Final Cut Feedback

Positives:

• Good chase scene - camera control
• Good diegetic sound
• Ending credits - creative
• Darkroom shots - effective
• Good variety of shots types and distances
• Good choice of credits
• Good moving ident
• Effective slow motion
• Good tracking shots and match on action

Negatives:

• Long cuts
• Cheesy noises - scream
• Darkroom scenes - unclear
• Music doesn't flow and too upbeat

Final Cut

Feedback summary

We liked the shots of the characters surroundings although this wouldn't work for our current thriller opening, we can utilise this in a later project.

From the feedback we found out the editing worked well and was clear that two stories were happening, we also got complimented on our control of the camera although we should use varying shot types particularly with the dead body at the end. For the final cut we need to create the sound for the rest of the footage and slightly edit the current sound, we also need to film a bit more for the ending which will help the opening make sense and also help link the two scenes together. We agree with the feedback we were given and as such will change our opening in the specified ways.

Rough Cut

Our rough cut contains very little sound at the moment as there was some difficulty finding appropriate sound for the chase and ways to integrate them from one to the other.

We think people will say that it needs music and credits, we don't think people will understand what will be happening but this is better as it will create suspense and mystery keeping the audience intrigued and watching.

We also think that they will comment on our use of camera angles, our production logo, our chase scene both from a post and pre edit point of view. We are also happy that the shots from the darkroom came out with enough visibility to be able to see everything that is going on during it.

So Far

So far in our film we have pieced together the darkroom scenes in our timeline which are fully filmed, we also found out that shooting the footage of the chase handheld is way too shaky so we need to re-film it with either a gly-cam or via bike/ dolly. Our ident has also been fully animated, and the sound is in production.

This is our current timeline showing the gaps left for the chase footage once it has been re-filmed, our ident is visible in the top left halfway through the animation.

Deadlines

Monday 7th 9am - Filming Deadline

Wednesday 9th 12.20 - Rough cut Deadline

Thursday 10th - Watching each other's Rough cut offering advice, feedback etc.

Wednesday 16th 12.20 - Final cut Deadline

Monday 21st 9am - Daft Evaluation due in via E-mail

dark room

dark room

this is the shot we will use for devolping the photo.



 These 4 images are in the are we will be using in the opening scene.


 

We went to two dark rooms round collage to see which one was going to be the best for our thriller film. We decided to use the one shown in the photos above as the shots we took on the camera were much more visible than in the other dark room we vistited. This room is higher up which makes the shots on the camera more visible. 

Target Audience

Age : 15 - 30
Gender : Both predominately male
Interests : Interests in crime, psychology, photography and people who enjoy psychological thrillers.

Our film would appeal to the target audience because it has relateable characters, a unique setting and idea, and contains elements that the audience will find appealing such as chases and psychological elements that will keep the audience interested.

Existing films that our target audience would like :

• Memento
• Shutter
• The Darkroom
• The Usual Suspects

Tips

Locations
location ideas, go to location, look for potential problems and look on how we can avoid them when it comes to filming, eg noises, traffic, people etc.

Script
Write a script to organise ideas and so we know what is happening in what order. Annotate the script with shot types and order to help us when we're doing our storyboard.

Filming
Plan the shots and order of shots completely, and when we will do each shot and in what order so we can effectively use all the time we have.

2 Minute breakdown

Production logo
Darkroom - Walking into the darkroom .. Close up of person at enlarger
Darkroom - Close up of hands working with film/ setting up enlarger
Chase -  (at night) point of view shot from murderer
Darkroom - developing a photo (don't see it yet)
Chase - Back to chase, closer to the victim
Darkroom - photo developing, moved to the water tank
Chase - dead end, guy is cornered gets killed
Darkroom - The photo placed in water tank, sinks to the bottom ..  photo of the murdered person
Chase - Zooming in on victim
Darkroom -  photo lifted out of the water tank
Darkroom - Scrapbook .. flip through past murders and the photo being stuck in (reversed) title at the
                    front

Mise-en-scene (Costume)

The murderer will wear dark clothes to enhance mystery and tension.
The victims will wear ripped up or dirty clothes to make it look like they've been chased we will also utilise fake blood to make the murders look realistic.

Test footage

For our test footage we ran through our storyboard and tested how well the point of view chase sequence looks without a steadycam or dolly. We will speed up some of our shots to increase tension.

• establishing shot - c block corridor
• establishing shot 2 - going into dark room
• behind shot of man working - dark room
• part 1 of chase - mill road
• photo devolping - dark room
• part 2 chase - mill road
• photo devolping - dark room
• part 3 chase - mill road
• picture devolping in water - dark room
• man traped - mill road
• photo sinking - dark room
• muder scene - mill road
• photo album - dark room

childrens film evaluation

positives-

conversation editing

the use of special effects

good background
Good use of photoshop
Good mise-en-scene



Negatives 
random black scene

continuity editing is poor

body parts are missing

sound missing and isn't empathetic

Editing of people
More titles. More detail

 How can we improve on our negatives?

we will improve on our negatives by using time more appropriately so we don't have to rush our music and editing again.

Storyboard of final filming

Call sheet - 16th Feb Wednesday

Where : C18 darkroom
When : 1.05 - 2.40
Filming : All the darkroom scenes

•  Establishing shot walking into the darkroom
• Close up of person working at the enlarger
• Close up of photo developing
• Tracking shot of photo being moved from developer to fix to rinse
• Close up of photo in water
• Tracking shot of photo being lifted out of the water
• Close up of photo being stuck into the scrapbook with the title on the front

               

Safety notes : Falling in the dark,
                      Chemistry spillage - Personal, Clothes and Camera,

Equipment : Camera - Pick Up & Drop Off - Ashley
                     Tripod - Pick Up & Drop Off - Ashley
                     Dolly - Pick Up & Drop Off - Ashley
                   

The Usual Suspects (Sound anaylsis)

Ambient sound
Oil/ Petrol dripping out of the barrels
Fire from lighters/ matches
Explosions

Music
Sinister when the murderer is introduced
Music stops during the actual murder then becomes slower and sadder
Sinister and tense throughout

Dialogue
Short
Slowed down
Not casual

Six feet under (Text analysis)

The credits are presented in one of two ways either with the text decaying and falling apart or being attached to walls and object etc. that are in the clip. This is effective as it relates to the themes in the show with death and decay.

We may use a similar idea to the text attached to walls or objects in our thriller to present the credits.

Mise-en-scene (Props)

Weapons
The weapon we have decided to use is a knife. If we use weapon this is an easy and more realistic prop to get compared to something like a gun.

Photos
Our film is based on a photographer therefore we will need photos. We are going to take photos of people dressed up asif they have been murderd.

Camera
As well as needing photos we are going to include a shot of a camera. we are going to use an old fashoned camera to suit our character.

Scrap Book
we are going to include a scrap book full of the photos we have taken. we will use an old nackerd one, again to suit out character.

Mise-en-scene (Lighting)

Darkroom
The scenes in the darkroom will be dark and lit only by the red lights used in the darkroom.

Chase
The scenes from the chase will be shot at night and lit by the street lights.

Cast & Crew ideas

Crew:
Filming - Charné (darkroom),  Alex and Ashley
Editing - Everyone
Sound - Everyone

Cast:
Photographer - Ashley or other depending on bob
Killer -  doesn't matter as from POV
Victim - family member / friend
Extras (dead people) - family members / friends