What's Been Going On

Hello Bloggers

I can't believe I haven't posted anything in almost a month but I have been super busy working on the cut of Marionette and finishing my BA Media (Film) Production degree. Marionette is now finally in it's final stages, I submitted a work in progress cut for my final assessments and when watching it on the big screen realised that the grading was really not what I wanted. The colours looked a little washed out and it really wasn't the sci-fi filmic look that I was striving for in pre-production. So today was spent going through the film giving it a slight green tinge and darking the blacks. The result is so much better than before and I'm much happier with it. I got to say a massive thanks to Adam Georgiou for letting me use his Magic Bullet Mojo plug in on FCP.  All that really needs to be the film now before release is to touch up the special effects on a few shots and just check for any minor glitches that I might have missed.

Although my course is finished it kind of isn't, Marionette is getting screened at the BFI Film Theatre here in Stoke-On-Trent on the 10th June and I have spent the last few days designing promotional material for the film. Below is the A1 board that will grace the lobby of the Flaxman Building here at Staffordshire University, I am really happy with the overall look as it promotes not only the film but me as well and I will admit that I'm a junkie for self promotion.  I decided to drop the initial poster idea as it doesn't show any of the nice stills that were taken on set and doesn't really explain much about the film. The portrait poster with Richard Hand, our Jack Ridley, on is probably my favourite as it just looks so good.

I am finally returning home this weekend for a short break and short rest. I got tickets to see The Kills at Leeds University and I really cant wait but I'm sure come next Wednesday I'll be slaving away on Marionette but it's not a chore as every little tweak makes the film that little bit better. Feel free to leave feedback on the posters and I'll update next week.

Cheers

Marionette Progress

Hello Bloggerians

I realise that it's been almost a month since my last post. Recently some personal issues have been taking precedence over Marionette and my other creative works but I am once again slaving away on the flick. A rough edit was completed today with the footage looking really sweet, no re shoots needed and nothing was missing which is awesome! As the film is now laid down in it's basic form the hard work for me is over as it's now just a case of extending clips or cutting them, adding music and sfx and tweaking like a pro.

I am going to begin working on that teaser trailer I promised like a month ago and that should be on vimeo by the middle of next week. However below is an early poster concept I threw together over the Easter holiday, I was really going for a minimalist, retro look, please leave your feedback and tell me what you think.

Cheers
Rich