Our initial storyboard shows that we intended to have a lot more of an extravagant plot, with a victim being thrown into a makeshift grave by one or more antagonists, we also planned to use a shot where we would place the camera into the grave (a POV of the victim) and to shovel the dirt back into the grave (and on to the camera). However due to the lack of space we could work with as well as there only just being two of us it was soon found out that this would be very difficult to do. Therefore we aimed for it to be simple yet effective with hardly any acting in it at all, most of it would be composed of the car driving and some shots of random objects that will make the place seem very eerie.
The music that Will and I have decided to use is copy write free as the task has asked for. The music goes along well and fits in with the horror/thriller theme of the opening. The track also has many sound stings which allowed us to use these to our advantage by changing clips quickly and in time with the sound stings. We used he site Epidemic sound to download and use the sound track, this site is 100% copy write free and we have also named the author of the music piece in our opening titles to show credit where it is needed.
The props and costume that we used in the opening of our film required a lot of thought, this was due to the fact that we needed props and costumes that fit into the genre and that we could also wear/use easily. Our first thoughts were that we needed a shovel in order to dig a hole to throw the victim into, however we decided against this as we would need to get a shovel and also dig a hole into our local forest which would most likely be frowned upon by the community and also could cause a safety hazard for people using the forest. We decided to use the car for most of the shots during the opening as this allowed the audience to pay less attention towards what was happening with the props but instead pay attention to the mise-en scene and also the location and setting. The costumes on the characters needed to look casual this is due to the fact that in the films theory this would cause less suspicion among the characters and this also backs up the point that people do not need to be dressed in common criminal attire to commit crimes in film.
We took a lot of influence form the hit TV series The Walking Dead, this is due to the fact that we have a lot of cut away shots and sound stings among the opening to show credits and other parts of the setting that would not be visible in the main shots of the opening. An example of this would be the barbed wire that ha s a close up in the opening to show danger. This also helps to keep the audience engaged with the opening and therefore they would be more likely to watch the film in its entirety. The shots are placed so that when the music hots a sting as such then the clip from the establishing shot of the car changes to one of the random shots of the scenery, therefore adding effect to the shots. We also took influence from the film Drive and other A level students work. This is due to having minimal dialogue and more mise-en scene to tell the story. We also used drive to work out how to take shots of the car in the story effectively.
The health and safety risk assessment we had to do was that we checked to make sure no sharp objects where on the road whilst the driving was taking place and that also whilst Alfie was driving the car he was not paying attention to anything other than the road and what was in front of him. The road that we were driving on was also very uneven and steep so therefore we had to make sure that the seat belts in the car where being worn at all times. We could not do any shots of the hostage whilst we were driving due to the fact that if the car were to crash then the 'hostage' would not have a belt on and consequently could have been injured. We also filmed the scene during the dusk hours this is due to the fact that we were filming in a forest and therefore there could have been wildlife later on in the evening that would be scared of the car or maybe could have attacked us eg a fox.
What we think went well - We thought we managed to get some good and effective shots in our film opening such as the POV shot and long shots. We also feel that we utilised the editing very well, as we were able to do things such as saturate out some of the colour so it looks a lot more dull. Parts of our opening were inspired to that of TV show The Walking Dead, where parts of random objects that had little to nothing to do with the actual film were put in to emphasise how isolated and abandoned the setting we used was. We aimed to have our titles presented as quite eerie and much like any other horror thriller title credits opening, we believed we have succeeded in this aspect especially with the use of the font. We also feel the setting we used was very effective, we managed to make it seem isolated and quite a creepy location.
What we could have improved - Although we though our filming location was very good for our opening, it was sometimes difficult to make an effective shot with much of the ground being uneven. We had to scrap a few ideas of shots because of the factor that filming it with the tripod was difficult as it was a challenge to get the camera perfectly straight. Although we couldn't effectively execute what was on our storyboard in the first place, we still managed to change it around to make it much easier to do. We also filmed among two days this proved to be an issue due to the fact that the sun was brighter on the second day, this meant that the camera was picking up more light which made the shots much brighter in tone. This meant that Will and I had to select the clips that were similar in tones and also the clips which we needed to include had to be changed in tone if they were different.
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