Final Editing Stages

Our deadline is Thursday so this means that we dont have much time at all to complete all of the work set. So because of this Me Chloe and Efosa stayed for a hour after school so we could sort out the music for our opening, as we have not got any sound on the video yet except for digetic sound which was there when we filmed it. Also where there was interruptions with phones and other electronic equipment there is a lot of buzzing and hissing that we had to make sure was gone before we could send it of. This is what we sorted out today and tomorrow in our lesson we plan to finish the music ready to start the evaluation.

Our Production Company

This is our production company that I have made. When it plays the word 'LIGHTBULB' flickers like a actual light bulb. It is effective because it's dark and connects with our actual film opening.

We also came up with other ideas for a production company such as
Wonky Donkey Productions

Lighthouse Productions

Newhouse Productions

Light bulb Productions

Transform Productions

But we thought that Light bulb would be the best option as I had a really good idea of how it would look.

Recent Progress Of Editing Opening

Over 2 lessons I have worked on the production logo for the beginning of our opening. I made it on Flash and we have decided to be called Light Bulb Productions, so I have used a picture of a light bulb and put it on a black background, because it stand out and because black have connotations of dark and scary. I have finished creating this and have added it to the start of the our opening on Final Cut.

Current Progress

In today's double lesson Efosa is carrying on editing our Opening Sequence while I have been working on the sound for some of the shots in the film.
Our editing of the film is coming to the end but we need to add sound and titles still. So that's why I have been trying to create the sound so we can put it all together.
Meanwhile Chloe has been focusing on planning the meetings and creating meeting logs to we are update to date which all our work.

The Ring Opening Sequence

Firstly we see the production company of the film The Ring which is dream works, but instead of being played normally we see a scratch and this makes it look like the film is being interrupted but really it has been used to make the film look more scary. This also establishes the genre of the movie which is horror and thriller. Then we see the two characters introduced by a slow zoom into their faces while they are watching a film to make it look effective and also because it is used at the start on the production company.

The dialogue in this film is slow and deep to grab the audiences attention, it brings us in to the  film because it feels like she is talking to us. Also to make the film more scary they use dark lighting and all we can see is shadows on their faces, which makes their teeth and eyes stand out the most so this is what the audience will be focusing on the most. The phone rings which is diegetic sound and because before they were laughing and joking it brings tension and makes the audience on the edge of their seat because they don't know who's going to be at the other end of the phone. There is also slow non-diegetic sound over the top of the phone ringing this also makes the atmosphere more thrilling. The end non-diegetic sound is very effective because it is very loud and makes you jump out of your seat, and also works well because the girl is screaming as well.

The camera shots are mostly zooms which is more effective, and also we see a crash zoom into a clock which might be a symbol of the film. Tracking shots that follow the character work very well because we can only see the person we are following not what's around them. So this is very good for a scary film because we cant see the evil villain. 

Plans for next lesson

We plan to carry on cut our film and editing the different shots together. Researching opening sequence before helped us and me a lot and gave us idea's in what we should include into ours. Because of this I think we are going to create a very powerful and frightening opening.

Starting editing

Today we started to edit what we have shooted on Sunday and Monday. I was cutting up the film on Final Cut and making sure I did every shot. As a group we watched through the footage we have taken and realised that we must of recorded over a shot that we took.
The shot that we recorded over was of Efosa walking close to the camera and also a worms eye view of his feet. So we decided that Efosa would record this himself as we have no other time to meet up and to change anything.

Also after the editing on Sunday and Monday night I feel that I played my part very well in recording the shots at the station for the beginning of our opening sequence and also acting as a kidnapped girl in our opening.

Planning Our Opening Sequences

We have planned to start filming our opening sequence this weekend, and we aim to get the whole of the filming done so we can start the editing next week. We have decided what costumes we are going to wear, and we are going to be shooting our opening sequence at my house. He have chosen to use the bedroom where is has a mirror. The garage to make the atmosphere look scary and the living room back doors for walking in and out. Also we are going to need to go to the train station which is 10 minutes away from my house so this wouldn't put us out too much.

We have discussions about our plans for the weekend which will be Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th of January. Also what times we will meet up and traveling etc.