Editing

Today was my last day of editing. I had all the footage which was collected over 15 filming days and I sat down for exactly 8 hours editing. As editor, I feel as if I've come a long way. This would be factors such as learning how to key frame. I didn't know how to key frame so I had to go on YouTube and learn from there. Which is one of the reasons why editing took so long. Key framing is just one of the many factors I learnt on Final Cut Pro X. Factors such as using motion and applying to final cut pro. Also, the footage wasn't as long as the music so I had to edit the music as well.
To conclude,  I really enjoyed editing on Final Cut Pro X and I know that I can still improve on my editing skills.

Filming Day 14

Today, myself and Jack got a train to White Hart Lane which is the home of Tottenham Hotspur. The reason behind this was to get some footage of Jack around the ground. We also managed to get an over the shoulder shot of Jack looking up to the poster of some Tottenham Players. We did this to show the audience that Jack has signed for his boyhood club. The equipment we took with us were a tripod and a camera.

Filming Day 13

It has been hard to come together as a group due to it being a half term break. However Kallum and I found time to come together to film Josh's football kit just to create a sense of Narrative. Jack couldn't make it but we also got him to film his own Tottenham kit so that when I edit the footage I can transition the two together to create a sense of narrative. The angle of the shot was hard to get as we put the tripod over the kit to get the whole shot. However we had some problems as we didn't realise that the legs of the tripod was also in the shot. To over come this problem, Kallum, our cinematographer suggested to slightly zoom in. This helped which came out with some good footage.

Later that night, I made my very own news paper article which depicts a head line about Jack. It talks about how some major clubs are interested in Jack. I thought this would be a nice idea and to have 2 of these articles. One which goes before Jack signs and one where he signs. This is to give the audience a sense of narrative.

Filming Day 12

We had finished filming all the stuff in school and the rest of the footage needed had to be done outside of school. We needed to establish more of a narrative. This is why today me and the group done some green screen filming. The reason as to why we used the green screen is to add the title sequence behind it to make our blogs look attractive. At first we wanted to film our selves as a group but we decided that there wouldn't be enough space for the sequence on the green screen which is why we switched to singular. We used a camera and a tripod to film ourselves answering some of the evaluation questions. The question we answered was Q.3 - What kind of media institutions would distribute your product and why?

Filming Day 11

While discussing as to what else we could film, i came up with the idea of filming Josh and Jack both doing kick ups. My group and the teacher thought this was a good idea as we needed more footage to transition between each other. Over the weekend Kallum took the camera and tripod home to film his brother doing the kick ups. We also got to film Jack at the same time. The main purpose behind this is because we wanted to establish some further background knowledge of younger Jack's story. This was also done by Kallum filming his little brother watching a football game to show the audience that he enjoy watching football.

Filming Day 10

Today I took the camera and tripod home to film some little props I had which related to football. This was done in my room and I added more lighting to get the best footage possible. As well as this i drew what would be a little kids drawings on a scrapbook because we had some criticism from our class mates because our sequence lacked narrative. I believed that this would help establish this.

Filming Day 9

Today, Me, Kallum and Jack went to film Jack whilst he was playing football. However, one problem we faced was that the camera lenses was only suitable for short range filming which wasn't suitable as Jack was playing on the other side of the film. As well as this, Jack went through a serious injury within the game which was when I stopped filming to see how he was getting on. Luckily nothing major happened to his nose except that it swelled up a bit. This injury meant that we would have to wait a couple weeks before we film Jack again.
On the same day, Kallums mum went to film Josh whilst he was playing football as well. However, she needed permission from all of the kids parents which she couldn't get because not every parent was there. We faced the same problems when we wanted to film a younger jack from school but the P.E department didn't let us because of parental consent. This definitely slowed down our filming process by quite a bit. Which is why we have decided to answer the evaluation questions a bit earlier than expected.

Filming day 8

Filming days are getting very intense and repetitive recently. Today, as a group we went to the dance changing rooms to film Jack walking up to his football kit alongside with other football kits around him. The main purpose of this footage is to establish a setting and to tell the audience that Jack had made it. One problem we faced was where to get the kits from. Luckily, P.E was wiling to lend the school football teams kits.

Filming Day 7

As the cinematographer of our group, Kallum took the camera and tri-pod home to film his brother. As mentioned before, me and my group believe that having footage of both Jack and Josh (Kallums brother) will create a sense of narrative in which we believe we are lacking. The footage that Kallum took this time is Josh dribbling but the difference to the last time we filmed Josh dribbling is that he is now adding skills to it. We believe that will explain a nice sense of narrative as this time he has improved from last time.

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.

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.