Editing process

So far, Lauren and I have made a rough cut of our film opening. We have managed to cut it down to 3 minutes 39 seconds. However, we still need to cut it further to 2 minutes. This might be challenging as we don't want to cut down too much as it wont make sense, however, creating ellipse would cut down some of the film and also still make sense to the audience.


We have started on editing the opening. In one scene Lauren and I both wanted to do slow motion when our character is walking in the park, to present isolation and a faint like experience. We firstly, split up the shot into small shots then gradually slowed it down and then sped it up. This looked really effective as she looks unstable and threatened.
Next we inserted our film ident and the certificate rating into the beginning of our film opening.


Next lesson will be putting sound on to the top of it, as well as voice overs. I think this will really add to the thriller as we can use sound effects that Flora can hear in her head. This will give the audience an insight to what she is experiencing and witnessing. We also need to add the credits at the beginning at the bottom of the screen.


Finally, we need to experiment with different tittles as I am not completely happy with our tittle font. We want it to be more dramatic and powerful so that the audience want to keep watching.


 At the moment all the editing has gone well and I am pleased with our film opening so far.

Rough cut of Hallucinations

Feedback on our filming days

On Thursday the 26th of January, Lauren and I started filming for our film opening. Beth, Neelum, Lauren and I all went back to my house after school and started to film. Our first few shots were outside. We were aware of time as we knew we wouldn't have long before the light would start fading. We used two cameras, one being my dads, which we filmed the majority on. We captured lots of different shots as we wanted more than we would need for just in case. We used a variety of shots, with high angle shots from the bedroom, POV shots, wide and close up shots. Using two cameras worked well as we could film with two different points of views.
We followed our story boards and shot list, so that we wouldn't miss anything off. Despite planning all the number of shots we took longer than we anticipated due to the attention to detail we wanted. Filming in the house was the majority of the opening and in the end we took 3 hours.
I am so pleased with the out come as we capture all the shots we wanted to get and more.

The following Saturday the 28th of January, we filmed the park scene. We planned to have four children as our extras in this scene, but due to extra activities, last minute we found out that they weren't able to make the Saturday. This left us with only my brother to fill in. However, this worked well as he looked creepy and gave a sense of isolation when he was playing on the park appartus.
Filming during lunch hours in a park proved to be difficult as we had children and parents in the way. After some time we managed to get the shots we wanted without members of the public in it.
Overall, I think our filming days were successful and I am pleased with the actors we used as they were perfect for their characters and also were a helpful input to Lauren and I.