Sound source & Plan for re-filming.

Source for our music: this here http://soundbible.com/tags-spooky.html is the website that we used to find the 3 songs featured in our sequence.

Plan for re-filming: Today I wrote up a plan of everything we need to re-do before we can start to edit again. I also completed the credits so that all we have to do is put them in the right place once all the film is in place. We will need to bring in the same clothes that we wore when we first recorded our draft on Monday so that we can go ahead with the recording and get it done as quickly as possible so we are not behind and have plenty of time to do our editing.

Feedback on our Draft Edit.

We have been given some feedback from a small audience on our draft edit, this is to help us improve our draft in the ways we already wanted to and now even more in the eyes of the audience. Firstly our audience commented on the credits, they thought that the placing of the credits was strange as Tom's looked out of place in comparison to mine and Rosie's. They also said that they thought it would be a good idea to add in some production company names.
Secondly they commented on the fact that their is no music in the edit, however we did pick out 3 different tracks that are supposed to run throughout our thriller but when we uploaded it to youtube their was some sort of problem and the tracks do not play. This is something we will definitely have sorted for our final draft. Another issue raised which we had already noticed ourselves is that part way through the video Tom's thumb is in front if the camera slightly and so we are going to have to re-record this part as well as several other things. One of the other things we are going to have to record again is when there are close-ups on mine and Rosie's faces as we run through the forest. This is because we are running and then when it cuts to a close-up we are standing still. Therefore we will have to change it so that we are also running on the close-ups. We will start our improvements next lesson.

Draft Edit.

Editing.

During the editing period I edited the last half of the sequence. In the last lesson for editing I uploaded all of the 'hostage' footage. I then deleted the stuff we didn't need and began to order the scenes. once I had got the right ones in the right order I then shortened two of the scenes and alternated between them so we saw the garage door opening as well as Rosie panicking as she helplessly watched it open and this switching between scenes lasted for a few seconds.

I did this as it builds up the anxiety of the audience and is a thriller convention. I then added in the title 'Captive' and put in some transitions between the title and the footage it was followed by.

Once I had done this I had to choose the tracks we were going to put in as we misplaced the sheet with the pre-decided soundtrack on it. Tom helped me to choose the three tracks we used and I then edited the size of them and placed them with the appropriate scenes. Finally I added in the 'Starring' titles over the first two scenes which show the forest. It took a lot of shuffling all of the scenes and resizing but I finished it and I am now going to upload it ot youtube so I can post it onto my blog.

Filming.

We spent around 2 hours recording our footage. We were going to film in Bramcote woods followed by Tom's Gran's house, however, we made the decision to record using closer surroundings such as the woods just outside the school grounds. So we recorded all of the clips that were set out in the woods. We did about 5 of each shots so we could look at which was best to use once it had been loaded on to the computer. We then used Rosie's garage for the last part. We did a number of shots here where the actors had been captured and held hostage, the setting fit really well with this idea. During in filming we used close-up shots, panning and two-shots. We were going to try and record in a nearby abandoned building however we struggled to get inside of this building and therefore used Rosie's garage. This was a set back for us and we were running a few days behind on filming. We soon caught up after using about half an hour editing time to finish off all of the recording.

Filming Schedule.

Date: 4th March 2011
Location: Bramcote
Props needed: String, Tape, 3 Chairs.
Actors needed: Myself, Rosie, Tom.
Order of shots: We are going to film all of the outside shots first in an order which is easiest for us. We will then do the inside shots also in an order best suited to us.

Risk Assessment.