OUR FINISHED FILM

CONSTRUCTION: EDITING NEWS BROADCAST SOUND

In todays lesson I added a news broadcasting sound just infront of the voiceover to reinforce the fact it was a newsreport. I then alligned the voiceover so that the key words such as 'Crime' and 'a nice girl' are heard at the same time that the visual image appears. Both the visuals and sounds reinforce each other providing a strong suggestion that a crime involving the girl will happen.

CONSTRUCTION: SOUND EDITING

We recorded a voice over of a news reader reporting prejudice against immigrants as a result of sensationalist coverage of rising crime figures. We have made particular meanings clear through our sound and vision editing:

• The word crime occurs at the same moment as Olez, the Ukrainian immigrant, picks up his fish filleting knife. This links the idea of crime to Olez's thoughts.
• The audience's understanding that Olez is an immigrant is reinforced by the slow tilt pan upwards towards his face occurring as the news reader talks about the plight of immigrants.
• Olez dreams about his chances with "a nice girl" like his co worker has. His dreams are conveyed through our vision editing technique of the opacity tool combined with slow mo. The words of the Public Affairs Officer for the Migrant Rights Network ("All they want is to find a nice girl and settle down with a good job") occur at the same time.

CONSTRUCTION: SOUNDTRACK VOICE OVER

We developed the back story today through the creation of a news report that drew attention to negative press coverage of immigrant workers. We had noticed sensational news articles where immigrants are depicted as criminals or as depleting essential services. One example is the sensational reports that immigrant mothers were draining the health service budget in hospitals. Others included sensational statistics about immigrant crime. 

Our central character Oles is represented as a Ukrainian immigrant with a job in the service industry. Negative news reports inevitably make him uncomfortable socially and have an impact on how successful he can be when he tries to meet girls. Compared to his younger colleague who works with him on the fish counter, he doesn't stand a chance. Insecurity and jealousy mount.

Today we wrote the script for the voice over spoken by the news reader and the public affairs officer of the Migrant Rights Network

CONSTRUCTION: MUSIC CHOSEN

I created a PIKTOCHART to show how I decided on my final piece of music to accompany my film opening.  Click here to view my PIKTOCHART IN FULL

CONSTRUCTION: FILMING LAST SCENE

I used SIMPLEBOOKLET to present what, how and where we filmed our final scene. This is a creative piece of technology which allows users to create an online book which can be viewed by the individual or the public. These are the screenshots from my book.

Creating the booklet

This is what the final pages look like when the booklet is displayed online.

CONSTRUCTION: IDENT PICTURES USING ANIMOTO

USING ISTOPMOTION TO CREATE OUR PRODUCTION COMPANY IDENT

We made an ident for our production company Voyager Productions using stop frame animation. It features a boat going on a voyage over a vintage map with the words 'voyager productions' appearing behind the boat, connoting the voyage of discovery taken by the target audience. The ident serves to signal the genre of the production and entice the viewer.