Editing, opening titles and music

On Friday 26th November, myself and my group started editing, creating our opening titles and our music. It went well and we managed to get quite a bit completed. We got half of our editing done as we put the shots in the order we wanted and so we had a full completed thriller opening but we yet have to add effects, music and our opening credits. Me and Emily started creating the opening titles which we managed to do for a couple of names. We looked at a few films such as mimic and seven as their opening titles are very interesting and Seven inspired and interested us most so we decided to do our opening credits similar to sevens. The way Sevens opening credits enters and exits is very effective. We decided to do our opening credits similar to Sevens as Seven's really stood out and seems very effective to us.

To create our credits similar to Seven, we first search for a font similar to Sevens. In the google search engine, we searched "Seven's font" and we clicked on a website that gave us loads of fonts and the one we most liked and thought was similar is 'Dans Hands' as  shown in the screenshot below. We then had to download the font before being able to use it. Using the timeline and different effects we created our first opening title however we still have to add a few little bits before its completely finished.

Below are a few screenshots showing me and Emily creating the opening credits.

Camera Shots

Camera shots & angles

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Re-Filming- Behind the scenes

On Friday 19th November we started to edit our film for our thriller opening however as a group we felt that the storyline was not very effective and strong and what we had filmed we was not happy with as it was too dark and grainy and the quality was not very good and also we did not really think about our camera angles and shots. Because of this we decided to re film our thriller opening and changed part of the storyline. I, Lauren and Emily filmed on Sunday 21st November however unfortunately Kerry was unable to make it.
For the second filming we focused more on our location, lighting and camera shots and movements. Our thriller opening is still focused on a stalker but there are two characters this time as we felt there were too many last time. We have decided to base it on a teenage girl and an unknown man who is obsessed with her and stalks her, it is slightly different from our previous storyline but not by much as we have just taken out 2 characters aw we felt we had two many and needed to focus on the main characters.
We filmed in two different locations: Emily's house and Crystal Palace park. We felt these were effective locations because Crystal Palace park is where the girl is being followed and it has a lot of space and environment which makes it look more interesting.
We did 4 hours of filming which we felt the day went well and the filming was successful. We filmed in many different shots to make sure we got it right and we focused on the lighting which we mainly used high key lighting and in some parts low key lighting .
Below are a few pictures of us filming:

Video Showing what we thought of our filming

Overall Production Logo

Today, myself, Lauren and Kerry attended after effects training after college which is the software we use to create our production logo. We have finally created a logo that we like and we feel that it looks effective and stands out.
With our production logo we wanted to make it bright and dark in some places and make it rotate towards the end of the production which we achieved using the after effects software. Our production logo is a light blue/green colour and we have made it so our logo scatters across the page and then forms into the text we have written and then slightly rotates outwards. It also has light shine on it and then it dims out in the end and you can no longer see the logo. We also changed to font as we felt it was too plain before.
There were a lot of steps we took to creating this logo and it was quite difficult but we managed to achieve our production logo with a combination of key framing and using different parametres. We used a number of text layers, camera layers and light layers to achieve a lighter look.
Using the timeline, we were able to transform our production logo from a very bright logo to a dim logo by pressing a stopwatch icon to make it bright at 5 seconds but fade out to a dim light at 10 seconds. We also used this to transform it from a non-moving logo to a moving logo.
Here are a few screenshots of out production logo:

This is our text completely scattered
This is our text scattering together
This is our text come together after it has finished    scattering together.
This is our logo with bright lighting
This is our logo with dim lighting
This is our logo at the end when it is completely faded out

Production Logo Testing

As a group, for our production logo we have decided that it will be called 'Swivell Productions', one of the members of the group Lauren came up with the name and we all agreed and decided that it was a great name to use for our production logo. We decided to go along with this name because it just seems very effective and just stands out for me, it seems like a very production logo like name.
In our media lesson on Friday 12th we tested and had a try at creating our logo productions which was a lot of fun and very interesting and we actually quite liked the production logo that we created which was only suppose to be a sample. Our logo is not completely finished but we will add more effects and the finishing touches to make it effective and stand out. We are also going to create music to go with our production logo and make our logo move.
Here are a few screenshots showing the steps we took to create what we have created so far:

This is the first try out and then we managed to work out how to change the colour so we then decided to change it to green,

 We played around with the colours a bit more and decided that blue was the best colour and kept with that but we found that the brightness of the light was too dim so we brightened it.

 Screen shot of brighter light moving across the production logo

 The two screenshots above is where we made the name scatter out and then twist back together. We decided this did not look right so we will be making changes to the end part.

Production Meeting Minutes

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Opening Titles

Below are the opening sequence of two films which their opening titles have interested me and has inspired me and given me ideas for our thriller opening. I think that Panic Room's opening credits are really good, the way they are represented and shown are very clever. The opening credits are made to fit in with the scene in which some of the names of actors/actresses looks like titles on buildings, the opening credits really stand out and have really intrigued me.
The hostage clip is 10 minutes long as I couldn't find the opening clip by itself. The opening for hostage lasts around 3.20 minutes which is quite long but I think is worth it as the way the opening credits enter and are represented are clever and very effective.

Production logos

These are five famous production logos which everyone is familiar with. Looking at these production logos the music is very loud and dramatic and seems as if it is making a statement showing that they are the  production company who produced the film. All the production logos last around 25 seconds . These are production logos that have inspired me and have given me a few ideas of my own about my groups production logo to our thriller opening.

Filming- Behind the scenes 7th November

Today we all met at Emily’s house to film our thriller opening which we aimed to get most of the filming done which we achieved. All though there were a few problems we manage to work round them and solve the problem. As a whole I thought that the day was successful and the filming went well.
There were a couple of problems such as the boy playing the role of the stalker was not able to make it any longer so as a group we decided that I will play the role of the stalker which we didn’t find a problem during filming. Also as we were filming it began to rain but as we were coming to the end of filming outside it wasn’t much of a problem so we decided to quickly film the last scene outside which we done just in time. We have also changed the props because as we was filming we had new ideas that we wanted to add which involving changing and adding new props.

Behind the Scenes

Planning Sheet

Planning Sheet

Props:

Night Wear Top

Bed

Bag

Phone

Hoodie

Pictures of Character

Computer

Characters

We have decided that myself and another member of the group Lauren will be characters in the film. Lauren will be a teenage girl and I (chloe) will play the role of a man stalker as we could not find a boy to play the role of the stalker.

Chloe (I will play the character of the stalker)

Lauren

Location

 We have planned to film round an estate in Penge where Emily lives as it is easier to film in her house and the surrounding environment is an ideal location for our film genre.
As a group we have decided to film outside as well as inside as the environment is an effective location for the stalker to be filmed as this will create a scary and tensed atmosphere.
We have also planned to film in Crystal Palace Park so that we can create an atmosphere and because the surrounding environment adds more to the scene.

Filming

Plan to film Sunday 7^th November and Tuesday 9^th November. We plan to get most of the filming done Sunday with little left to do on Tuesday. This way this will give us time to look back and review on the many shots we have filmed and gives us time for improvement.

Characters

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Props and Location

Props and Location

Target Audience Survey

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Target Audience Profile

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Story Board

Mood Board

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