EVALUATION 1

Audience Feedback

Audience feedback helped up to gather up feedback from our potential audience for future reference. 

Final BBFC Rating

Editing Diary

Editing Diary

The editing software we used for our thriller was 'Pinnacle'. When we first started our coursework, we didn't know how to use it. But when we had filmed and edited our prelim it gave us an idea on different transitions, sounds and other editing skills we could use. We first imported all the footage from our camera onto the computer and decided on which clips were and weren't suitable to use in our thriller. On the first day of editing we decided to just put all of the clips in order based on our storyboard, without adding any major editing to it except cutting. We would cut the clips if there were parts that were not necessary for the film. We decided to do this before editing as we went along because once we had done sections we would watch it back to make sure it all fit together, and if it didn't we would see if there was another clip that could replace it to improve it.

After we were happy with the order we had put it in, we started editing it to make sure each clip run smoothly onto the next. We would do this by using cuts, fades or other transitions which still fit in with the torture thriller theme. For example, when the hillbilly paedophile had flashbacks of the little girl we added a 'dreamy glow' to make sure the audience could easily see that it was a flashback and not just another scene happening at the same time.

For some of the scenes we managed to change the speed, so it fit in with the rest of the thriller and looked more realistic. For example in the end scene, when there is a voice over of a hillbilly, we slowed down the speed of the voice over so it was more understandable.

We also used the colour changing effect on the scenes where there were flashbacks. When the flashbacks appeared we would make the scene look darker, which would help exaggerate the mood in which was set by the little girl and hillbilly.

The main problem we had with editing our thriller was the last scene, where it fades into a blackout for 5 seconds then a shot of the hillbilly's eyes appear. This is because when we first put the clip in we didn't use a blackout so it went straight from the previous scene, which didn't flow well. So we then decided to try other effects as we were determined to have this clip the last one of the thriller. After trying different effects we found a fade into a blackout for a few seconds whilst the hillbilly was talking worked well.

We then added the music we had chosen to our thriller, thinking we would have to cut out parts of it to make sure it fit in with our thriller. But we were fortunate enough that it already fit with the thriller, for example when the hillbilly started walking faster across the fields the music would speed up.

The last thing we had to add to our thriller in the editing process was the title of the thriller, the actors names, our names and the production company. This didn't take long as we just had to add transitions to them and make sure they were easily readable.

CHOOSING A SOUNDTRACK

VOICE OVER VIDEO

Towards the end of our 2 minute clip, we wanted a black pause to be filled with a voice over. We particularly wanted the voice of a hill billy as this portrayed the main character. The voice over revealed the hillbilly and made it feel as if he was talking towards the audience. This therefore made the audience feel involved and intrigued to find out the main characters emotions. The Voice over affirms the motto of the hillbilly, reflecting back upon his childhood. 

To create our voice over we had to search for someone who could portray a believable accent. We soon found someone of whom we recorded the hilly billy speech upon a iPhone. By simply downloading the video clip to pinnacle, we merged the sound into our scene by cutting out the action.

Shooting Diary 2

Shooting Diary 1

Shooting Schedule

PITCH

Spellcheck

Spellcheck

We checked each blog we have posted to make sure the spelling and grammar is correct.

Changes Made to Our Thriller

 

Choosing a title

Title Sequence

Final Poster

TEASER POSTER

To begin developing our poster we used the software 'photoshop' in order to collect different ideas. We began by inserting a one of our favourite photos taken on the day of filming and experimented with different colour filters to achieve the best visual effect. As our beginning photo was the one of our hillbilly set further back, composed to the right of the frame, we decided that we needed to fill in the empty space to the left. To overcome this, we inserted another photo which focuses more on our characters face revealing his scary eyes. We blurred this into the background image, creating a faded effect in order to achieve a proffessional look. We created our thriller title in a distorted effect which we displayed bold across the top of the poster, followed by a large five star rating. This is to attract our audience followed by a movie quote to intice them into watching our thriller. As a result of creating this teaser poster, it has helped us to develop our knowledge on the specific software and what type of visual effect we would like to include in our final poster.

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