'The Girl In White' completed Film Opening and Evaluation

        The Girl In White.

The final opening of 'The Girl In White'

          

Preliminary Task

Here is the completed preliminary task  I did made to help gain more knowledge that helped me make my film opening of 'The Girl In White'

                            

 Evaluation For 'The Girl In White'


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Question Number 7

Construction: Sound Effects

Sound Effects

Introduction

We have edited non-diegetic sound in order to create soundtracks, noises, sounds of objects and sound from animals. These sound effects creates and enhances the eerie factor within the opening 2 minutes of 'The girl in white'. For this we needed to make sure that the sound levels weren't too high nor too low so you can hear the audio speech within the footage. When deciding the right sound which could be used in the background we experimented with different kinds of sound that were instrumental sound, natural sound and upbeat sound. in the end we went for natural sound as we felt like it would suit our 'horror movie opening' object the best. Before we decided which sound we wanted to use we research up different horror movie openings so we could compare the music which we found that worked the best, then interpret this into our openings.

Screenshots and list of sound effects

• Birds chirping with a slight sound of wind in the background

Description
 The reason we choose this sound effect was because we wanted there to be a natural feel to the recordings and to make the audience believe that the group of teenagers are deep in the woods with no one around but the sound of small birds and wind to keep them company. The sound of the birds have been placed in each recording that is self and non self recording as birds tend to chirp in day time. This enhances  the idea of the girl in white torturing them in broad day light what gives the opening a more unsettling and strange approach.

Screenshot

• Wind up creepy musical box

Description
The reason we added this sound effect at the start and end of the opening was to recreate the idea of a little girls being present, even if you couldn't see her you could still hear 'her'. Musical boxes are usually used by girls and while we were choosing which box sound to use we made sure that it was creepy and has tension to insure that the opening would have a unsettling and on edge atmosphere.

Screenshot

• High pitched sound

Description
When researching horror move opening sounds I found that high pitched sounds and notes made views uncomfortable as the sound can be painful to the ears. By adding this high pithed sound between shots and over shots was used it to represent the uncomfortable present of the girl and the pain she will cause.

Screenshot

• Humming sound

Description

This sound has only been used once but for the talking seen between the characters in 20 secnds-1 min. We placed this music here because when the charters were having a conversation there was no tension or worry for the characters.The sound now makes those scenes have an eerie atmosphere. 

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• Build up suspense sound

Description
This sound effect has been used twice in the opening, once in the scene were the boy gets attacked from behind by the girl and second to the lead up of the boy falling over. The suspense sound was used in these scene to build up the tension and that prepares the audience for something strange and scary to occur.

Screenshot

• Robotic/human heartbeat with short electronic blurs

Description
The reason this sound effect was used right when people were starting to get hurt, was to give a slow tension to the scenes that became faster and louder when it got closer towards the end of the opening. Also we made sure that the music was in time with the action of the footage to insure that the video runs smoothly. Near the end there is a 2 second silence when the girl touches one of the boy characters, this helps the tension rise and highlight that the girl is crazy and ready to kill and consume them.

Screenshot

• Static T.V

Description
This sound effect comes seconds before the end of the opening to make the '20 years later' look like it is apart of the recording after she drops the camera.

Screenshot

• 1970s Turned off T.V

Description
The reason we used this old sound effect was to make the recording seem to be stopped but to also make sure that the sound link with the title '20 years later' when disappearing.

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Footage with sound and green screen

Here is the video of the opening horror 'The girl in white'  that contains sound and visual effects.
All sound has been added, the only part left to complete the opening is the titles what will hopefully match the sounds and footage already edited.

Construction: Considering Titles

Tiles

 

Introduction

We have decided to overlap the titles over the footage to insure that the end result of the opening is more visually appealing. We had to consider the layouts, fonts, sizing and colour to make sure that we pick the best compositions that makes the opening look creepy and interesting. For all titles we kept the same colour which is white, this colour symbolises the girls white dress and that she is everywhere within the film.

1
We started by experimenting with the title 'A film produced by' in Photoshop. We were interested in a range of fonts but we decided on the 8th font as it is sharp but simple, this will straight away tell the audience that the film is going to be scaring or intense.

Chosen layout and font










2
In these screenshot there is evidence that we tried the title 'Cloudy Village Productions' In Photoshop but we didn't find any of the fonts interesting so we looked at the fonts in the premiere pro instead. From these fonts there were two particular fonts and two layouts that stood out to us called Bold Courier and Courier, these founts gave the title a that creepy appearance that we needed. We chose Courier as the size nicely fits on the footage and then the layout of the title was chosen to match the space of the ground in the footage. This was done to insure that the title looks like it is apart of the film and not just randomly placed there.

 

Chosen Layout and font









3
We decided to place the information titles in the bottom middle of the screen for each one to keep the pattern consistent. The reason for this is that we liked the position as it is out the way of the footage but still noticeable.When we put in all the name of each role and the actors and actresses we made sure that they were place in the same position but for each job, layed out in different areas on the screen.

Chosen layout and font for the jobs
                     Tiles

Construction: Visual Effects

Visual Effects

Introduction

These Images below are screenshots to show how we have inserted and found a green screen clip From YouTube that we have inserted into our opening. The reason for why we chosen the idea to add a recording clip was to make the self recorded scene look like the footage was from a camera and the recording over layer helped this look become complete.
When searching for the clip we had to make sure that the clip of a recording frame was green, so when editing with the clip it would go within the layers. This would allow us to be left with the filming frame we wanted that was clear and looked professional. When adding the green screen to our first cut we had to paste and repeat the green screen along and cut to the shots because the recording was not long enough for some scene we have used.
We also added an effect over the green screen and footage near the end to make the camera look broken but to also make the screen look dark and gloomy.

Screenshots

• Green screen

Here shows the green screen recording embed onto the computer ready to be imported onto premiere pro.

On this screenshot we have place the green screen on top of the self recording footage

This screenshot shows what the footage looks like after the green screen has been placed over the video.

• Circular covered blur

Here is the effect layered onto the footage

Here is what the effect looks like when added to the footage

Construction: Evidence Of Raw Footage

Evidence of Raw Footage

The screenshots

While me and my group was editing the raw footage of our horror filming opening, we took screenshots along the way to show the tools and clips we used to create a complete raw footage of our opening. 

The main raw footage 
This clips shows the first raw footage of our horror filing opening. In this clip there is only the footage for our opening editing together, we haven't added the effects, sounds and any other details needed to be added to complete the film opening. We found that the quality was great as we used a Canon 1200D DSLR camera with a 15-35 lens. Using this high quality camera didn't just help the footage it also helped the sound , sounding clear and match on actioning the movements. There was some issues when filming as on seconded day the weather was not great and did not match the weather the day before. This didn't cause to much of a worry as the rain helped made the capturing scene look extra creepy and scaring.

Construction: Evidence of Filming Taking Place

 

Behind the scenes

 

Introduction

These are the behind the scene photos which were taking during the filming process. these include us in the filming process; setting up the sets; directing the actors/actresses.

1 These are pictures to show the filming process and how the camera was set up on the tripod to get a steady camera shot.

2 These pictures show Mea doing Alice makeup for the character she is playing. This is what 'the girl in white' make up looked like after Mea had finished. 

3 These photographs were taken by Hannah showing mea setting up the finishing touches to certain scenes.

                                         

4 Here is a short video of the bloopers we gathered for the uncut footage from the film. 

Planning: Testing out filming before main task

Testing

Introduction

This is a test to see how the filming quality is before filming out main task so we can get used to the camera before. This will insure that we will know how to use the camera in a professional style.

Planning - Filming Schedule

Filming Schedule

When will filming take place?

 Monday15th, Tuesday16th and Wednesday17th of February 2016

Who is needed and what days?

Everyone will be need to attend all three days for filming. We might not need to film on Wednesday but we have left this day free just incase we needed to re film or carry on filming. 

What is needed?

Props:

.Torturing tools

.Wood

.Three two man tents

.Rope

.A lighter 

.Two or more cameras

Costumes:

Every single characters costume which includes, Chads, Allison, Jodie, Billy, Tim and the girl in white. 

Make-up:

One of our group members Mea, is bring her make-up case full of SFX make-up that we might be using for some scenes. 

Shot list:

We will bring the shot list that is a list of each shots/scenes that show what will be taken, where it is taken and who is in the scene. 

Notes:

Notes will be taken before and during the filming prices. Generally for noting characters positions, shot angles, props advise, tips and anything else that might be note worthy. 

Risk assessment and Extra precautions

Risk Assessment:

We will need to asses any dangers that might come about during or after the filming. E.g. Fire will be lit so we need to make sure that the fire is a safe distance from the actors and the equipment, so we will bring a bucket of water incase any major fire happens. Thought-out the filming process we will have to make sure that no-one hurts there self with anything around them and if they do we will have an adults phone number just incase we need help. 

The Extra precautions we will need to consider is:

.Does anyone have a serious medical condition?
.Extra clothing
.The weather conditions
.Safety of others
.Wild life

What are the roles to be taken and who will take on these roles?

Roles to be taken:
1.Filming the opening shots
2.Filming the process of production
3.Promting the actors- Guideline movements/acting
4.Preparing props for use
5.Sound editor- Editing and analysing correct filming and sound distributions
6.Lighting- Someone checking the light for filming is correct.

Who will take on these roles:

Mea:
Role:
Number 4 and Number 2
Reason:
Mea knows who to do SFX make-up and collecting/ sorting out the equipment and props needed.



Hannah:
Role:
Number 1 and Number 6
Reason:
Hannah knows how to work a camera in any environment.



Rachel:
Role:
Number 3
Reason:
Rachel knows how acting should be done in a professional standard due to being a drama student.



Taylor:
Role:
Number 5
Reason:
Taylor is a music student so she knows how to use the software.

Planning - Producing A Shot List

Shot List

Introduction

From creating this shot list it will allow us to get all of the shots we need to when coming to film. The advantages of this is when we're out filming it will allows us to get all the shots we need and tick them off as we go a long.

Shot	Shot type	Actor	Description
1	Establishing shot		High crane shot above the campsite.
2	Establishing shot		Moving towards the camp.
3	High angle shot	Tim	Picking up camera from floor.
4	Mid shot	Tim and Chad	Conversation between the 2 actors about the camera dropping.
5	Close up	Tim	Tim blowing and wiping the dirt of the camera
6	Panning shot	Tim, Chad, Billy and Jodie.	Panning around the group and people saying stop in a jokey manner.
7	High angle	Tim	Tim showing his shoes while walking.
8	Point of view	Tim, Chad, Billy and Jodie.	Time showing the camera around the campsite.
9	Close up	Jodie	Tim zoomed into her face.
10	Close up	Tim, Chad, Billy and Jodie.	Tim starting a fire and everyone else setting up the tents in the background.
11	Close up		Fire lit
12	Close up	Tim and Jodie	Realizing that Chad has gone missing and having a conversation about going to look for him.
13	Long shot	Tim and Jodie	Camera pointing through the woods but occasionally at Jodie.
14	Long angle		Starting getting darker and not sure whether to go back or not.
15	Long shot		Of woods to show that they are still walking.
16	High angle	Tim and Jodie	Both start panicking and run back to camp. See their shoes and blurry trees.
17	Point of view	Tim	Point of view shot through Tim’s eyes as he falls over.
18	Point of view	Tim	Slowing blinking and hearing Jodie loud high pitch voice but she isn’t in sight.
19	Long shot	The girl in white (TGIW)	TGIW starts getting closer to.
20	Close up	TGIW	Getting closer
21	Mid shot	TGIW and Tim	Looking over Tim
22	Close up	TGIW and Tim	Hitting Tim until he is unconscious
23	Panning shot	Tim, Chad, Allison, Billy and Jodie.	Panning shot of all the groups face when they are unconscious tied up along the tree.
24	High angle	TGIW	Recording her feet walking up to them all tied to the tree.
25	High angle	TGIW	Recording all her tools laid out on the bed.
26	High angle		Hearing the girls screaming
27	Point of view	TGIW, Tim, Chad, Billy and Jodie.	Get interrupted
28	Point of view	Tim, Chad, Billy and Jodie.	Showing them all tied up to the trees
29	Point of view	Tim, Chad, Billy and Jodie.	TGIW speaks Latin to them
30	Mid shot		Panning around the room towards the tv
31	Mid shot		The news report on the tv showing the girl.