Monday, 23 August 2010

FILM - Editing Log

EDITING LOG
(Note - Sorry if this is scrappy or unreadable..I'm copying my quickly scrawled notes which for your sake I've touched up a bit): 


Have removed all the footage that is simply unusable for example when Louis' moustache drops off of his face. Now have 16 minutes of footage. Have to get it to 5 minutes/ hmmmmm. 
Have ordered the footage. Editing the duel to the Morricone track : A fistfull of dollars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILB0yIn6jBg&feature=fvst) shame I cant use this track its perfect. 
Beginning Title sequence over blue sky before pan down. A homage to one of the best parts of the Spaghetti Westerns - the title sequences. Shame I only have 10 seconds instead of 5 minutes for it. Title appears with gunshot - trying to get it as similar as some of Morricone's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9w2sqfNJuE&feature=related (great isn't it? skip the first minute in if your strapped for time). The font is as similar as I can get it to a spaghetti western font (http://www.dafont.com/eastwood.font) quite pleased with this font. What colour should it be?   White. Red gives good connotations of blood/violence, but looks crap against a blue sky. White stills works and added with gunshot, theme of violence probably isn't lost.
Editing to storyboard - nice and simple steps, but very long process.
Need to dub sound such as footsteps but especially voices. The actors voices don't sound right.

1 comment:

  1. You could be more clear as to what the codes and conventions of Western title sequences are (deconstruct 3 closely) and how you use, challenge or develop those ideas
    V.R.

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