Thursday 19 April 2012

Evaluation- FINAL




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Tuesday 17 April 2012

Survey

Click here to view our survey for our thriller: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERMQmJGUi15NWJjU0VRZkdXbWF1UlE6MQ

Final Cut

Here is our final improved product -Stolen. I am very pleased with our final product as we have worked very hard to acheieve our goal.

Wednesday 11 April 2012

First Cut


Check-list for final editing:

  • Fit clips to size
  • Make sure continuity is thorough throughout
  • Create pace and tension
  • Work on ending- needs to be really dramatic
  • Add in Charli's breathing
  • Add title of film

Monday 2 April 2012

Narrative structure

As we have reached the final chance to edit our film we have to think carefully about our narrative structure. We have to think about the meaning and how the audience will easily understand what is happening in the film. So, as a group we have decided to put our footage in this order:

  1. Detective scene
  2. Introduction to Charli
  3. Inter cutting with titles
  4. Introduction to Luke- newspaper scene
  5. Tiles appear of actors names
  6. Back to Charli- handcuff noise of bed
  7. Back to Luke- hears noise and gets up
  8. Charli wakes up and tries to free herself
  9. Luke walks up stairs
  10. Charli hears someone coming up stairs and panics
  11. Luke enters door
  12. Charli asks for his name and what he wants
  13. Luke gets annoyed and approaches Charli
  14. 2 minutes has been reached
We have come to this decision by having the detective scene first as it contrasts with the next scene. Charli's scene also begins with music and this adds tension and meaning as her life is filled with dread and suspense. Thus, the reason we didn't include the music in the detective scene was so it showed the mother as lonely and scared- and this choice focuses on her emotions. Moreover, we have decided to include the titles to inter cut with Charli as it adds drama by slowly revealing who the person is. The pace of editing soon picks up after this when we are introduced to Luke and this is when the titles stop. This is reinforced through the shot of Charli trying to free herself. The next scene is where Luke enters which is where the music slows down making the action focus on what is happening between the two characters. 

Filming: 29th March

This filming was our last chance of the re-shots with Luke and Charli. It was also our first time to produce the new scene of Luke and the newspaper. I believe this particular went well as each time we filmed we shot it from different angles and distances. We also did this with the Charli and Luke scene until we couldn't film any more shots of the scene, again from different angles and distances. Moreover, this filming went according to plan as we knew we had to be proactive to finish the filming. On top of this, the acting was also very good, adding drama to our thriller opening. Now we have to plan we were are going to edit the footage in order to finish by our deadline which is 12th April.