Evaluation question 1- script

Costumes and props

• We used this certain type of car being a ka as it is thought of as a more female car and is seen as womanly more than male.
• The bag, purse and phone were used to show the realistic events and to give an idea of the woman's belongings on a daily basis.
• We used two pictures to show the significance there was with the two women and the man.
• The costumes we chose for the fiancé was a black dress, long blue coat, tights and purple heel shoes, tis was so we could easily identify her. Also the other secretary woman wore a blue dress, a black coat, tights and black shows. Both these costumes show the sophistication.

Camera work and editing

• We added different affects over our opening to help with the thriller genre, this was done using final cut pro as we could experiment with ideas.
• There were different shots used when filming for the opening so all of the angles were covered, this helped with how the audience view the film and who they relate with.

Genre - how opening suggests it

• The genre for our film was thriller. This is shown in the opening by the low key lighting that we used and also the choice of location being isolated. 
• The soundtrack added in also gives off the idea that it is a thriller as it is quite mysterious but has an edge to it.

Evaluation task question 7 - progression

For this part of the evaluation i am looking at lighting, Foley and 180 degree rule.


Script:

• The preliminary task was the first opportunity we had to use lights to create low-key lighting, it was quite easy to do but adjusting this to the right level of brightness was harder. Compared to the final film we have made i think that the progress i have made with the lights was quite a lot as i understood the idea of low key lighting to create the atmosphere.

• Foley is meant to be recorded separately to the actual film, in the preliminary task the sound used was from the camera itself, this makes the sounds echo and doesn't sound very professional, in the final film we recorded the foley noises we needed using a mobile phone and added them in.

• The 180 degree rule was broken in the preliminary task as we were not as confident with what this was and how to keep to it. In the film we had a better understanding so we made sure that all the angles were shot correctly and that there were no errors with this.

Evaluation task - question 6, technologies

I have been allocated the task of talking about the following technologies that we used during our opening sequence.


Script:

• Foley is an important part of the film for defining the sounds around the location, adding foley into our opening sequence helped with the effects to make it realistic this was done using a mobile phone. The wind was added in the background to show the isolation of the location.

• As we filmed at night there was lack of lighting apart from the street lights above which did not have set the right lighting we needed, because of this we used the lights supplied to help create low-key lighting in the location and to create the right isolated atmosphere.

• Bubbl.us was used for brainstorming the ideas in the way of a mind map. We used this to put all of our ideas together to help with the research and planning of our opening sequence, by using bubbl.us it was easy to understand the thriller genre as it was clear to see.

Also i learned how to use final cut pro, i used this to put together different shots and incorporate them into one film.

Soundtrack screenshots

I was involved with making the soundtrack for the final film. I took some screen shots of the process from when we started, this was the first time i had used garage band.

this was the first screen shot when making the soundtrack, as this was our first attempt we experimented with different noises.

we added sounds from the screen shot to try to adapt the thriller genre, this changed throughout as some sounds didn't work with each other.

this next screen shot was after we had added and deleted different tracks.

we added in the movie track and this is how the beginning of our soundtrack looked as we decided not to have any sound at the beginning.

this was the finished soundtrack with the movie included so we could check that it all fitted and was in the right place.

The Foley was added in after this in various places in the film, we had to change some of the sounds as they were not as good as we first thought, but we found the best noises we could in the end an had re-record some of them.

Editing screenshots

This is when i first began editing on final cut.

Screenshot of the editing process for the film heartbreak.

The second screenshot shows the next part of the film and how much further i got with it.

The final picture is when i had cut the shots down with the razor blade to make the film shorter so it flowed better and there was room for the title sequence.

Weather checks

There shouldn't be a problem with the weather check as our thriller film is going to be filmed inside meaning that there wont be a reason for us to worry about this. Also the camera will not get ruined as it will be under cover.

Camera Shots

I have learnt about the different camera shots in a film and what they are used for. In a film every 3 shots there should be a close up, this causes mystery and suspense.

Establishing shot:

This shot is very wide across the scene, this give the audience a sense of knowing where they are. This is usually used at the start of the film to set the scene.




Long shot:

This is the shot that shows the character and the scene around them. The long shot shows the relationship between the two.





Mid shot:

This shot allows the audience to get to know the character as they can see more of them and their body language.





Two shot:

This shot shows the relationship between the characters in the shot, depending on how far apart or how close they are, gives us an idea of how they feel about eachother.




Close-up:

The close-up gives us more of an idea about the character, it also causes mystery as we cannot see what is going on around the character.





Extreme close-up:

This usually focuses on the characters eyes and expresses the emotion that character is feeling. This also gives more attention to the character to how they react.




Over the shoulder:

This shot gives the audience a look into more of what the character sees and focuses on the character whose face you can see.





Point of view show:

This gives the audience a direct look at what the character is seeing. It is a good shot to use but if overused can become too much.





In our thriller film we are most like to use long shots, point of view shot, close-up, mid shot and over the shoulder shot.