Feed back

Before we added the sountrack we got a chance to watch all the other groups work. We were asked to comment as we went round each group.

Here are the comments other people had about our video:

1) Nice first person shots.
2) Good shots, good titles (writing), just a bit short.
3) If he was hung his hands would dangle, but very good. You can tell it's a thriller, so thats good.
4) Good use of shots, especially at the start. Good effects and use of props.
5) Sound effects and camera angles are good. We got the storyline/plot. Establishing shot maybe to long.

We were pleased with the comments, as we felt a lot of them were positive. We tried to change elements of what the negative comments were about. It helped us to have other peoples opinions so we could have a fair judgement of what an audience would think.

Sound track

We had one single lesson and a double lesson to make our thriller soundtrack, which meant we had four and a half hours to have it completed.

In our first lesson, we played around with Garage Band, trying to find a "boomph" noise for when the title "Chosen" appears. We found one sound we liked and loaded it up to the video. We learnt that Garage Band was difficult to use, as you have to upload to iTunes before adding it to the video on Final Cut Pro.

In our double lesson, we started to use Sound Track Pro which works well along side Final Cut Pro. We mixed a few different ideas and found that Orchesteral music worked best to build tension. We added in bangs to when each title sequence appeared which also made our thriller more eery.

In the end we were all really pleased with the sounds we had chosen. We then worked on the order and the overlapping of each music clip so the sound track flowed and gave the right feeling. The music gets faster as the tension builds through our opening sequence.

We added our sound track on to our video and everything was completed.

Music

1. Tension Music
2. " "
3. Tension starts to build more
4. " "
5." "
6. " "
7. Tension half way into this shot then deep, heavy, panic breathing
8. Like the Boomph, from Lost.

At 2:35 seconds, when the title "Lost" appears, there is a sound effect. We liked the sound effect as it emphasizes the title and what it means to its full extent.

Shot List

1. Birdseye Close-Up
2. Title Shot
3. Birdseye Close-Up
4. Title Shot
5. Birdseye Close-Up
6. Title Shot
7. Birdseye Close-Up
8. Main Title Shot

Between 7 + 8 - have new shots of zooming, blurring and pixalating killer. 'maybe back and fourth between killer and the title 'CHOSEN' one letter at a time faster and faster then ending with the Boomph!'

Actors, Props and Equipment

Actors: James Scriven and Tom Forrister

The props and equipment we will be using whilst filming are:

James' costume: Black jacket, shoes and trousers

Tom's costume: Shorts

Ladder

Rope

Camera

Fake blood

Tripod

Bike (to make a smoother moving shot)

Opening Thrillers

This is the opening sequence of Memento. We've uploaded this video as it is one we discussed in class. As a group we liked this opening sequence because it showed originality, by starting at the end and rewinding. From this opening sequence, we have taken the use of the image of blood because it created an effect of tension.

Setting options- trees

Mitchell and Jake walked through the woods for 2 hours through Weston woods looking for a tree that matched our storyboards to some degree. They came across and photographed 4 trees which They thought were appropriate for our opening scene. These were the trees that had the attributes we desired:

Photo onePhoto twoPhoto threePhoto four was our favourite tree and we have decided to use it for our opening scene.