Changes in light of feedback from roughcut

The clips needed to made shorter to fit the criteria of the film being no longer than two minutes. The sound levels had to changed so that it was not distorted.
We had to change the order of titles because we made a mistake by placing the names in the wrong heirachy of status within the cinematography industry. For example, the Producer has to be credited first because that is the person who hires the Director.
The fade effects were put in place to portray the eerie dark atmosphere of a psychological thriller film, which creates dramtic tension. Furthermore, this lead to more scene needed to be made darker to enhance the nature of the film.
Also, there was a dispute about the film's title, as some agreed that the 'The List' was not a clear meaning to our filming being about human cannibalism. Nevertheless, we decided to keep it because of the ambiguity surrounding how the film shows the routine and order of the character lifestyle being planned in as a list.
There was a disargeement amongst the staff, where some felt that the film was not ended in a way they approved with, on the other hand we argeed to keep our original idea because it was more dramatic than their idea.

Skills Audit: Soundtrack pro (making of composition)

The pictures above are showing the process of the sound for the final edit of the title sequence being created. We decided to stick with the main sounds which we demonstrated in the pitch. These were Appear Crystal 1,2,3; Drone Etheral; Footsteps heels cathedral walk and heavy water. However, we did add another sound which goes well. When the glass scene arrives, we have a sound which sounds like someone is rubbing the top of the glass. This makes the scene even more effective and it also succeeds in making the title sequence even more eerie. Melissa was in charge of putting the sound together and myself along with the rest of the group were giving advice and constructive criticism about what worked well and what didn't work so well. Overall, the group as a whole believe that it went smoothly and are very happy with the end result.

Skills Audit: Livetype (creation of titles)

The choice to use a serif font to show the formality of the human cannibalism. Also, the over- etching of the letters highlights the scribbles you tend to see on a list, as people can re-write something or re-think about there actions.
The medium shot of the frying pan on the stove creates the dominant nature of the fire being placed under the Producer's name as she is in charge of all the decision regarding the film and she decides who she hires in terms of Artist Director, Director and Sound Manager.



The specific skills of the film being used to see the film clearly without it being unclear to watch. Also, we learnt the layer effect as the font goes over the frying pan, whilst it is on the hot heat.




The juxtapositon of the black background against the white writing 'THE LIST' conveys boldness amongst the characters and the film's purpose, as human cannibalism is not common. This shows the character is an individualist, who believes in what she does and carries the courage to continue eating humans.

Skills Audit: Editing

This took the longest time as it took approximately 5 to 6 hours which included our own time and lesson time. We wanted it to be as perfect as we could get it. At the end of each clip we put a fade so they all fade in and out, making the title sequence smoother and more efficiently. Following this, we also made the clips darker than what the raw files were in order to keep with our theme of suspicion. Also for the glass scene, we made it go in slow motion to give the desired effect which was to make the audience wonder why blood is flowing through the water making it red. It was hard to get all the slips together in the right order and get them to flow together, making the title sequence easier for the audience to watch. The techniques and tools that we learned through the skills audit which we had done with the class previously really helped in allowing us to make the title sequence in the best way we could. although it was a challenge, we are more than happy with the result and it was the best feeling ever seeing the good result produced after so many hours have been channeled into the editing process of the title sequence.

make up tutorials

When doing the make up for the title sequence, we watched a few tutorials on youtube in order to get a feel for the type of make up we have to use in order to achieve our looks. These are some of the tutorials that we looked at and we used them to inspire our look to an extent, however, we were able to put out own twist on it as we al had a main idea for what we wanted to achieve and Yasmin and Melissa are very good with using make up.

This is when we were thinking of creating wounds for the dead body, however, we decided against it due to the fact that we didn't feel that it was necessary nor did we have enough time to get the wounds to look real and perfect. We looked at the tutorial below in order to see how we would do the psychopaths make up (played by Yasmin Phillips).

rough cut

final video THE LIST

Comments on the Pitch.

When doing the pitch, I had learned many things. For example, I learned just how much planning and thought that needs to go in to it in order for the pitch to work as a whole. The risk assessment was quite hard for me to do because I had never done one before. I asked Melissa to help me with it as she had more experience with it and I never knew how long and in depth the risk assessment could be. We had to mention everything from the general risks of walking on a pavement, crossing the road and going on a bus to the more dangerous things such as using the fire on the cooker and using knives in the Kitchen. We also had to do a general risk assessment of our filming location which was Melissa's kitchen.

Following this, I also learned how difficult it was to create a production schedule in a way which could be followed. It was hard because we had days off college and days where we couldn't film on location due to unforeseen circumstances. It was definitely a challenge to plan ahead. However, with this said, I enjoyed making the pitch along with the rest of the group because it enabled to make finer details about the main idea that we had first come up with. It was like building more onto the foundations. I believe it also enabled the group to grow more and get us all on to the same page or idea which has helped us all get along when filming and in all other aspects of making the title sequence.

Overall, I believe that making the pitch is not only essential to the coursework and to the teachers, but it is essential for the growth of the group and the idea for he title sequence.

Filming 24th march 2010

In this post, we will share a selection of pictures which we took during the filming of the ending piece for the title sequence on the 24th March 2010. The location is still Melissa's kitchen and pictures were taken by Kelly and Melissa.

This is Yasmin with all her make-up on which makes her look like the crazy and insane person she is meant to be acting like. For this, we made our own type of foundation which is very 'deathly' pale white and then black eyeshadow which went under the eyes makes her eyes seem sunk in and even more creepy. For the finishing touch, fake blood was put on her mouth and let it trickle down to her chin.

Kelly took part in the title sequence by being the dead body. This look was achieved by a few things. For one, pale foundation was put on the face as a base and then the same foundation used by Yasmin was put on, making the face look very white. Then Purple eyeshadow was applied onto the eyelids and under the eye for effect following the black eyeshadow which went further down under the eye, to finish off the 'dead' look. Fake blood was applied at the nose and left to trickle down to finish the effect.

This is a picture showing the main set of the filming session which was the dining table with the place mat set out. This was taken before the glass of bloody water was placed and the steak was on the plate as it was still cooking at the time.

This picture shows Melissa preparing the bloody water in the wine glass and Yasmin in all the make-up. Just before the picture was taken, the lighting was just being set up for a shot.

This is when Yasmin was filming the dead body (kelly) being slumped on to the table.

This is a close up version of what Kelly looked like when acting dead. We used cling-film on the table so we could smear fake blood over the table without staining the actual table.

It took a while for us to get the lighting just right for the shot because we didn't want the light bouncing off of the cling-film as it would ruin it.

The picture shows Kelly and Yasmin viewing the footage to make sure it is good and if it would need to be filmed again or not. Juliana and Melissa was also looking at the footage to see what the outcome was. All in all we were very please with the results and found it unnecessary to film it again.

This is a picture showing what the table as a whole looked like with the steak which here is representing human meat, the normal everyday place setting and the bloody water which in the light looks a lot like cranberry juice.

Pitch

This is the pitch that we presented to our teacher and the rest of the class, concerning our title sequence and what the actual film (if we ever made it) would be like. In the pitch, we have covered all we can think of, including a brief outline of what the film would be about, Location shots, institutional details, audience details, storyboards, risk assessment, production schedule, Mise en scene that will be used and Ideas about sound amongst other things.

Filming 15th march 2010

When we are filming the meat scenes and the first half of the table scene, we managed to get some pictures of us working on location and os some of our props that we are using. Here are a selection of photos. (photo's taken by Kelly Drury)

(left to right: Juliana and Yasmin) This was taken near the start of filming when Yasmin had just put the fake blood on her hands. Here they are discussing how the following part should be filmed, including the technique (e.g. making sure we were panning the right way like the storyboard points out)

This is Yasmin adjusting the light in order for it to focus on the wine glass which is placed on the work surface. This was done in order to keep the theme of darkness all around the object with just the spotlight focused on the object being filmed.

This is Yasmin showing us the fake blood on her hands. This is what she has had to do every time we shoot because she is the 'main character' which has a presence throughout the whole title sequence.

This is a quick shot of the meat cooking scene being about to take place. Here Melissa is holding the frying pan with the meat in waiting for it to cook enough for the next scene to take place.

This is another photo of Yasmin and this is just before yet another part of the meat scene was going to take place. Her hands were not just bloody from the fake blood, it was also the blood from the meat too!

Here is Yasmin playing the part of a murder well. The meat tenderiser was used in the scenes where we were shooting the meat preparation.

This is the chopping board and knife that we have been using throughout the shooting process. You can see the main stains on the board is the fake blood, however, there is also stains from the actual meat blood.

This is basically another shot where Yasmin is sorting out the equipment for the glass scene. This was at the start of our filming and Yasmin was adjusting the light and the camera so it focused on the wine glass.

Full Storyboard

The whole storyboard sequence is here.

This storyboard shows the hyponthesis of creating a filming sequence opening by the plot being about human cannibalism. This plot is shown through its rough planning, location, thoughts surrounding how we could interpret our ideas into reality. For example, the use of dark shadows in film creates dramatic tension and makes the film's pace became faster.

Location shots

These are the pictures of the one and only location that we will be filming at. The location is Melissa’s kitchen. This is because the whole title sequence is a cooking scene so a kitchen is the only location we need. Pictures of the location are below.

planning preliminary match cut exercise including storyboard

The storyboard original: