"X Marks The Spot" Completed Film Opening

This is our final edit of our film opening, "X Marks The Spot".

Preliminary Task

Evaluation Q7

Evaluation Q6

Evaluation Q5 and Q4

Evaluation Q3

Evaluation Q2

Evaluation Q1

Construction: Sound

Introduction

we have decided to add non diegetic sound to our opening film. The reason for this is because by adding non diegetic sound (sound that is applied to be present in action) it makes the film be effective by creating a very eerie and suspenseful atmosphere fort the audience.

The page where we got all the sounds was from  Free Sound. This is because we weren't able to download any sounds from anywhere else because if we did that would be copyright.

Here are some screenshots that I took while researching for different types of sounds.

Firstly, as you can see I was searching for a background sound for the whole opening film, as it creates  mood and tension.

Secondly, we were also thinking to add a non diegetic sound at the beginning of the film when the murderer opened the door, to make it more dramatically.

After deciding what sounds would sound good for our opening film, we downloaded it and we uploaded it into Premiere Pro.

On the picture above you can see that we added a simultaneous sound when the title shows up. We got this idea from the opening film of Sev7en.

Here are some examples of the sounds that we have chose at the end.


This is the sound that we chose for when the titles appear.

 This is a score sound, where its been used through out the opening film.

Construction: Titles

In the video above, you can see rough edit of our film opening. We took some of the raw footage, that we have already filmed and put it together, to create a rough idea of how our film opening would look like. This helps us to see if we are missing something and if we need to film any scenes again. For example, we do need to film the very first scene again, as it is quite blurry.
This video is one minute long, so that tells us that we also need to think about, what we will do to make it longer. We could either put in some more footage that we have already filmed. We could also do more filming or add titles in separate shots.

Construction:Rough Footage Of X Marks The Spot

In the video above, you can see rough edit of our film opening. We took some of the raw footage, that we have already filmed and put it together, to create a rough idea of how our film opening would look like. This helps us to see if we are missing something and if we need to film any scenes again. For example, we do need to film the very first scene again, as it is quite blurry.
This video is one minute long, so that tells us that we also need to think about, what we will do to make it longer. We could either put in some more footage that we have already filmed. We could also do more filming or add titles in separate shots.

Construction: Evidence Of Filming Taking Place

You can find the evidence of our filming in the presentation below.



The first slide shows some pictures of us preparing for filming in Corby. In the first picture you can see me finding some newspaper articles of teenagers, murdered in the woods or near the woods. We inserted photos of some teenagers next to the articles, we used these as the killer is keeping track of the people that he has already killed. We also got some images of Ashley (Michael) and Emma (Gabriella). Those images were used as the killer's next victims.


In the second slide you can see me filming the point of view, of Natharn sticking the images onto the wall. You can also see Jeseena holding a lamp, which was used to make the footage look clearer.
The third slide consists of photos of us, filming in location 2 (Kettering town centre). You can see us filming from different angles. In the next slide we put a picture of the killer's room (garage) and also a short video of David (Natharn) preparing his wall of victims.
 The sixth slide shows Natharn applying red food colouring on his hands, as blood to make it look like he had just murdered someone. This would give it a sense of danger.
The last slide consists of 2 videos, one is from location 1 (garage) and the other one is from location 2 (Kettering town centre). In each video, we put together short clips of our raw footage and also the bloopers.

Construction: Practising the Camera

Before filming, we thought it would be better to practise the camera and see the quality of the footage, and also to understand how it works. We as a group, arranged a date and time when we were all free. We used that time to walk around the school and film some short clips, that contain different angles, shots and camera movements.

In the video below, you can see and edited video containing the short clips of different angles and shots we took. 

Planning - Filming Schedule

Date	Cast needed	Time	Location
23/01/2016	One cast member and crew	7:00pm-11:00pm	Garage-Corby
30/01/2016	One cast member and crew	3:00pm-9:00pm	Garage-Corby
31/01/2016	All cast and crew	5:00pm-8:00pm	Town Centre-Kettering
07/02/2016	All cast and crew	5:00pm-8:00pm	Town Centre-Kettering

On the picture above you can see the filming schedule of our film opening. Filming schedule consists of the date, time, location and people that we need for our filming. We created this schedule, because it will help us organise our time we can spend on filming. We also need to organise our equipment that will be needed. We decided to film on the weekends, because all of the cast members and crew are free on the weekends. We have chosen to start the filming in evenings, as this is more convenient as we need the darkness.

Planning- Producing A Shot List

A shot list is a list of all the shots that is going to be included in our film opening. It can also be used as a checklist filled with details of all the shots, to give the film a sense of direction and efficiency. We produced the shot list to know exactly what kind of camera angles, movements and shots we are going to use in each scene. We also need know the location in which we are going to film, and the characters that we will need.

Shot Number	Shot Type	Dialogue	Actors	Location	Equipment	Description
1	Pan movement, establishing shot			Kettering – Town Centre		A shot showing the location.
2	Low angle, long shot.		Ashley, Natharn and Emma	Kettering- Town Centre		Three friends walking, shown from the back.
3	Low angle , long shot		Ashley, Natharn and Emma.	Kettering-Town Centre		Three friends walking shown from the right side.
4	Low angle, long shot		Ashley, Natharn and Emma	Kettering-Town Centre		Three friends walking shown from the front.
5	Mid-shot, arc movement shot.		Ashley, Natharn and Emma	Kettering- Town Centre		Arc movement, showing their faces of each character.
6	Tracking out shot, long shot		Ashley, Natharn and Emma	Kettering- Town Centre		All three friends walking, form the front.
7	Point of view shot.	Gabriella: ‘So what are trying to a gangster?’	Ashley, Natharn and Emma	Kettering- Town Centre	Hat	Gabriella’s point of view of her flipping off David’s
8	Mid shot, from back		Ashley, Natharn and Emma	Kettering- Town Centre	Hat	Gabriella flipping off the hat from behind.
9	Low angle	David: What are you doing?’	Ashley, Natharn and Emma	Kettering- Town Centre	Hat	The hat falling down on the ground
10	Point of view		Ashley, Natharn and Emma	Kettering- Town Centre	Hat, map	David picking up the hat and seeing something strange.
11	Close up, hand held			Kettering- Town Centre	Hat, map	Showing that there is something hidden
12	Long shot, from side		Ashley, Natharn and Emma	Kettering- Town Centre	Map	Picking up the map
13	Extreme close up, high angle		Ashley, Natharn and Emma	Kettering- Town Centre	Map	Showing the map
14	Mid shot		Ashley, Natharn and Emma	Kettering- Town Centre	Map	Michael wants to see the map.
15	Over the shoulder shot.		Natharn	Garage-Corby	Pen, piece of card	Writing clues.
16	Pan movement shot.		Natharn	Garage- Corby	Pictures of people, map, newspapers.	Showing the room.
17	Close-up going into an Extreme close-up.		Natharn	Garage- Corby	Pen and piece of card.	David writing the clues down on a piece of card. Close-up of hands, which is faded going into an extreme close-up, where it is more focused.
18	Extreme close up, still		Natharn	Garage-Corby	Pen, pencil, marker, paper	Writing a clue
19	Point of view		Natharn	Garage-Corby	Pictures of Gabriella and Michael	Walking to the wall and sticking down pictures
20	Extreme close up			Garage-Corby	Pictures	Extreme close up showing the photos of his next victims.
21	Extreme close up, tracking shot		Natharn	Garage-Corby		Showing David’s footsteps
22	High angle, over the shoulder		Natharn	Garage-Corby	map	Puts “X” marks on the map
23	Close up , from side		Natharn	Garage-Corby	Photos, scissors	Cutting out photos, (cannot see what is in the photos)
24	High angle		Natharn	Garage-Corby		Folding the clue
25	Point of view		Natharn	Garage-Corby	map	Writing a clue.
26	Close up shot		Natharn	Garage-Corby		Puts “X” marks on photo of a person that he has already killed

Planning Mise-en-Scene - costume and props

Mise-en-scene:

Planning the mise-en-scene for our film opening, helps us to organise the costume and the props that we need to buy and that are needed, to get the cast members ready before the filming. Planning this is important, as it provides evidence of us thinking about individual ideas that are needed for the film opening. This also makes it more professional and interesting, as the clothes suggest he characters' personalities.

Costume:

David played by Natharn Wamala:

 He will wear an old dark jumper, with black trackies, black trainers and a white top underneath. When he is in town he will wear black jeans with the same black trainers and on top a black jacket. He will also be wearing a cap.

The reason why he is going to wear dark clothes is because he is the most mysterious character, as he is the killer. He also has to appear to be obsessed with his victims. To show that, we'll  locate a table in his mystery room, where he will be writing all the clues, creating the map and also crossing out out victims that he has already killed. On the table, there's going to be a lot of tools. For example, photos of his victims, pens, black tape, duck tape, scissors, blood, craft knife and metallic things...

Gabriella played by Emma Jeeves:

She will wear baggy jeans and a baggy black t-shirt, with trainers and red coat.

Emma will wear that because Gabriella is more like a tomboy and she prefers to hang out with boys. She also feels more comfortable and confident to be with them as she can be herself. That's why she does not wear any make-up and her hair is down and curly.

Michael played by Ashley Paddick:

He will wear colourful clothes, like a garnet jumper with light jeans and a pink t-shirt underneath.

Ashley will wear colourful clothes because he is a positive character and the one who makes their friendship more happier and energetic.

Introduction:

The garage will be untidy, with a lot of papers everywhere and equipments on the table. This is because the murderer collected newspapers articles of all the people he has killed in the past which is kept as a memory.


Props:

We need to use a small lamp because that will make the background darker and it will only focus on Natharn's hands.

The reason for this is because we want it to look mysterious and because the face will be anonymous. It will also create curiosity for the viewers.

We will also use the lamp as we want some parts to be darker because Natharn was meant to work in the dark,  so it can have more effect and it will also look  more scarier. We will use the lamp for some light, so the viewers can be able to watch what's happening as well.

We will use a round wooden table, where David will be creating the clues. For example, the map, the newspaper, duck tape, black marker etcetera.

 We will also stick some newspapers of the victims, as he is a psychopath.

There will also be newspaper reports created by us. Where we will research murdered teenagers in the woods and after that we will put a picture our friends. On the right side, there is already one article that we have started.  We made the title bold so it readable for the viewers.
The reason why we did this is, so the audience can find out more about him, and so they can know he murdered people before.

We will use red food colouring as it would look more real than fake blood. We will use this on Natharn's hands, which will suggests that he already murdered someone and that he is a murderer, which makes it more scarier for the audience, as it suggests that something bad is going to happen.

Planning - Casting

Gabriella 

Gabriella is a teenager who is self-confident, she enjoys playing piano. Gabriella is not stereotypical teenage girl, she is quite opposite and she would rather spend her free time hanging out with friends. Gabriella's role will be played by Emma Jeeves. We think Emma is suitable for the role of Gabriella because she is confident in front of the camera and she has done drama in her GCSE's, which is a big benifit because she already knows how acting and filming works. She will be able to fit in Gabriella's role as she is not shy and has got some experience of acting.

You can see Emma in the video below. We thought that, it might be good to take a short video of our actors, before the actual filming, to make sure that they are right for the role.

David

David is a teenage boy who is shy and does not talk much. He does not like to socialise with other people. He spends most of his time at home, or with his younger sister. David's role will be played by Natharn Wamala. Natharn is 16 years old and we think he is suitable for the role of David because he is also quite shy.

Michael

Michael is also a teenager who is very positive and outgoing. He is really confident and he spends most of his spare time  hanging out with his friends. Michael's role will be played by Ashley Paddick. Ashley is 16 years old. We think he is suitable for the role of Michael because he is a really  positive person, fun to be with, self-confident and he is not shy to act in front of the camera. He also did drama for his GCSE's which also makes him suitable for acting.

You can see Ashley in the video below, where we have taken the first footage of him before the real filming. By doing the short video, we are confident now that Ashley is perfect for the role of Michael.