Eoin's Productions

Filming Log, stardate 70816.8 The final edit of the film has been completed. The film has been fully colour graded, music inserted and all titles have been put in. I think that this is the best cut of our film and will be used as the final version.

Filming Log, stardate 70792.3 Due to time constraints, I won't be able to make the 3D titles that were originally planned for the film. For this reason, I will be moving all further editing to Adobe Premiere Pro alone. Previously, all clips that were made in After Effects would have been put into a Premiere Pro project, however now that we don't need the fancy 3D effects, every tool that I need to edit the film is already inside Premiere Pro and therefore After Effects won't be necessary. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as it won't impact on our film and will allow more time to ensure that everything is perfected before the final due date. The titles will be overlayed as simple text titles, which is perfectly fine.

Making the Music For the first part of the film, I wanted to create something that would create an ambiance/atmosphere of tension but nothing too serious. I decided that it would be easier to make this sort of music electronically as it would be better with synthesised instruments and effects. I took a lot of inspiration from the ambient music that plays when flying in Grand Theft Auto V. This music is quite soft but creates a good aura of tension. This is the kind of effect that I was trying to achieve so I took the punchy bass line and the smooth, flowing melody and adapted it to suit our film.  I then used FL Studio 12, Nexus and Sylenth to make the music. I added a drum beat at the end to add to the tension as the tension builds in the music. For the next part of the film, we needed something much more upbeat as the film comes to the tipping point. I was inspired by the first song from Scott Pilgrim VS The World, "We Are Sex Bob-Omb". I decided that it...

Filming log, stardate 70737.8 We were able to reshoot the indoor scenes and the camera performed much better in the brighter lighting conditions. The footage turned out much better and we are able to use this footage in the editing process. The camera was able to focus on the characters much easier in the brighter light and there wasn't so much glare coming off the computer monitor.

Red Five Filming Log, stardate 70725.9 At the beginning of the project I originally intended to edit the project in Sony Vegas Pro 12 as it was the software that I was most used to using for more basic projects. However, now that I have used it in practice I have found that it may not be the best way to edit the project. For the titles of our film intro, we wanted the titles to track the motion of certain elements on screen. Vegas Pro 12 has such a capability built in however it doesn't work well. If I were to use it I would be wasting a lot of time on keyframing and we probably would not be able to get the project edited in time. For this reason, I have decided to change the editing suite to Adobe After Effects. I have done this because it has more advanced motion tracking features that allow you to select a point of motion for the object to track. This feature saves me a lot of time. After Effects also has a lot of other features that I can use, such as the ability to mak...

Filming log, stardate 70699.4 We tried filming our first few indoor shots. It was hard to film as we wanted the curtains to be closed to darken the room to give a more secretive atmosphere, however the low light levels meant that the footage didn't come out very well after reviewing it. A lot of the footage looks blocky and because there was so little light in the room and so much light coming off the computer monitor the camera wasn't focusing correctly and the focus kept changing to adjust the light levels, which meant that the characters were almost invisible. We are going to have to reshoot the indoor parts and then keep the curtains open to ensure that the camera performs optimally.

Red Five Filming Log, stardate 70690.6 Due to extenuating circumstances, we were unable to film on the original planned date of 18th March. We have rearranged the dates to 25th and 26th March and we intend to film the whole project over this weekend. The weather forecast predicts that we will have clear skies and sunshine with high enough temperatures so it will be the perfect conditions for filming.

When we are filming Ben's parts outside the Apex server farm, the main risk is for the cameraman. The ground where we are filming is slippy and hard to get a grip on. It's OK for Ben as there is a pile of stones that he can sit on but it can be hard to get steady movement on the camera. To reduce this risk we are going to have to film on a dry day to allow the surface to be as hard as possible to prevent slipping. For filming Noah and Ava's parts, there is a risk of electrical shock and heat due to the lighting. We have to be careful to ensure that the lights are connected properly and to a properly grounded power outlet. As well as electrical shock, we have to be careful about the positioning of the lights because they could heat up and start a fire. They will be placed around and underneath a bed so we have to ensure that they are far enough away from the bed and not in contact with it to reduce any risk. A large risk for us is dropping/breaking props. For things like...

Filming Log, stardate 70663.3 I am making the music for the film. For the first part of the opening, it is ambient electronic music. I didn't want the music to be overpowering but it would have been awkward to have it without music. The inspiration for the music came from the OST for Grand Theft Auto V, which you can listen to here . The music is simple but provides enough of an eerie atmosphere to suit the mood and I think it fits well in our film. For the next part of the film, towards the end when tensions are rising and Ben is being chased, we obviously couldn't keep the same ambient music going, so we needed something more upbeat. I decided to make a cover of the opening song from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, "We are Sex Bob-Omb" . We got the idea for it after Ciaran watched the film as part of his analysis we all liked the music for it. As I had access to a guitar, bass and drums I did the cover for it, which you can listen to  here . This music is much more...