/// PRE-PRODUCTION13 Update + Zombie makeup practise 2

UPDATE

26/01/2020 was set to be our first filming day, however unfortunately a cast member fell ill just before filming, therefore we couldn't film. We have now arranged to meet on 02/02/2020 to have our first filming.

ZOMBIE LOOK

Despite not filming on this date, myself and Scope Productions met up to practice the zombie makeup once more. It worked relatively well, as the zombie look is a lot more complete than the last time we practised it. Here is a comparison between the two zombie looks we have done so far.

One the left, we have a look that we went or a few weeks ago. It is a lot more simpler and significantly less convincing. On the right, we have the look we practised this Sunday. Here are things we preferred about the more recent one:

• The scar is more convincing (and it looks good going through the eye - will work very well with contact lense)
• Bruising around the scar
• The makeup goes down to the neck
• lip looks swollen because of the blood

Here are some things we want to improve on for our final zombie look:

• The blood around the mouth is too bright
• There are white areas around the scarring
• The general colour needs to be more pale (too red/purple)

We still need to practise:

• Fitting the makeup with the hair
• Dressing the zombie with the makeup
• practising with liquid latex

Here is a video of us completing the face of makeup on the 26/01/2020....

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/// PRE-PRODUCTION2 Group alterations

In todays lesson, myself and Bright Films, decided to join the other group, as one member of their group has stopped Media Studies. This means that we are now allowed to work as a 4 (as 4 group members is the maximum). We feel they had a very solid plot, so we would go along with their hybrid genre (zom-rom-com). We recorded a short video of our lessons discussion points.

/// PRACTISE3 Prelim PRACTISE exercise

This blog post is a practice shoot we did to reintroduce ourselves to filming and editing in preparation for our micro-drama and our film opening. It was also a complete introduction to the software for the members of our group that didn't do Media Studies for GCSE. After finishing, I was reminded of the shortcuts in the software and also the different angles and recording techniques.



Post on adding sound to Final Cut Pro

Post on removing sound from Final Cut Pro

/// PRACTISE2 Adding Sound + green screen on Final Cut Pro

• Find a sound effect on YouTube
• Copy the URL of the video
• Change the video to mp3 using a website
• Import sound into Final Cut Pro and use

• Find a green screen video on Youtube (or film something in front of a green screen)
• Copy URL of the video
• Download video
• Import video into Final Cut Pro
• Drag effect keyer onto green screen clip