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the deception

Our film is based on the idea of a deceiving man who enters young girls homes, disguised as a man who needs to read the meter. The main focus is on the young girl who opens the door as her bath is running and allows this questionable man into her home. She then leaves the stranger in her house as she rushes back upstairs to turn her bath off. during this time the man makes his way upstairs to where the young girl is. as he walks up the stairs, it becomes clear to the audience what his intentions are, as flashbacks of previous similar events are shown.

Filming and editing crew - Grace Child, Rhianna Price, Amy Garnett and Ellen Fraser

the decpetion - our opening sequence

finalising, finishing all editing

during week 8 we had finished all editing of our opening sequence and now had to focus on the sound. as our opening sequence contained little diegetic sound, we had to use non-diegetic sound to enhance the tension we wanted to create. we previously had already looked at different sounds and made notes from garageband of the ones we thought would work well with our film. we put together different sounds and experimented with different volumes and overlapping various tracks to end up with a sound we felt worked really well and effectively. we also put the credits into the opening sequence and changed the colour of the shots to make it darker as it fitted better with the suspicious feeling that we wanted to create. after watching the film a few times, we all decided that we were happy with our final product and it was finished.

our audience feedback

we received lots of constructive criticism back from our different audiences when previewing our opening sequence. from this criticism, we realised that in the last weeks of editing we had to make some changes to our opening sequence to make it better. we concentrated a lot on the sounds accompanying the film such as the backing track and the sound effects as some of our audiences had found that the music wasn't very effective. the feedback really helped us to realise what work had to be done on our opening sequence and enabled us to look at our film from a different perspective.
 

finishing the editing

after editing our sequence down and cutting out shots we managed to get our opening down to approximately 2 minutes. we took turns in editing as we had a plan as to how to do it beforehand. whilst two of our group were editing, the other two were exploring with garageband and how to use it so we had a better understanding of it before making the music to accompany our film. we experimented with a few different sounds just to see if we could find anything that worked well with our film and we noted down the ones that we liked so we can use them when making the music for our film. we also considered looking at music that wasn't copyrighted which we could interpret into our music as well but it was quite a challenging task but we will look further into it when making the music.

codes and conventions of opening sequences

from looking at various opening sequences i have notices the clear codes and conventions needed. most opening sequences contain a montage or montages of scenes. they also introduce the main character and also the genre of the film which is created mostly by the mis-en-scene. The narrative s also introduced and most of the time there is little or no dialogue. also the production company etc is shown in the credits and the title of the film is always displayed.

week 6

during week 6 we finished cutting down our footage as we still had too much. we then started to order the footage as we didn't film it in the same order as it should be in the film. we made a group decision to edit the footage as we ordered it, rather than ordering it all and then editing afterwards as we needed to cut a lot of shots up for our montages and this method seemed easier. we also started discussing the music for our opening sequence this week and where we are going to get it due to copyright issues or if we are going to make it ourselves. i think this week has gone well but we have all realised that we still have quite a lot of work to do and we need to be organised and continue to work well as a team.

week 5

as we get closer to our deadline we have been working very hard on our blogs and starting to edit our footage. this week we started the credits by using scrabble pieces on a fridge and taking pictures of them to create animation using stockmotion.

we then downloaded all of our footage onto final cut express and we looked through all of it together. we then made group decisions on which shots to keep and which ones to cut as we filmed each scene from a variety of different angles and using different types of shots. i think we got a lot done this week both independently and as a group but we need to keep this speed so that we match the deadline.

research into film companies

to get an idea of what sort of film companies would produce our film i looked into some famous and popular films of the same thriller genre and looked at who produced them.

1) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
produced by: Columbia pictures, MGM, Scott Rudin pictures.
distributed by: Columbia pictures, Warner Bros, Sony pictures releasing.


2) The Grey
produced by: 1984 private defense contractors (in association with), liddel entertainment.
distributed by: open road films, cinemax, innoform media.

3) The departed
produced by: warner bros, plan b entertainment, IEG.
distributed by: warner bros, fox warner, entertainment film distributors.

from researching this i have found out that a lot of large production companys produce thriller films suggesting it is a popular genre. as our film is obviously a small production we wouldn't expect a huge company to produce our film, possibly a smaller company such as one just based in england.

opening credits analysis 2

i also chose to look at the opening credits of 'RocknRolla' which is an action film. the credits for this film are shown by blocks with letters in, joined together to make the words or strips of black with a contrasting cream colour showing the letters. this also influenced our credits idea as i thought that it looked bold and strong with the letter contrasting with the background.

opening credits analysis

i looked at the opening credits of the disney pixar movie 'Monsters Inc'. this opening sequence includes lots of colours and shapes that move and overlap etc. this connotes a happy theme and suggests the film may be a cartoon before it starts as it seems childish and colourful. it also shows things fixing together and joining to make something work, whilst showing a what seems a childrens cupboard and then a monsters mouth. this suggests that the film could be scary to children and it also introduces the monster idea very early on. in this opening sequence, the credits of this film flow on and off the screen in a similar way, one after the other. this influenced us when making our credits as i noticed we could use that idea and be creative with it. it also gave us the opptunity to include stock motion in our film as well. these credits suggest the theme of the film by revealing different ideas such as the monsters, a chase or something being hidden because of all the doors. we chose to do our opening credits using scrabble as it is associated with the idea of being a family game and the closeness and fun that it produces. we use this as a contrast to our film concept, as the opening of our film suggests lack of family support and help as it shows the secrets that go on with the young girls and the man and nothing being done about it because nobody knows. from looking at this i have realised that the colours, fonts and animation of the credits is all very important in connoting ideas for the rest of the film.

opening titles analysis

I have chosen to look at the opening titles analysis of the film 'Se7en' which is a thriller movie similarly to our opening sequence. By looking at the opening titles i have noticed the things we need to include in our opening titles. In this opening sequence it includes the company who produced the film, the company who distributed the film and the director followed by the main actors included. In our opening sequence therefore we will use the company name who produced the film, 'GEARproductions' and the directors which is the people in our group. Because this is a small production, it wouldn't be distributed by a large company name such as 'universal' or 'paramount', it would be lottery funded or by a smaller company. To avoid using company names without their permission we will make one up. I also realised we do not need to credit the actors at the beginnning of the film and as we used quite a few actors at the beginning we will probably not.

'thriller' opening film sequences

after we chose thriller as our film genre and then started to plan our opening sequence i looked at opening sequences of films with the same genre. i researched in to a couple of thrillers and decided to look at some of them to gather some ideas about camera shots, credits etc and in general the way the opening has been produced. i picked up on a few things about each one i looked at if i thought it could be useful when creating out opening sequence. the first one i looked at was 'LEON'(till 2.48) which was a thriller produced in 1994.




 i looked for things in the opening that created the tension and suspense that we were hoping to achieve in our opening sequence. i noted down a few things when looking at the opening of 'LEON';
- there is very little dialgoue which helps to hide from the audience any explanation of whats happening.
- the slow orchestral music, sense of suspense but seems calm although it is a thriller.
- establishes the surroundings, camera records a journey. after going round roads etc it turns into a restauraunt and the lighting is much darker and it feels much more discreet.
- i really liked the shot of the reflection in the glasses. i think it gives a sense of hidden identity which fits in well with our idea and is a very clever shot to capture.
- the identities of both men when talking is very discreet and hidden, suggesting they are bad and are hiding.

the second film opening i looked at that was from a thriller movie was 'Knowing' which was produced in 2009.



- i really liked the credits at the beginning of this opening sequence as the numbers used with the letters of the names creates suspicion and the idea that numbers are significant. giving away small clues very early on.
- the film starts pretty much straight away, nothing before to set the mood.
- whispering sound with the close up of the girls expression looks abnormal and odd.
- i like the way the scene changes swiftly with a black screen in between the two scenes.
- the girl is always secluded, by herself making it obvious there is something significant about her.

group meeting 3 + 4

in our third group meeting we started to storyboard our ideas using post-it notes. we started to think more about types of shots and angles etc. we continued this onto our fourth lesson where we also looked at costumes and props that we would need. we made note of this and made sure everything was possible to get. we figured out that we didn't need that many props and costumes were relatively easy to sort out. we had to make sure all of our actors had school uniform to make it clear of their age. we also needed a costume for the paedophile making sure he could be disguised as someone else when he is let into the house. by the end of our fourth group meeting we had finished the storyboarding and were ready to start filming!

group meeting 2

in our second planning lesson, we developed our ideas further and started to think about the cast and locations etc. to show the audience that the man was a paedophile and to set a sense for the rest of the film we decided to make the scene of him walking up the stairs to the teenagers room longer and fragmented so every few footsteps it flashed back to montages of the girls he had attacked before. we decided that using family members and close family friends would be suitable for the paedophile and the young girls as it would be convenient and more comfortable for the actors. we also realised we didn't need many locations so a few of our houses or the actors houses would be enough so no further planning was needed there. we also briefly discussed types of shots that we could use for different parts that we have studied or recognised from other films.

group meeting 1

 in our first group meeting we were given the brief and we firstly brainstormed to find an appropriate genre for our opening sequence. we chose to do thriller as we all enjoy thriller films and we all thought it would be fun to create. we thought we could do a paedophile who invites himself into a teenagers home, covering as someone else but the girl oblivious to the fact he was a paedophile but allowing the audience to know somehow.