Our second location

Rough cut (3) of our Final Film

This is the final rough cut to the Thriller, we have decided to chaneg the production company that we open the Film with as we feel that Lionsgate is a better production company as they have produced Crime thrillers in the past. We also feel that the opening scene with the final scene from last time suits our film better, this is becasue it looks like an action before narrative and this is what we was looking for. There are still a few minor tweeks that need to be made as a few of the shots are way too long, but our thriller opening is nearly finished now we hope.

Final Thriller Poster

Rough cut (2) of our Final Film

This is our second rough cut of the thriller opening, the changes that was needed to be done have all been sorted so now the thrilelr looks better, we still are not sure if we like the ending of the film fully so we are deciding whether we are going to put this at the beginning. We also feel that the shots at the end might drag out for too long, this will be looked into so that we can try and make the thriller better.

Teaser Poster Update

This is our new Teaser poster that has been updated and will be used for our final thriller teaser poster, the reason it had to be changed was because we had a name change and our old teaser posters still had te old name on them.

Editing Software we are using

 

These are the three pieces of editing software that we are using throughout our Thriller opening, we are using them ofrdifferent sections of the opening, for example Cinema 4D is for creating the 3D intro, After Effects is for creating the title sequence and to tidy up the editing, and lastly Sony Vegas is used to do the majority of the editing.

 

Rough cut (1) of our Final Film

This is a rough cut of our final Thriller Opening, this one is a few days old and many changes have been made now. There are a few minor errors with the editing such as the fading from one scene to the other in the chase isn't meant to be there and some of the shots are way too long, these faults have now all been changed.

Brief on the thriller opening

This is Jack explaining what our film opening is going to be about, the storyline that we are using and what the characters are going to be dressed like.

Risk Assessment 2nd location

These are the Risk Assessments we came up with for our Second Location,

Filming Diary

Day 1:
On the first day of filming we went to an abandoned house which is located in the heart of hutton mount right near Shenfield High School where we attend, the reason we chose this location is because it is very creepy and we thought it would be perfect to set our film in the abandoned house as we felt we could make the most out of the scenery we would have surrounding us.

After we got to the location, our actors got ready and we had a look about the house to see where we should film each shot. Sadly, when we was about to start the filming process the Police turned up and informed us the house wasn't in fact abandoned like we thought and it still had an owner, this then meant that we couldn't use the location, this meant that we had to then rethink our storyline and location.


Day 2
After we rethought out our storyline we came to the conclusion that we will do a stalker storyline in the woods right near to the school, however we didn't want to do the same old storyline of a stalker where it is very slow paced and the stalker just walks behind the victim, we wanted to change this so we decided to film as many camera angles for the film as possible and this helped us when it came to the editing process. we started filming around2 o'clock in the afternoon and finished filming around 5 o'clock meaning that we managed to finish before it got dark.

This then meant that we could use all of the shots that we filmed as everything was visible in all of the shots and as luck would have it, we managed to film on a day where the weather was really hot so it made the surface for Max, who was our actor, to run on as it wasn't slippery etc.

Day 3
On the third day of filming we managed to take 2 hours out of our double media lesson to go down to the art block to collect a few props, these being a rope and apron for our stalker and then we had to go to D.T to get a face mask. The reason we collected these was because we felt that it made the stalker looks very psychopathic and we decided this is what we needed to make our film look even better.

After we had collected the props that we were using in the scene we headed into the main assembly hall, upon the stage and behind into the passage that is located behind it, this is where we filmed the scene. The reason that we decided to use this location is because it is very isolated from everyone and everything, very quiet and it overall helps the film look even more scary and tense. We spent around 1 and a half hours filming the different scenes in this location to make sure we got them near-on perfect to what we wanted and then we went back to class.

Character profiles

 

Day 2 Filming Schedule

Risk Assesment 1st Location

This is our risk assessment for our location in the forest.

Day 1 Filming Schedule

This is the schedule that we are using for our filming today, we have planned out the specific times in which we want to get everything done by and the different sections of filming that we are doing.

 

Our location

This is a panorama shot of our location, we chose this forest as inside it is very open which allows us to easily film our thriller.

This is inside the forest and as you can see it looks very eary and a perfect location for our thriller as there is a lot of space for us to run. We chose this location because this forest is quite a secluded area and so it fits perfectly with our story line of the thriller as its about a boy who is getting chased by a stalker and due to the location being isolated, no one is there to help him.

 

Here we are looking for different places to film within the forest, working out what camera angles will be good to use in our location. we were also brainstorming different ideas, for example if we saw a certain feature in a forest we would think about how we could use it to our advanatage. Overall we visited the forest 2 times before filming just to double check that this was a good location to film our thriller.

Focus Group findings

This is a focus group that Jack, Sam and Max carried out, this focus has helped us realise how people get scared, what they think makes a good horror thriller and what they think brings together the whole experience, from this focus group we have managed to be able to make many changes and good plans which cater towards the focus group feedback so we can try and bring the best quality film possible.

Insidious Title Sequence

This is the Title Sequence, written out to show the order in which the names come up on screen, starting with the production company and finishing with the directors name.