Post production. Premier Pro/After Effects

Todays seminar included tutorials on working in After Effects and Premier Pro. I felt rather competent when using Premier Pro as it's a program I often used during my two years at college, however I didn't feel very experienced with After Effects as it was something we went through very briefly in college so I have little experience with using the program. 
Firstly we decided to take a look at all the footage we had captured, we then renamed each shot and created a list of the order each shot would need to go on. As Phoebe felt she was the most experienced editor we decided as a group that she would take on the role and edit the sequence on a different program she felt more competent using which was Final Cut Pro. We then decided to take a look at the green screen footage which was of a piece of would being pushed through a hand. We opened this into After Effects and took out the back ground and then changed it to black so it would fit in with the atmosphere of the piece. 

Filming the sequence

Today was the day of the sequence shoot. Unfortunately I was unable to attend as I had to take time in hospital. However Bryony was able to run through what happened with me so I was able to get an insight into how the sequence was set. We had two actresses in the shoot, one little girl and her mother who was more than happy to help out. We had the little girl playing the role of the child and the mother playing the role of the grandmother. Both Bryony and Phoebe agreed the actresses where perfect for the roles and was directed very well.

Adding more to the set.

With our wall paper up we started to have a look at the props we had collected and where they should go. We decided to use a fire place to make our positioning of the walls look like a real room. We put the dolls we had collected on the fire place and in filming shall be using them to create stop motion of them coming to life. We have decided to use the taxidermy rabbits which we shall also be bringing to life using stop motion. We shall also be using stop motion to create a bleeding effect on the wallpaper, to create this we shall drill small holes into the walls which we shall be inserting small tubes filled with red paint, bit by bit we shall release the paint so it looks as though it is seeping from the walls. We want to create a set where the room itself is coming to life with dolls and rabbits moving and the walls bleeding. To add the finishing touches to the set we have decided to use red roses and decaying flowers which again creates a life and death like feel.