today, as a group we were putting together some off the footage we had on hand. Although it wasn't much we tried to play around and get used to Final Cut Pro as much as possible. Having experience from before, I knew what I was doing, which is why I was teaching Tolani how to edit. These included factors such as adding transitions on to the clips etc. Another factor that we discussed as a group today was the positioning of titles within the footage, in addition to what colour it should be. We had already decided the font we wanted so we went along with that. So far we've only got a 30 second footage with not much editing. Tomorrow I will go into the Mac room and edit as much as I can and get feedback from my class mates to make improvements on it.

Filming Day 6

Today me and Jack went over to the drama studio. Our cinematographer, Kallum & our director, Tolani couldn't make it. I took on the role as cinematographer while Jack played the part in the footage. The part of the filming session, I filmed Jack walking into the changing rooms which was a close up shot of Jacks feet. In the near future, Kallum will also film his brother doing the same thing to show transition of Jack through the years. As well as this, I filmed Jack taking his football kit out of the bag and taking out the new Tottenham kit as a result of him signing a new contract.

Release Date

Release Date

We have chosen the release date for our film to be Friday 14th of April because its is during the easter Holidays and therefore this will mean kids are off school so we hope that this will increase the gross overall and the gross during the opening weekend.

Director

Director
The director of our film is Frank Darabont. We chose this director because he has proven himself as a very successful director with directing films and series such as The Shawshank Redemption and The Walking Dead (2010-2011). His success in drama was vital  to us because that is the main genre of our film and some of his other works have been with films with small budgets. His success with films and series with different sub genres also attracted us to use him because it proves that he is not limited in one sub genre and is flexible.

Budget

Budget

The budget for our film is £3,500,000. We believe that it is suitable amount in order to make a successful film and our target in the opening weekend is £1,500,000 and we hope the final total gross to be £4,000,000-£4,500,000. We hope our multiple production companies will market our film successfully as well as organizing for our film to feature in at least two film festivals, which would hopefully lead to a positive critic reception and nominations for awards.  A similar film to ours is Bend It Like Beckham. It is an independent, British and a sports drama as it shows the struggle of an Indian girls dream to become a footballer but is held back because of her traditional culture. This film also had a low budget, which was only around £6 million.

Audience Profile

Audience Profile

As a football film, the target audience of the movie will be young male teenagers. The main reason being that most teenagers play football and always dream of becoming a footballer. Teenagers will be the primary audience as well as football fans. I would argue that the secondary audience of our film will be young adults. This is because the films' sub genre is drama, so they will take the film a bit more seriously compared to young teenagers who would mainly attend to the film because of its sports genre. I also believe that the secondary audience of this film would be young adults because some of the issues in the film could be similar to the things those people are currently going through/have gone through and thy cn relate to the character in the film.

Cast

Cast

Jack(Protagonist) - Tom Holland
Young JACK - Jacob Trembley
Selena (love interest) - Candice Patron
Mr Jackson ( Jacks P.E teacher) - Alan Shearer
Jeremy (Bully 1) - Miles teller
Kaan ( Bully 2) - Uraz Kaygilaroglu
Director/Producer - Frank Darabont (Tolani)
Costumes/ Make-up - Lindsey Pugh and June Brickman (Jack)
Editor - James Haygood (Kaan)
Music Advisor - Jason Alexander (Kallum)
Graphics Editor - David Carson (Kaan)

Genre and Similar Films

Genre & Similar Films
Our film fits in the genre of a drama and it fits under the sub genre of sport. We believe that it is a drama because the film includes scenes that focuses on issues such as single parenting, lack of financial support and bullying. It also includes romantic sub plot in which the protagonist has to choose between his girlfriend and his footballing career. Examples of similar films are;

• Goal Trilogy
• Creed
• Fight Club
• Moneyball
• Bend it like Beckham

Production Company

Production Company

Our film is an independent, British film and this means that there will be multiple production companies in order to generate the funding for the film. We chose these production companies because we believe that these will both fund and market our film effectively and successfully as well as helping us be successful at film festivals and at release. The production companies that we have chosen to produce our films are;

• Antenna Pictures
• Baby Cow Animation
• Creative England
• Grass Roots Media
• TVE

Filming day 5

Today we went to the Goals at Bexleyheath where we previously filmed Josh shooting on filming day 1. Me, Jack and Kallum were the ones who attended. We used Kallum as the cinematographer and myself as the goalkeeper and Jack as the person who shoots at the goal. The main difference between what we filmed last time and now was that we brought 2 cameras and tripods instead of 1. The reason behind this is because we wanted to get the same shot, but from 2 different angles. We were thinking that we could transition these two shots together while I edit to come out with something creative. The same day, but in school, Kallum, Jack and Tolani filmed Jack walking into the changing room. This was a tricky shot to take because the camera lost focus on Jacks feet as he was walking away from the camera. To solve this problem we realised that when we film again, we need to change the focus on the camera onto auto focus.

Filming Day 4

As we needed more footage, I decided that I should film the changing rooms of our school. This is mainly to establish a setting. Me and my friends believed that the school changing rooms was a perfect place to film as it resembles a football changing room. However, we also believed that if we filmed it with all the school clothes in it, it would tell a narrative that the younger Jack was in school. We haven't decided as to how we will transition this scene into a better/another changing room, but we are thinking about using Jacks current football team, Abbeymead. The changing room that we have filmed is muddy and dirty which connotes the inadequate upbringing of the younger Jack. I also wanted to film the children running into the changing rooms, however, due to the fact that the kids had no permission from their parents, we had no right to film them. We would've used that shot to show how children at Jacks school secluded him as a child.

Roles Within the team

Today we all decided what each of us in the group will be doing. During this process, we had to talk to each other thoroughly as some roles took more responsibility and effort than others. I took on the role of editor as most of the work will be done on the Macs, and I feel comfortable using them. Also, I edited our preliminary work which our teacher gave a positive note on the editing. Kallum took on the role of cinematographer and sound. Kallum showed good use of camera work when we were filming the preliminary sequence and the team believed that he was the right man for the role. As Jack was going to play the main character in the sequence, we decided that he should be in charge of the Mise En Scene. He had the right props and having done media in GCSE's we believe that Jack would know how to set a scene while filming. Likewise, we decided that Tolani should be the director. This is mainly because she done media in GCSE's  and therefore would know what we should do throughout the year. This means where we should film, how to act while filming, What to film etc.. There are also other factors such as sound and font selections. We as a team believe that this should be a team decision and not a personal one. Mainly because we don't want tension within the group and the more knowledge will help deciding the right decisions

Filming Day 3

Today me and Kallum were not available to film so Tolani and Jack took on the role. The scene that we were planning to film was Jack signing the contract. The purpose behind this was because we wanted a younger Jack to also sign a contract so we can add a transition between the two scenes. Tolani & Jack went decided to go to the ibrary to film, although it may have been a good idea, when we looked back at it as a team, we decided that it wasn't the best place to film.This is because we can see the white boards and all the book a ibrary will have.

The lighting was really bad as well, this could've have been avoided, however as Tolani was our back up camera man she didn't know how to turn auto lighting on. To prevent this from happening again we decided that we should go through and help one another when using equipment, or even film all together. Because of these problems, we decided to film the same scene again, but this time using better lighting equipment. Also instead of match on action it would be an over the shoulder shot as we believe that the transition between the clips would be easier to edit.