Whilst doing some research on post production effects using imovie, I came across some interesting footage whereby a short film was shot using only an iphone 4S and some low budget consumer tech from Apple's app store.

This footage inspired me, as it shows that a very high standard, professional looking trailer can be made using just an iphone, and a little creativity (Both of which we have!)

Moreover, on follow up to this I also found a video tutorial from the same user explaining how to create professional looking special effects using the tools provided within the imovie software. Check out the video below.

And one more...



I then found another example of an excellent film made using only an iphone. This video also goes into how the film was made and what additional hardware/software was used such as apps, lighting, tripods and camera lenses. Well worth a watch!



...Anyway, after becoming sidetracked for hours I did eventually find a good post production app for the iphone, but primarily builds on the already impressive display on the iphone.

FiLMiC Pro.

This app features techniques such as 'Double reticle mode' which gives the user two separate adjustable reticles for spot sampling focus and exposure for precision shot set up.

The FilmMiC Pro control bar is thumb based to enable a rock solid grip on the camera. Designed by filmmakers, it provides the best camera UI in the business with perfect access to all camera controls from a fixed, two hand grip position.

ADVANCED FEATURES:
The FiLMiC Pro settings menu offers some features not offered in any other video camera app as well as a host of other useful tools.

Variable Frame Rates (1-25 and 30fps) including both the US (24p) and European (25p) film production standards.
Four Selectable Resolutions (iPhone 4 or 4th Gen iPod Touch).

Framing Guide Overlays (4:3, 16:9, & 2:35.1).
Thirds Guide for composition.
Audio Metering.

Color Bars for Post Production.

Film Production Style Slate for adding info to your clips, syncing dual system audio, and organizing your clips.

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Overall, this app seems worth a purchase as it provides professional settings at the low cost of £2.49 and I feel could give our product the edge it needs in order to stand out that little bit more.

I have also included reviews of the app below. 

App Craver review. Click me please!

The Sixth Lesson

Today in our sixth lesson, Alice was away on holiday so it was down to Sam and Matt to crack on with the work. We started to make our blog more multi-media based by using different methods to post our work on the blog rather than just have written text. We started using keynotes to present our audience marketing work to add to the diversity of technology. We also started to finish off previous posts and to give them more depth of research to aid us with our future production.

For the next week we will: Complete all of our research for our trailer and make sure the blog is as multi media as possible.

To start planning the script and the storyboard for our trailer.

To start shooting different shots to get a feel for what we're going to eventually shoot.

Magazine Cover for Shaun of the Dead

Here is a magazine cover with Shaun of the Dead on it. The main recurring theme is the use of the colour red. This is mainly to portray blood and to signify danger from the zombie threat present in the movie. As for a tagline there is a one liner at the bottom to highlight the comedy in the film. The film title that is present is also quite bold and boring and doesn't really fit in with the theme of the film because it's colour is gold. It will be in stark contrast to ours where our main colour will most likely be black or a dark colour. We wouldn't put any comedy in ours that is evident in the tagline here but we will include a tag line, of which will be discussed later in the production/ post production stage.

Sound Test...

The video you should see below, consists of a sound test we made through using the 'GarageBand' app. We combined a range of sounds and short songs, along with a voice recording of Alice edited to the similar style of the slender man voice on the slender man documentary video we posted a while ago.

The Fifth Commitance

And yes, we've made up the word 'commitance'. Today in a our fifth lesson, the group was back together working hard and as common as usual. We planned to finish off the trailer research today, but plans got delayed due to deep sufficient research into the terrible night vision ideal! One of our video cameras is unable to upload onto the mac since its recorded on small tapes, so were restricted to looking for specific iPhone apps. We found a few, which were not sure entirely at the moment, for some apps were crashing when we pressed 'record' and some other apps only aloud images to be taken. Oh the madness of everyday media! There's always that one problem to deal with. And we all definitely agreed to have night vision in our trailer for we KNOW it'll enhance the horror experience greatly. The app, Garageband was discussed today, along with a small search into horror and scary sounds. We found a sound provided by apple on iMovie called Ambient sound 2, which creates tension in the listener straight away for its awry, unnatural and Spellbinding. A sound test has been upload atop, WITH the sounds we found to be interesting for our trailer. We have also shown the group the slenderman documentary video, which provided a very intense audio recording, with powerful echoes and deep voices which we thought we can attempt to create in the sound test above. We finished the poster analysis today with the 'Blair Witch Project' poster, and re-finined the text and finished off the little details of the trailer posts.

Upcoming Week Directives:

• Finish off the Trailer Research
• Film and edit some footage to create a SUPERNATURAL effect
• Continue looking up Sounds and music
• Start thinking of a trailer story board.
• Discuss camera angles and why.
• Make a reference to the film 'Halloween' about the POV shots
• Attempt to do a podcast to add to the mixed media grade

Garageband saves the day!

We've finally got access to software that enables production of music possible! Looking on our mac applications, we found an app called 'Garageband'. We never checked it out at first but desperate, we clicked on it. (Face palm) How can it, that after all this worry and doubt for good music, a chance has been laying right under our noses all this time! Its gonna take us a while to get used to all the music terms and demonstrations, but other than that we're glad we found it. Its a huge step to making our trailer absolutely amazing! And practice makes perfect right? we'll have to look through all the various keyboards and piano's offered, and although its the not the best idea to play and create music through a laptop instead of a proper instrument, its the only chance we've got. Screw audacity! x)

Garageband, was developed by Apple, to be a part of the ilife software which came with all of ours macbook. Lucky us! On wikipedia, it says i can use it to record podcasts too. Its perfect!

Slender Man documentary... Check it out!

THE POWER OF YOUTUBE!

The other day, we began searching online for some more basic information on the Slender Man base and legend. We primarily looked on youtube, and one video in particular has caught our attention. The video has got millions of views, and we're uploading this because it strongly relates to our project. We particularly like the recorded audio content it presents in the middle of the video... and it makes us wonder if we can do something similar on 'audacity' software. The echo of the low voice is extremely fascinating. Its ghostly, and thrilling. Its very attention catching, and can freak a person out especially when you can't see what is saying it. We're not music experts, but we've all got to at least try and attempt some amateurish production x) for the sake of this project.