Wednesday, 5 December 2007

For one of the scenes in the film we are going to use the music of a Neo-Nazi band called scerwdriver.
Scerwdriver formed as a punk rock band in 1976 by Ian Stuart Donaldson. They spilt in 1979. Ian Stuart Donaldson started the band up again in 1982 but with different members. The reformed Skrewdriver eventually became openly supportive of far right wing groups, after a period of denying such claims. In stead of seeing them selves as a Neo-Nazi band they prefer the term British National Socialist. The band became associated with groups such as the National Front and British National Party, and raised funds for them through the White Noise record label. They released records on Rock-O-Rama, a record label that became known for far right sympathies. Skrewdriver was instrumental in setting up Blood and Honour , a network of bands promoting militant Neo-Nazi ideas through music and concerts.

information take from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skrewdriver
for more info one them visit
http://www.bloodandhonourworldwide.co.uk/
http://www.bloodandhonour.com/index.php

Tuesday, 4 December 2007

postproduction

The editing is going well. To distinguish between past and present, I have put a blue tint on the footage of the past. It will also be darker to show the audience that this is a time that the main character isn't happy with. It is a time he wishes he could forget (thus why he is getting his tattoo removed).

Another point is that I have placed a flash of light as a transition between past and present footage to show the passage of time (flashback).

For the soundtrack, I am making the music on Soundtrack (a piece of software that accompanies final cut pro). Some of the music will be based on a band called Skrewdriver. They are a white supremacist band so the music will be used during the skinhead scenes.

filming

We have shot the film over a weekend. It went well but we had a problem with actors. We had to characters cast but still needed actors for the other characters. We solved this problem with some group members playing minor roles.



Half way through filming we shaved our main actor's hair so that it is a different length in the past and present. However, his hair was already short to begin with so there isn't much difference.



We also filmed on location at the pub and tattooist. They were very successful.









When we went to pick up our equipment, for some reason the date was changed so we had to use equipment that was left over. Since it was a busy weekend we were given equipment that wasn't in the best condition. We were given a panasonic camera, which no-one knew how to use at first. Also, it couldn't be changed to 16:9 so the footage is in 4:3. We also booked tracking but since our booking was change, we couldn't get any out.

However, we took what we were given and shot the film. Some of the footage does look good and I am in the process of editing it.