Rough Cut Feedback

The look of our sequence: very dark and disturbing, works well when colour fades back in.
Good visual effects: Fast editing, weird cutting is 'very cool'
Example of good lighting and framing: the trunk shot looks really cool
Area of improvement: Better music and fade in between titles and footage.
Example of Props: body bag looked real
Costumes: Hoodie then turned more girlie
Setting: forest looked effective
Improvements: Shots of dragging a bit long
What would imagine the film would be about: Murder/s
What ways the sequence could be clearer: Why the film is in reverse, whats the meaning?
How effective were the titles: They could of been longer, maybe could have them coming across the screen.
Most striking shot: The shot of Jess in the mirror in the car
Mood of the opening: Sinister, questions formed, silent assassin
Other films/ programmes makes you think of: CSI, Law and Order. Linking to murder case
Music to create atmosphere: Use of modern instruments creates good use of time

Post Shooting

During the actual shooting we didn't encounter many problems and there were all solved soon after discovering them thanks to teamwork and help from friends.
We are happy with the footage we managed to obtain however there is a lot of editing yet to be done in order to make our title as effective as we hoped.
Now we have finished our shooting we are able to focus are attention to the process of editing. We are yet to create a fitting soundtrack however we also have small clips and samples we will later build on when the oppertunity arises. We are trying to prioritise certain tasks, such as making sure the clips are in order and the right lengths which is vital to the rest of our production.

Further Tasks

-Create and finish the soundtrack
-Create titles
-Smooth over the sequence with transitions and cutting
-Adust clips to soundtrack

animatic

This is our animatic sequence which we completed using final cut.

Musical Inspiration

Queens Of The Stone Age - A Song For The Dead


Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down


Everlast - What It's Like

Costume

This image is a good example of the costume to be used. I will be wearing black trousers and a black hoody or top like in the picture. However we are aiming to show very little of the identity in order to add mystery to the sequence. The dark clothing is usually associated with dark circumstances, meaning we are going to make use of stereotypes.

However the outfit may have to be changed slightly according to what our group is able to provide. For example I have black trousers but my only available black jacket may be a bit too colourful for it's use as it has large green lettering on the front and white tags from the hood which may stand out too much. It may be possible to borrow a jacket from a friend or family member, which is currently being looked into.

This is another possible option with regards to costume. A leather trench coat done up almost to the top, collars kept up by the neck. Although the identity will be harder to conceal than with the use of the hoody I feel this may be a more successful costume choice. Stereotypes related to the trench coat always reveal a shady looking character, detective or spy which I think suits the plot of our thriller. Our main character is a detective and therefore use of the trench coat despite possibilities of causing problems with regards to shooting footage, may overall create a more effective impression.

Test Footage

On mondays lesson

Test footage to show location and costume ideas

Editing ideas

While looking through our images I think once the footage has been shot, trying to create the actual film footage in black and white may create a more earie effect.

Though this has not yet been discussed with the group.

Images

These are a few images we found on the internet which we can relate to the planning of our sequence.


This image shows the kind of impression we aimed to percieve through our costume choice.




This image shows the kind of location we hope to shoot the majority of our sequence at. Although the fog may not be present at the time of shooting we may be able to use effects to create the look of fog.



Although it's unlikely we will be able to get hold of a real body bag this image shows the kind of effect we are aiming for.



An example of the image we hope to create with one of our shots, also showing our knife prop.

Animatics (Currently experiencing uploading problems)

This animatics sequence is just a rough idea of our final opening.

One thing we will have to work on is our music track as the current one on this sequence doesn't fit due to having to repeat(length was too short) it losing the flow of the music.