Adding Foley Sound

I recorded foley sounds of myself running in my back garden to add in to replace the original footsteps sound as it was too windy; the problem could not be fixed with editing the audio on Final Cut Pro as seen in this blogpost.

I copy and pasted the best part of the running to signify the urgency, especially as there is a group of characters running.

Here is the original sound:

Attempting to reduce wind sound

This failed.

After looking at tutorials and other students' work, I discovered that the sound of wind can be reduced in audio files. However, the sound of the wind was still audible in the clip, so much so that it was distracting when it occurred. It is now urgent that I use foley sounds to replicate the sound, with no wind.

Title Screen

The title of my film and some credits need to be added in my trailer. To do this I shall add the title design from my poster for continuity across my media products.

This is what it looks like, I am testing it in my film to see if it would be better for it all to fade together, or for the credits to fade in and out, this can be done by adding the text separately.

Focus Group Audience Feedback

After showing the initial Teaser Trailer in front of a small focus group, I have received some improvements:

• The fight scene acting is fairly poor because the actors are smiling and are too happy
• The wind is loud when filming outside
• The characters' names should be added
• Credits at the end of the film

To overcome the problems I shall cut the fight scene to minimise it, I can reduce the audio in the windy scene, but I need the amplified sound of footsteps; I may have to foley the footstep sound and add that later. In the close up of each character, the names can be added during the close up scenes at the end of the teaser trailer. The credits from the film poster can be added to the teaser trailer.

Young Chamber-Creative Careers Event

Last night my media poster was displayed in Young Chamber's Creative Careers Event, the second poster on the board.

This was displayed in front of over 100 members of the public, including a variety of children and adults.

The event has allowed me to receive a large amount of feedback about the poster to determine whether it works or not from different demographics.

Focus Group Feedback

Here is my film poster draft. Below is my survey could you please fill out my survey.

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Choosing a Film Title

I wanted to make my film title short and base it off something similar to 'Misfits'.
I used synonyms to eventually come up with the word 'dissent'.
Dissent means:
'to disagree with the methods, goals, etc., of a political party or government; take an opposing view'
In my film, the characters represent this idea, therefore it makes sense to call my film 'The Dissenters'

Showing my Poster at the Creative Careers Fair

I have sent my film poster (below) and a survey to the organiser of the Creative Careers Fair. I will later add the survey on my blog.

Alongside this, a montage of the films were put together; including a sample of my teaser trailer. The feedback overall was very positive and has raised an interest towards my trailer.

Teaser Trailer First Draft

Here is my first draft for the Teaser Trailer of the Dissenters.
I shall get some feedback to allow me to understand where improvements can be made, for example with the gusts of wind in the outside scene.

Audio for my First Draft

Here is the audio from my teaser trailer first draft.
The sounds used can be found here in my previous blogpost thanks to BenSound.

Positives of the audio in my teaser trailer includes:

• The build up in the introduction
• Bullish style

Negatives includes:

• At 55 seconds the wind is audible, it is not a serious problem however.

Editing Sound

To fix the previous problem, as seen in a previous blog post, I have copied the introduction to my second audio file called 'Rumble', this is how it looks in Final Cut Pro:

This has made the overall flow of the soundtrack better in quality. I will upload the audio file for the first draft later on my SoundCloud.

Adding the Credits on the Film Poster

As seen on all film posters, there are small credits at the bottom of the poster:


the poster is of the award-winning film 'Moonlight' and the film poster contains the film credits at the bottom.

Thanks to TipSquirrel, I used the credit template:






I replaced the names with mine, the actors and made up names that are not involved in the film. This has made it more realistic rather than having a few names.

This is how it looks:

I could change the font colour front black to white, but I don't think it will improve the poster.