Locational Sneak Preview

Me and my group needed what seemed to be a secluded location, in order to meet the demands of the thriller conventions, therefore we chose the entrance of a woods, a few minutes walk from Charlie's house, this was an ideal location for all the group as we were able to get to it by foot! The shots which were taken in this environment were proposed as the journey to the log cabin, which is in the starting seconds of the film opening. The setting helped create a rural, solitary feel for the viewers, helping to build up the tension and suspense which we are hoping to achieve.

Another location sneak peak is inside the log cabin (located on Charlie's garden). This is the location of the girls perfectly normal mini break.. so they thought. The cabin is seen to be cosy, and pleasant which causes a major contrast with what actually occurs just outside the door, which is my opinion adds suspense, and creates the realism that you never know what's around the corner.. literally!! 

(The shot shows the group of friends in the cabin, except me and Sav as we were setting up and recording the shot)

Tutorial

Hey guys!! So we are still currently in the process of editing out thriller opening (Nocturnal). We have been using the program 'Premiere Pro', however we also have the opportunity to use 'After Effects' which enables us to put the finishing touches on our opening, improving the editing techniques we have already used. As our group consists of 4 people: me (Brooke), Sav, Charlie and Eloise we thought it would be more beneficial, (as the film is all now in sequence) to allocate roles, me and Charlie are going to be working on titles, and Sav and Eloise shall be working on sound. Anyway enough rambling, i thought it would be a good idea to do some research on how we could make our titles stand out, and use unique approaches, which is when i decided to look at tutorials.
Here is tutorial which I found on Youtube, teaching us how to motion track our titles,




There are many tutorials available on Youtube, which we shall be watching to help us along the way, but for now we'll see how motion tracking looks for our titles, and i'll let you know!! See you soon :)

Filming our thriller opening

Hey guys!!!
So finally we have finished filming!!! It has taken us in total 5 attempts to film our opening and believe me it has been one tiresome but exciting experience. First of all me and the rest of my group (Charlie, Sav and Eloise) began filming in the woods near Charlie's house, this was in order for us to get location shots so we could set the scene we were trying to portray right at the beginning of our thriller opening, overall this went well, we managed to get a variety of shots so we had many to chose from and we got it all finished with pretty quick (1-2 hours).
As you can see from the photo below this is a sneak preview of the setting we are portraying throughout our film:

The hard parts came next.. We then had to focus on filming in the log cabin, and for this we needed all our characters, trying to organize when to shoot with people who have other important commitments proved to be very challenging, and obviously because our actors weren't media students it wasn't their first priority like it was ours, however they still managed to make it every time, so THANKS GUYS ;). We ended up filming in the log cabin 3 times!! We wanted it to be the best it could be and due to the season we are currently in, obviously as everyone knows it gets dark very quick, hence why we spent so much time filming otherwise the lighting would have been different!

Then came our last time filming, which was at my house, the narrative we were trying to achieve was a serial killer preparing for his murders. (I had to play the killer and walk down the jitty with a knife, which i'm pretty sure thinking about it now would have got us in some serious trouble *YIKES* it worked though and we got the shots we wanted!!!

Now you're just going to have to be patient wait for the final product :D
See you soon!!!

Binary Oppositions

Binary Oppositions - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires

Age ratings

This is my age rating audience task, which explains what each symbol that you see on all films mean, and why they apply to specific age ranges..

Age ratings from _brookepollock

Textual analysis: Lucky number slevin

Nocturnal storyboard

The storyboard may just seem like an extra, some may say tedious, step in the whole film making process.. but it's defiantly not! A storyboard is the best way to share and explain your vision, not just with any interested parties, but also with the rest of your group, as all the group members will vision how the thriller will go slightly differently, so its best to ensure people are on the same wave length.. well try too, but also to ensure other people can also understand the idea.
Story boarding makes overall production a whole lot easier, as it sets up a plan for the production, including all the shots, the order and how those concepts will interact with the script. This makes the filming slightly easier as you've already planned the coverage, and it ensures scenes wont be forgotten, obviously the storyboard isn't set in stone so there is always room for improvement, but its just a guide to help.
You may not think it but the storyboard process actually SAVES time!! So spending a little more time on the storyboard, in the end turns out in your favor as it helps piece the parts together.

So anyway enough of me rambling on, here is our Nocturnal storyboard, hope you enjoy!