Block in Progress.

Unfortunately after having the Mac's stolen we are temporarily stopped from doing any editing of our footage. Therefore we have start editing again, we still have all our footage and a plan for once we are able to edit again.

Plan
Footage - Since we had finished our sequence it is disappointing to lose it but, we know what our sequence should look like therefore it shouldnt take to long to put it back together.
Credits - We have made a start on our credits so then when we have remake our sequence we should have them completed to just put on.
Sound - This is still causing an issue but we should be able in this time find something we feel fits the sequence. 

Credits and Distribution Logo

Now that we have finished putting our sequence together as a whole we have moved on to thinking about our the other things we need to include. We are beginning to have a lot more of a delegation process during the time we spend working on our sequence. As a group we have decided its best to split off and get things done individually, by this I mean some of us will edit while others are looking at sound, credit fonts etc. We also created our distribution logo this week, its very different to the original idea we had for our logo but we felt it need to be somewhat interactive like the logos of the distribution companies of the same genre and style  as ours.

Editing update

Genre Change

Through out the process we have been very doubtful on whether our opening sequence would actually fit the romantic genre. The actors used couldn't convey deep emotions or make the emotions really realistic to the audience. We decided that our opening sequence was a mixture of two different genres.

Romantic

AND

Coming of age

Re filming

Tomorrow we will be re filming some of the shots of the female that we don't feel we can use due to poor lighting, continuity issues etc. We also plan on re filming on Wednesday to get some more pieces of film for the male part of our opening sequence as we don't have enough.

The Notebook Analysis

The opening to the notebook, is very different to a lot of other films. Films usually aim to engage there audience therefore they are:

1. Fast paced 
2. Exciting 
3. Contains a lot of enigma

The notebook is the exactly the opposite of this, it is recreates a romantic setting that will be the background for most of the film. It is:

1. Slow paced/Slow moving images
2. Romantic, slow music to set the tone 
3. Use of dark and some what dull colours

Key features 

• Setting -Sunset with establishing shot of the lake and surrounding area. The use of colour is also done to create subliminal connotations, the uses of the dark red sunset for love, passion and romance.
• Location - Lake, the background for most of the movie the audience can sense the significance of the location within the opening sequence. 
• Character - Not being introduced to any characters creates enigma, the only character we see is shadowed.
• Genre - The genre is romantic, you can tell by the use of colour, sound and setting.
• Sound - The slow paced music is not only setting the mood for film but it also creates certain emotions within the audience. 

Editing