Synopsis , Filming and Editing

Similar to my previous AS thriller opening, I have decided that my opening will be a psychological thriller. Although elements of the product will be similar, there will also be elements that are very different.

                                                                      Synopsis
My thriller opening entails, a teenage girl who 'appears' to be getting followed by 'the unknown' The lead protagonist has a history of mental health issues, just recently being released from the hospital for severe self harm, will anyone believe her suspicions? Was it all in her imagination ? We'll just have to wait and see. 


Filming 
LOCATION:- Beckton/City Airport  
DATE:- 29/03/2014
TIME:- 13:30 - 17:00

I filmed my establishing shot of the lead protagonist walking from City airport, in Beckton to her home 5 minutes away. I have filmed all scenes today successfully. A total of 7 takes were done as expected, not everything can be perfect on the first try. I had a few problems with lighting and the rain but this was sorted out by changing the location of the camera by a few meters and waiting patiently for the weather to co-operate. To improve this, I could have done a trial scene beforehand to see which angles were most suitable and check the weather on the day of filming beforehand.

A further issue that I had was timing, originally I had scheduled to start filming at 12:30, this could have be prevented if I had communicated better with my brother who drove me and the cast to the location. 



WWW - What Went Well
I managed to film what I needed to in a small amount of time

EBI- Even better if
I communicated better with those helping me to get there and being more efficient in planning trial scenes.

Above are some scenery shots that I took on my iphone, of the various locations that were shot.

Editing
LOCATION:- My house 
DATE:- 02/04/2014
TIME:- The whole day

What I used:

Final cut pro X

Summary:

Today I  managed to finish editing which took the entire day. It went fairly well, it did take me while to get used to using the software, as I was borrowing my brothers mac. However once I got used to it there wasn't an issue with importing clips from the camera onto the software. Overall I found navigating Final cut pro X easier than other software such as imovie and movie maker which I had previously used for my other media products. Due to lack of organization beforehand, I had forgotten to research some music/non-diagetics for my opening sequence. So I decided to do this during the process of editing the text. During my research, I watched the opening of a film called 'Deadly Silence', I particularly remembered how the theme music created a certain level of suspense, so I decided to convert this from Youtube and put incorporate it into my text. 

Above are a few pictures I took whilst editing the text.

WWW - What Went Well
The clips uploaded successfully.
Navigating the software was fairly easy.

EBI- Even better if
I was familiar with using a mac.
Planned incorporated non-diagetics beforehand.