Filming and Editing

During this task, we filmed different scenes at different times. The first thing our group filmed is walking through the forest. This scene only had one take as we perfected it the first time due to planning it the week before, so we knew exactly what we wanted to do. When we went over to the area, we placed the camera on Megan's shoulder and she began to walk and then jog through the forest. We decided on doing this as it gives the effect of 'hand held' camera angle, which makes it looks very natural and it also gives tension as you can not guess what it going to happen next. We replayed the clip back on the camera and we loved it, so we kept it and went back to the lesson. As we knew what we wanted this clip for, we began to edit it on the computer. We started by putting the clip in slow motion, for tension. Then we placed a discreet heart beat in the background, along with some heavy breathing. After we finished editing this clip, we replayed it back and we all loved it as it drew lots of tension and horror, so we were very satisfied with that.

After we had our first clip filmed and edited, we started on our company labels. We had already made the names for each company, but we just needed to make them and edit them so they were ready to be put in our clip.

Thriller Task Planning

Firstly, we chose the people we wanted to work with for the thriller task. We had a minimun of 1 and the maximum of 4 people within the group. Myself, Megan and Olivia chose each other to work with as we thought we would work best together because we had all thought of creative ideas to put into the filming and planning. We also thought that working in a group with 3 people will work best as their is a good amount of people, therefore we will all get a chance to suggest ideas, locations, props etc, avoiding interupting.

After we settled in our groups, we watched several thriller clips that have been created by students in the past. From this we gasped the type of thriller we should be creating, so this really helped us understand what we should be aiming for.

We then began brainstorming ideas on a a3 sheet. We wrote all the ideas we had for the main topic of the thriller. Then I suggested a paedophile theme, and the rest of the group liked the idea and we all thought we could really expand on the theme and make it as thrightening and eerie as possible.
After we all decided on the main idea for the thriller we went onto the computers and as we were following the mind map as well as thinking and creating new ideas we were writing a step by step plan for the thriller.

After we were all happy with the planning, we started to create the company productions labels. Firstly we decided on the names for each company which was 'Black Cat Productions' and 'Firewalk Entertainment', we decided on creating two company labels.

After deciding where we were going to film, we then decided on the set and camera angles we wanted to use. We went through each of our steps and carefully decided which angle will help the clip look as best as it could, firstly starting with our first scene in the forest. We thought about doing a long shot of one of us running around but far away from the camera, then we thought of doing a hand held angle. We decided to go along with the hand held angle as we all believed this has the most natural effect as it makes the audience think they're in the scene, so it will be very thrilling. Also, many thriller conventions include hand held camera angle scenes as it is a lot more inviting for the audience the watch.
We carried on thinking of different angles we could use to make it as thrilling and interesting as we could, and we wrote them all next to our plan so we knew what we were doing when it came to filming.

Editing the Prelim Task

As we completed filming the prelim task, my group, Joe, Harry, Aaron and myself began to edit all the scenes we had filmed on the camera throughout the week. Firstly, Aaron began editing for the first half hour, then it was Harry, myself and then Joe. We all started by sorting through the best clips we filmed for each scene. When we all got to edit, we created it in our own way, but still with the groups approval, so we can make the prelim task as good as possible. I began editing the clip by putting each scene side by side, so the clip ran smoothly as you watched it and there was no jump cuts.
Overall, I think the filming and editing went the best it could, due to the issue we had we running out of time during the 2nd last scene, with attempting to place the camera, lighting and props in the exact same area as it was the first timed we filmed. I think that if we had got the water shot correct the first time, the clip would be a lot better. However, despite these mistakes, I believe that our final Prelim task has an interesting story line, camera work and mise-en-scene.

This is our final edit of our prelim task.