GROUP NOTES-EDITING

Tuesday march 8th

• We added Light ray effects added to the flashback of the dead body give mysterious look to it.
• We added car sounds to the main (street) flashback create an urban effect 
• We lowered the sound from the main flashback because it was a windy day and the sound gear picked up too much unwanted noise
• We moved the flashbacks of the dead body to make it fit to the character, because it didn’t fit in because it didn’t make sense being flashback straight after flashback.
• We added an effect called “over drive” To the flashback of the fight scene  and we changed the white and gray colours to create an effect so it was clearly a flashback.
• We shortened the fight scene and sped it up to make it appear more violent and more physical to the audience.

Tuesday march 15th

• We put a fade on the shot where Ashley is opening the bathroom door and we also put a fade on the flashback where the door is being opened in order for the shot to swap over nicely and smoothly from the present to the flashback.
• We put on the title of the film “Bill” and also the production titles such as “ a teleport production” and “BXU” which are our production companies.
• We added a bit of non diegetic music at the beginning of the scene, this is our start off point for music in the scene.
• We deleted the close up shot of Ashley as it appeared too quick on the edit and so was unappealing to the eye.

Tuesday march 22nd

•  We recorded the voice over and cut and paste it onto our film noir style opening
• We typed out and researched the audience views via a questionnaire 

Tuesday march 29th

• We changed the colour on a clip of Ashley as the colouring stood out compared to the other clips as it was too red/orange. Because of the colour difference we altered the orange clips with a colour altering effect.
• We placed the voiceover clips in the correct place so it made the best out of the scene, we placed a large section of the voiceover on a large shot so that the clip appeared less boring to the audience.
• We decreased the volume of the music where the voiceovers were also playing so the voiceovers were audible.
• We faded the music just before the voice clips so the alteration in music was not too noticeable
• We added character titles in so the actors are known within the opening sequence, we placed the titles over the shots on an invisible background so the titles linked in well with the opening scene.

THE RESEARCH WE UNDERTOOK

OUR QUESTIONNAIRE

OUR RESEARCH

From the research we undertook we found out that for the age group we are aiming at would prefer a contemporary style noir that contains modernised aspects, however contained some of the classic characteristics of film noir, such as an enigma and a possible twist at the ending.

ROLE SPECIFIC TASKS

In our group of 4 I undertook many tasks here’s a list of the tasks I personally completed

Art director 
I thought about location for shooting, and also location dressing.
I contributed my house as a location and therefore added the majority of props used at the main location.
I also organised collecting equipment such as camera, lighting, tripod and also microphone.
As well as in college preparation I also searched and bought coloured plastic to use for lighting filters for filming.


Other roles
I also drew out a storyboard and wrote out a script for our finalised group piece. As well as this I also acted within our final production and Chantelle and myself recorded and co wrote the voiceover script and added it to the opening edit.
I also added in my artistic input during the filming and editing stages and I think the final outcome is very effective

PREPRODUCTION PAPERWORK I COMPLETED

For the preproduction paperwork I completed the hand drawn storyboard along with shot directions and timing. I also typed out the script complete with voice-over and stage directions correctly formatted using a program called “celtx” . I wrote out the shot list for the shoot we completed and I typed up some prewritten editing notes for the group that I received from another member of the group.

GROUP IDEA - SCREENPLAY

OUR IDEA-STORYBOARD

GROUP IDEA SYNOPSIS

Synopsis for opening
Open with a man sitting in a corner, head in his hands covered in a hood. The man appears emotional as he throws objects from nearby over the room. He sits in the room as he thinks. As he thinks he has a flashback, seeing a man walking down a road and seeing a girl, their eyes meet and the problems begin. The film goes back to the man in the room he has various flashbacks which could link to the story which will follow, leaving an enigma for the audience.
Synopsis for rest of narrative
Later on the man is getting ready for a party with some of his friends, they talk about the girl he saw earlier that day anf he finds out from his friends that her boyfriend is a physco drug dealer.
 At the party the guy and girl begin to talk then they get together, the boyfriend bursts in on them and hit’s the guy then proceeds to chase him out the house where he catches him and they both fight. During the fight the guy picks up a metal pipe that’s laying on the ground and brutally attacks the drug dealer, killing him in the process.