Music changes

the music for the rough cut version sounded too happy so to give the best effect and create the correct atmosphere I decided to change the music to something more appropriate.
Our new music piece is a lot more eery than our previous one, and with the effects and darkening we have done on the video, together we think they look fantastic.

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)

TEXT IDEAS

i found this style of text on a website and thought it very appropriate. firstly as it is in a hand written style which relates to the theme of our film. also it will help create the appropriate atmosphere. finally it is fairly simple and easy to read unlike some of the fonts i looked at. the only problem is that the website name which i found the style of text from appears in the bottom right which would create the completely wrong impression and be very inappropriate.

Text Generator - Handwriting Text - Counters - YourGen.com - Find Sports Online

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.

Test Footage.

Test Footage.

we went to the wooded area behind the college to see what the lighting was like during the day.
we also experimented with different styles of shots that may work well with our opeing sequence.
We hope to upload the footage next lesson.

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 2

Our second choice of location was Wandlebery down, also a wooded location. It located near our first site choice and also had a dense wooded area. but as well as this it has an appropriate location to film the running scenes. as well as this there is a bridge that goes over the area where we could run/walk. the only problem with this location is that it is very open to the public so putting up a tent would attract atention and make it harder to film. To get around this problem we could film any scenes involving the tent at college where we would have time to put up a tent and not worry about member of the public being in our scenes .

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.