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Production

Reflection on First Shoot

What Went Well: We remembered to remove any obstructions from the driveway. We only had one car on the driveway and took away any thing that could disrupt the continuity of the scene. An example of this is a family dog which had to be put in an area away from the cameras frame so it could not be seen in shot.  We...

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Research

Camera and Filming Workshop

We visited Corby Film Week and took part in one of the workshops. This was led by Robert Foster who has worked on Hollyoaks, The Bill and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. We learnt about the importance of lighting (creating a white balance before beginning to film), the importance of camera angles/height (interviews work best at eye level, high angle can show...

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Planning

10 Possible Font Designs for Our Title

For all of the fonts, we decided to highlight 'end' in red. We did this because end could be associated with the end of our characters lives. We chose the colour red as it is a popular colour to be used in horror films and it also connotes danger.  Our favourite font is option 1 - the mix of 'Chris-Man' and 'I Still...

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Planning

25 Word Pitch & Feedback

The pitch for our trailer is 'Sudden death within a friendship group leads to many suspects where both the audience and characters must discover who the murderer is'.  For our video, we used clips of films and TV shows that are inspiration for our trailer. We also used a song that was used in a recent horror films trailer 'The Gallows' - we...

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Planning

Health & Safety Risk Assessment

Day One - Shots 3&4 Weather - If it is raining on the day of filming, the camera may get damaged. To solve this, we will make sure we have an umbrella just in case. We may also have continuity issues if the rain begins half way through our shooting time. Another issue is if the temperature is low then we will need...

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