Alex's Dissertation Blog - Feed Me To The Wolves

After production had finished and all the filming had been completed it was time to move on to post-production. My role in post was assistant editor so I sat with the main editor Joe and director Dan and began the process of putting together the first rough cut of the film which came in at 28 minutes. Over the next few weeks we came in every day and some days got more work done than others.  Joe and I worked closely together to edit the film, discussing what length shots to use after Dan had specified which takes he wanted us to include. Having worked with both of them before we managed really well and are very open to each other's suggestions. I got the chance to actually take the lead on a few cuts and do some of the editing myself. After Dan was happy with the picture cut Joe began the laborious process of colour correcting and I stayed and helped with that too as a fresh pair of eyes was a good idea to help him balance the colours we wanted for the film.  After the pic...

A bloody nose, sheep and snow were the only issues with the final day shooting. Only the 3 siblings and their spears were needed today. Working with these actors has been great, they're all really willing to do all the things that the script asks of them as well as being a pleasure to work with. Overall the past 9 days have been tough but we've produced some great shots and next week me and Joe will start in the edit room with Dan making a rough cut of the film that we can then edit down and cut out before the picture lock is done.

Weather was a problem today as we kept having spots of rain. I had to make sure we didn't film during this time else continuity in the edit would ruin the scene. I also had to make sure that the props and set weren't spoiled by the rain too. The spears were of course needed again today for the three siblings as well as the fake meat and a campfire. As I was totally against using any kind of real fire in the set i had to find a way to make the campfire look burnt already so found rocks and sticks to create the campfire and Lauren helped me to cover the sticks with black paint to make them appear charred and burnt. We went up further up the hill today to shoot the notice board scene too. Again I used dirt and branches to make it look like the board had been there for a long time, using tape to make it seem like some other posters had come off. Using branches and some rocks I made it seem as though it was weathered to fit in with the film feel. Today was the day ...

We had the major fight scene today. This took a lot of choreographing and I had to make sure I was in with the crew filming to make sure I could take videos of each shot to ensure that the actions matched up every time.

Today was just the siblings up in Blythe. We started with a scene that involved a lot of set design setting up. I had tents, crates, water jugs, tarps and spears to account for and the weather wasn't on my side because it was so windy, putting up the tents was a hassle. After make-up was done, my set was finished too however there were some horses getting closer and then we were made aware that this was private land so had to pack up and move only a few metres away. Annoyingly, this cost us some time but we managed to make up for it later.

Today is the final day of filming for the first week. Everyone is very tired so today was just a case of getting in and out as fast as we could. Continuity was what I was focusing most on today as there was no set needed and only a rock prop needed too. Made sure that there was no blood on Rob or Sam's costume as we needed to film scenes that appeared earlier in the film after today. I can already tell that this will be a tricky scene to edit when the time comes for post as I think we need a couple more shots in that aren't already down on the shot list. I'm sure me and Joe can work it out