Editing

After filming all of our desired shots we then continued on to do the editing. When editing we started to split up the shots that we had done to smaller shots and also putting the shots in order of what shots we were going to use first in our opening sequence, to help us in editing. Then by looking at the many shots we limited down our shots to only the shots we needed to tell the story and also the shots which we all liked and thought would impact the most on the genre of a thriller. As we wanted shots that were clearly flashbacks we had to make it very clear to the audience about this, so in looking the effects in imovie we found and effect that changed shots to black and white which we decided would enable the audience to understand that they were shots of flashbacks. Another effect we used in editing were crossing cutting between flashbacks and the transitions we used between them to make sure that the shots ran smoothly. Once we had all of our shots we then started to decide on the music that we wanted to put into the opening sequence. We wanted to use music that was non -diegetic, for this we used a song by the Cinematic orchestra, this we thought fitted the atmosphere and mood we wanted to convey. Then by adding the titles where they find also as important.

A Day Of Filming-Jessica Hung Han Yun

On Wednesday 3rd February 2010, We started to film our very first part to our open sequences. Before we had even started filming we created a storyboard that consisted of about 24 shots, this would help us in getting ideas of what shots would look good in terms of our genre (thriller). For this day of filming we decided to film the shots for the flash backs in the bathroom. In doing this we had to ensure we had our storyboard, camera and also the tripod, these were the resources that we were using in filming. We used a varity of shots for the flashbacks, by starting with the simple shots of the props being set out, were the shots we sorted out first. Using the tripod enabled us to ensure that our shots were still and not moving making these shots more professional. Having our props were also essential eg: the blade, tablet, blood, glass of water ect. when shooting the shots at certain angles we decided to film it a number of times (the different shots of the props), this was to make sure that we had good shots that were precise so we had to film them a number of times to make sure these shots were correct and would help in creating the atmosphere for our opening sequences. As we had finished filming this (props) we then had to use a person for someone in the bath tub so for this we used sinead, using a teenage girl was important to our filming as it was a convention for a thriller . As we wanted to get all of her body in a shot however we could fit her in the whole of shot, so we decided to pan the camera in order to create more impact on the audience. We also used fake blood (food colouring) in order for the blood to look authentic we used red food colouring to make it look much more convincing. We shot this many times (again) to ensure that we had a varity of shots to play with when editing.

Evaluation

Final Opening Sequence

Audience Feedback

After we had finished making our opening sequence we asked other groups in our media class their opinions on our work. We collected the following information from them:
Group 1
1) Is the product a clearly recognisable opening sequence?
- Yes as it has title inbetween.

2) Is the genre apparent?
- Yes

3) Who do you think the target audience is for the product?
- Teenagers - adults

4) Do you think that the product would appeal for the target audience? Give reasons for your answers.
- Yes, as it has those components in the opening sequence.

5) How well do you think the following technical areas have been addressed? Give examples for each.
- Cinematography - They used good varied shots.
- Sound - The is a song in the background which sets the scene.
- Editing - They cross cut between shots.
- Mise-en-scene - The use of pills shows death.


6) Overall how successful is the finished product? Give an example of something that could be improved or worked well.
- It is good as it sets the mood of the opening sequence. However, more shots could be added in.



Group 2
1) Is the product a clearly recognisable opening sequence?
- Yes

2) Is the genre apparent?
- Yes

3) Who do you think the target audience is for the product?
- Teenagers

4) Do you think that the product would appeal for the target audience? Give reasons for your answers.
- Yes, emotionally appealing, characters are also young girls (aged 15)

5) How well do you think the following technical areas have been addressed? Give examples for each.
- Cinematography - Close up of water was really good.
- Sound - Really good non-diegetic sounds.
- Editing - Seamless
- Mise-en-scene - Tablets - authenticity


6) Overall how successful is the finished product? Give an example of something that could be improved or worked well.
- while slightly confusing, brilliantly done, and very entertaining.

Group 3:

1) Is the product a clearly recognisable opening sequence?
Yes

2) Is the genre apparent?
Yes

3) Who do you think the target audience is for the product?
teenagers

4) Do you think that the product would appeal for the target audience? Give reasons for your answers.
Yes because the tone of it was set and the story line

5) How well do you think the following technical areas have been addressed? Give examples for each.
- Cinematography-close ups on the tablets, tolls and bath tub
- Sound-music which adds to the tone
- Editing-Cross cutting
- Mise-en-scene-flowers and props eg: knife and the blood


6) Overall how successful is the finished product? Give an example of something that could be improved or worked well.
Cross cutting works very well and the overall appearance of the final piece was very impressive however with the actors they must make sure that they don't look into the camera


Group4:
1) Is the product a clearly recognisable opening sequence?
Yes

2) Is the genre apparent?
yes-thriller

3) Who do you think the target audience is for the product?
Teenagers and above

4) Do you think that the product would appeal for the target audience? Give reasons for your answers.
Yes as this product uses conventions of a thriller eg: young girl is the victim

5) How well do you think the following technical areas have been addressed? Give examples for each.
- Cinematography-close ups of the tablets and the blade being laided out- long shot of girl walking in the cemetry
- Sound- non diagetic music created the atmosphere
- Editing-cross cutting between present day and the flash backs (past)
- Mise-en-scene- between the grave yeard and bath room props used such as flowers tablets dark clothing setting graveyard and bath


6) Overall how successful is the finished product? Give an example of something that could be improved or worked well.1) Is the product a clearly recognisable opening sequence?
We think that the overall product is very successful and hooks the reader making them want to know what is going to happen. A shot that could be improved is when a character is looking into the camera.


Group 5:
1) Is the product a clearly recognisable opening sequence?
Yes

2) Is the genre apparent?
Yes

3) Who do you think the target audience is for the product?
15+ teenagers to older

4) Do you think that the product would appeal for the target audience? Give reasons for your answers.
Yes because of the tone and also because of the conventions used

5) How well do you think the following technical areas have been addressed? Give examples for each.
- Cinematography-close up of the plug and the water running down it
- Sound-sound in the background created the mood
- Editing-cross cutting between past and present
- Mise-en-scene-flowers the blade the blood ect..


6) Overall how successful is the finished product? Give an example of something that could be improved or worked well.
Very good work well shot and well edited.