rough cuts.

We rejected some the clips as they were not good enough for our actual film.

We did not use this clip as the camera zoomed out to quickly, which ruined the suspense and the effect we were trying to create.

We decided not to use this clip as the audience could see the attacker. This would not be effective because it would take the equilibrium away, and wouldn't surprise the audience when the attack is made.

This clip wasn't shown in our production as the scenery was too dark and gloomy. This made it difficult for the audience as they couldn't see the protagonist.

sound track

For making our soundtrack we used garage band. We then put together pre-mixed sounds from the GarageBand list and put two sounds together to make an eery piece of music which builds up tension throughout the film.

Editing main task

We began by plugging the camera we used into the computer and began to upload the footage. Once this had completed we began to drag the scenes that we chose to keep into the timeline and trimmed them to our desired length. 

Once we were happy that every shot was in the order we wanted, we then moved onto the titles. We chose the 'zoom' effect for each title to create tension as the text moves towards the screen. We used to same font size and style for each title to ensure that it is consistent.

locations

In alleyway near Mark's house in Sherwood. Plus, in Mark's house. We choose this location as it is dark and gloomy and creates an eerie feeling. 

Filming Main Task

We began our filming at a location just outside of Arnold. It was dark and gloomy, as we wanted to portray the thriller/horror genre with dark scenery. We casted a young female, Kim Thorpe, as our lead as she appears vulnerable and easy to target. We then casted Mark Farrelly, who looked comfortable in his villainous role, to attack the female.

Initially we used a tracking shot of Kim as she walked down a dark street to show tension and so that the audience can get a view of what the main protagonist is seeing. We got the sound of her feet walking to add to the effect and make it more eery.

We used an over-the-shoulder shot of the man looking at a wall in a dark room. The camera zoomed out of the picture so that the audience could see the first image of pictures of a variety of young females, most notably a picture of Kim. This means that the audience can recognize the victim and the psychotic murderer in the same scene.

We then did a point of view shot from the attacker's eye-line. He is stalking the woman and is behind the bushes keeping out of sight. This confirms the audiences impression that she is being followed by the murderer. We filmed this scene in a dark alleyway. We shot the scene with a number of different variety shots e.g. Medium Still shot, Point-of-View shot and close up.

We did shots of Kim opening the door with a close up which showed anxiety and then relief as she finally got inside the building to what she thought was the safety of her house, this lulled the audience into a false sense of security. The villain was in the house but the female did not know of this. As she walked in to the toilet the hooded murderer grabbed her from behind. A mid shot was used to show her being taken, we did this to show the scene and show her emotions and  interactions of her environment.

Shot List

This is a shot for shot tutorial through our fully edited and finished opening.

1st shot - Mid shot, tracking shot of a girl walking down the street.

2nd shot - Mid shot, tracking shot of the same girl walking (continuation of previous shot)

3rd shot - Point-of-view shot of the girl being watched through a fence by her stalker

4th shot - close up, zooms out from central image of a picture, then we see more pictures and notes up on a wall, these have key words such as "beautiful", "victim" and "love"

5th shot - Point of view shot, hand opening the gate (same style shot as 3rd shot)

6th shot - over the shoulder shot, continuing to zoom out (4th shot) the attacker comes into view, small part of his shoulder

7th shot - point-of-view, girl continues to walk away from camera (linked with shots 3 and 5)

8th shot - Over the shoulder, fully zoomed out (continuation of 4th shot) over shoulder of the villain who drags a knife along the pictures.

9th shot - Long shot, girl walks away from camera, still along the road

10th shot - Panning shot of girl walking past the camera and up to the front door of her property

11th shot - Mid shot of girl walking into the house, going to the front door, fiddling about with the key and finally opening the door

12th shot - Mid shot from inside the house. The girl closes the door and turns her body to the camera and the audience, with a relieved facial expression

13th shot - Medium long shot from the door. Girl opens the door that is in front of her (bathroom) and the attacker grabs her as she enters. He has a knife in his hands, the same one that he was dragging along the wall