Final Video

This is our film opening for 'Incontro'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDO53O3-COo


Melissa Hudson, Chloe Barker, Kira Welland and Laura Witt

Editing

To edit our opening sequence the main editing software we used was iMovie. Here is our editing timeline and what we did to our opening sequence as well as the imagery: sound, credits etc. to improve the quality of it.

Kira Welland & Laura Wiit

Vlog - end of production

We decided to vlog at the end of our last filming session to explain what we had done in it and what we had changed based on previous feedback such as changing the lighting, etc.

Chloe Barker, Melissa Hudson, Kira Welland, Laura Witt

Opening Sequence - First cut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUTXu9HW2tY

 Here is our first edit of our opening sequence 'Incontro'. We found that some of the shots in this are too dark and the sound needs to be a lot louder, which we will take into account when re-film some of the shots and edit our next cut.


Kira Welland & Laura Witt

Costume Pictures

 For the costume for our protagonist character we chose simple, smart clothes that would be appropriate for a detective. After our costume research we found that trench coats were highly popular in the costumes of detectives in movies, and so we used a coat with similar design. We also used a plain coat - black - so not to distract from the other parts of the costume and to reflect the situation and the tone of the movie.

For the shoes we decided to use high heels to show the femininity of the character, emphasising the female protagonist, but we made sure the heels were not too high due to the practicalities of the role, making it easier for the actor and more realistic. After some deliberation we decided to use black and white shoes, instead of just plain black, as it reflects the innocence of the character.

We decided to used red nails and lips on our character to reflect the danger of the situation she is in. This also adds some femininity to the character and sophistication.

 We decided to have the hair scraped back in a bun as it looks professional and is practical to the job of the character. Having the hair styled like this also means that the facial expressions of the character are clear, which is important to our genre of movie, as thrillers include lots of close-ups as a convention of the genre.



Kira Welland

Set photos

These are some basic photos of the setting of our film. As you can see we had to clear some objects from the set as they did not fit with the narrative, however, some objects that were already in the house were able to be used (the photos and the table) as they seemed like common objects that would be seen in an old house although these did have to be changed slightly for the audience to believe that this was an abandoned house.

Where possible we tried to use rooms which had a hard floor without a carpet as this would emphasize the sound of the detectives heels, etc. this was effective in our film as films with the genre of thriller rely on sound effects to scare the audience.

Chloe Barker

Actor Profile

Name: Emily Gow
Age: 17
Height: 5ft4
Gender: Female
Hair colour: Brown
Eye colour: Brown
Nationality: British
Shoe size: 5


Acting Biography:

- Drama GCSE
- 9 years drama club experience
- Theatre studies A level
- Performance/theatre experience (Victoria Hall)


Interests/Talents:

- Flute (Grade 3)
- Saxophone (Grade 3)
- Guitar (Grade 1)
- Ballet (Grade 6)
- Tap, Modern, Street Jazz
- Dance performance/festival experience
- Horse Riding



Kira Welland

FIlm Poster

This is the promotional poster for our film. We took inspiration from movies such of a similar genre which use dark lighting to inform the audience that it will clearly be a thriller. We haven't included the actresses name as this is a low budget British film and the actress is unfamilar to the audience, the image and the font of the title don't give away what the film is about as the title is in a different language and the picture addresses the genre from the harsh lighting and dark clothes, but doesn't tell the audience any of the plot.

Some of the posters we looked at for inspiration:

Laura Witt

 

 

Filming Schedule

We put together a filming schedule of the dates we were all available for filming, including dates where our set was available for filming as well as our actors.

The original copy listed all dates available to us with the names next to them of who was available, so that we could organize our filming around this.

We then shortened this into a list of days we are actually going to film on. Having a filming schedule means we can make sure our time management is effective, it also means that we can ensure we have enough time to gain all the footage we need to avoid any continuity problems.

The highlighted dates are the dates we will film, we will film mainly on the first few and have the rest to re-film any footage if necessary.

Melissa Hudson and Chloe Barker