What i changed in my One Shot Film.

My One shot film was created as two different files. I had an .avi file which contained the video but also the background sound and many different .wav files which contained the voice overs and other sounds to edit into the film.

The .avi file had two runs of the film rolled into one video, firstly i had to cut out the run that i didn't want. i decided to use the second run, therefore i cut out the first one. This made the total running time of the film about 1 minute 20 seconds.

My next task was then to add my sounds into premiere. Before i added the files into my video however, i needed to delete the video sound track so that the sound files could be heard clearly and wouldn't clash. The sound files themselves needed cutting down in premiere because the sounds recorded had some talking before and after the actual line needed. The sound files themselves where the thoughts of the girl and not actually the dialogue between the two. Next i then needed to look through the video and pick out where the sounds fit in to sync with the visual speech between the two characters, this was quite a long process as i had to keep replaying the video my make sure it was in the correct place.

After i had the video and sound in sync and running smoothly i then had to write and insert subtitles to show what conversation was actually happening. I had to again scan through the video and find exactly where each line was being said. I found it quite difficult to fit both the subtitles and sounds around the video, however i managed to fit them all together and the video played through quite nicely.

My final task before exporting the film was to add a title page and also an end page. This was very simple to do and introduced the film to the viewer and justv said The End when the film had finished. I Then exported my film in Microsoft AVI format with about 85% quality, this ensured that the video still looked and played well. The total file size was 220MB which would easily upload onto youtube as their limit is 1GB.

One Shot Film Upload

Well it seemed to take forever to upload but its finally on...my one shot film.

One Shot Film created for the narratives module. Its a short film about a boy and girl meeting randomly in the street after a one night stand a couple of weeks earlier. Subtitles show the conversation they are actually having, while the voice over describes what the girl is thinking.

Short Film Script

Draft of Script

B- Boy G-Girl

Meeting between B and G after they have had a one night stand. B is not as fit as G remembers, she was very drunk. Upon seeing B again, she regrets it happening, is glad he left early and hopes none of her flatmates saw him. B wants to ask her out again...
Scene begins with a pan following G as she’s walking. B comes into shot and she sees him waving at her.

Why the hell is he waving at me?!Oh crap I remember!
B: You alright there, Hayley right?
G: Hi...yeah, how you doing?
Fuck I don’t remember his name, did we?
B: I’m great, did you have fun last weekend? [Cheesy/sleazy grin]
G: It was ok but I was a bit of a mess.
B: I think we both were. [Reveals huge teeth]
G: Yeah [Flinches]
OMG the teeth! How did I miss them?!
B: Well sneeze away, don’t stop on my account.
G: Oh don’t worry, I won’t.
I hope no one’s looking.
G: So umm...what are you doing around here?
B: I’m going to work, I live just up there. [Points in direction G is walking]
Shit he lives round here!
B: Where are you going?
Lie! Lie!
G: Oh I’m just...going to see a friend.
B: Really? It’s just I remember walking back from around here.
Lie again!
G: Can’t be I live quite far from here.
B: Oh ok, well I was a state in the morning. [Cheesy grin]
That was close.
B: Sorry I left so early.
G: Don’t worry, it’s not a problem.
Really, not a problem at all.
B: Yeah I had to go home that morning for my mum’s birthday, we went to church.
G: Aw that’s sweet.
Praise the Lord!
B: Thanks, I don’t normally go but she likes me to go with her sometimes.
G: Hmm
Shit, here it comes! Don’t ask...please just don’t!
B: Look, do you want to go for a drink sometime?
G: Maybe...but I’m really busy at the moment. How about I call you when I have more free time?
Like in the very distant future.
B: Yeah that would be good
G: Cool, but I’ve got to go and I’m sure you need to get to work.
Please go to work!
B: True, I’ll see you around?
G: Sure you will. See you. [Walks off]
B: See you. [Watches her leave]
Never again! Good job he didn’t stay for breakfast, I’d never live it down.