Monday 11 May 2015
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Final Cut editing
In our final cut of editing we had to alter the brightness on particular scenes, such as the location scenes. As the overall clip was too bright, and with our genre being thriller our intentions were to create a dark intense atmosphere.
In this section before we edited it for our final cut of editing, we had the emotional piano. However we took this out as the piano created a sense of sympathy and emotion throughout, however we wanted to create a sense of mystery and suspense in order to grasp the genre of thriller.
In this section before we edited it for our final cut of editing, we had the emotional piano. However we took this out as the piano created a sense of sympathy and emotion throughout, however we wanted to create a sense of mystery and suspense in order to grasp the genre of thriller. Tuesday 5 May 2015
Stalker- soundtrack
We created this sound track using Apple software's Garage Band app. This soundtrack can be heard during the credit sequence for Stalker.
For our soundtrack we chose to go for two contrasting types of music, one being the emotional piano which would give the audience a sense of sympathy for the victim. We then contrasted this with the intense pulsing sweep to create a sense of mystery and suspense, as the audience will not know what to expect next from the opening which is popular from a thriller genre. We also used orchestra strings in parts of the sound track as it also creates sympathy, like the emotional piano.
The soundtrack took us longer than we expected to create, as we found it difficult to make the music fit with the film, as we wanted to the emotional piano to become more obvious when the shots of the victim in a vulnerable position appeared. Whereas we wanted the pulsing sweep to be more obvious when the shots of the victim unaware of the protagonist, continuing the sense of mystery.
For our soundtrack we chose to go for two contrasting types of music, one being the emotional piano which would give the audience a sense of sympathy for the victim. We then contrasted this with the intense pulsing sweep to create a sense of mystery and suspense, as the audience will not know what to expect next from the opening which is popular from a thriller genre. We also used orchestra strings in parts of the sound track as it also creates sympathy, like the emotional piano.
The soundtrack took us longer than we expected to create, as we found it difficult to make the music fit with the film, as we wanted to the emotional piano to become more obvious when the shots of the victim in a vulnerable position appeared. Whereas we wanted the pulsing sweep to be more obvious when the shots of the victim unaware of the protagonist, continuing the sense of mystery.
Saturday 2 May 2015
Discarded locations and possible locations
This was one of our potential locations for our opening to our film, however we chose against filming here. There were a variety of reasons as to why we didn't film here as we thought the scene would of looked to hectic for the opening, and to gain a clear shot of the victim we would of had to have filmed at certain ours of the day, so it wouldn't of been busy and this would of just been to time consuming.
Another discarded location was the first potential house we was originally going to film outside of. However the street the house is located on is next to an extremely busy road, meaning there would of been to much noise and sound, but also would have been to chaotic to film on.
Examples of Shots used
The shots used in our opening where to add atmosphere and a create a mood for the narrative. These are some of the shots we used;
1. Establishing shot- how the opening begins, of a location setting of a street seen throughout the film
2. Extreme close up- victims face, expresses the sense of emotion clearly to the audience
3. Zoom- victims house, shows her looking out the window, showing a sense of suspicion and uncertainty
4.Over the shoulder shot- protagonist looking into the victims house
5. Long shot- used to show the movements the victim made
6.Mid shot- of inside the house of the doors, suggesting the victim may of been held hostage in one of the rooms behind the doors
7.Establishing shot- shows another location setting
8. Midshot- used to show the victim held hostage, struggling to escape free
9. Close up- used on the victim to show her struggle, and the way she's been held hostage
10. Over the shoulder shot- used to show the protagonist, pulling the cloth out the victims mouth
11. Long shot- showing the victims walk into another location
1. Establishing shot- how the opening begins, of a location setting of a street seen throughout the film
2. Extreme close up- victims face, expresses the sense of emotion clearly to the audience
3. Zoom- victims house, shows her looking out the window, showing a sense of suspicion and uncertainty
4.Over the shoulder shot- protagonist looking into the victims house
5. Long shot- used to show the movements the victim made
6.Mid shot- of inside the house of the doors, suggesting the victim may of been held hostage in one of the rooms behind the doors
7.Establishing shot- shows another location setting
8. Midshot- used to show the victim held hostage, struggling to escape free
9. Close up- used on the victim to show her struggle, and the way she's been held hostage
10. Over the shoulder shot- used to show the protagonist, pulling the cloth out the victims mouth
11. Long shot- showing the victims walk into another location
Titles - discrete or minimal?
We chose to have the majority of our titles to be indiscrete, even though they are blending in with their respective backgrounds. As each title would often move into a position where it is clearly visible, whilst appearing as apart of the physical scene. Ours is over action at the start of our film. Unlike the title sequence "Se7en" as the focus was on the image behind the text however the text in front of the image was still vibrant and clear to the audience bur extremely discrete.
The first titles we chose we decided to discard as we felt it took up too much room, as it was very bulky and stubborn and therefore did not blend in well with image.
The first titles we chose we decided to discard as we felt it took up too much room, as it was very bulky and stubborn and therefore did not blend in well with image.
Which font? Why?
A rejected font, this version, we thought it too blocky and stubborn; Stalker is psychological thriller about a young girl being stalked and therefore the font has to cover the genre as well as all of the characters.
Included in my thriller credits
Thriller Productions
Producer
For my thrillers producer we believed that creating a company name that would strengthen the opening sequences foundations in a narrative base of thriller. The name was designed as an additional clue to the audience to ensure they knew the genre of the film, but potentially the themes also that will feature in the narrative. "Thriller Productions" was the idea for a title that we brainstormed and we stuck with it, as it fits with the theme well, it is simple enough providing a clue as to what our narrative entails.
Credits
Being a duo in the development of Stalker, we didn't feature to many people in our film as we didn't want it to look to chaotic. My brother had acted as one of the protagonists as he played the role of the stalker, as we needed a tall male and he fit the description well. A friend then featured as another protagonist, she featured as the victim, as we needed a small young girl, that fit the look of vulnerability and innocence, which she fit well. Then between the two of us we filmed and edited.
As it stands;
Producer; Thriller Productions
Edited by, Directed by, Music by; Talia Warren and Paris Warren
Actors; Alanna Hanson and Calun Middleton
Editing Software; Apple software- IMovie
Music Software; Apple software- Garageband
Producer
For my thrillers producer we believed that creating a company name that would strengthen the opening sequences foundations in a narrative base of thriller. The name was designed as an additional clue to the audience to ensure they knew the genre of the film, but potentially the themes also that will feature in the narrative. "Thriller Productions" was the idea for a title that we brainstormed and we stuck with it, as it fits with the theme well, it is simple enough providing a clue as to what our narrative entails.
Credits
Being a duo in the development of Stalker, we didn't feature to many people in our film as we didn't want it to look to chaotic. My brother had acted as one of the protagonists as he played the role of the stalker, as we needed a tall male and he fit the description well. A friend then featured as another protagonist, she featured as the victim, as we needed a small young girl, that fit the look of vulnerability and innocence, which she fit well. Then between the two of us we filmed and edited.
As it stands;
Producer; Thriller Productions
Edited by, Directed by, Music by; Talia Warren and Paris Warren
Actors; Alanna Hanson and Calun Middleton
Editing Software; Apple software- IMovie
Music Software; Apple software- Garageband
Friday 1 May 2015
Final Cut
Our final cut of stalker is 1:59, before we uploaded our final cut to our blog we edited some clips and changed the effect on the clips, for example the first location shot which begins the film was quite a bright light with no effect. However we decided to change this clips to the effect 'bleach bypass' as this darkened the mood and created a more intense feeling, which was our aim for our genre. Also we slowed down some clips to create and add suspense which would put our target audience on edge as the clips were dragged out.
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