Futher changes to the title

Further title changes

When examining our title in the previous edit we noticed it didn't stand out as much as we'd like it to. We decided to add a black screen for the writing to appear on first then the title would move over the footage or the moon and back onto the black screen. This way the title would stand out and start of the footage.

Textual information

Text

we wanted to add some text which would make the film seem more realistic and make it seem it was based on a real event. In Paranormal activity and The Blair Witch Project they have texts which say it was based on a real event and the killer has not yet been found. When I watched these films I really was convinced that they were real.Firstly we added the first text on a black screen right at the beginning of the film: 'This film is a recreation of case 32 that took place in 2002.' By saying case 32 it makes it seem more realistic and that this actually happened. Then after the title appears a second black screen comes on saying: this case still remains open. We just thought this would give our film more scary opening

Credits change

Changing Credits.

Since examining our last efforts of editing and our last version 5 of the film we picked up on more things. Last lesson we also watched the beginnings and titles of films in class including Babel, The Bourne identity, Derailed, The life of David Gale and In Bruges. We noticed that the credits in films don't always start in the same position For example in Babel the credits appear on a black screen about a minute into the film likewise with In Bruges. However in Derailed the credits appear during the film over the footage. In my opinion I think more action packed movies look better with black screens and less action packed look better over the footage.

We were thinking ass our film is a horror genre and action packed the credits would look better on a black screen. Watching our movie a few times of our previous draft we decided to keep our credit simple. As we want them on a black screen we decided they shouldn't move. We started of with my name and used the writing Carbon type we downloaded from 'www.1001freefonts.com' This is the same writing used for the title. At first we experimented with other fonts on the mac such as Ariel, and gill sans however these didn't look right and looked pretty boring.

The second thing we noticed was that our names had to we associated with a role. Like most films I have seen the name are associated with roles for example: Directed by Joe Bloggs. We did the same for our names. The first name to appear on the black screen in my'n which the music and lighting role is allocated. The second name to appear is Patricia's which the role of editing is allocated to. Lastly the role of filming is allocated to Danielle. We decided we wanted all the credit to appear before he got to the top of the stairs so the audience could now focus on all the action.

If my film were published.

If my film were to be published the story would carry on as the serial killer killing more women. His layer would firstly be found by the police then the killer goes on the run. However whilst on the run he kills more women leaving unveiling clues which are a mystery. It's a similar story to that of Se7en as we were inspired by this film. The ways it's put together is very creative and psychological.

The phone call at the beginning of the film leads to the first killing. Like that of Se7en when the woman found the girl dead in the bath.

The beeping noise at the end of the call represents the death of the mother. The killer come back to get the mother, but this is not found out until the end. Every event would fit in together as a scandalous plot if this were a real film.

Film edit and changes - 5

Creeper - Added music.

Draft 5

In this version of my film the music was added with more information in a seperate post.

Adding the music

Adding the music

From my research into music we liked the Damian rice soft kind of music, however we needed something a little more upbeat. Like I explained in my other post into music we combined different sounds to create a new mix down. We mixed together the soft piano sound with a spooky and beat effect that we found on garage band. Together these sound give a calm and upbeat effect. The piano last throughout the film whilst the beat effect ends 5 seconds before the end. We did this so the piano gives a calming effect to the end of the scene. The music starts as soon as the title appears over the moon at the beginning of the film so it jumps strait in. We didn't need to time the music to fit the film as once it was added the events seemed to fit in place.

The Crazies

Crazies

I was browsing some video trailers and came across 'The Crazies' I've seen this advertised everywhere and looks really scary! I thought the trailer was very good an professional.
I really liked the flashback scenes in the middle of the trailer which is what where trying to accomplish in our film.

The music fits in exceptionally well as whenever a scary scenes comes on the music intensifies. However I really like how the soft music plays at about 2minutes into the film. Although the music isn't tense and dramatic anymore I still feel the urge to be on edge. This is because the graphics are scary and you don't always need tense music to make a film edgy!
I like the effect how sometimes the music is silent then you'd hear a random screech or noise that would make you jump. We could maybe link this into our film when the girl dies associated with dramatic sound effects.

Extended music research for the film

Chimes

Whilst watching our film again I was thinking where we could add sound effects. In the background music we want it to be calm, but at the same time dramatic. With the Damian Rice soundtrack I researched previously and some of the saw music added onto as effects the whole piece would fit in well with the film. If we could re-create something similar to this it would sound effective.

At the point where the killer passes the chimes I also thought we could as a chime sound in. For example when you here chimes in the wind; this would sound spooky and raise the level of tension. The chime sound could be a diegetic sound very quietly which would give the spooky alone effect which is being disrupted here.
So far our group haven't started creating music properly so these are just ideas.

Film edit and changes - 4

Title - Creeper and credits

Justification of the title.

Title - Creeper.

Deciding on a title in our group we thought of many including: lighting, switch, and many more however the one that stood out the most was 'Creeper' At first i thought this sounded a tad cheesy however it fits in perfectly with our film. The killer is always creeping round killing people.We used the font 'mystery' for the title as this gave a spooky effect. We then played around with it changing each letter and adding lines. It took us about an hour to get it right. We made some of the letters bold and some of the letter position up and down. We didn't want the title to look boring as the first few clips set on the audience mind.We positioned the title over the first clip which is the moon. This give a tranquil, but spooky effect to the film. As the moon transfers across the screen the title lasts for 4 second on screen then fades of. We decided to use this transition as it would make the the title more mysterious as it just fades away.

Adding Credits

Adding Credits.

In this edit we added the credits. Each name lasts on screen for four seconds this is so the audience can read the names. My name comes on first at the right hand side bottom corners; flashing on and of 3 times. A final time appears larger and fades of. Each time the names appear the writing changes; the first time my name appears the word Jasmine is crossed out and Siew is left fine. The second appearence of my name the letters are moved up and down this time with no letters crossed out and the third time my name appears the word Siew is crossed out with a double line. Finally the enlarged showing of my name is centred bottom of the screen with some letters crossed out and some up and down.
We decided to cross letter out and jumble the, up as it would make them more exciting and mysterious. Danielle wilson and Patricia Burridge's names also appear exactly the same as mine. The credits all appear over different pieces of footage throughout the film.

Saw music Research for our film

Making music for the film.

Our group really need to get started with our music. We know the type of music we want which is dark and creepy. Whist
re-seacrching different music I found the music in saw 8. I played the music with the our edited film and i thought it sounded really good! obviously we wouldn't be able to copy right this, but could probably re-create this.

I really find the Saw music creepy, it starts off slow and quiet and then after 8 seconds it adds a slight beat and that beat is repeated every four seconds until 22 seconds into the music when a louder beat is added these beats are very scary cause they are not expected in the calm music, and therefore make the listener jump when they happen. The music almost sounds like a heartbeat. At 1:35 in the music it really slows down after getting louder and louder before this and then gets louder again at 2:15 in the song this contrast between the loud and quite is exactly what I think we should use in my groups film, especially when we are showing the different scenes so the quite scenes when it is just showing the victim before she is unaware that the killer is in the house and then the louder part when it focuses on the killer.

Making the credits.

Producing credits

Today Trisha and I spent all lesson today doing credits and we still haven't finished. We thought it would look effective to use the 'carbon type' font as this is the one we originally decided on. Each time we tried making the credits it wasn't ending out how we wanted, however today we have spent the whole lesson on just 4 seconds of credits and I really like how they are looking. Although we will end up changing it more as we always do, we have also used a effect which makes the text blur as it comes off the screen i really like the way this looks.

At first we wanted it to flash, but we had real difficulty trying to accomplish this effect. Whilst fiddling around with the controls we came across some really good effects on the fonts.

We jumbled up certain letters in the names and added lines though a few letters. We did this several times each time muddling the letters up in a slightly different way.

We also added another transition whilst the credit disappeared which shot back on the screen and slided away. We still haven't finished these credits yet as they still need to be perfected.

Here is a sample:

Researching fonts for the credits

Deciding on the credits font.

Trisha and I started to get cracking on with our credits as this will be quite a long process. We want the credit to be effective and look scary and disoriented. From the research I did I knew what type of font I wanted.
We found a website to download different fonts called http://www.1001freefonts.com/
We downloaded the fonts:

• Carbon Type


• SF Gushing Meadow


• You murderer
  

I really like this font. The first time I saw this font it reminded me of the film Se7en and the font its very creepy looking.






I thought this one was effective because it's very gory looking; however although i liked it; it didn't really stand out as much.

I did like this one as it stands out and looks as if blood is dripping of, however this is a stereotypical font for a horror movie and I wanted ours to be more original.

We searched many others, but didn't see any more that really caught our eye. The one really liked was Carbon Type which is the font we've decided on. It reminds me of the se7en credits and fits really well with our mysterious murder film.

se7en credits: