Saturday, 30 April 2016

Task 19: Target Audience Feedback
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Task 19: Target Audience Feedback

This video is the feedback we received about our opening sequence. I put the videos together together to make it easier to watch. I placed a picture of the person the feedback was from and added the audio, to make sure that it was not boring for the person to watch, I added key words, music and a few simple effects. All the people that were asked about our opening sequence...

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Task 18: Use of opening sequence conventions
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Task 18: Use of opening sequence conventions

Did our opening sequence follow conventions? Above is the video in which we discuss whether we feel our opening sequence effectively portrayed the typical genre conventions of other openings that we had previously discussed in task 1. By chiom...

Friday, 15 April 2016

Task 17: Editing process
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Task 17: Editing process

In order to achieve the style of a thriller genre, we thought heavily about the conventions that made the overall atmosphere of a thriller. Elements such as colour, transitions and music were manipulated and utilised throughout the editing process to create a successful opening sequence. We used the speed editor to make character movements appear frantic and nervous. This...

Saturday, 9 April 2016

Final opening sequence
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Final opening sequence

We edited our opening on iMovie, overall we're really happy with the outcome as the balance between music and editing to enhance the chilling feeling and suspense in our thriller was effective...

Saturday, 2 April 2016

Task 16: Choice of Music
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Task 16: Choice of Music

For our soundtrack, we chose a mixture of obscure music that would reflect the character's state of mind as well as the atmosphere. The first song we chose was ‘Be gone dull cage’ by Kiev. This song was effective as it highlighted the dark tone of the opening. The song above was chosen for the party scene due to the way in which the music mimicked the erratic...