Evaluation Question 1.

Evaluation question 2.

Evaluation question 3.

Location Choices

Location choices

Location

 

 

 

• Everyday house - conveys normality - relatable - tension - too normal - situation could happen to anyone

 

• Bland colours - white room - symbolic of innocence

 

• Messy - represents mental state

 

• Door frame (fight scene) - its all about her - importance

 

•  ↓ walking away - out of shot - out of his life - reflects finality, shes gone, literally because she is dead, but also as a fading memory.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation question 4.

Audio recording and upload >>

Evaluation question 5.

Evaluation question 6.

The process of making our thriller introduced us to as world of movie making technology.

• How the camera works - from both sides. We learnt new skills such as camera angles (e.g over the shoulder and high angle) we also learnt filming techniques (e.g steady cam and shake cam). We also learnt how to act/position yourself when in front of the camera when acting.

• Editing using imovie and getting to grips with the techniques. We learnt how to make cuts clean and add in effects (e.g dissovle cut and fade cut). We also learnt the importance of continuity when filming so that everything makes sense when editing.

• Learning how to use a mac. We learnt and developed out skills when using the mac, we learnt how to use new programs such as imovie and final cut pro. We also learnt how to import videos form a camers onto the macs and create photos and animations using the macs.

• Using, inserting and selecting music along with sound editing. We learnt the importance of a good soundtrack to create tension and a scary atmosphere. We learnt how to edit songs so we could use the parts we wanted and how to transition each song into the next.

Our production skills began to develop as time went on, the improvement of using imovie really benefitted us. Along with technology we also became familiar with equipment such as tripods and lighting. All our skills have improved and learning all of this will help us in future projects.

Evaluation question 7.

Final Thriller opening.

Preliminary planning

Timeline.

We created a timeline so that we could stay on track and plan what we needed to do. 

Music emails



Because we are using music created and owned by different bands we emailed the bands directly to ask if we could use their music so that there would be no copyright issues within our thriller opening.

This is an email to the band Asking Alexandria:

 



This is an email to the band Daughter:



Props & Symbolism

Props & Symbolism

• Lamp
• cork board
• suicide note
• slender man research
• girls ring
• phone
• photo (on phone)
• desk

Lamp

The lamp created the creepy artifical light - symbolic that all pure and goodness has gone from his life - reflects misery and tragedy.

Cork board

The cork board held all the research and info, this shows their relevance to the event, they are held above his head to symbolise that the situation is bigger and more powerful than him.

Suicide note and research

These are put on screen blatantly to show that he needs them to figure out whats going on
we also do a zoom in panning shot so the audience can see specific words such as 'death' and 'the angel of death' etc. The suicide note gives a hint to the audience about the events that have happened prior to this part of the story - symbolic of him desperately trying to catch up.

Ring

The ring we use is feminine, to show it belonged to his dead girlfriend.
The ring symbolises eternity due to its cyclical shape, showing that he will never forget her, or stop looking for her ; this is reinforced when he picks it up and looks at it, the camera then zooms in to signify its importance .

Phone & photo

We included a mobile phone as it incorporates the time era (present day) as he uses it for the text and also to look at the photo. The photo of the boy and girl helps explain what hes doing, it also shows his longing and mourning of her, it also shows regret, guilt, anger and fuels his desire to find out the truth.

Desk

The desk we use it red - this symbolises his love for her and the danger that she was put in, and that he is putting himself in. It is also symbolic of death and the nature and danger of his research, he's going down a dangerous road.