As you can see, marked by the ticks, this photo was taken after the day and I actually managed to work my way through all the amendments throughout the day. Starting with the first note, ‘music too sad at end’ – this is the literal reason why I decided to get a second opinion before saying for definite that it was finished. Without getting this opinion, I would never have changed the music, and my piece would forever end solemn and sad. I’m really glad that they picked this up and made this point because my original intentions were to give it a more happier ending, and though the words that are sad are not exactly happy or not exactly sad, they do have somewhat of a more positive underlaying message, so by using music I have the ability to bring that positivity forward and really exaggerate the preferred positive reading. This was perhaps one of the harder tasks on the list, but was most certainly worth the time doing.

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The next two points, and in fact the last points too, all revolve around the final scene. Firstly, I was told to ‘cut down what is said by Tom’. This is something that I was actually really aware of myself and did kind of need that second opinion on, as throughout the cutting process of this scene, I did find it very hard to cut down on what he said. It was evident that I had not done enough cutting, and to complete this task I cut out some unnecessary phrases that he attached onto the ends of the main body of his sentences. Taking the extra 5 seconds off helps keep the audience engaged and actively thinking about what’s being said. 

Secondly, reducing the length of Jolene’s b-roll was very simple, I pretty much cut it in half. I actually found that after being told something to improve upon, it’s hard to understand how you didn’t see that yourself before hand – this was very apparent with this change!

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Thirdly, having the soQuiet website page scroll was a far more engaging way of keeping the audiences attention, as they actively got to view what the rest of the website looks like too. To do this, I went into full screen mode, just like I did when capturing the screenshot, and recorded the screen of me slowly scrolling down the screen. To get the smooth scroll technique, I clicked the scroll wheel on the mouse inwards and moved the mouse down slightly. I then adjusted the speed of the scroll within the premiere pro timeline using speed keyframes. 

The final change I had to make was changing the credits so that the actors and interviewees were not under different titles (starring + featuring). It makes sense to just include them all in one screen under the title featuring. I actually agree with this as it made the entire credits scene far simpler and easier to understand from the audiences perspective. 

 

 

Additionally, as it was Tuesday we also had our weekly meeting. Within this meeting we confirmed the arrangements for the end of year show and created a job list, where we were designated jobs to fit every requirement. A lot of people’s roles were already set from the ongoing roles they have had throughout the entire FMP journey, but as I was in the graphics department, my role was not needed on the night – all the work was already done. Therefore, I delegated the role of standing outside and directing those from the car park to the main entrance. This was a fairly simple task, but one that needed to be done. To organise further and understand where everyone would be stood with their new roles, we set markers out on a floor plan – the image below shows Gus, one of the team leaders setting these markers out.