Production Roles - Miss Miller

Production Roles

In films people need to be allocated roles, if  they did not then people may do the same thing or leave things out this would become very unorganized and very inefficient. Another reason is that certain people are good at certain things , for example you would not have a cameraman doing the job of editing the film.The main roles for creating a film are the director,producer,actor,cameraman,music producer,screenplay writer,mise en scene co coordinators and editors.All these people have a certain set of skills and are very good at what they individually do, this will make a very successful film.

We decided who would do what by picking who wanted to do what and how well they would do at it.So Beau is the location manager, casting manager ; Wailum is the editor and music producer.Michelle is the costume designer and co producer; I am the cameraman, director and executive producer. We have all picked our jobs out of how well we would do them such as Wailum being good at using editing and me being good at using the camera and knowing what shots  and when. Although we have separate jobs we all made points on the screenplay and mixed our ideas together. This would be better as a group as more ideas can be made by brain storming as a group just due to the increased amount of people involved. More ideas can come up and bad ideas can either be improved or discarded by the others.

Now that we have chosen all our jobs we have done them very well.We have not actually filmed yet but the process leading up to it has been quite good. We have not actually filmed so we do not know how it will be when filming and other certain things but up until then we have been very good as a team. We have all done very well and it is clear that we made a good decision on choices as we have all excelled in our specific areas. Beau has been very good finding our location which is unique in having so many different aspects which can be filmed this will bring variety to our group. Although we still have the stereotypical forest we have different places such as a car parks and hospitals. Michelle has been very good at producing and has been very decisive on decisions involving the film and where it will be. These are just some of the ways that we have been good as a team and people have made good decisions.

Having our set jobs will also make making our film much easier. If everyone has a specific job they will do that well and at the end all of the finished pieces can come together to make a very good film. This also saves time as having one person doing it will be much less complicated than a whole group deciding on what sound is needed at certain points, this is why we have allocated separate roles to people.

So an overall of each person:

Beau is the location manager and casting manager, we chose these roles for him as he lives in the area and knows the area very well. Also he knows lots of local who are in the area therefore it would be easier to get people who lived not far away to be in our film. Overall he did mediocre in task as he got us a very good location although he did not provide the actors apart from himself so he did not do as well as the others.

Wai-Lum has been given the job of editor and music producer. She has been given these jobs as she is good at editing so therefore she is the main editor and she is also good about putting music with the right scene to reflect the emotion. Wai-Lum has also been very good both sides of filming and has helped in many ways afterwards as editing is the biggest task after filming.

Michelle is the costume designer and co producer as she knows what we wanted in a scene and reflected this in the way she told the actors to dress. She is also a producer as she is very good at actually putting the film together so we chose her for the role.She has been very good both before and after filming and has completed the task well.

Overall we all did very well in our roles, although there are certain areas where we could have improved. Some areas such as deadlines and timekeeping we were very relaxed about and this could have added up to lots of time. Another could be communication about what people are doing, as sometimes we were doing something then we would find that we were not prepared for it. This is another way time was wasted.Although giving people allocated roles has helped as people only need to do there jobs and when it is done we can put it all together and have a good film with all of our expertise combined.

Inspirations- Miss Miller

Inspirations

Inspiration is when you take aspects and ideas from another source to put into your own and make it your own.We need inspiration as otherwise ideas would be very hard to find as we use other ideas as a template for ours, if we could not then original ideas would be all that there is possible and could make the number of ideas very low. If you have an original idea then it cannot be a bad thing to watch other successful examples that you could take things from.

You can take inspiration from many things such as books,T.V, film,music and from your own life.Past experiences are often the best as they have not been thought up by anyone else and mean something personal as they have actually happened to you.This will make whatever you are putting it into better. If you took inspiration from a secondary source such as another film you are effectively copying their idea which is not very creative but can be good if you take small amounts that could improve your own idea.This would be acceptable like us using the location of a forest even though many other thriller are also set.

We have taken ideas from many thriller films such as Seven, the Saw franchise, Shutter Island, Phone Booth and Insidious.All of these films are successful thriller which have many similar elements of which they have copied from each other. These elements are expected and are synonymous with thriller films, these things we can include as they are expected and generally make it better for people watching the film. If they had not been in these other films then they would not be successful so we now know that they are successful ways and we should use them.

We have taken ideas such as not having dialogue only screams which brings a sense of mystery and enigma to the scene. A second is having the heart beat of the victim while she is being chased.We have taken this inspiration from Shutter Island which portrays the heartbeat in a different manner. Lastly one from Scream which never shows the face of the killer which again brings mystery and enigma to the scenes where he is present this makes the character much more scary.This type of inspiration is okay due to it not being a straight copy but we have selected the elements that make it good.

 These have helped our film in many ways but mostly it being better general viewing for the audience of the thriller film. Thriller films are meant to be mysterious and surprising and these things that are included in other films and they have some of the best ways to do that. So it is better to use other successful things that we can take from other films that is why we have used it.We know they work so we can use them without worrying are they successful in making a good thriller film.

Planning Opening Credits- Miss Georgiou

Planning Opening Credits

Credits play a important role in all films as it gives recognition to the people who have worked hard to make it ,it gives appreciation to everyone in the film from the director to the costume designer.They are also used to show how big the people in the film are, if it was a famous  director or actor then the name would be more prominent in the credits than a new and up and coming actor who was previously unheard of. This is because audiences who have seen their previous work will want to see it again.This will help bring people in to watch what they have made and will help make other less well known people more publicly known and increase their popularity. So this changes how different people are portrayed in credits and how audiences respond to the different type of people involved as how famous a actor or directer is often helps the film make more money.

We took inspiration for our credits from many different films both thrillers and from other film genres to improve our credits. One film that we analysed was Se7en. The credits of Se7en are very unique and are not a very common style. They are in white with a contrasting black background and shake and move about constantly and how they look hand written. This I believe builds a more personal feeling with the people who have worked on the film as it seems like it is hand written.The white could represent the differences between good and evil and the hand written feels more unusual for the audience. This moving and jerking keeps bringing your attention back to them and makes you read them when they change , this brings attention to the names even though there are things going on in the background which distract you. Also in the background we can see a man reading a Bible and other religious book and we do not see his face.This makes us think he will be the antagonist and this  is from ideas of Aristotle as he believed it was themes that made a scene and the themes is having an enigma in the opening scenes of Se7en. This is where we have taken our inspiration from for our black and white contrasting effect in our own credits. Overall Se7en's credits are personel to the audience yet still mysterios and help keep the audiences attention.

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Another film we chose to analyse with very good credits are from the film insidious and cthis because it has a long opening scene. The credits are written in red and could be indicating blood and violence is to come. This is a good representation of the film and makes the audience immediately know what the film will be like and prepare for it. They almost also drip just like blood on the screen and this again links in with the film.The bright red blood also highlights the difference from the dark and gloomy background and again gives a sense of an enigma following. This again could indicate the difference between good and evil in the film which is built by these differences and the audience knows immediately that there will be a victim and a killer. We have used the idea of using colours to indicate things such as in our own we use black and white to represent good and evil against each other as they are in the scene. This is because you can use colours to put the audience in a mind set white and black are cold colors and contrasting. Whereas blue and white match and make the scene more mellow. Also the r=time between each credit is relatively slow and this keeps the credits quick to set the speed for the film.

   In our group we decided that we would have colours that contrasts such as red and black or white and black.This makes the names stand out and helps bring attention towards the names and this makes the people who have made the film happier as they are more easily seen and therefore more prominent. Also you can sense that the clip will have two sides and it helps explain the narrative.Secondly we want to have things happening in the background this makes people watch the whole screen which would otherwise not happen if it was just the credits. Also the credits will be moving as this will make audience pay attention to the screen when things are going on this brings much attention to it. Also using dramatic music suddenly pulls attention towards the screen so this will also help people keep interest in our own credits. This also uses time that would otherwise be wasted on just credits but can begin to tell the story which is valuable. There will be a gap of one second between each credit and a credit last 3 seconds. This is setting the pace of the start of the film. We will use this font

 which also makes the credits seem more natural and helps make it easier to read than if it was handwritten for instance. Although it does give an impersonal impression whereas hand written does not. Without all of these effects going on people would not even look at the credits and will defeat the point of them. This is what we have discussed as a group on how to portray our credits and the ways that we can use other films to make our own better.

The order of credits:
Actors : Beau Abery , Ellie Holt
Music : Michelle Woods
Location co coordinator: Beau Abery
Casting: Beau Abery
Editor: Wailum Pang
Camera Operator: Benjamin Yarwood
Producer : Benjamin Yarwood
Co Producer : Michelle Woods
Screen Play: Benjamin Yarwood, Wailum Pang, Michelle Woods, Beau Abery
Director: Benjamin Yarwood


Overall we have spent much time on discussing the idea of credits and we have spent lots of time discussing how we will portray them to the audience. We have finalized them and we have included things such as contrasting colors and interesting credits to make them even better viewing for the audience.

Planning Sound- Miss Miller

 

Planning Sound

Sound is used in all films not just thrillers and is critical in conveying a story or idea to the audience which would the ruin any narrative. Sound the techniques include diegetic, non diegetic, contrapuntal,parallel and on and off screen. All these convey many emotions and help dramatically to improve any scene.Without sound things would clearly be wrong with things such such as the background not feeling real or scenes not making sense as the audience cannot tell what mood the film scene is and this can be confusing with the things going on.

Diegetic sound can be the sound that is on screen or off screen but the sound must have its source within the same background e.g police siren in bacckground for city, but not in jungle. Non diegetic is when a sound has no relevance to a scene such as music or sound effects.Contrapuntal sound is where a sound is opposite to the feeling of the scene such as happy music with a violent or scary scene. Parallel sound is where the sound matches what is happening in the scene such as a gun shot or a car going away with engine noise.

In our scene sound is used continuously, when the car is winding down the road we can hear the car engine which is diegetic sound as it is not added by effects and we can see its source and we know it is there; another is the radio which we can hear and see so it is diegetic.Then as the car is going down the road we can hear the sound of the radio but at the start of the scene we are not in the car so it is non diegetic as it was added. This happy radio music is contrapuntal sound as the road is dark and wet and the trees are menacingly leaning over the road, these are dark images and contrast the happy music. This puts the viewer in an uneasy position as you feel uncomfortable with the dark scenes but the happy mellow music makes it less fearfull. The audience has mixed feeling at this point which we were going for.When the car parks up we can hear the buzz of the lamp post light which is diegetic as we can see its source and it the sound has not been added in and is expected,another is when the car door slams we can see the place that the sound comes from. The buzz of the lamp puts the audence in a uneasy waiting for what is to come . Then when the door slams it brakes this feeling and brings the audience back to the current scene, this makes the tension build for them. Then the happy radio song is back and is again juxtaposed by the scene but it puts the audience at ease for what is to come.

When the chase is happening we can hear the wind, leaves and rustlings around her, this is diegetic sound as we can see the source of the sound and know it is there but has been added by editing.The heavy footsteps of the man behind her is diegetic as they have been added but when she turns and looks it is easy to see the source also it is obvious it relates to the source.This will give the audience a feeling of sympathy for her and more hate for him as we can hear from his boots he is the more powerfull of the two. When she is finally caught fromk the music before it will become more personal to them and be sorry for the vunerable woman.  This also creates the fear for the audience that the character is facing and helps increase the fear of the scene. The footsteps of the man are also parallel as the sound goes with the actions of the person.This makes the man seem much more big and intimidating from his footsteps that get louder and louder the closer that he gets to her. This makes the audience very uneasy as well.This is one way that we will use sound to show off physical characteristics in our clip and how a diffrent size can change people perception of them and how an audience acts to them.Lastly is the heartbeat that can we can hear when she is finally caught. That is non diegetic as we cannot see the source and it was digitally added after the filming. This is so the audience how she is feeling and when it goes the audience presumes she is dead.

The audience can use these sound very easily to create a better relationship with them and build on it. Things such as the happy music at the start when we can see the woman make the audience like her more. She seems like a positive person who is associated with nice happy music therfore the audience like her. Another example is the mysterious and uneasy music that is played just when we see the killer. It puts the audience on edge and makes them feel uneasy and negative towards the man immedietly.


These sound techniques are very  conventional in a thriller as it is mostly used around points that are meant to either increase the tension of the scene or scare the audience and this makes it typical of a thriller film.An example would be the music as the tension rises when the woman is getting out of  the car.Then when the chase begins it starts to heighten and when she is eventually caught this is where the sounds stops. These sounds make the audience more and more tense and when finally it happens it is a big shock and this is used in many films such as the Saw series , Shutter Island and Se7en.

Overall sound is a crucial part in any film and can make a good scene a terrible one and vice verse. Moreover it can help give an audience an immediate indication of what the scene is about or can mislead an audience an audience for effect.This shows how with sound you can change a scene completly and that is why it is crucial.



introduction
why is sound so important
what sound will be used and when
 4 points diffrent sound techniques
How will you use sound techniques to potray charactersistics, emotion at certain times
what is conventional abouit it

Planning mise-en-scene- Miss Georgiou

Planning mise-en-scene

Mise-en-scene is very important in any film but massively in thrillers. Mise-en-scene includes 5 main things which are lighting,setting and iconography, costume and make up, facial expression and body language and positioning of of objects and characters.These things can make a film a success or failure and can completely change the audiences reaction to the film.An example would be a film with bad costume's and bad iconography so the audience cannot believe the things that are happening, this makes the scene feel unreal.Although if a film has very good iconography it can make anything seem believable. 

We have many different aspect of mise-en-scene in our own clip.For our setting we have a forest,car park and a tower these are quite a range of setting and we believe it will create interest for our clip.Also it offers differences from just the stereotypical forest which people could have become accustomed to and people may now be less scared of as they have seen it so many times.Our iconography is a knife and a mask ; we used a knife as we did not want to deviate too much from a normal thriller and it is much more dramatic than a gun which makes for a better villain who is more physically intimidating.Our mask is used as it hides the killers identity which is very important for us, we believe it creates a good sense of mystery to our clip and helps keep it true to the thriller genre.

Our costume's are  just normal clothes as it make it easier to relate to the characters and can make it more personal to the audience.Also it makes the killer much more scary as it could be any normal person who could do it and the same wit our victim who could be anyone.Our lighting will primarily be low key as it keeps up the idea that it is a spooky, dangerous area and makes the audience have a sense of what will be following.Also it makes the audience feel more unsettled just from how dark the film is which is key for our thriller film and anything that can add to that is good.Also Our facial expression and body language will be different from the normal thriller film.Our killer will be calm and this makes the killer much more inhuman and  this is often used as it makes it much better for the audience to watch.Our victim will be quite strong with a straight face at the start but she will start to seem less and less as the scene continues and eventually breaks down crying and wailing at the end.

Our mise en scene points are very conventional as most of ours have been in other successful thriller films which we have taken influence from for our thriller. Just some of these films are Se7en,  the scream series,Shutter Island and Phone Booth,  many conventions such as low lighting are in all of them and is clearly a convention of all thriller films so these are the strongest. This will make our film so much better and help make it seem more professional compared to other thriller films.

Our mise en scene builds a relationship with the audience in many ways such as putting normal clothes on the victim which makes her seem like a part of the audience and they therefore care about her. This will make the things that happen to her much more shocking and true to life. Another is how she is female and this immediately makes people feel sorry for her as she is in a venerable position next to a male killer due to his physical size.All this would help build a connection between the audience and the character and improve the scene which it is in dramatically , also it makes a film so much better when a audience care for the characters. 

Planning Editing Styles - Miss Georgiou

Planning Editing Styles

Editing is crucial in any film but especially a thriller as this is what helps give the film continuity and make the film clip flow.Editing is very important in any thriller film as it is this that creates mystery, suspense and enigmas which are what thrillers are all about.This will keep an audience engaged and make them want to continue watching so the suspense can keep on building.

There are many styles of editing that we have included in our clip.One of these is a straight cut, this is used simply when a camera angle changes or another scene is taking place. This is used  as it changes the perspective and as we have 3 locations and this will be very useful. We use this to highlight the differences in our scene and to help the clip continue and this makes the clip more engaging. This is the one that is most frequently used in films.

Fast editing is where the scene moves quickly from one shot to another. It is used in our clip extensively due to the nature of the clip, we use it in times such as the chase scene and the car driving in which are fast paced.This makes the clip quicker and shows action and helps keep the audience entertained and wanting to watch so it moves quickly at points , these include fast editing, straight cut, timing of shot and slow editing. All of these contribute to our clips suspense and mystery and make the clip better.

Another editing technique that is used in our clip is a jump cut, this is when a camera angle changes only slightly. In our clip the car driving at the start will have numerous camera angles to show how it is going.This shows the car and the background and makes the audience aware of the scene and helps give lots of angles on the background.This shows the audience that it is a dark road and that she is clearly alone.

Slow editing is when scenes come slowly after one another and make a scene much slower. We use this when the start of the chase happens to add dramatic effect to the start of the bug chase which is very fast so this balances it out.This gives the audience a chance to think about what is happening and will make more sense to them through this.Also we can see what the characters are about to do and make more of a connection between the audience and the victim.

In summary editing is crucial and cannot be left out of a film.Especially with thriller it is what helps make the whole film flow and create something that seems real and could actually to anybody, this makes the whole film better in turn. This makes the experience for the audience more real and helps the audience belive in the film and in the case of a thriller film more scary.

Planning characters - Miss Miller

Planning Characters

There are many reason why characters are in films.They convey meaning towards the audience and help bring connection between the audience so that people are more interested in what will happen to them as the narrative unfolds.They also build a relationship so now the audience cares about what will happen to the characters.This makes the viewing experience so much better for the audience.

Our first character is a young blond female victim who is trying to show innocence and get a connection towards the audience who then in turn care for her.She is a stereotypical of the thriller genre in many ways.She is 17 so very young and very innocent and this is typical of many films; she is a blond female so in thriller films is automatically more in danger than a man and finally she is in normal clothes which makes the audience feel a connection between them and her and care about her more.So the audience can build a relationship with her as she is quite weak and people would be protective of her as she is presented in a way that is not strong, therefore they want to keep her safe. She is very conventional as she is nearly everything that a victim should portray. She is a woman she is small in stature and looks physically tired. This is the way most first killing victims are portrayed as later on stronger characters often get killed. So people build more of a relationship with her as she is vulnerable and people would like to protect her.

The murderer is a 25 year old man who is tall and thin. He wears a mask throughout the scene and this makes the man seem much more in human and makes him much more scary to the audience and he wears normal clothes which makes him very unusual. He is very stereotypical and this makes him more scary as so many other killers are seen as the same this makes it more unusual for the audience. The audience feel lots of negativity towards the characters as he is the complete opposite of the victim and this makes the things he does even worse.So the connection the audience has to him is completely bad and that is what we were trying to get.

The audience can and cannot build a relationship with this man. He wears normal clothes so is quite relatable but at the same time wears a mask which distances himself from the audience.He also walks in a unusual way and this does not help the audience feel sympathy as he is different to them. Finally he is represented as powerful and foreboding therefore the audience find it hard to connect with the character through the idea he is portraying. He is completely conventional to the thriller genre; he is bigger than the victim , he looks very mysterious and he looks like an outsider and unusual so we instantly take a dislike to him. Also he is even more scary as we do not know who he is so it is up to the audience to decide and each person will have an individual idea which will scare them more.

In all our characters are very much convention with thrillers as simply lots of films across the genre contain these essential characters and there qualities. This will help the audience immediately understand the genre of our film and this will make telling the story easier than if they were characters that had never been used before. Also as we are only using two characters the focus can just clearly be on them and this will help to develop the characters as they spend such a long time building up to a moment, this will also improve the quality of the characters themselves.Without all this helping the characters into the film then it would be incredibly hard to film.

The characters are crucial in films and ours we have planned in lots of depth.Without them there would be no story and would be pointless making a clip. We needed to plan our characters as without planning they would have no depth and this can not be made up with the narrative, and this can completely ruin a film. We found doing this very useful as now we could film doing what the characters would do and it makes the filming so much easier. If we filmed with two characters who were not conventional to the thriller genre then we would need more time building up the identity of the characters.

Cinematography planing- Mrs Miller

Cinematography planing

 

Cinematography is the use of camera angles and shots used within a clip.Each of these give a different feeling and experience to the clip and can convey many things.These are very important in all films but especially in thrillers as this makes  up the suspense that is so important in thriller films.This is why we need to plan our own cinematography as it is such a crucial part and therefore we should spend as much time as possible on it.Another reason why we need to spend as much time as possible is that without a cinematography plan lots of time would be taken to try to find the best shot when we are filming, which is very time consuming. This planing will also make the scene look much more professional.

There are many techniques that could be used in our scene ,some of these are close up which makes the audience feel the emotion of the character,high shot which makes the object small and insignificant. POV which makes the audience see what the characters see's,panning which shows the way the object gets from one place to another. A middle shot shows some of the character and some of the background, low shot which makes the object seem big and powerfull. These are used many times throughout our opening clip and express many feelings throughout the scene and helps to make it a better film.This is conventional as many thriller films use it to show something going on in the background while the main character is unaware as it shows both. This is used in such films as Saw where the killer is stalking the victim and we get an over the shoulder look. This also helps the audience as it shows what is going on with the main character and the background.

A panning shot is one of the first shots used in our scene and will make clear the setting and what the feel of the film is before anything has even happened and to see and meet the characters that the clip will be base around.The camera angle is conventional with thrillers as like in many other films it is used to get an idea of where the film is and what it is all about and what will happen. This will be used in the very start of the film while the killer is walking to his destination.Without this the audience would simply be confused as no story has been built up and we do not know where we are or who is there and it would cause much confusion  for the audience.

An example is a high shot which shows how small and insignificant the person is.This makes the audience feel sorry for the person and builds a connection which makes them want to find out what happens to them. Therefore this builds a relationship with the audience.This is a convention of the thriller genre as in almost every film there is a victim who is presented as small and helpless.The opposite to this is the low shot which makes the person seem big and intimidating this is also frequently used as it is mainly on a murderer or villain. This is often used to make the audience feel scared and builds a relationship of anger and hate towards the person and now the audience want to see something bad happen to him.We will use this more than once as it is such an effective way of getting pity and caring onto a character.This is used in our clip when we see the woman getting out of the car.

A third example is the POV (point of view) which is used when our victim is running in our scene.We used this as it is a good way to help move our Chase scene in the forest.This makes the audience see the persons viewpoint which makes them build a relationship towards the person as they can see through her eyes. This is normally used on the victim in thriller films and makes the audience feel sorry for the person and scared of what will happen. This also builds a relationship as we can see through her eyes and this makes it more personal and therefore builds a relationship. A close up is also used in one of our scenes, we used this as it shows people's emotions clearly and this helps the audience understand a scene.Our close up is on our female victim and this builds up a relationship with her as we can see she is scared and frightened.This again makes the audience care about the victim and makes the killing more personnel to the audience. This is conventional to a thriller as thrillers often have close ups to shoe the emotion on the persons place. This in our clip is in the chase scene and we can feel the fear that is coming from the female victim from this and the noises.

Overall all scenes will be so much more effective with the cinematography plan due to us not doing it on set and this will be reflective in the finished product. We know what we are doing and this will make the clip look more professional and to manipulate the audience to feel things like sympathy, fear or power. We are also using many conventional shots which are often seen in a thriller film as we know they have been successful in the past, this will make our clip much better. Also they are conventional in the way they manipulate an audience to get the desired effect of fear and tension in the scene and for the people watching to feel it. By doing this now I clearly know what to do and we will not be deciding on the which will make filming much more time efficient.

Purpose of story board- Miss Miller

                                        Purpose of a story board

Story boards are scene clips in drawings with a description of the scene which includes audio and camera angles.They are in series to show what happens in the scene and help understand how the scene will look. It is drawn for many reasons such as to show other people the idea, how the final product will look and see any faults that could happen and this will save money.

My first slide is 15 seconds long and shows a car going through a darkened forest.The sounds in the background would be the car engine and some slow background music in the background.Along the way we have camera angles from alongside the road.

The seconds slide is 8 seconds long.It shows the woman parking up then going to get out the car but something runs across in her wing mirror and she starts to panic.In this scene the lighting is from a distant street lamp and is very low key.Then she sees a figure come into place with a knife still in shadow.The sounds are from the car engine and the buzzing from the street lamp.

Frame 3 is when the woman has got out the car starts to walk quickly then start to run as the man starts to advance with the knife. The iconography in this scene is a knife and a mask for the killer. The sound in this scene is a car alarm going off then getting lower and lower in volume.The setting for this is the begging of the forest and part of the car park.

Frame 4 is 20 seconds long and is simple a chase through the forest with various scenes such as POV and tracking.The lighting is very low key with many shadows around the area of the forest.The sound is rustling  and wind through the branches.The editing is fast as it makes the chase scene feel more real and keeps it going.

Frame 5 is 8 seconds long and we can see that the killer is now closing in on the victim. The music is fast paced chase music as it makes it more exciting for the audience.The editing is also fast so now the audience knows that something is going to happen.The sounds is the wind and forest noises and a distant car alarm.The lighting is becoming darker and darker over time.

Frame 6  is only 4 seconds long and  is very short.It is just the victim turning around looking at the murder who is chasing her with things the same as the previous board.

Frame 7 starts with the victim still looking at the murder but the turns around and runs into a tree, falling over and knocking herself out in the process.This is a straight cut to the knocking out scene and the scene slows down to show this.

Frame 8 is 3 seconds long and shows the murderer leaning over her with a knife in his hand and has his smiling mask on.There is no noise and everything is silent around and the scene is darker than the previous scene.

Frame 9 is the camera looking up with the screaming coming from the victim and we are looking at the tops of the trees.

Frame ten is when the camera darkens and we can just hear the victim moaning in the distance.

Overall story boards are very useful tools and can save time and effort.Also you can see problems before they happen as if they happened on set it would be very inconvenient. Also our storyboard helped us finalise our narrative.

We have taken our ideas from different people in our group.The original forest idea came from Beau's storyboard which is quite stereotypical, the car idea and the car park came from me from my own story board and the killer being masked and with a knife came from Michelle ideas so overall we have used a wide variety of ideas from a range of people.Finally an idea came from Wailum that we should have no speech in it as it simplifies the whole process.

Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WYDo56qhrs&feature=youtu.be

Our preliminary task was to create a scene where a person goes into a room and has a conversation with  another the leaves. In ours we included things such as a mid shot,straight cut, high shot and an over the shoulder shot.

The mid shot is used at the start of the scene when the person walks into he room to start the conversation.The mid shot shows the top half of the person and some of the background in a shot.This can give a instant idea of where the person is and who it is.We used it as it was the appropriate shot for the starting of our scene and also helps people watching understand some of what is going on before anyone starts talking.

The straight cut is when a scene cuts away to another angle but still continues the scene and giving it continuity.In ours it goes from a middle shot to a over the shoulder shot but the scene still continuous with conversation.This keeps the scene interesting and gives a different perspective on the people.Ours did not look very professional as the cut was half a second out and the conversation is not joined as it should and background noise is prominent

The over the shoulder shot is used to bring attention towards the conversation and what they are saying and usually follows a establishing shot.Our over the shoulder shot only shows a brief part of the conversation but changes the viewing of the scene.This brings the audiences attention towards the conversation and helps make the conversation move along and flow.Our clip again did not look smooth as there is a brief lapse between them

The high shot is a shot when the camera is looking down at something and makes something seem small due to the background being big.Our scene shows a high shot when the person is walking away from the conversation and walks out the door.We did this as it helps keep the scene flowing and the audience interested and engaged.We were able to do this due to the location we had chosen which would not be possible in many other places.

Overall our clip was not very professional with lapses between shots and background noise at certain points throughout.Background noise could not be helped due to the location, but our time lapses would have made the scene not look correct so we have split second of repeated scenes.So we would of needed to re film some of the scenes and this could not be helped by editing.