Submarine - Final Cut and Evaluation

 

 

The Submarine opening was a lot more difficult to recreate than I first thought as smaller details were really the parts that made most difference and made the clip better. Obviously certain restrictions meant it was harder to add this extra level of detail and therefore restricting the end project. These things being funding, time, choice of actors and location. Which if we would have had more time ways could have been found around problems. To improve I would have liked to spend more time designing the settings especially in the bedroom as key items were missed. I think what was in our control was done well for example the editing we had a large range of sounds to choose from so were able to find the rights one to fit with the original. Overall I feel the project went well and will definitely help when doing our own opening.

Submarine - Cast

                                         
We had a hard time finding someone who looked similar to the character Oliver; so we went for someone who was available, willing and could pass for a distant cousin. Unfortunately Richard who had arranged the actor couldn't make it to the filming  so I was left to find someone who was on site, luckily one of the chefs from the pub beneath the apartment was willing and not to dissimilar from Oliver though a little older. This however limited my filming time to about 5 minutes so I didn't have as much time as I would have liked to get a really good shot.

Submarine - Filming and editing

                     
                                                                         Filming

In the bedroom I did a slow panning shot from one side of the room to the other, using a tripod to keep the shot steady and level. In the original I first thought the shot zooms in at the window, trying this proved hard to move the camera and zoom smoothly. however watching it again the camera actually moves and lowers to change the angle. For the close up shot I did a low angle shot looking up and then a more level shot. I would have liked to spent more time filming to try other camera angles but the wasn't possible.
Filming the outside locations was easier because it was just a still shot and living in the countryside meant I had access to many good locations. however timing was hard because sometimes cloud meant the sun disappeared earlier than you were expecting. Also the in the original the sun is captured just before it completely goes meaning it was all about timing.


                                                                        Editing

Adding the tittles in between the footage was   
really easy on premiere pro, unfortunately we didn't have a production company name so we couldn't add that in. For the footage between tittles I use two different shots and cropped them so they appeared to be one take. For the long shot of the window it was hard to get the exposure right and I had to spend longer editing the colour because at the window there was more light than at the start of the shot. The shots were actually a lot darker than I initially thought so I had to increase the exposure but  I couldn't change it too much because the shots needed to be consistent. I also used a warp tool so when the camera is panning it has a smooth motion.   The main part of editing was the sound, not just adding the soundtrack but also ambient noises like the seagulls, the ticking and general background noise which I all added.

Submarine - Setting and Location

                               

The opening clip from Submarine is set in a boys bedroom around the late 90s. For our location I knew an empty apartment which could have a suitable room for us to use to recreate the bedroom. We decided it would be better to use an empty room rather than one of our own rooms because then we have complete control over what went in the setting and we could add specific props. the one problem was there was no furniture we could use so the setting was abit bare compared to what we wanted. When designing the setting we really tried to keep it in the correct time period by adding older posters. Certain items we added was the lamp and the wooden ship which was the closed thing we had to a submarine. To make it seem more like a bedroom we added books and clothes. If I could have I would have spent longer on the setting as we missed out certain props like the telescope and skeleton.


 For the outside footage, I live in the countryside so it was easy to find places where the sun was setting but the sun was normally hidden behind trees and the settings are all very similar. In the original clip there is one of a town so I decided to try and film around Norwich to get a clip.