The Twelfth Class

Today, we have spent most of the time filming as we did not use our time wisely previously. By doing this, we did not have time to edit our documentary and our comic strip as other groups are already on their final stages of their film and documentary. This had a great impact on our group as we have finally realized that organizing our time is very important. As a group, we have felt if we have used the time wisely we could have a chance to complete our given task but since we have failed to do so, self reflection is needed. By filming the last parts of the documentary, we have captured the footage onto Final Cut Pro. By doing so, we have again wasted 20 minutes of our film class capturing the video. Meanwhile we have just discussed of how to improve our time management on the next unit of work, and to make our film as best as possible in the limited amount of time.

The Eleventh Class

During this class, we have spent most of our time finalizing our final product, the documentary and the comic strip that we have work on for the past month. We have also spent most of the time filming while everyone is already working on their editing and are on their final stages of the documentary and the comic strip. While they were editing, we were the only group that were still filming, which shows that we need to organize and use our time wisely instead of wasting it on unnecessary acts such as joking around, and talking about things that are not relevant to what we are doing. After this class, as a group, we have noticed that we still have not filmed parts of the documentary which also suggests that we have not used our time as wisely as other groups. As the class after the next is going to be the "screening class", we have decided to spend some of the lunch times to finish off the documentary and to edit it.

Through this class, I thought that our group could have done better in time management and to use it wisely instead of wasting it.

The Tenth Class

In today's class since it was a single period, we did not get much work done as the computers were not working at the moment. However, we have attempted to capture the documentary footage that we had to the computer, sadly it kept on freezing so we could not do anything about it. As a group, we have wasted a whole period by waiting for the computer to load, so we have decided to go to the multimedia lab to work on our documentary. At lunch, I have said my lines again in a very expressionless way, and Jerald's job was to educate and teach me how to say lines in special expressions and feelings. He gave me constructive comments to show the process and the improvements that I have encountered. Unfortunately, I did not learn much today as I have only recorded a small part of my dialogue and Jerald had to give me feedback to show the improvements.

The Nineth Class

During this class, I have started to find some special effects for our final product along with the comic strip given. Having done the recording process of the project, we spent most of the time searching for a better way to improve on our product. I have spent this double period searching for some interesting tones after discussing about the fact that we would still have to capture the material that we have produced from last class. We have also done some work on the documentary and have started to cut some parts of the discussion as some parts of the discussions are irrelevant which we have reflected on ourselves as we have not stuck to the topic. We have cut out unecessary parts of the product as it would make the documentary lengthy, and it would not be interesting for the viewer to watch.

Today, I have learnt how to use the program Final Cut Pro as I have had the chance to edit our dialogue and I have cut out the unecessary audios and just to keep the ones that we are going to use.

The Eighth Class

During todays class, we have continued to record our dialogue. As usual, our group have continued working on our final product which is to record the dialogue for our comic strip given. We have occupied a room to record our dialogues for the last time as we have planned to complete the recording section of the project today. We have deicded to finish recording as we would like to spend more time on finding specific background music that would suit our film on freeplaymusic.com. Whilst capturing the recordings we have done the last class, we have discussed what kind of emotions are needed to make the scenes more colorful as without the expressions in the dialogue, it would seem dull. We have also listed the different sound effects that we are going to need to make the comic lively and realistic.

Today, I have learnt that the comic has to be understood before reading the dialogue, so that the person being recorded would understand what is going on and will incorporate the feelings.

The Seventh Class

Today, we have continued to record the dialogue for our comic strip given. When i first started talking and reciting the lines of the comic, I felt uneasy. After a while, I have gotten used to talking in different tone of voices at the same time and I have completed most of the comic today (as the main character). However as other work needs to be done such as making the documentary on the process we went through. So as a result, two members of our group had to stay in the lab to work on editting the documentary and to capture it. I have also felt that I have improved a lot in terms of talking in different "voices". To improve further, I think that instead of sticking to the same types of voices, I should explore on anger, sadness, and excitement.

I have learnt a lot in this class in terms of talking in the different tones of voices that I have chosen to explore on.

The Sixth Class

Today, we have decided to start to record our dialogue. We have went into several practice rooms to see if they are quiet enough for us to record. As a result, we have chosen one of the music practice rooms and we have started to record. As I was not here the previous class due to having a Golf Competition, I had to get my head back into the comic as soon as possible so I could successfully show the character's feelings within by using different emotions while dictating the dialogue shown on the comic. Although the lines were easy to say, at first, I did not really get used to the way we had to record the sound as I have never personally done this before. After recording several more lines, as I am the main character of the comic, I felt much easier as I just had to say the line three times in different tone of voices. After this class, we have completed nearly half of the comic.

During this class, I have learnt how to talk in different tones of voices and to reveal different emotions in talking and reciting the lines on the comic.

The Fifth Class

During this class, we have started to discuss how we were going to record the sound clips along with a microphone to show the dialogue printed on the comic given. As a group we discussed aspects such as what sounds we are going to need to produce the comic strip such as sounds of horses galloping, sounds of water, birds chirping, eagle's call etc. All these aspects of the production of the comic is very important as without the use of these special effects, the comic would be dull and grey. However, it does not mean that the dialogue does not require emotions, as a group, we have also discussed how to make our speech in "color" showing the emotions that we are required to show to reveal the character's feelings within. By making sure that we have a variety of different tone of voices, we are going to record 3 different types of voices for each line on the comic; we will then choose the best one out of three to include into the final product.

Throughout this lesson, I have learnt how to work as a group and how to discuss some aspects of the comic with others showing initiative to improve, and to make the comic more interesting in the end.