Animatic

This is our animatic, however since re-watching this we have changed the final scene. Instead of introducing a new character we will have the killer and instead of watching MTV he watches the tape of the party.

music

In todays lesson, we worked on the soundtrack to go alongside the thriller sequence. We had an original sound sequence, but today we worked on adapting it and layering it with other sounds. We listened to lots of different clips of sounds and remembered the ones which best went with our original tune. The original tune is the rock guitar riff 01.1. This os just a simple guitar played piece which stes the spooky mood. Then we use an electronic sound effect to add texture to the song and also add to the spooky effect. Through the song, we add orchestra strings 01.1. This also goes well with the original tune. All the sounds we have layered are in the same key and I think work well together to create the tone we want for the opening. The original tune is played for most of the song and is very repetative, so that the music doesn attract the audience away from whats happening, but works well beside it. Once we selected the sounds we wanted, we layered them on top of eachother using garage band.

Another day at the office.

In todays lesson we have been editing our storyboards and choosing musical pieces that may fit our thriller piece.

We've made several shot changes to the piece and many new shots, these shots are mostly to add in new shot types to vary the scenes. New shots include:

The first new shot is a close up of someone turning up the volume on some tunes!

A close up of a confused face for when she realises everyone had disappeared.

A close up of the phone being picked up and dialling.

A close up of a hand turning the handle to the door.

A mid shot of the party whilst the hooded figure walks behind them.

Also we have added in some new footage after the TV turns off with the title flashing on the screen, the TV will flash again and turn on to see some sort of music channel turning on. Zooming out to see a guy sitting on a sofa, it ends with a door opening, as he turns his head it fades out.

Just another day...

In todays lesson we finished off our storyboard and researched what music will go well with our opening. We are creating the music on garageband, we are creating party music and scary music. The party music will be used at the beginning during the party scene the music will then change to a more disturbing sound to create optimum tension.
Today we have also finished the storyboard and begun our animatics. weve taken the photos and uploaded them to final cut. we are now in the process of adding transitions and the beginnings of what may be our soundtrack.

Initial Ideas.

We have looked at many different openings to help give us 'inspiration' on certain aspects of our opening sequence.

We looked at 'Zodiac' and 'Cloverfield'



Zodiac Trailer.

Looking at this trailer, we found many things we liked about it for example at about the 50 seconds mark we see the Zodiac killer walk behind two people. We also like the scene with two people in the basement and you hear the creaking footsteps above with a man humming.



This is the trailer to Cloverfield, looking at this trailer we found that the rewind aspect at the beginning and also the main character talking to the camera directly as though it was a camera phone. There is also a slightly fuzzy tv effect as though there are technical difficulties used in it aswell as shots flashing negative quickly.

The man talking into his camera as though he's making a diary entry.

We would like to use these techniques somehwere in our opening sequence.

Basic Story - Initial Plan

It opens up with a party at night, people dancing and that sort of thing.

During the party we see a black figure walk past the window, as it does the scene flashes negative.

We see a bit more of the party as it fades to black.

When the scene fades back in we see a shot of a girl asleep on the sofa and pans around to see someone being dragged away.

The camera will then turn around and move into the eyes of the girl showing everything from her perspective. She explores the house, with scenes of before the party and now for example showing blood prints on the walls, flashing negative, then freezing with the credits being shown. She then goes to the phone, calls a number but to no avail. When that happens she checks the tv and radio, still nothing. At this point she rus to the door, as she turns the handle and opens it slightly, you hear a sharp thump and all goes black ending with the tv blip.

A questionable scene is after the thump she is seen blinking often as she is dragged away.

T3-87, Surface Analysis

We have been watching opening sequences to existing Thriller Films and those made by students in the college.

The sequence we are analysing is called "Surface" and is made by students from the college.

Sound- A continuous soundtrack is played to set a scary atmosphere. Another layer if sound is used from the characters such as screaming., this contrasts the simple music to add excitement and shock to the opening sequence. There is some diegetic sound that takes place towards the end of the sequence which is a scream.

Editing- There is a negative effect put on certain shots of ink that has been squirted into a bath. The pace of the editing is slow as after the more fastly paced scenes it slips into a negative ink scene.

Camera Work- the camerawork has a very unproifessional look towards it which is deliberate so that it looks more realistic as home shot. It is done shakily to emphasise this and so that not too much of each shot is shown, keeping the mystery of what the film is about.

The titles are very small so do not distract the viewer from the main scene.

Welcome

This is the first strip of film we created using the program 'Final Cut' we created this using a folder of stock clips and a starter choice of 5 soundtracks.

After putting a collection of these clips together we added in a soundtrack.

Then we opened up 'Garage Band' and created a soundtrack of our own.

The above video is the final product.