P1-02 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

Wednesday 12 March 2008
P1-02 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

Final Feedback for our thriller

feedback:
the feedback we got from the class was really positive.
We got good feedback on the music and was told how the two different musics worked with the two different scenes and sets. We also got told that our last shot was really good as it looked like a frame with in a frame and they thought this was really effective. People also said that the title was good and effective and it worked with the idea of the film. People thought the timeline of the shots were really good as when you watched it through you got more information on what happened and what was going on and what the story might be about. People also said how they thought it was obvious how the scenes in the wood was present and the scenes and at the party were flashbacks and they thought the contrast of the two with the colour and the back and white was really effective. People thought the shots of the feet were good. We also asked the class if they thought we should have changed the name as we didnt have the footage of the cocktail glass. But the class said that the name was still good but it would have been better if we had filmed a scene using a cocktail glass. they also thought our titles were good and worked with the sequence. We also got told that our different angles and footage was good and effective. One of our comments was how they thought the party scenes were really good and we made it realistic as a club or a party. We thought someone might point out the small number of extras we had, but this wasnt mentioned at all so we're pleased that it worked out and people liked the scenes. We also thought a comment might be made how we only showed female party guests. But this also wasnt mentioned but when we asked if we should have tried getting more male extras we got told this gave them more questions to ask about what happened or that it might tell us what person the character is.

We did however got asked about the actress's name and wether we had made it go into the party shot on purpose. We had done this on purpose we knew that in feature films the actors name is on for longer and we tried it and we didnt realise it would also then be on the party scene. When we did realise this we thought this might be a good idea as it showed the main character so you link the two straight away and you understod who the plot was about.

We were also worried that someone might comment that our wood scenes arent all the same colour. Or that there was a flash of a purple scene but no one had made comments on the day for night. We think that it wasnt noticeable but was to us as we did know about all the problems we faced with it. But did say how they thought the black and white for the wood scenes were really effective next to the colour scenes of the party.

Overall we ended up with very positive feedback and we are pleased with our final opening sequence.

Final Thriller:


This is our final thriller cut: Hope people enjoy it!!!!

Wednesday 5 March 2008
P1-02 : THRILLER PROJECT 2007/8

Final edits to project

Over the last couple of lessons we have been finishing and editing our thriller video. Our production company was originally going to be 'Paramount pictures' however we decided on making our own production company which is called 'Burning Production' due some footage taken of a fire and we all thought it would be effective to create our very own.

Issues with music occured when we added more footage to the video to make it longer making the wood scenes and party scenes have jumbled up music so we had to delete the music and then re-import it. We had a scene from the party which had the song we needed, it is very long and has the whole of the party music on so what we did was separate it from the scene and cut it to fit our party shots.

For every wood shot we had within our thriller sequence we had to use the effect of Day for night which created a more dramatic effect and made it seem like night time so it was more sinister. We would not have been able to film in the dark very well due to lack of lighting and so nothing will shown up on the screen. By using day for night it enabled our shots to still be seen clearly however we faced a few problems such as the filter made some of the shots seem a blue colour so for every one we had to go through and select the correct colour which created a darker light. Due to the filming being done in daylight it affected some of the shots and so every wood scene had to be adjusted separately.

We were advised by other members to intergrate flash's within the sequence to create the effect that what happened is a flashback so we did this by adding a white matte on a seperate timeline to make the effect work.

Overall as we reflect upon our project we realise that even though we had a variety of shots we could have done with more to make it easier and to have a larger variety which would help make the thriller that little bit more interesting and less repetitive.

For the titles we decided to have a black background with the names in white to make it stand out and have the black refer to party. One of the titles being 'Starring Lauren Bishop' will be held for longer to show she is the main star. During research we noticed that in films the main star will have a title which is held longer due to them demanding for it to make them well publicised and so they can be recognised. Using this knowledge we then adapted this to our thriller sequence making it seem a more professional and proper approach to beginning a thriller.