Film Progress 2

In the next session that we edited the film opening, we decided to change a few things to make it fit in with the horror genre more. We carried on with fine tuning the editing and started to look more closely at sound. As well as this, Ash made a new title for the film as we agreed that the first title didn't fit in with the rest of the editing.

Here it shows how we took out any unnecessary sound that was in the film. To do this, we unlinked to clip from the sound and deleted the sound. Next time, we will replace the sound with the music we have had composed by someone we know and any other sounds that we can create ourselves.

For the title, we decided that the previous titles that Ash had created weren't really suitable for our film as it didn't fit in with the style of editing that we had done. He created some new titles which were a lot better. As well as changing the titles, we also changed where we were going to put the titles as we were going to embed them within the scene. We realised this may have mad the editing look disjointed so thought about putting the titles at the end. However we decided not to as this would make it look more like a trailer. In the end, we put them at the start of the scene, after the production logo.




In this shot, we added in the music which was going to come out the radio. We asked Thomas Whitehead to do some music for us and he created a piece which fitted what we wanted perfectly. We sent him some clips from YouTube of serialism music as recommended by Tom which gave him inspiration for what to make. He used a software called 'Sibalius' to create the music. To start with, the music didn't export correctly so we couldn't use it straight away but we resolved this by using a different format. We then placed the music into the film and changed the volume of each section of the music depending on which shot was playing. We did this to get the effect of distance between the main character and the radio in different shots. For example, when  the character was near the radio, we made it at normal volume; when the character is in the dining room, the radio is a lot quieter.

Film First Cut

This is our first cut of the film -

After weeks of editing, we have our first cut of the opening, we have been given feedback from our teacher, who has said that we need to add our titles and logo, which we are going to do as they have been created we just have to add them into our film. We have also been told that we need to make the scary face flashback slightly longer and perhaps add an effect which we are going to look into downloading, we also need to make this scenes much more exaggerated to really nail the horror feel. We are going to cut down the duration of the entire film and work on some blurry shots by changing settings to make the shots look sharper and more focused. When we start looking more closely at sound, we will need to take out the sound completely as the background noise doesn't fit in with the genre of horror. We will replace the sound with horror music and other sounds to add suspense.

We did get some positive feedback, that our POV shots was good and the ending is a good horror ending, we just need to remove one particular pan from the end. We also need to add a 'cinematic feel' to our film by using Cineon Converter as well as adding a Vignette effect to the flashback scenes to make them darker and edgier.



Day of Filming

We all met up on the set day and time, we then began to clear away things from the house such as magazines, our personal items and any pictures of Sammy and her family from the house, as these things shouldn't be in any of the shots, after this we then put them in a room we wouldn't be filming in to keep them out of the way.



Sammy then styled Ash's hair to be appropriate for filming after he got changed into his suit, we then decided to film the outside scenes first as stated on our filming schedule as it wasn't raining and was relatively bright, we then filmed the shots several times and made sure that they all looked fine, then proceeded to move inside. We then messed things up which we was going to film, such as un-tucking chairs, moving placemats and the toaster etc. and then filmed majority of scenes besides the dining room, living room and the final scene.



We stopped and had a break from filming and ate some food, then filmed the remaining scenes and deleted certain failed shots from the camera, then we returned Sammy's house back to the way it was when we arrived, then everyone went home as filming was completed.

Recce

We are going to use this shot for when the main character comes into the house. Instead of the shot being at eye level, we will try and make the shot into more of a high angle shot which is similar to a CCTV camera as if to show the character is being watched.

For this shot, we will spread the coats out more evenly to have a coat on every hook to keep the idea that the main character has OCD. This shot will be used when the character has first entered the house and hangs up his jacket.

In this shot, the toaster will be askew and the character will straighten it, keeping consistent with the characters OCD. From this shot, we will cut to a close-up of the toaster to show the action of the character moving the toaster.

I think we might change the direction of this shot by filming from the left rather than the right. By doing this we can show the character leaning in to look at the radio when it mysteriously turns on.

This shot will be used when the characters moves from the kitchen to the dining room.

 In these two shots, there will be place mats on the table which the character will straighten.

This is where the character will move from the dining room to the living room. The character will then move around the cushions so that they are neat.

Finally, the last shot will be of the character going up the stairs. Then, there will be hand curl around the door. From there, the film title will appear.

Risk Assessment

What is a risk assessment?

A risk assessment is a document which allows everyone on the set to know what the dangers are whilst filming, how to prevent them and what to do if the risks occur.

Who uses them?

The director creates the risk assessment, with everyone involved in the shoot being aware of the risks involved, so they know with each particular shot what to watch out for, what to do if the risk happens and how to prevent the risk all together.

What do they include?

They include risks to equipment, health, these could be things to do with action, weather or set related, it then says how likely the risk is to happen and what can be done to avoid the risk.


Why do we have a risk assessment?
We have a risk assessment in order to examine the environment the film is being filmed in.  This then makes sure the director has done everything within their power to take precautions so that no one on set gets seriously injured. A risk assessment is there to instruct members of the crew and cast on how to react to situations where someone may be harmed as it also includes how to deal with risks as well as preventing them.


How important is a risk assessment when filming?
A risk assessment is very important when filming as if the assessment isn’t done, the director will get the responsibility of everyone’s health if something goes wrong. If someone is badly injured or, in extreme circumstances, fatally injured, the director will take responsibility for the accident and would face major consequences such fines or imprisonment.