Pre - Production
· We discussed different types of films while taking into consideration all the different genres in order to decide on a Thriller short film
· Thought of a story line that could be possible to act out over the time period of our minuet long film
· We assigned each person a role
· We wrote a very short script and then drew out a story board in order to make the process more visual in order to bring our idea to life.
· We ensured that the locations we were planning on using were available by talking to members of staff and arranging times
· We organised the props that would be used in order to make the film look more realistic; the lanyard, the table and chairs, and the bracelet.
Production
· By using a tri pod we were able to get a clear focused shot of the investigation scene as well as maintaining the same angel throughout all the shots in the ‘investigation room’ this was done through filming all the necessary films at once before moving on to a different location in order to be more efficient with time.
· We used a powerful close up at the beginning of the film in order to build tension, suspense and mystery.
· There was a blackout in the room and we used phone torches for the interrogation scene in order to add a sense of realism to the piece.
· Towards the end of filming we used hand held cameras during the more active shots such as the murder running away in order to bring the audience closer to the action. This was also achieved through using a hand held camera to view the body in order to highlight the realism of the film.
Post-Production
· We used Final Cut Pro on the iMacs to edit our 1 minute film.
· The first part of editing involved placing the scenes in chronological order before editing them anyfurter to see whether or not or film was long enough or too long
· Then we used a black and white filter to show the contrast between present day and flash backs. We also used filter in order to make a certain scene more apt to the environment, e.g. we used a shadow effect in order to build more suspense in certain parts of the film.
· 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
· Special effects
· Trimming
· Sound effects
· Transitions
· Credits
Overall
I think overall we worked well as a team, everyone was assigned a job and therefore everyone had a chance to participate. Also by dividing the time evenly after shooting the film we were all able to have a go editing the short film, because of this I now feel more confident as it was my first time editing something and I am pleased with the outcome. I am also happy that my team appreciated and evaluated my ideas during post production when making a story board, as it had a large impact on the filming process. Finally I think we used our common scene in order to film scene in non-chronological order so that we would save time.
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