Post Production

Tuesday 22nd March - Today my tutors observed the first draft of my production. It was suggested that it should not all be in monochrome. I pointed out that the sound track wasn't completely finished (it's not easy finding music that doesn't have copyright laws on them). Also some of the framing and lighting needed amending. It was agreed that I should refilm parts of the film to improve shot composition and some of the lighting and find some music that was not copyrighted and sounded less cliched than the iMovie sound effects. Friday 25th March - The post 16 student that is my main actor was unattainable for refilming so I decided that the best course of action would be to research and find suitable music for my soundtrack. After experimenting a little with 'Garageband' I talked with my tutor about other suitable music and he suggested using early 2oth cent composers. I eventually chose 'Music for Two Pianos' by Bela Bartok and music for 'prepared piano' by John Cage which I felt matched the mood of my media piece better than the iMovie sound effects.