Editing

Whilst editing our piece we decided to add some transitions in that showed a change in time, and also some transitions are used to show his mind blanking, and tripping, we thought this would be effective to use, to make it look more psychological and freaky.

In the flashback scene we have effectively changed it to black in white to show the change in time and place, also it is effective as it makes the audience make a presumed link that the flashback is the related to the man digging to hide the body bag.

Diegetic Sound & Non Diegetic.

We decided to re-record diegetic sound to the sound more intense, as there is no dialogue we want the diegetic sounds to be very powerful, and we feel on the actual clip it doesn't achieve that, the list of sounds we are going to re-record are -

• Thump of the body
• Rustling of the leaves under his feet
• Sound of the boot of the car slamming
• Breathing and panting of the man
  
• Digging sounds of the hole
• The wind in the tree's
  
• Car door opening/closing
  
• Turning off the car
• Water from the sink in the kitchen scene
• The tap in the kitchen
  
• Car Tyre approaching
• Night time sounds, ie crickets, ghostly eerie sounds.
  

Once we have finished editing we decided to delete all of the original sound as create it all using final cut express. This would work better than using the original as the sounds will be clearer and there will be no unwanted background sounds.

Non Diegetic sound

Kicthen scene-
During the kitchen scene, we have put in the sound of the running tap made from a clip on final cut express, and then also a eerie electronic sound has been put in to add supsense, however the eerie sound is very subtle so that it is loud enough to hear but quiet enough to make it seem more part of the scene and diegetic rather than an added sound.

Digging scene-
We don't think its necessary to use any non diegetic music in this scene as the diegetic sound is going to be far more effective when we re-record it, so we decided that we wouldn't use any music in the scene. We have added background sounds and like crickets and wind blowing as it sets the scene of it being night time and in the dark.

Blair Witch Project

In our clip we used shakey camera work, not quite hand held, like our example, but just a little bit shakey, we used this effect as it makes it look rough, because we filmed in a bumpy location, our main character was tripping over things, we thought by following him with the camera showing him trip up will make the audience feel what he is feeling, and feel like they are experiencing his difficulty and making them feel like they are there watching it.

thriller conventions

Fear of the unknown
Sound - to build up suspense/tension and atmosphere
Hero v villain
Subtle
Location - woods, abandoned house
Lighting - shadowy
Film Noir
Damsel in Distress/Vulnerable female
Flawed hero
Narrative - suspense restricted info
Flashback/Flash forward
Objectification of woman - voyeurism.

We used shadowy lighting to create a gloomy atmosphere, and build suspense, so the audience cant see the characters face.
We used a woody location, as it was suitable for the narrative and also because of the trees and being able to make the sound of wind in the trees this would build up the tension and show his struggle to hide what he has done.
Another convention we have used is a flashback, to a scene in a kitchen which shows a woman washing up and suddenly the main character appears, the reason we chose to add a flashback was because we thought it would further the narrative along as it shows a possible link as to why the man is digging the grave in the woodland and who could be in the body bag.
We also tried to be quite subtle when using some sounds like in the flashback with some eerie electronic sound to build a suspense.
Fear of the unknown has also been used in our film as although the flashback shows the man approaching he woman from behind very angrily, there is nothing to show that she was then killed and that is who he is digging the grave for. So there is a fear of the unknown as to who could actually be in the bag and also the reason as to why he has committed this crime.

Filming day, + pictures of location

Lighting we used to light up the kicthen scene a bit more.

The Kitchen location

The Outside Location around the grave

The track leading up to the grave

The Grave

Testing on fake blood

Testing if fake blood looks real

Body bag we made.



Today (1st Feb) we filmed our clip, for our crime thriller, here are some pictures of the location, props and lighting.

We tested out fake blood as we were going to add it in the flash back scene and show the murder taking place, but we thought that it would be more mysterious to not show the murder, also, the fake blood equipment didn't work properly, therefore we didn't incorporate this in our film.
The filming overall was successful, we felt the lighting from the car headlights wasn't strong enough in the outside scene, but looking at it on the computer we felt that it was successful and created the shadowy effect that we was hoping to go for.

Shooting Schedule- Job Titles

We would like to achieve to have all the filming finished by the middle of next week, the 3rd of February.

We are going to be filming on Monday 1st of February and take out the camera overnight, we should be finished filming by the end of the day but just incase we are giving ourselves an extra day.

We will be filming outside college hours, as we need it to be mid evening when we filming, also the location we have chosen its not practical to do it in college hours as it is not close to college.

Job Titles-

Cinematographer: Shooting style/Camera work -Abby Tucker

Director: work with cinematographer to plan/block scene, work with actors/performances. - Abby Tucker, Rachael Humphrey and Lucy Jones

Sound: Plan diegetic sound, room tone, atmosphere tracks, sound effects, dubbing and music. - Abby Tucker, Rachael

Editing: any style editing style + techniques + edit sequence + adding sounds - Rachael Humphrey.

Film project ideas

Ideas:

As a group we brainstormed different genres and ideas that we thought would be interesting and work well for our project.
In our brainstorm we came up with different characters like hippies/villains, and also a crime genre or also thought a high school thriller would be a good idea to work with.
We finally chose to do a crime thriller genre, which would include one main male character that had murdered a possible wife or girlfriend. The clip would show him digging a whole in an orchard at night, and driving down the track in a white van, and whist he is digging the hole he has flashbacks of the killing, throughout the scene. We thought this would create a good suspenseful clip for our project as it would lead the audience into wanting to know how and why he had ended up killing someone.


What we'd need to do to achieve this;

Camera shots:

We'd need to use a range of camera shots to make the extract interesting, as there is not going to be much packed into the scene, so we'd use a range of long shots when the van is approaching the back of the orchard, maybe a close up of him in the van looking nervous and sketchy, another shot type is we'd use a close up of him, and a low angle shot to make us as a audience feel inferior to him, and a range of mid shots flicking around him so its not just one still shot, maybe also a panning shot, to show his confusion and nervousness.
-Establishing shot
-Long shot
-Close up
-Mid shot
-Track forward
-Pan
-Over the shoulder shot

Mise-en-scene:

Setting/Location for our crime thriller is a back track next to a orchard which is far away for visibility of the public eye.
Also the orchard is a very scary place, we are going to film it in the dark/mid evening, to make it feel a lot more scary also if it is filmed in the dark, it would make more sense.
Also we are going to use the kitchen for flashbacks, there is also going to be some filming in the van as-well.

Props-
Spade
A body bag (in the bag will be a sleeping bag and teddy bear, to create the idea of a person)
The van
Torch
Sellotape ( so the body bag can be shaped into a person outline)

Costume-
Main Male Character-
Dark Jeans
Black Coat
Opened Checked shirt
Boots

Female Character for the flashback -
Casual Jumper
Jeans
Slippers

Lighting-
It will be natural lighting, outside in the dark, the scene will be lit up by the car lights and a torch whilst he is shoveling the hole.
In the flashback it will the black and white, to show the difference in time, the lighting will be natural house lights.

Sound list:
Diegetic & Non Diegetic sound in the scene:
The sound of the van rumbling down the track, the male characters breathing to emphasize the worry, the spade hitting the ground, this will be quite loud as its going to be mostly the only sound, and its significant to the narrative.
In the flashback, the female character will be washing the dishes in the kitchen, low level non diegetic sound will come in when the male character enters the room.

Cast List:
Lucy Jones- Wife that gets killed introduced in the flashback
David Martin - Man introduced at the beginning and throughout the scene also the killer and the digger of the grave.

Script -
No script needed, there is going to be no dialogue.