March - Schedule

Issues that put me behind schedule:

1. Losing one of our actresses set us two weeks behind filming schedule
2. Having to organize an extra filming day set us one more day behind schedule
3. The editing suite being booked up in the two afternoons of the days we spent trying to edit
4. The sound levels needing to be balanced has put us a week behind schedule

Over all these set backs are proving difficult however it is important just to work around it and come up with a new schedule...

Products Available

Brett Sturt will be back from university to help me manage the sound levels on my project in two days and has agreed to lend me his mac-book pro

This mac-book also comes equipped with the latest version of Final Cut Pro amongst other software used for similar media editing.

 With both of these products at my advantage we should be able to get back on track fairly soon and submit my main project for marking

Brett Thomas Sturt

So far we have had a few set backs that have set us behind schedule a few weeks...


Luckily one of my friends is coming home from university on the 10th of March, where he doing a degree in Media Studies and has offered to help me balance the sound levels on my film edit.

Brett Sturt

Brett is currently in his second year in university in Derby and is working on radio projects for the time being.

Brett has offered to show me how to edit the sound levels so my radio trailer should be back on track in the next few days.

Radio Trailer - issues

ISSUE NO 1

SOUND LEVELS

Through editing extracts of my film into my radio edit I have recognized that the sound levels need to be balanced before I continue otherwise it may be noticeable in my film and even more so with the radio trailer. As the radio trailer is solely focused on the audio editing it is essential that I work as hard as possible to edit the sound levels as best as i can to use in my project.

This means I will have to put my radio trailer on hold until I manage to sort out the sound on my main film edit which could prove difficult as I have never really had issues with sound before so I am not fluent in the knowledge of how to fix this issue.

Radio Trailer step 1

So far my radio trailer is coming along well I have replaced the visuals with a background picture I will be using for scenes in my evaluation

I have inserted the text 'RADIO TRAILER' over the top of this background picture to help present this piece of my work so there is no confusion.

Radio trailer research

For my radio trailer I have been trying to do some research and trying to find other films that have radio trailers. From what I can find there aren't many, I found one for the new Fast and Furious 5 and one for a Romantic Comedy but from what I've heard I think I should manage to create one without many examples to base it on.

There are three ways I could create my radio trailer:

1. Using mostly extracts from my film to build up the plot line with an introduction of the film name.
2. Using peoples comments on the film to take up the reel time with a short explanation of the film
3. An introduction to the film with talk of it being an award winner and a 'must see' 

Radio Trailer

So far I have been researching programs to use to create my radio trailer I have found a few options, We can use final cut pro, final cut express or the sound recording equipment in college such as soundtrack pro.

SOUNDTRACK PRO

Soundtrack pro is known for audio editing software but I have never used it before and I'm not sure its necessary to go through the lengthy process of learning how to use the software for a project that I could easily complete on a version of Final Cut that I know how to use.

FINAL CUT PRO

Final cut pro is video editing software however I feel well acquainted with it now and would feel more comfortable using software I have used before.

FINAL CUT EXPRESS

Final cut express is a more simple version of Final cut pro, It appears to have everything I need to complete my radio trailer therefore I do not see the point in using Final Cut Pro or Soundtrack Pro to create this part of my project when Final Cut Express has everything I need to make it.