Our final opening

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Question 5 FOR WHOLE GROUP

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Q 6 - Things I have learnt about technology.

I have learnt a lot during the coursework period, i've learnt how to properly set up a camera and a tripod. Also soundtrack Pro has become much easier to use as i had help with teachers which made me feel more confident while using it. Live Type was very simple for me to use and has helped me and my group a lot during the course work. Im more confident now using Final Cut Pro which is demonstrated through Q3.  I also learnt how to overlay and to click edit where the sound comes on before the actual scene. I've used various websites that i had not heard of before doing the coursework which might help me later in media.

Response on final outcome.

I liked how my final opening came out i think it suited our genre well and it was very suspenseful and had good timing. The actress in 03:01 was very good as she made the character look scary but in an unconventional way by using subtle facial expressions which made the character more creepy.

If i could do the thriller opening again i would have made it a bit longer and made the sound more creepier, i think i would have also made the ending a bit clearer. Even though i think the ending was good for raising questions.

My favorite part of the opening was the overlaying of the snow globe and the characters face. The snow globe adds innocence and reminds people of childhood, and i think the overlaying of the girls face makes the piece.

Q7

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Word Cloud on my thoughts on the Preliminary and the Final Outcome.

Q6

This is a collage of the majority of technology we have used and experimented with while doing our coursework.

This Video will also explain the new technology i used online and off.
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Q5.

Here is a word-cloud emphasising what attracts our audience.

Q4.

Audience for media product

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Q3

This is a picture of my research on American and British Distributing Companies which helped me to decide what type of Company would distribute our film.

Q2

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Q1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

I think my title opening was quite conventional we started with the distribution and production companies, we then went on to the three main actors which are normally after the title sequence if there isn't any famous actors involved. 

I think 03:01 was a conventional film opening as the audience were introduced to the main character and also saw the pre plot, which was the characters Jekyll and Hyde like personality and a dead body at the end of the opening.
Our film opening definitely raised questions, the lighting was quite dark and the character was quite ambiguous was she the protagonist or the antagonist? Was the person under her bed dead or just unconsciousness? Why were there voices? This relates to The Ring as it starts our ordinary enough with two teenagers it also raises questions as she talks about a killer video tape and then she dies.
Also with our film there is alot of close ups of the main characters face this was to create suspense this relates to the Shining because they also have a scene were the film's antagonist plunges his head through the door and shouts "heres johnny."

Our film opening resembles that of Panic Room because it starts with an establishing shot of the city.

Editing credits/Influences

Our influences on editing came from the film Insidious and Orphan we liked the way it was styled and its editing. The  speed was also convenient and the way the music also gave way for the title sequence and how the both merged together. It was inciting to see how producers can do so little with title sequences, although it is the first thing you see.

Editing Process

This is a screen grab of the editing process, i used LiveType to create the title sequence, LiveType was very easy to use and the effects were great as they added a more gothic feel to our opening. The different fonts defined our opening more. This screen grab is of our title we used two effects so that the title stand from our other titles. 

Inspired Movie

Our opening was inspired by Paranormal Activity. We tried to create a scene similar to it, form the first movie where the actress is in her room walking around etc.We were thinking about using a timer, but we thought it would seem more like a trailer than an opening to a movie

                                Paranormal Activity                                                               3:01

The scenery is slightly different compared to ours but we did try put best to make it as good as PA1. As you can see the bedroom in PA1 is bigger and ours was smaller. They were both set in bedrooms mainly and the night camera effect was used

We did have problems with the lighting, but we were still able to shoot the scene of her walking around the room. 

Roughcut

Opening of thriller: Editing so far

Planning Story Board & Animatic

Planning our story board was challenging as we had so many ideas, but could not include them all. The story board consisted of our opening scene , and what blank spaces needed, till the end of the film. As we went on with our planning each picture was drawn accurately to how our scenes in the opening will occur.
In addition the animatic was an easy process as we have done it before, the only challenging thing is getting the timing right  and the speed correctly.

Planning Costume & Props

Although our initial idea of costume was a victorian white dress gown, to be very creative. It did not come together and we had to find an alternative which was a plain white shirt and leggings.

                                                         





Here is a snow ball/crystal ball we used to emphasise the character in our films innocence, and the progression of it, though it is slightly ironic. we also used it as it had a useful lullaby that could be used in our background sound.

Here we used a snow globe/crystal ball emphasising the  Actresses innocence, giving off a theme of slight innocence as well, which is fairly ironic. Also it has a lullaby with it that will come in handy with our sound.

These are other props we used, like the drawings, pencil, make-up etc.

Personal Review of Filming Process.

I thought the filming process was very fun, each of our ideas were listened to and we worked as a team to reach our final product. We all had a turn at working and setting up the camera, i took on the responsibility of photographing the filming process as it will help us when we were analysing the process. All our ideas were listened to which made the process more productive. We also filmed extra shots so that we wouldnt be short on scenes.