Here is out preliminary task:
Here is our final product:
Planning:
Pre-Production:
In our preliminary task due to our limited time, we had to quickly think of an idea that involved a police interview set in a dark location. Although we wanted to use a drama classroom that had lighting equipment, this was in use so we decided to go behind the school stage in the main hall.
For our thriller opening we completed a series of blog posts and tasks as apart of the pre production stage. These included 9 frame analysis and rule of thirds research. We then went on to thinking of individual ideas for a thriller opening that is also embedded in our blog and as a group we decided to chose Lauren's idea that we then had to present to the class which is shown below.
After hearing our first piece of audience feedback from our peers, we went on to adapt our idea and created our animatic storyboard which allowed us to make our ideas more of a reality. Once our rough idea was in place we went on to embed further research into our blog that included locations, soundtracks and a filming timetable.
This thorough pre-production and planning stage ultimately made our production process run a lot smoother as we knew what were were doing on what specific day as well as knowing more information about professional Hollywood thrillers out there.
Production:
In our preliminary task we spent a lot of time trying to use the equipment properly as it was the fist time using it. This resulted in us missing out on filming time. As well as this, we struggled with the lighting in our location making it difficult to get good footage.
However for our production stage of our thriller opening we had a lot of practice with the cameras beforehand meaning no filming time was wasted. In addition to this we were also given a lot more equipment such as lighting and a microphone that we were able to practice with and embed into our blog; making us a lot more comfortable and confident with the equipment. The microphone proved to be very useful when recording as it picked up a lot more sound than the camera alone; especially when it was on the enhanced mode. However we did not need to use the lighting as we opted for naturalistic lighting and then adjusted it in the post-production stage.
Post production:
In out preliminary task we were were pushed for time on editing meaning we were restricted to what we could do with our footage.
Whereas for our thriller opening we were given a lot more time and were a lot more used to using Final Cut Pro meaning we could edit continuity aspects such as match on action much smoother allowing real events to appear as if they were happening in real time; creating a sense of verisimilitude. Below i have inserted clips to show this.
Due to there only being one protagonist at a time on screen in our thriller opening we did not demonstrate the '360 degree rule' or 'shot reverse shot'.
In terms of editing there is also a clear difference in our credits. Our preliminary tasks credits are against a black background and appear in an armature font and transition. However from research we found that a black background was not typically used in thriller openings and more simplistic fonts and transitions are usually used so we incorporated this into our thriller opening which is demonstrated below.
To Conclude:
Overall i feel like our final product of our thriller opening fulfils the task as through planning we were able to create a sense of verisimilitude in our production and post production stage giving us a professional finish to our final product.
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