Response to feedback on rough cut

Editing:

"judges gavel is too short" we have taken this into account and we will freeze it when the title appears over it.

"flash backs not distinctive" we understand this, and we are adding filters to this to show the difference.

Camerawork:

they felt that the running shot was repetive but good. the reason for the repetitiveness is because it is goping back from flash back into real time, to make it more interesting one shot will have a narration over it.

"stabbing looked fake" we need to pick out the right shots so that the knife doesn't hover in the air.

Sound:

they felt that it didn't fit in with what is going on, we are going to re make the music once the video is finished so that it fits in time with the visual.

Mise en scene:

"costume could be better" in other shots the costume is more prominant, we felt that our prison convicts costume was suitable, but we will use the other shots which show it clearer.

Narative:

"flash backs are not distinctive" this will be clearer because we are going to add filters to show difference.

Wandlebury

This is some of the planning and research that we have done on wandlebury ring. ^^^

This is the letter of conformation that we can film at wandlebury. vvv

Dear Cameron

I write to confirm that we would be happy for your group to film at Wandlebury Country Park on Monday 11 February, from 1 pm to around 3 pm as part of your student film project. Please call our Head Ranger Jon Gibbs when you arrive on site. His mobile is: 07833 598155.

Our permission to film form is attached. Please complete this and post it back to me. Good luck hope all goes well.

Yours sincerely

Janet Cornish
The Secretary
Cambridge Preservation Society
Wandlebury Ring
Gog Magog Hills
Babraham
Cambridge CB22 3AE

shedule for monday 11th.

Call time: 1.00pm monday 11th Feb

1.00 - 1.20: Location scouting + set up.

1.20 - 1.30: Set up tripod contraption on to Dave.

2.00: Begin montage shots of running through forrest.

3.00: Finish shoot.

Music

In the last few lessons we have been composing and changing our music to suit our thriller project. At the moment we are testing different sounds on garageband and seeing what could fit with our footage which is yet to be filmed. We are using and trying out different classical instuments and different beats. We would like our music to be fast paced at points and suitable music for the flashbacks. We hope to acheive this by using a dramatic change in style, I.E fast paced/ frantic while convict is running and more dramatic music when it cuts to a flashback.

Here is what we have produced:

Shot list

this is our shot list with the exact details of what will hapen in the shot.

1. shot of the forest floor, foot enters frame and snaps twigs on the floor.

2. previous shot fades to black, then appears title 1.

3. fades into shot of a fence, the convict then hops over it.

4. previous shot fades into black where title 2 appears.

5. shot of forest. large depth of field, focus on distant trees, body then closely moves past camera.

6. previous shot fades into title 3.

7. longer shot of forest, full length shot of convict running, camera either pans on him, or tracks on him, our decision will be based on the surface and how smooth we can film.

8. camera attached to convict, shot of his face whilst he runs. camera will remain static so that his face will stay central but the background will move.

9. previous shot fades into white, all the flash back shots are very white. victim is making tea, full length shot of him doing this at worktop.

10. shot of dark room, victim enters, light comes from door only, victim closes door. dark. walks past camera turns light on that is behind the camera, see murderer behind hiding behind the door.

11. fade back from white into the shot of the convict running through forrest again.

12. fades back to white flash backs. murderer is above camera stabbing victim, blood is splattering onto murderers face and body.

13. fades back into the convict on the run through the forrest.

14. fades into flash back. shot of sink, hands washing of blood.

15. cuts to murderers blood covered face.

16. gavel hits the table, then slow moo-ed up, with dust flying up into air, title then appears under the slow moving gavel.

End.

The Reckoning Review

In The Reckoning there was good lighting in terms of colours, because it was dark it could have looked really bad, but they changed the RGB giving it a different edge, also only half his face at the begining was lit this made it more interesting to watch. The music worked extreamly well and matched the mood of the sequence. It was in time with most of the footage and fitted in well with the introduction of the character. It showed us what sort of a character he is and it lets us know he is a good character. There was a good range of shots with different levels and depth. we felt that the second character wasn't established as well as the first, maybe costume would have helped to make it clear who was who in the low light conditions.