Monday 12 October 2009

Film Idea problems

Me and the other members in our practical group are having doubts about whether our film idea is going to work successfully. Our main issue is casting, as our storyline is based around a thirty something...year old guy. So this means a male of that age is required, and none of us know anyone of that age to help act in the teaser trailer. Another problem is successfully involving key factors of a romantic comedy genre, such as witty/sarcastic/stupid jokes and moments etc. We do not want it to look ammature, and we are having thoughts that it may look that way due to our lack of money, actors that are suitable, and the area that we live in. I personally feel that this genre (romantic comedy) is going to be alot harder to pull off than a 'Thriller' would be. We'll have to make a rapid decision soon, as we are already starting on our other smaller tasks that go alongside the teaser trailer.

Sunday 11 October 2009

Learning how do use 'Photoshop'

I learned to use the program 'Photoshop' in fridays lesson by another member of my practical group. This is a great benefit to our practical and technical work, such as, producing a film poster which i can now edit photos and other images. Also our web page for our teaser trailer, where film stills will be necessary to upload and edit.
Easy step guide:
-Copy an image onto the photoshop page
-Click 'file','new', then 'image from clipboard'.
-Right click on small image in the right hand corner
-Click 'Duplicate layer'
-Click 'Enhance' along the tool bar
-Click 'Convert black and white'
-Use 'rubber' (optional) on the top layer
-After colouring in over the image, right click on top layer (in the right hand corner), and click 'Merge Down' for the differnt effects to combine together into one image.

For Effects...
-Click 'Filter'
-'Filter Gallery' (watercolour, comic, blurred)

To change colour...
-'Enhance'
-'Adjust Colour' (select a colour)