A2 Media Studies

Here is the final production of the film poster, advertising our short film: By Jake Foulkes

Completed fully by Oliver Wain.

Final production piece of our short film:

I believe that I am making very good progress in regards to my review page. Morgan and I were able to record the lines for the Foley sound injection yesterday and he plans on putting them in tomorrow or later on today, I am not entirely sure when but after it is done, we should be able to publish the short film. I have been continuously swapping and changing around different components of the review page over the past couple of days, to try and perfect my product as for me, the aim of the game is precision and realism. When creating a product that must meet the conventions of an existing products, its the close attention to detail that really counts. I still have a day left on my trial to complete the production of the review page and this is where I am currently up to: I really feel like I have achieved my goal of realism, I have shown this to many friends and family, who have all been impressed by it. It's still more than likely that I will change different comp...

‘The Waxwing Slain’ - Spacy, Microcosmic, and Avian By Oliver-Wain After only a day in cinema’s Spielberg’s new-age nostalgia epic Ready Player One has already turned over $25 million dollar worldwide in ticket sales. Tomb Raider has also made the big-box rounds with $215 million worldwide after only 14 days in circulation. As long as anyone can remember, Hollywood titans have dominated the industry. So, during a time of big releases, eclipses occur. Smaller Hollywood mid-budget films get stepped on. Indie films are trampled. Short films? Well, they might as well not even exist. Which is why there’s a funny kind of melancholic irony to The Waxwing Slain . The small indie-drama is a film by hidden filmmakers, about a small, vulnerable person ceasing to exist. I thought it fitting that it slipped in between such massive releases. Focusing on an inner-city Leicester student, the short captures a glimpse of how easy it is too loose small people in such a massive world. Se...

This post is dedicated to a quick update into how the post production of the short film is going. From what Morgan-Glover has told me, the film has been put together and completed. We plan on giving it a watch in the very near future so that Jake and I are able to give our feedback and anything that we would change to the film. We have also ran into one problem with the production of the film. The sound quality of the sequence where Morgan and I exchange lines is very poor as we forgot to take the mic with us and there was a waterfall behind us which really prohibited what the microphone on the camera could pick up. Due to this, Morgan and I are conferring dates that we are free to do some sound recordings and we plan now to do a Foley type of deal.

My side of the production has seen a bit of a hick-up. I have spent about two weeks trying to obtain the necessary software to be able to be able to begin the review page. In previous posts I have mentioned that I am using Adobe Photoshop to create my product and was using it to create my draft, however I was using the trial version to avoid costs and unfortunately my trial period ran out. Earlier this morning, I managed to figure out how to extend the trial period by a further 7 days and I am now able to complete the production of my product. As you can see, this product has drastically differed from the draft product and this is because I have been conducting further and more in depth research into the layout of different types of Empire's review pages and this one seems the most fitting to our product. 

During the half term break, my group and I were able to go to soar lane and begin the filming of our main production. We chose to go on Monday the 12th of March for a few reasons; firstly, it was one of the few days in the holiday that we were all available and we figured that because it is a Monday, our locations would not be really crowded. Furthermore, we looked at the weather forecast and decided that it was the most fitting weather of the holiday for the mood and tone of the film: Despite the forecast drizzle, we hardly saw more than a few drops at times this turned out to be perfect lighting with the use of a few filters on the camera lens and we were really happy with this. Each group member dedicated the weekend leading up to the 12th learning the script inside out to ensure maximum efficiency with the time that we had to spend there. We arrived at about 10:00am and got straight into filming. This was because we were not sure if we would be able to retu...