Intro: We now have to research sound and design our running order for our own thrillers sounds, this will include folie sounds. We also listened to a track called ‘Panic Music’ we made a word it out document to describe the sound and what we could hear and felt while listening to the music.

Here is the music we listened too to create the word it out document full of emotions.

Here is our running order for the sound that we will need to obtain. Non dietetic and dietetic. This list will also help us in what we need to record and what we must find and edit.

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Her is some sounds that are associated with a conventional thriller. We looked for some spooky drones as well as some folie sounds and sound stabs.

Intro: Here is our draft 2 which includes all of our titles. We have had feedback from another member of the class telling us what is going well and what we could maybe change in their opinion. We have disused their feed back as a group and talked about what we are going to change.

Feedback Summary – 

The colour of the font works really well with the background colours as we have gone for a dark blue look. When the titles disappear and move with the shots this is also good and it makes it unique. The animations of the titles are good especially the submerged one. And the positioning of the titles are good too. Some of the titles just pop up and they need an animate in so continuity is good. The sizes of the titles are also different which may take away the tidiness of some of them.

Self Assessment –

What is going well:

1. We have made some titles so Nick walks in front of them which makes them look like they are part of the shot.
2. We have made the titles disappear at the end of the shots which is effective and unique.
3. We have used a sans serif font which makes it fit in with the style of an old creepy thriller. The red also compliments this.

Targets to work on:

1. We need to make sure all the tiles have the same animate in and out so our continuity is right.
2. I think we need to make some of the titles last for a little bit longer and some go to quick especially the submerged one.
3. We need to ensure that all of our titles are the same size so it looks professional and polished.

Intro: Once we had researched titles on existing films we then had to start looking to create our own. We looked for some different fonts that we liked and got it down to a short list of three. We then had to create the titles in the correct order to do this we used Adobe After Effects.

Ww decided as a group that we liked Medusa Gothic best. (This is the second image). We felt that this fitted best with the look of the film we where going for. This font has a modern look but still looks mysterious and spooky.

Adobe After Effects and Titles Design:

In this photo I am using the Rotobrush tool, this is used so we can make the character walk infant of the title. This is like sending it to the back, this makes the titles more involved in the scene.

This photo is showing keyframes, this is used for how long the title takes to animate in out or for how long the title is on screen for. This is important as the title needs to be on screen for long enough so the audience has time to read it. This tool allows us to change it and adapt it to the exact time we want.

This photo is showing the corner pin tool. This allows us to skew into the shot. This means it will look like it is laying flat on or against something. It allows us to push the title into the shot. It creates depth in the shot.

This photo is showing different animations. These are the animations that we can use to animate in and out our titles. This makes the titles run smoother so they do not just appear then disappear. 

Intro: We are now doing our research into titles. We looked at professional work to find out in exactly what order the titles come in. Once we completed this research we made a running order for our own titles.

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Click here to see our titles running order

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Intro: This is our draft one of our thriller, we have added filters and transitions. This also includes our first colour correction. We have also go feed

Feed Back:

• We need to make some of the shots shorter.
• We need to include more close ups
• We need to try and colour correct more to make the shots look all the same.

Intro: We are learning practicing and developing different editing techniques we have used the basic tools such as how to make a cut how to split a video and transitions when doing the other small tasks. We have now also learnt other devices such as colour correction how to put motion into a frame and how to add a strobe to the shot.

This picture is showing the fast colour correction wheel. This changes the saturation of a shot to the colour you choose, we have chosen as a group to go with a dark blue colour to make it fit in and look like a thriller.

This picture is also colour correction but this is the level of white and black is in it. You have the imput levels for the and black and white and you also have the output levels for it too. This means you can get the shot darker or brighter. This will also have a big impact on shadows too.

This picture is showing video effects and transitions. The effect that is applied is called a cross dissolve and it will smoothly fade between two shots. We have put this at the start of our thriller so it will fade in from black. This is an effective transition and is used a lot during a montage, it shows that the time has passed.

This picture is showing the motion controls. This means we can add movement to our shots. we can apply this over time for example we could add a small dolly in or add a pan across the shot. This works well with creating more tension.

This picture is showing the strobe light effect. we have tried to apply this to our final shot to give it more tension. A strobe is a fast flash usually white.

This is our timeline where we have used the razor tool to chop up our timeline to create black moments. we have also overplayed some videos too.

This shot is showing the cut tool. this tool is how to edit the raw footage, with this we can cut the start and cut the end. we can also take footage out from the middle too.

Intro: This is our shot list for shooting day two. Some of the shots from this list is the same as the others because they need to be re filmed however some of the angles and distances have chanced. Not much in our meeting agenda has changed but some details are slightly different such as our key moments which needed to be filmed.

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Intro: This is our first draft of the thriller, the reason for doing this is to check if we have enough shots and to make sure that our continuity is right.  I think for our first draft this is  good.

What is going well:

• Our continuity is right and it all makes sense.
• Our footage is of a good quality so this will make it easier to change and make even better.

What needs to be improved:

• Some of our shots are not great, we will need to re film these when we film again.
•  We need to improve all of the jump cuts we have to make it flow a lot better.
• Our holding a shot steady is not great as although we used a tripod because it was windy that was making the tripod wobble, we should have used something to weigh this down.

Targets:

• We need to colour correct everything and make all of our shots look the same otherwise it looks odd.
• We will need to steady our shots so they are not as shaky and it looks more professional.
• We also have to rotate the shots that are not straight, this is key as you can see quite a few horizons and they are key to keep straight.

Intro: Our filming day on a hole was very successful. We managed to shoot all of our shots and we have a wide range of different shots such as close ups extreme long shots and mid shots. With most of our shots we filmed them twice but we did not have enough time to do this for every shot.

What went well:

1. We completed all of our shots and did not miss any out.
2. Our group worked effectively together we all took turns to film and we each inputted ideas.
3. We have got lost establishing shots which we will be able to use for our titles we specifically looked for shots in which we though would be good to use.

What did’t go well:

1. We did not have much time so we where very rushed.
2. Some of our shots where not great quality and we did not notice this until we got back to school, some where blurred and others and a wonky horizon also the wind was blowing very hard so the tripod was wobbling a little.
3. We lost the sun at the end of our shooting day and this was our only source of light so this made it hard with our last shots.

Targets for next time:

1. I think we need to plan our time better as we almost did not get all of our last shots.
2. I think it would have been a good idea to go on location first before we film so we didn’t have to look for spots to film or to film from.
3. We need to watch our shots back after filming them to make sure they are right, this would have made us notice they where wrong so we could have re shot them.
4. Finally we should have waited the tripod down so it was not shaking as much.

This photo is showing us preparing for Nick to fall into the water. We are all in position ready to do our first walk through.

This photo shows us all checking that we are happy so we can do the fall for real and not mess it up or get it wrong.

This is us filming the final fall, we are all in position and checking that all of our camera and filming.

Intro: In this task we had to make a risk assessment for our filming day on location. A risk assessment is a document explaining all the risks we may come across when we are on location and how to minimise them as much as possible. Our biggest risk was the water because we where around the water all day. Nick was also entering the water so this was a big risk. To make this risk as small as possible our teacher has qualified as a life guard so he had to be present when he went in. We also had lots of towels how drinks and a warm pair of clothes ready for Nick when he came out.

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