Practice shots

The video above shows many of the shots that we took in preparation for filming the actual shots. We did this so that we had abetter understanding of the camera and how to use the zoom and focus and as a result get better shots for our project on the day of filming.

Shooting Schedule

Above is the shooting schedule for our media product is shows the dates that we film on and what props, actors, equipment and the location where we needed to film. This was helpful as it allowed us to plan where we needed to be and what we needed to bring, this really helped with our planning as I felt it made us far more organised when it came to shooting our project.

Casting Photos

  

Jack Hicks- Fraser

Jay Johnson- Aaron

Josh Wood- Oscar

Ryan Anderson- Ricky

Costume Design for our Opening Sequence

The presentation above shows a general idea of what the character in our opening sequence will be wearing, this is useful as we can plan for people to be wearing these things on the days that these characters are going to be seen in. The costume of all the characters are important as he clothes that the people are wearing can imply certain things about the character and we don't want to present the characters in a particular way.

Backing Tracks & Sounds For Our Opening Sequence

I chose to consider Mensa as a track for our opening sequence as the sound would suit a thriller sequence as the sounds are quite mellow and would feel like this would be played at a funeral, as it is a revenge thriller, and death will occur it seems relevant to the story line.

Beachhead a track that I also discovered that would be relevant to a revenge thriller. although this track can come across to be slightly up beat it creates a confused feel for the audience and make them question why this backing track is being played with the events that are portrayed in the film.



Dunes is a track I feel would be relevant to a revenge thriller as well mostly because of the piano used which sound very deep and gloomy, it would create a very dark atmosphere and make the audience feel very weary of what is going to happen in the film.


Leaves in the pool is another track I found which could be useful for our revenge thriller, the piano used creates a down beaten tone and makes the atmosphere very melancholy, this would let the audience know something sad happens or an bad event.

Previous Projects Research

The past project embedded above has some good examples of a well though out opening sequence, this is seen through the creative presentation of the titles in the sequence. This is clearly seen in the production company animation which was creative and very probably time consuming, also in the names written in make up and the costume design title sown into the sock. these were examples of how we could be creative in the way that we present our titles, though not quite in the same way as this would not fit our target audience or genre. However this piece also shows us some things that we need to avoid like on the occasion when there is a awkward cut or cross dissolve after an equally awkward freeze frame, from this research we know know to plan the amount of time we want everything to be on screen for an not force ourselves to have to edit around this at a later date.

This project is not as good, there is a nice shot at the beginning of the blurred noose with the accompaniment of the heartbeat, however this is probably the best part of the sequence as I feel that a lot of the shots are far too long and result in the opening to this film being really quite boring; the cuts in places are uneven and unnecessary, also at time we see the people start to walk after a cut as if they are being told to "go" and this can be quite jarring. Also the sound is quite monotonous and doesn't really fit what we as the audience is seeing. 

The final opening sequence (embedded above) is an excellent example of of a great piece of work that we can to replicate elements of in our own opening sequence. Firstly the use of titles in this piece after fantastic as the font and presentation of them fits the film really well and the way that they are mapped to people or object in the shot is really impressive. The pacing of the editing is also done really well and and when the pacing increases it does make the sequence quite exciting with the use of jump cuts and point of view shots, though the point of view may have be slightly overused, the only other critique that I can give this that the piece may have run for longer that perhaps necessary for the opening sequence. We as a group can learn for this piece as use it to better our own opening as it would also have a similar target audience and genre as our own film. I know to be creative in the footage that we get and use varied paced editing when appropriate to create an interesting piece of of work that is as strong as this one.