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.