Q2-43 : THRILLER PROJECT 2008/9

OUR THRILLER OPENING

2008-12-17T01:47:00.000-08:00

Ch-ch-ch-more-changes

2008-12-16T04:18:00.000-08:00

We have decided not to refilm bits of our footage as we have noticed that on other computers you can see it fine!!!!! We are doooooone!!!

....But we will maybe add more titles!

Then we are finished!! Get ready for our final opening sequence on the blog!!!!

ch-ch-ch-changes

2008-12-16T03:02:00.000-08:00

We've decided after listening to classroom comments that most of our footage is bright/clear enough but we still aren't satisfied with the eye/clock shot, so Annelie is going to take out a camera again and just film those shots one more time. Today we are planning on just editing the titles and some of the shots, and we'll then just import the new footage into where the old footage was. we should be pretty much done then. yay!

2008-12-11T16:08:00.001-08:00

feel i just wrote the most pessimistic thing i could. didn't mean to, i do actually think we've done good.

go team lol (+ fatrat mateus)

thoughts

2008-12-11T15:54:00.000-08:00

looking at the video and thinking it's too dark. also some of the objects that are being filmed might just be making it messier than it has to be. the dark - could be working at some point, fits with the theme but maybe one more tiny bit of filming in some lighter circumstances could make it look more attention grabbing. at some vital points e.g when the we see the eye and then the clock, i'm thinking that i'm only noticing it and thinking -okay, so now she's looking at the clock and has realised it's late and she has to go- but only because we filmed it so obviously know whats going on. to other people it might just look like an eye and then some dolls and oh a clock kinda thing. so. think we've done a pretty good job however can be bettered. but tiiime is running away.

Filming & Rough Cut

2008-12-10T05:18:00.000-08:00

For the filming of our opening we went to Annelie's house. We filmed for over an hour and a half and were really happy with the footage we collected.
Being in location helped us to develope new ideas and changes so our footage is a bit different to our animatic.
It was hard to get the right lighting for our opening and zoom into the computer without it blurring. We over came this by covering the windows with a black cover! And we descided the blurring was a good effect!

Our rough cut looks really good and was useful as we can use final cut, photoshop and garge band a bit better. Annelie took care of the soundtrack, Hannah Crisp did the titles and i done the editing.

All we need to do now is add more titles and neaten up the editing!!

Rough cut

2008-12-10T02:27:00.000-08:00

Tile Ideas....

2008-12-03T01:20:00.000-08:00

Props....

2008-12-02T13:07:00.000-08:00

Some inspiration for props and shots we could use.

animatic storyboard

2008-12-02T04:12:00.000-08:00

This is our animatic storyboard for our thriller. The music is a bit too long and we feel gets abit tedious - to be sorted out. The drawings could have had more added to them as well. We also didn't have time to apply tiltes.

Setting, characters, props, other things we need around..

2008-11-26T02:02:00.000-08:00

PROPS
computer
books
nail varnish
ashtray
paper
notebook
lighter
some black or red sheets/towels to put against window, block out light

CHARACTERS
girl in shot - annelie

SETTING
bedroom

Initial Ideas....

2008-11-25T04:08:00.000-08:00

*Snappy Shots
*Lighting up cigarette/ Putting out cigarette = Smoke, fire -Nail Vanish
*Latex gloves, tissues = blood
*Writing =close up
*Research on computer= close up = Disturbing
*Flashing images
*Dark room= light from computer
*Mess= papers, books, photos =research
*goes to work =normal person
*Face shot =smile

Freaky Website:
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://bp0.blogger.com/_xobhpDoXeJI/Rxy3VI96REI/AAAAAAAABL8/FlmiNNj-c-A/s400/I%2Bsee%2Bdead%2Bpeople%2Bmosaic.jpg&imgrefurl=http://bambinobalent.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-see-dead-peopleseriously.html&usg=__d7-ZvZ07cQaIlO6WbwCcXtjxf2s=&h=400&w=400&sz=54&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=mm4SO-yve7seQM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddead%2Bpeople%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Even more Research

2008-11-25T03:15:00.000-08:00

This is the opening to the TV series Dexter. We like how they have taken a regular morning routine and turned it into something more eerie and interesting. They do this by zooming in on almost everything so that we can't immediately see what is being filmed - it looks like something else rather than what it actually is. cool. musics good, kind of contrasting but fits.

More Research

2008-11-22T14:55:00.000-08:00

I really like the hand held filming in this opening, especially when the girl throws the leaves in the air. I like the mystery as to who the girl is and what happened to her. The black and white setting works really well, and the framing and 'REC' on the footage looks really effective. I like the sound at the begining of the breathing and rustling and think the music works well.
This would be a good idea for our opening scene.
Overall however there are quite a lot of bad points about this opening. I dont like the editing in some bits and think most of it is a bit ruffly put together and random.
I like it though and it is good inspiration for our thriller opening.

Research

2008-11-21T07:59:00.000-08:00

Se7en:
We really like the short snappy clips in this opening. We like the mysteriousness, and the use of still shots. The music goes really well with the opening and the text fits style. the opening is really disturbing and freaky which we want our opening to be like.

First thoughts

2008-11-21T07:46:00.000-08:00

Location ideas:
*Abandoned house
*Car park
*Wood
*Alley ways
*Town

Story:
*Mysterious
*Murder
*Dark
*Chase
*Tension

Shots/Camera work:
*Little clips/snappy editing
*Long shots
*Fast pace
*Black & White

Welcome

2008-10-14T06:37:00.001-07:00