FOOTAGE FOR OUR SECOND IDEA

Here is some of the footage we used for the second film idea which involved the planning of the murder.

FILMING THE OPENING SHOT

Here is some of the original footage before any editing that we took to get our establishing shot. Including some of the original editing for our first moors murders idea.

TUNNEL SHOT

In our film we had to change the shot where Elizabeth and Georgia run through the tunnel, as after showing our teacher the film she said it did not look professional speeded up and suggested that we change it in order to give our film a more professional look, so we changed to shot so that they walked through the tunnel at the same pace. We found that this new version of the shot not only looked better but the longer sequence made change in music in time with the voice over 'she's got what she wanted' which we think is very effective.

OUR FILM IN HD

The final version of our film in hd, unfortunately due to a problem with the macs our music would go out of sync so it came in too early which ruined the editing. We also found that the hd version of some of our shots in high contrast lighting came out unclear and not as defined as they in the normal setting.

ELIZABETH'S CREDIT

There was much debate amongst the group over Elizabeth's credit, originally it was 'narrated by ELIZABETH KENNELLY' however after researching a number of different film, which involve voice overs with discovered that it was not typical of thriller films to include a 'narrated by...' credit in their opening sequence so we decided to scrap it and change it to 'edited by ELIZABETH KENNELLY'.

FINAL AS PRODUCT

This is our final film that we cannot change, when we uploaded it in hd the music would go out of sync with the film and the only difference was the credits themselves so instead we decided to keep it in large.

CREDITS

when editing our film we had to change the 'Eleanor Wakeling' credit from the swing shot, we had edited it so that the music, shot and name came in at the same time and was really effective. However it was difficult to read the name on the light coloured background and it distracted the audience from the symbolism of the toy, we felt that this was more important and wanted the credit to be easily read so we moved it to the following shot.

SOUNDTRACK

Here is just the soundtrack to our film opening, we spent a lot of time choosing how we wanted it to sound, in the end we settle for this:



The music begins with a string instrumental, very slow tempo but a high pitch, this opens the films and gives it a typical thriller feel. The next big change in the music is the start of the main melody, which is a guitar instrumental we decided it fitted in well with our film, as both show modern elements it also highlights the youth of the girls and appeal to a younger audience. After Elizabeth says the words 'she got what she wanted' which is echoed on our voice over, this reinforces the message of Caitlin's power. however as this plays the music changes to a different melody, another guitar instrumental but this one at a fast temp and lower pitch, presenting the chaos of the our main characters emotions and thoughts as she remembers her traumatic past. Finally the melody fades out to leave a fast beat as the opening comes to an end.

CLASSIFICATIONS

We have decided to classify our film as a fifteen, seeing as there will be not be a lot of strong language in our film and little to no nudity but there will be strong violence we thought it would be appropriate to classify it as suitable for peoples of fifteen years and over. Having the lowest possible classification will also enable us to have higher viewing potential as a larger percentage of people are able to view it legally.

RESEARCH INTO FILM TITLES

Our Group had to decide whether to have the title of our film, once we have chosen one, either coming over an existing shot, or to have a black screen to show the title, or to have a specialist title shot such as our 'montage productions' shot at the start.

I decided to research into some different titles of films by looking a number of film openings and deciding which would suit our film the most.

The title of 'Ghost Ship' appears over an existing shot and does not cut of the sequence this allows a continual sequence of the opening credits. I think that this is effective as it does not draw attention away from the film, which is setting the scene, but also allows the title to stand out as it is in large pink font.

I think that a title over the top of our establishing shot would be best for our film.