Hidden

This is the final edition to our thriller opening, we have adapted based on feedback we have received and believe this is the best it can be.

Shots we didn't include

In the video these are a variety of shots we didn't use because of reasons such as editing and lighting. In the night time shots it became hard to light the set as we didn't have the outdoor equipment that we needed. As a group we did try and use flashlights but it was very effective, however we did manage to get the lights reflect of the camera lense which added disorientation which we really liked and have kept in our final product. The reason most of the shots weren't effective is because we didn't have the equipment to follow the idea we wanted and didn't achieve the best possible look, the editing really hinder us as well with theses shots because they didn't follow a set pattern we needed.

First look at our old filming.

Before we came up with our final idea for our thriller opening we didn't have a complete different storyline and a different approach on how to film it. We thought an abstract idea based around the hit show "Dexter" would be a really good way to approach this type of thriller. However it became very difficult because we didn't have any narrative and our storyboard wasn't really helping with what we were wanting to achieve, in the end we decided it would be best if we filmed a whole new thriller opening that took and naturalistic approach. In the clip below this is the beginning to the old thriller we were shooting, the editing for this thriller was a lot easier because we knew the direct effect we wanted it to have on our audience. This old thriller had a specific target audience of those who liked violence and crime and wouldn't appeal to our target audience of 16+

Feedback from Rough Cut Viewing

Rough Cut of Hidden

This is rough cut of our thriller, as you can see the music doesn't fit the whole piece at the moment, we decided to post it like this because we want to gain feedback like this before we finally finish it and then be told that people don't like this about it! Hopefully from posting this people will tell us what they like and dislike about what we have so far and the ways in which we can improve it.

Proof of editing

Theses were the amendments that we needed to make to our thriller opening to improve what we already had and to make it the best it could be.

This is proof of me editing my thriller opening
and this is specifically added in the final detail we
need in our thriller opening.

This is another picture of me editing our thriller,
the is the part where we were working out specific details
of our thriller opening.

  

Editing Decision List

We have finalised our editing decisions, this was harder as this is our second time filming and we want it to be perfect. At the moment, we have decided to add slow motion on the walking of the villain, as it allows the audience to get a glimpse of what he could potentially looks like. We added a variety of colour effects on each scene, because we wanted it to resemble being set in another time period, so we used a colour effect of yellow or aged film (a final cut effect) to stereotypically make it stand out to the audience; that it is set in another time era. We also decided to add a film rim around the girl filming the stalker, but we may have to take this out if we what our film to be set in a different time era. Our storyline is based around these two character not knowing they are brother and sister, so through our editing we will have to use an effect that can link these two together by making it look like it has gone back in time.

The editing software we will be using

We used Final Cut Pro as our editing software we believed that this is a much more straightforward app to use rather then IMovie because it allowed you to use a larger scale of editing techniques, rather on iMovie when you are restricted to a limited use. Final cut was helpful in 

have are film edited to the best possible way it could have been and allowed our ideas as a group to be used.