Post-Production Poster

Storyboard

Once arriving to the Bunker on our filming day, we chose to change some of the locations we was going to film within the Bunker. We kept most of the locations the same, but changed some of the acting we was going to do in them. I have created a new storyboard which now fits in with what happens in our Thriller opening.

Focus Group Findings

We interviewed different people as part of our focus group as we wanted to get a better range of ages. Below is our video responses.

Sample Of Shots Used

Below are some of our shots used in our opening.

A wide shot of the woods, with the camera at eye level.

A wide shot of the sign, with the camera at a high angle.

A wide shot of Beckie running,with the camera at eye level.

A wide shot of Rosie and Beckie walking down the tunnel, with the camera at eye level from behind.

A wide shot of Beckie running towards the guard house, with the camera, slightly angled, at eye level from behind.

Updating!

Today we finished editing our thriller video today so shared it on our Twitter page to keep our fans updated. 

Title Order Changes

By looking at the Godzilla opening titles (Below) and our opening titles (Also below) we decided to change and re-order some of our titles. One example of this was to change Music  By to Music Supervisor. This makes it seem more proffesional as in title sequences that we looked at, that was how it was presented. We added in Warner bros pictures and RJJP production presents also. We added this as in every title sequence this follows shortly after the film production's name and this is where we will place it. Our slight changes will make our title sequence more effective because the terms we have used our what would be used in proffesional film openings.

Editing Changes

When adding our title sequence onto our thriller video, we were recommended some changes by our teacher Mr Sheriff. These were to look at an actual thriller opening and compare the title sequence to ours. The thriller opening that I looked at was Godzilla. Below is our first attempt at a title sequence. (Please ignore the bad quality which will be improved on our final cut) We used the same software that we edited on called Pinnacle. From this, We decided that we wanted to change some things about it. One thing that we are improving is the lack of sound stings in tense moments. For example, when she looks in the mirror, when they sit up, ect. In our thriller, we have some natural sound effects such as the door shutting, footsteps which we included because they were effective and fitted well. Although we have some sound effects, we believed that more were needed to make Subterranean look and sound as effective as possible. Something else that we decided to change was the font used. This is because by looking at our peers video, Extinct, we released that the neat font they used in theirs looked far more effective and professional than ours. Although our font used fits with the themes, we believe that it looks amateur and to make it look as realistic as possible. Another change that we are going to make is having our film name, Subterranean, appear on a black screen rather than over the footage. This is because it will draw the viewer's eyes to it more and make it stand out more than the other titles. This is important because it is our films name so needs to be able to be seen by the viewer.From looking at the Godzilla title sequence, I wrote down what titles came up and then done the same with our second rough cut and compared them. Above is the comparison and what we are going to change our titles to.

Film Trailer

Below is our film trailer for our Thriller 'Subterranean'. For our trailer we used clips that werent choosen for our final piece aswell as a couple that our in our final piece. This is to keep the mystery and not give too much away.

Film Poster

We have decided to use this as our final film poster before the film has come out. This is because it doesn't give too much of the film away although it shows the viewers what the films about. The image shows that it involves gas masks so implies that there has been a nuclear war, attack, ect. It could also imply the use of a bunker and if not, when the viewer watches the final thriller it would make sense. The font was used to imply the army element of our film such as their backgrounds. This poster is effective because it is quite plain so draws the viewers attention to it. The tagline 'When you though you were alone' is effective because the viewer is wondering as to why this could be and how comes there is more than one person. The one child shown in the trailer relates to this as having more than one person on the poster would confuse the viewer as it doesnt fit with the tagline. The colours used fits the codes and conventions of a thriller because the greys and blacks used are dark and mysterious and shows the nature of the film.

Order Of Titles

When editing our final cut, we will add titles to our clip in the following order:

Audience Feedback For Our First Cut

Female Audience Profile

Re-Shoots

Due to filming enough clips on the first filming we do not need to film any more at the bunker. However, as a group we decided to film random shots such as blowing out and candle and abandoned places to add into the opening to create more suspense. This will be effective because as our thriller is set after a nuclear war so the abandoned places will represent this and the candle will represent the end of life as they know it.

Male Audience Profile

Making our Thriller Opening

Thriller Music

After putting all of our Shots together for our thriller, as a group we decide which soundtrack we are going to have. We chose to have one called 'Bump In The Night' as we thought it fitted together with our thriller really well. The sounds also went with what was taking place in each shot we had. Below is the chosen soundtrack for our thriller.
To be able to use this royalty free music, we have to insert the following into our credits:
"Bump in the Night" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

which allows us to use this freely.

First Cut - Subterranean

This is our first cut for our thriller opening Subterranean.
(Please ignore the poor quality, this will be improved in our final cut).

Editing Diary