Editing

In thursdays lesson we managed to do the majority of editing.
We darkened all the shots, as due to time restrictions we'd filmed at around midday and from the beginning we'd decided it'd be more effective of it looked like night.
For the shot of the eye opening we tinted it red.To lead on from this we tinted the point of view shots slightly red aswell, we also added a light rays effect and altered the saturation. i think this effect worked really well and added alot to the atmosphere of those shots.Seeing the tent from the killers point of view i think was one of the most effective.
We also began adding titles.We decided to put the names in different places on the screen and added an earthquake effect.This instability, constant movement and change reflects the mental state of the killer and means the font fits well within the shots.
Jonny worked on the soundtrack as we felt the music we used for the animatic wasn't quite right, particularly the strings.Johnny and i had tried changing the key but we still weren't convinced it would work, so on thursday he used garageband to create a new piece, that included sounds of a thunderstorm-which has clear links with the thriller genre, he also imported some music that he added to this.

development of ideas

We at least need to make our shots darker, as at the minute they are fairly light, which isn't the ideal when trying to create an eerie atmosphere.We could try putting all our footage in black and white-possibly with red touches, for example the eye.
We also want to make adjustments to the audio, we think the strings sound too 'upbeat', so we're going to try and replace them with something in a minor key, which should fit better with the mood.We also want to take out some of the real sound, from when we were filming, however we may leave a little from the last three shots as we think it could enhance it.
We may refilm the knife part as it was unclear, and doesn't give the right effect as it currently is.

Chains title

these are a few ideas of text we could use for the titles and name of the film.
we could use chain image to replace the I in chains, this would be more interesting for the viewer and keep their attention.

The cutted rough

Our rough cut!

So, I feel that this has gone very well so far and will look even better when we add the finishing touches.
For instance:
We are going to edit the music to continue for longer and maybe add in a scream/breaking sound where there is a gap between the weapon and the next shot.
We will also change the scenes with the running to have less saturation.
The shots with the dead girl will also be edited on photo shop with blood and the eye shot towards the begining will be given a red tint or be less saturated.

The text will also be changed later on. at the moment it is simple but we are going to try to have a set of chains instead of an 'I' which is a rather cool looking effect, the font is 'Handwritten Dakota'
The other titles will have more of a scribble effect (haven't been added yet)

change of location

Due to problems with borrowing equipment [we were not able to borrow it the over the weekend and that was the only time outside of class we were all free] we have had to change our location so that we can actually film our title sequence in time.
our new location is the wooded area behind long Road. it is not as good as our other two options but it is convenient for filming and provided a good enough location to create the atmosphere we want.

We will probably need to use photoshop to create the blood effect we want in our shots of the dead girl. We used this image to practice on photoshop and see how well we could create a pool of blood.On our real image with lightly more time spent on it, using photoshop should create the right effect.We could do this by using a still and just copying it after the blood is added, trying to do it over a series of frames would be too difficult.

Title

In consideration of the effect we want to produce we need to look at all aspects of the writing, like colour,font,size,transitional effects, background, on-screen effects, transparency, location, duration/speed, orientation and sound effects.

Vonnie has drawn some possibilities of texts. The idea of having a chain for the i is something we're quite keen to use, though we're also interested in the possibility of scrawled writing due its connotations-though we could just use this for the names rather than the film title.

THINGS!!!!!!

Prop list:
Mobile phone
Tent
Sleeping bag
A weapon (undecided, possibly a knife)
A cooker
Torch
General camping stuff (back pack etc...)
(some props maybe hard to get into tent or to the actual site where we wish to film)

Costume:
Pyjamas
Dark clothing (covers as much as possible)
Hat

Shots:
Blank screen
C/U phone
C/U phone being picked up
Medium shot girl answering phone
Extreme C/U phone (message deleted)
Black screen
Extreme C/U of eye
P.O.V shots running through forest
Overhead shots of person running
Low angle shot running through forest
C/U Girl sleeping
Extreme close up of terrified girl
Low angle of weapon
Blood splatter (Ink in water or ink on tent wall)
Medium long shot girl enters tent
Medium long shot girl in sleeping bag, blood in places
Zoom in the close up of phone.

Location location location

One choice for the location of the opening sequence was Gog Magog. It is a wooded location that had an appropriate atmosphere for our film. however there was no room to pitch a tent in the wood as it was so overgrown. Also as their woodland is so overgrown and in parts on a steep gradient it would be rather dangerous to run through.

Animatic and soundtrack

The first few shots are the phone ringing, it is meant to be a somewhat calm opening but still eerie as it's the only sound that can be heard.
The Heartbeat starts when the eye opens which breaks the eerie calmness in the scene as the music also starts it gets more and more tense as the creature is running though a forest, the tension is finally broken when the thing reaches the tent and a splash of blood is seen.
The rest of the title sequence stays calm again, in that it isn't moving very fast, and tension builds up again as the camera get closer to the phone till you can see it saying 'we warned you.'

The sound was difficult to get right as there is no heartbeat sound on garage band and we had to download it, not to mention the fact that you can't change the speed of a specific sound so the sound in between the heart beats had to be shortened.

problems with music

Not allowed to use Kraftwerk, or other copyright music as it's in the criteria that we mix it ourselves. However we can still use Kraftwerk as inspiration as we liked the electro music style as it fits well with our sequence.