The Brain Centre At Whipple's

Just found another awesome episode of the Twilight Zone after investigating the story behind a Melvins song title... check it out!

The Disc

Here's a picture of the final disc, big thanks to Tom Pearson for helping me out with this one!



All of which means the DVD is now totally finished and ready to go!

The Final Edit

And here it is, the final edit! Enjoy! =D

The Heavy Sounds - Viking Advert from Kez Whelan on Vimeo.

DVDs!

The final edit is done and dusted, and an HD version is uploading to Vimeo as I type this. In the mean time, here's an example of the DVD cover the final disc will be housed in -

Third Edit

Ok, so quite a lot has changed here from the first edit. The music is now totally different, some of it still sounds pretty rough and needs ironing out but I think this is pretty much what the film will look and sound like. The intro voiceover has been completely changed too, as the original files were all too muddy, but this one is a lot clearer.

Second Edit

Client Project - Second Edit from Kez Whelan on Vimeo.

The second edit of my client project, a good two minutes have been shaved off! I'm not sure if this one is a bit too short though, some of the shots seem to fade out as soon as they come in. There's no music on it yet either, but this will obviously be changed for the final edit. The voiceover is also going to undergo some drastic changes.
I just realised as well that you can hear someone chuckling right at the end of the final shot too, which I'll have to get rid of in the final edit!

First Rough Edit

Here's the first rough edit of the client project -

Client Project - First Rough Edit from Kez Whelan on Vimeo.

This is still quite rough, the levels need a lot of work and I'm expecting the voiceovers to change around quite a lot before the final edit is finished. The music will almost definitely change too, the song at the moment is something me and my flatmate recorded a little while ago for fun, and is really only used here so I could get an idea of how the footage would appear with a soundtrack, and also so I could try editing it to a beat.
I'm gonna get a shorter edit done this weekend, and change around the shots of the viking going through the woods. At the moment it's a bit too long, and the shots where he slows down kinda break up the flow a bit. Some of them also look a bit odd too, like the shot of him sat in the tree and the shot of him pulling out his sword moments before he pulls it out again. Work to be done!

First Edit

So, the filming went really well, I got over an hour of footage so there's no shortage of shots that I can use. Plus it's all in glorious HD! I've just finished the first rough edit, without sound, but there's still a lot of work to be done to it. The basic structure of the film is all in place, now I'm just going to experiment with the different shots I have and refine the film before adding the soundtrack.

Filming!

OK, so I've acquired a viking costume (with satisfyingly large horns on the helmet!), got someone to act as the viking, and decided Bakewell is the best place to shoot for the forest location, all of which means I'm set to film this weekend. Now I just have to refine my hand drawn storyboard so I know exactly what shots I need to get, and finalise the script.
I'll be filming all day Saturday in Bakewell, and then Sunday morning/afternoon in the Heavy Sounds.
I'm still undecided on the soundtrack, currently I'm thinking I might record my own music so I can get it to synch up perfectly with the on-screen action.

PRP Artefact 3 - 'Dog Whispers'

Here's my third artefact, a short film entitled 'Dog Whispers'. If after watching it, you could fill out this short survey, it would be much appreciated! Enjoy -