colour correction

Throughout our project we have had to use colour corrective to make it more horror thriller like. The mise-en scene in horror thrillers is arguably the most important part of the film. The lighting throughout is dull and cold feeling therefore we have reflected this on our work. From the picture above you can see that when we originally filmed our piece the lighting is very bright with very low contrast. The colour yellow is incorporated throughout our opening as it signifies danger and to alarm the audience. We have the theme of the bottle with the warning sign on and bright colours to show it is corrosive as well as the yellow tape around the light switch which has a jump cut screen shot on to again alarm the audience.

The tool we used in premiere is video effect > colour balance > brightness and contrast and colour balance.

For our effect we went for in our horror thriller we are making the blue higher and the red lower therefore to make low tones and a colder screen. Using warm lighting will make the audience feel comfortable. If we make the screen look cold then the audience will feel uncomfortable and creeped out.

How I've improved...

Throughout the process of the project through editing and creating I have gained some new skills which I have been taught through my peers, group members, teachers and youtube video tutorials. At the start of the project I didn't know how to use the cameras, premiere or after effects now I am capable with all of these (some better than others). Within the first couple of shootings I found myself as the one who would organise what would happen within the scene and direct our actors on how to react to certain things as well as contributing into the group on which shots would be suitable for each part of the narrative. As well as this I have improved on how to film as I have been out on my own and tried to shoot Daniel from a low angle, POV shot and other parts. At the start of this project I was so unaware of how to do film without making the camera shake when zooming or pressing the start button without shaking the tripod but now I feel I have improved in this area. As well as this on the 'media @ ccc' website there is lots of tutorials which teach you how to use premiere which I have watched and have taught me all the basics which will also be useful for next year and when we do our later editing. I have edited a scene in our piece just using the basic skills throughout for example I used fades and cuts however it was very basic in comparison to the editing that Prentice can do. Finally for our piece I spent a very long time trying to work out how to use After Effects as this is a very complex programme. I had to have help from my teacher in order to get started and think of ideas but when I got started I found the templates that are in the programme before and incorporated my own found font from dafont.com to make it into our own, I had to watch youtube videos to show me what levels I need to add and how to actually do what I wanted to with it- but now I know the basics of the program and would have knowledge is someone asked me.


Our opening as a group is coming along slowly but surely. We are doing our opening piece by piece which is slightly irritating but it hard to find a time when we can get a big chunk of it done as we are all available at different times. As well as this I feel that although we are making good progress if we had got done and really pushed to have got it done then we would have had more time to perfect our piece. Our deadline is so soon and we still have a few finishing touches to do. My group have all been very patient with one another and we have all incorporated our skills to make our opening the best it can be. For example Prentice as a lot of experience in premiere and editing therefore he is very good at the editing part of the project but I still give it a go too. The filming has been done evenly through me and prentice as he has done the filming when we have been in a group but I have done the filming when it has been the outside walking along part, Dan preparing the room and the part with Daisy getting ready. Joe has stepped up to the plate with the acting when the majority of our project was done but our actor broke his leg so we had to work around this by putting in a text message to rearrange what the narrative actually was. 

A problem for the group

Today we faced a huge problem for our group when our main male actor Daniel injured his leg and is now on crutches. Daniel is the antagonist in our opening which means that he needs to be evil, therefore him roaming around on crutches for opening wouldn't look right. 3/4 of our project is done with Daniel in it- therefore we will have to change the piece as we cannot now have him suddenly on crutches half way through. One of our group members; Joe has agreed to be in the final bit that Daniel would be in and the final setting up the room part would not have Daniel's body or face in- just his hands. 

opening production titles and titles

Today I created the opening production and the opening titles:

Shooting schedule

Characters

Daisy Embury:

This is our character we will use for the female character who is the victim in the opening. For the opening we will need to make daisy look ill in the opening as she is being locked in a small space which is dark and warm; for this we will make her look sweaty/ pale. By doing this we will use pale make up and make her look sticky by make her forehead wet. Moreover throughout the piece we want to make her look as average as we can (reflective of mise-en-scene in thriller research)- because the characters traditionally throughout are average and therefore more relatable we would want her to be dressed in plan, darker clothing with not much make up (bare minimum).

Dan Dodd:
Throughout the opening Dan's head will be cut off, yet when it comes to him preparing the room and sending the text we reveal the character still unaware to the audience if it is the same man or not. For Dan's character we will want him to play someone with very little emotion throughout as he will then appear more mysterious and therefore building tension for the audience. Dan will also be dressed in everyday clothes which will be dull and insignificant. 

Current shot list