Journal-Sound

We researched music to go with our title sequence because our genre is thriller we are going to need a slow and eerie soundtrack to create a creepy atmosphere.

As a group we decided to add an audio to our sequence influence from the Gone Girl sequence. We choose to have one of our group member to say a few sentences from the Brothers Grimm story Hansel and Gretel as it links to our narrative of the missing boy this is effective because it adds suspense and tension towards the audience.

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When planning to reshoot the scenes of the attic and looking through the evidence we needed a really dark room so we booked out the schools drama room as its all black which is perfect on what we needed. We decided that having just a spot light on the protagonist and props will draw the audience and will make no distractions but also gives it a more creepy and thriller look.

Journal-Cinematography

From our feedback we decided to remove the montage of arrows and road signs as it didn't go with the sequence as we was told it was random and didn't go with the narrative of the title sequence. So instead of road signs we changed it to the main character planning her journey for looking her missing brother we shown this by having maps, train times and tickets. These shots are much more successful as its more clear on whats going on. I filmed the protagonist writing the train times and a close up of her looking and drawing on the map then i filmed all the props together by moving the camera in one smooth motion showing the audience the props then the camera ending on the picture of the missing boy.

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http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/cinematic
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

It took us some time to find the right soundtrack for our title sequence. We found fast paced music to go with the sequence and also to move it along and make it not drag. We found a soundtrack of nursery thyme as it goes with the narrative and audio in the begging.We found our other music on http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/cinematic and downloaded them to iTunes before transferring them to final cut pro.

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Sound

Sound is important in every sequence as it creates the mood of the film. Sound is to help create tension with eerie or intense music being played in the background. High pitched sound is often used as it makes the audience uncomfortable it also shows that something unpleasant is going to happen. For example the 1958 film Vertigo Dir (Alfred Hitchcock). In this title sequence the sound is high pitched throughout creating suspense and making the audience uneasy as its also repeated over and over again along with the Saul Bass geometric shapes that also repeat so it makes everything seem never ending.

Vertigo- https://youtu.be/4CZfSc6nJ8U

In thriller it is also common to use add dialogue or inner monologues to the sequence as it creates enigma but also narrative which could link to the film further on. It also creates more direct tension towards the audience as it seems like they are experiencing the the film from the characters point of view.

Gone Girl monologue- https://youtu.be/vyYkttbnPK0

Filming Journal

Today we are going to start filming road signs to symbolize the protagonist journey of reopening and searching for her brother. We filmed these during school time so we had permission to go out and film. We made our way to Bexleyheath and filmed road signs such as arrows and location names. We also found a map which links to the sequence so i filmed an extreme close up of it.

Filming Journal 2

We all met at 12:00 am at the Bexleyheath clock tower then we made our way to Surpiyas house to start shooting our title sequence. We shot it in the garden shed as it was big enough to look like an attic, We shot the sequence in order to the protagonist first opening the door and making her way to the evidence box and searching through the contents.
We used different shots such as the over the shoulder, close up and medium long shot.
After shooting the scenes we moved onto shooting the montage of the protagonist replacing the old missing poster to the new one.

Journal-Feedback

On our feedback we was told that the shots we filmed looked quiet dull because we decreased the brightness and played with the saturation and highlight we done this because we filmed the scenes on a sunny day so the shots were bright which doesn't really go with the codes and conventions of thriller as it needs to be dark and eerie. The typography also didn't really go with the scenes as it being really dark then the shots being dull it didn't look very appealing. So overall we decided to re shoot the scenes.

Stop Motion typography

This is the first draft of our stop motion, we created this by writing the name of the actor then taking a picture of every step on opening the paper making sure to take a photograph of every step then we imported it onto the computer and added all the photographs onto final cut pro then changed the duration to make it faster so it flows better. This draft needs to be speed up because in the middle of the motion is drags on for some time.
The set up onto creating this was placing the paper onto a black sheet of paper and having a spot light slighting facing onto the writing. On final cut pro we darkened the shots and increased the highlight.

Journal-Production name

Our production name was created using final cut pro. This will be placed at the start of our title sequence. SSBC productions, this name is created by having the first letter of our names which creates SSBC We wanted it to be associated with the thriller genre so we choose to do it in a typewriter style, typewriters are associated with thrillers because they are mainly set in time when they are used then actual computers so everything like documents and reports in investigations are written on typewriters. We found a typewriter font from Dafonts called 'Moms Typewriter' then searched for sounds of a typewriter.


 Typewriter Sound Effect - https://youtu.be/VP2WctM2tzU

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We created a montage of news reports explaining the narrative of the sequence. We done this by finding news reports of missing children and cutting them to make it sound like one sentence explaining where the toddler is missing.

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We have finished the first edit of our title sequence I've uploaded it to YouTube to add onto my blog. We still have some improvements to be made but this was just a first draft to show to our peers for feedback. This will also give us more ideas to improve our sequence and overall better our final edit.