06/11/13 -
Today we started pre-production, mainly focusing on the script and shot list because they are the most important bits that we will need during filming. We are happy with our idea and hoping it all goes well.
15/11/13 -
I was given a bedroom door by a friend of mine who was trying to get rid of it. We will have to carry it into the middle of a field, but it'll be worth it. I am very happy that we got a real door because it saves so much time that would have been spent building a door.
19/11/13 -
Finished making the pop ups this evening, they are quite big, but are a lot sturdier than expected. These do not yet have their puppet strings attached because our first filming session does not need them.
21/11/13 -
Just finished the shot list and script. We are now ready to film
23/11/13 -
Today was the first day of filming. We got a fair amount done, although if we'd have been a little bit more focused we may have done more. We filmed mostly inside and did our live audio shots. We took advantage of the fact that there was no one else in the house, because my house is a little creaky, people walking around in other rooms would have ruined our sound.
02/12/13 -
This evening we cut out and painted the key hole which is now ready to use. We also strung the pop ups and made hook so that they stay on the ground. They are now ready to be used like puppets.
03/12/13 -
Before filming started I gave the door a quick layer of white paint because there were a few scuffed marks and a blue slat of paint. It wasn't perfectly white, but it did look better. We then started day 2 and hopefully the last day of filming. We spent all day filming in the cold and all got ill. We had to carry the door down to a park and put it in the middle of a field. After finishing the door scene we took that home and then went back out to continue filming. We think we finished it all and that it is all done. Unfortunately the sky was grey/white but on our first filming day it was bright blue. We aren't sure if this is going to cause problems yet.
05/12/13 -
Started editing together a rough cut today. Half of the film has now been cut together in the right order. Still without all the sound that needs to be added.
08/12/13 -
I gathered the voice actors to record the characters voices today. We did one character at a time so that we could keep the effects the same for each of their lines. We recorded the White Rabbit first, then the Cheshire Cat and then the Mad Hatter. It didn't take very long to get it all done. We exported the lines as separate files so that it was easier in the editing process.
09/12/13 -
Today I had my Dad record himself reading the Jabberwocky poem. I got to hear his recording later on in the day and it sounded just how I wanted and I'm looking forward to hearing it along side the chase scene and final scene of the film.
10/12/13 -
Me and my Dad composed 3 pieces of music for the film; tense, curious and title theme. We recorded multiple tracks of different tunes that we made up going by how it sounded and mixed them together for different sections of the songs. The first 2 were quite easy to come up with but the last did take some time because we kept scrapping it and restarting.
12/12/13 -
Continued to edit today, but could only do 3 hours worth instead of 6 because of a Mac shortage. I finished the visual rough cut - still with no sound and then went back through my clips to find those that needed editing. Some clips had bright blue sky whereas others had white/grey sky. I sent those clips from Final Cut Pro to Motion and changed the sky to white. I duplicated the layer and used colour key on the top layer to remove the sky. I then changed the bottom layer to greyscale so that the sky was a clear off-white. This fixed the continuity problems. 1 clip was rather difficult to change and it did look a little odd, but it doesn't matter too much because it is a very quick clip and it is in the alternate world so it can look strange.
This is a before and after of that particular clip:
13/12/13 -
I continued editing and put the poem reading on the chase scene and started syncing it up with the lines. 14/12/13 - Did some quick re-shoots with the actress. We put up the signs on the trees and re-shot 2 shots; both using the signs. It took us 40 minutes to put the signs up and only about 2-3 minutes to film the shots. They went well and will be edited into the film as soon as possible.
19/12/13 -
Finished the editing today and exported the film as an MOV. File and we both took a copy home. We tested the file on the mac and it played fine. When we got them home they only played sound on our PCs even though we were playing them on Quicktime. We wanted to upload a version of it tonight so that we had a back up in case it didn't work properly tomorrow - deadline day. Using a not-very-good video convertor I was able to convert the video to an MPEG. Which wasn't great, but it was the only option that got the visuals back. I uploaded it to Youtube so that we at least had a version on our film to hand in. Unfortunately this version is of a terrible quality and even flashes black between most shots. Tomorrow morning we are going to try and get a high quality version to upload and we're hoping it won't take Youtube too long to do so.
20/12/13 -
Re-exported the film this morning and uploaded it to Youtube and it didn't take as long as expected. It meant that we were done on time and everything was fine. We kept the back up version unlisted on Youtube just in case we have any problems.
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