Final Edit

The final edit of for our video.

Editing

Once we had edited all the footage and polished up how Sam and I wanted it, we then asked our teacher for some input and some guidance on how we could improve. She gave us some points we could easily improve on and we decided to act upon them. Also our thriller was just slightly over the required time limit so we needed miss to help us out with cutting down just a little bit more and she showed us where we could cut it down even more so we could narrow down the length of the scene. Whilst miss was giving us some pointers Sam wrote down on some paper the things she was telling us to chop and change and put down the exact time that the change was due to be made. Another thought our teacher made was to add some strobe effect on our intro where the camera pans across the street and to make it a bit more interesting Miss thought it was a good idea to add some strobes which could potentially foreshadow what was going to happen in the rest of the opening sequence.

Editing

On the second time of editing we had previously put the clips in the right order and slowly we got the hang of the software so we began to crop our clips. This I quite a tedious task as we had to crop every clip and then move it back into place and we had to frame perfect when we were cropping just incase we cropped out too much, but even sometimes we cropped out too little so we had to go back to it then move everything about again. Once the clips were cropped to correct sizes we wanted them to be we then started to add various different transitions so that the gap from scene to scene wasn't just a cut shot so it made the scenes flow better. This also allowed to us crop the footage down a bit more as we had to be under a certain time limit. After a while cropping and cutting became quite an easy task so we soon got through it all.

Editing

Once we had all our un edited clips in the right order we then had to edit them. This meant that was had to cut down all our footage and add any effects or transitions or anything like that. We had to get all the footage condensed down under two and a half minutes and since all our unedited footage reached 7 minutes this was obviously going to be a potential problem. Since this was our first time editing we didn't really have an advanced understanding on how to use the software and we were rushed for time also so we didn't actually get much done in our first editing session but it did set us well for when we came back to it after the Christmas holiday.

First Draft

Obviously because this is not the finished article. We took all the raw footage we filmed at threw it into the software and just left it without any editing so as you can see there are lots of parts we need to cut out and things we need to chop and change. Also the sound needs to change as you can very clearly hear the wind in the first shot which is not what we want. After this Sam and I will get onto the software and start playing around with it and trying to come up with a good thriller opening sequence from these shots we filmed.

Logo

Sam and I thought we should come up with a logo to put at the beginning of the thriller so viewers would know what 'fake' company produced the short film. We just quickly came up with a name and then used google to find some images we could use on photo shop

to create a logo. We thought this was just a fun and creative way to open the thriller as that's what real films do. Here is the logo image...

Shot Plan

Today Sam and I decided to come up with some camera shots we could use in our thriller. We chose the shots based upon how much suspense it would create and we also chose specific ones because it meant we could fit in title sequences whilst the thriller was running just like they do in actual films so it meant we could get the running time down to the required 2 minutes. Here are some of our shot plans...

Zoom in - on the radio to add suspense to the scene, possible name of a title.

Over the shoulder shot -  these will consist throughout so the main characters face is hidden, this adds a mysterious effect for the clip.

High angle shot - to see the main character sorting through his toolbox for the weapon he wants to use for torture on the kidnapped individual.

Close up - this will be used to show the many tools within their tool box.

Long shot -  shows the main character walking down the stairs heading into the kitchen to have breakfast.

Mid shot - this will capture the main character eating breakfast and also brushing his eating, but however it will leave out his eyes and get his mouth.

Two shot -  this will feature the main character as well as the kidnapped individual in the same scene, adding a nervous effect for the audience.

Research and Planning

 After we came up with the initial plan of our film and where we were going to film and what we were going to film and what was going to be in our film, we then had to come up with a story board to tell us exactly what was going to happen whilst we filmed. Its basically instructions to tell us where to film, what's going to happen in each shot and the type of shot we were going to shoot.
The storyboard shows our character waking up, going to the bathroom to clean there teeth, walking downstairs and going to the kitchen to eat breakfast, then going out to the garage, then it shows our character going through a tool box to find a weapon to potentially hurt or kill the hostage, then it shows the character holding his chosen weapon. Then after this the screen goes blank and the thriller opening ends.

Risk Assessment

 Sam and I decided to plan out each and every risk that could potentially happen whilst filming our thriller. What we did was list each risk so for example we put "camera man tripping over wires", then we put the likeliness of this risk happening and put it on a scale of 0-5, so for instance the risk I just mentioned we put a 3/5 for it. Then we listed the severity of this risk which is basically if the risk actually occurred, how badly injured would the person be. For this risk we put 2/5. Then we put what we could do to prevent this risk, so for this risk we put "tidy work space around us".