Choosing the font

After playing around with our title scene and looking at the type of texts on 'www.dafont.com' we downloaded 5 of our best so we can make the title and the credits on after effects. These are the ones we found most appropriate relating to our film.

This is the font that we actually chose to use because it looks like the typewriter which looks like the typewriter used in our film. Its also quite creepy and tense and adds a thriller effect to our piece. 

 This was the other type of typewriter font that we found that we like the look of even though e chose the other one.

This is a cool horror/thriller movie text effect we thought it looked creepy and eerie and added tot he effect of the piece. However it might be too regular, lots of horror movies have a similar type of text.

 This one fits in well with our piece because we use the cut up newspapers in ours. However it may be a bit difficult to understand as it is quite hard to read it quickly.

This one looks cool, but is also hard to read and too basic. Again lots of horror films have a similar effect to this one, it also doesn't quite fit.

Designing the credits

We used the font that we decided on and then added the wiggle effect that we learned how to do last week. It adds a great mysterious effect and looks like how we were aiming too, like the credits in 'se7en'

Producing Production Company clip

we downloaded abstracted designs from a youtube clip to use for our production company clip. these are some examples of abstract designs and how we incorporated them with our production company clip:  

          This is an example of how we can use these abstract clip for our production company clip.

Before

After

Choosing the Font

 

We spent time trying to choose which font would be best suited for our title. This is one of the examples that we could be using for our opening sequence because this links in with the whole idea of the dice involved within the film as well as the name of the film.

Filming Day Review 27.1.2014

People present when filming: Becky, Christina and Charlie

After changing our idea for our storyboard, we had to re-shoot a lot of our footage. overall the filming went well we managed to film most of our work in the space of 3 hours. We changed some of the props in the frame, and instead of filming flashbacks of murders we have decided to focus on what the killer is doing. 

Exploring with the ending

we have thought about finishing our clip with a candle burning in in the frame and after a couple of seconds being blown out, we have thought about using this after the main title has appeared.

burning candle

blown out candle 

Plan for Second day of filming

FILM TITLE: DICE-IDE

Production company: Web Studios

DATE: 8.1.14
TIME OF SHOOT: 5:00 pm

WEATHER CONDITIONS: N/A
MEETING POINT: Becky's house (Cheam)

CAST CONTACT DETAILS:

Charlie Thomas-Burstow (main actor)........................07888227652
Sanojan Chitranjan (victim) .....................................07939890348

USEFUL NUMBERS:

Becky Jeffery ........................................................ 07544351818

Christina Sintim ..................................................... 07415224601

Sanojan Chitranjan ................................................. 07939890348

LOCATION: Becky's house, Cheam, interior.

TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT: 

Cannon 600D camera

Tripod

Handheld video camera

memory cards

camera batteries

Laptop

Mobile phones video and camera software

PROPS:

candles/ candle stands/ matches`

pictures of victims

burned paper

notebook/ scrapbook

crucifix 

dice x2

lamp (desk)

IN AN EMERGENCY:

In case of an emergency during location filming, you must contact one of the following people:- 

MS RUTHERFORD: jrutherford@carshaltonboys.org

MS HOUSE: shouse@carshaltonboys.org

EMERGENCY SERVICES IN FILMING LOCATION:

STANDARD EMERGENCY NUMBER- 999

FIRE STATION: nearest is in Cheam, on St. Dunstains hill.

POLICE: metropolitan police force, sutton, manor park.

A&E: St Hellier hospital A&E, rose hill.

SCENE/ SHOT LIST

Reshoot with new props 

COSTUME REQUIREMENTS:

main character Charlie: blue T-shirt, purple hoodie, jeans.

victims: casual clothing + change of clothes.

TRANSPORT:

not relevant for this part of the production.

DIRECTIONS:

not relevant for this part of production.

RISK ASSESSMENT:

POSSIBLE HAZARDS:

Candles- caching fire to paper, hair, actors etc.

Smoke risk

Tripping over- Props, other actors, tripod, skateboard.

HOW TO ELIMINATE HAZARD:

candles- watch the candles and take great caution when lighting and acting near them. Keep away from children and all filming equipment.

Smoke risk- keep a window open for ventilation and make sure smoke alarm is working.

Tripping over- make sure all people present are aware of the props and the amount of space that they have, keep all wires and props away and to a minimum unless needed in the scene.

NUMBER OF PEOPLE PRESENT: 5

NUMBER OF ADULTS: 1

NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN CHARGE: 3, Becky, Christina, Sanojan.

NUMBER OF ACTORS: 1 Charlie 

Filming footage

These are some screen shots of footage we really liked, we like how the image is laid out in the frame and the lighting. we also like the camera work and the focus of the lens in the frame. 

we plan to uses video filters on our footage so it gives the image a sinister look and is more suited to the thriller genre. Here is an example of footage that has been edited with video filters. 

Exploring with the sound track

we explored with some melodies on garage band to create a sinister sound track for our thriller opening sequence. we experimented with different tempos and and pitches to see which one would suit our sequence.

After exploring the internet for some soundtrack, we found a good clip that suits our sequence so we decided to use that instead of the one we created.  

Editing footage: Sequence change

After editing some of our footage and watching it back we were advised to make the footage look more of a montage sequence, as it flowed to much through out the sequence here is an example of how it flowed throughout the sequence:

so instead of this we decided to mix up different scenes from our footages to create more of a montage edit. Here is an example of the change: 

We decided that the order of the footage wasn't exactly how we wanted it, it didn't have the montage effect that we desired, and it flowed too much, so we decided to try and play about with it and mix the shots up some more, cut the shots down and make them more snappy. Overall we decided to stay with this idea and keep it like this, i like the effect it gives and it draws the audience in a lot more.