2. One Minute Film (Anna McConnell)

Our One Minute Film

Pre - Production

During the process of pre-production our group:

• Discussed and decided on the suitable genre - We decided on Thriller
• Thought of an original concept to use for our short film.
• We assigned each person a role 
• We wrote the script and drew out the storyboard in order to assist us when the time of filming arrived.
• We discussed the locations and arranged with the drama teachers to be able to use their classroom as we were able to black it out for the mysterious effects 
• We organised the props that would be used; the lanyard, the table and chairs, and the bracelet.

Production

During the process of production our group: 

• We put the camera on a tri-pod in order to get the a straight clear shot of when the interrogation happened. We filmed all these scenes at once to keep all the present day shots identical.
• We filmed a close up of the suspects eye flickering to conveyed the nervousness of the character.
• There was a blackout in the room and we used phone torches for the interrogation scene in order to add a sense on realism to the piece. 
• We used hand-held camera work right at the very end of our film, when the murderer is seen fleeing from the scene to involve the audience in the action and add a scene of urgency

Post-Production

• We used Final Cut Pro on the iMacs to edit our 1 minute film.
• We put the scenes in order and overlaid a black and white filter over the past clips and blue tones over the interrogation to emulate police sirens and a tense atmosphere. 
• To enhance the clips we used a creaking door sound effect and added backing tracks to build tension in order to portray the thriller genre

We learnt a lot throughout this process such as the level of planning for all the little details and our editing skills, considering it was the first time any of us had used Final Cut Pro. Personally, I feel that our group worked well together and we did a reasonably good job in the time we have. However it was quite difficult as the camera kept going out of focus.