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 was added in order to mimic the fear and confusion that the character was experiencing as the gathering spiralled out of control. This was really effective in portraying our thriller genre as the speed added to tension and the frantic effect we aimed to achieve.

In order to make our film look more cinematic and suspenseful, we added a letterbox template and our logo at the beginning. Whilst our logo played, we made sure not to use upbeat music as we wanted to set the tone of the film as isolated. However, to keep in the sub genre of Indie, we used an obscure and mundane song at the start to highlight the characters sadness. 

we experimented with layering sounds and volume levels in order to replicate the feeling of being dizzy or in a dream like state. We ordered the sounds and layered them in order of importance. For example, in the party scene, chanting from the teenagers can be heard loudly whilst Lara's cries echo in the background using sound effects.

We chose to include actor credits as we panned through the shots, we chose a minimalist text so that it wouldn't pull the focus from the scene but also added a sense of mystery. Above the preview screen are colour correction bars. This allowed us to edit each scene to make them appear colder and more eery. Whilst we relied on natural lighting when filming, the colour correction tool allowed us to enhance and develop the colours and tones so that the character Lara almost appeared to blend into the nature and prompt a sense of suspense for the audience to whether or not she is okay.

We wanted our soundtrack to smoothly transition in and out so that music did't cut suddenly and create a lack of continuity. We did this by using the sector tool and selecting the area that i would like the music to begin fading out from. This tool was really effective as the soundtracks smoothly faded in and out.

By chioma

Task 17: Editing process

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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.

Final opening sequence

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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 behaviour of each character as they succumbed to peer pressure and drank. It is called: ‘Dot to Dot’ by Melt yourself down

The climactic song we used to introduce the film title, was: ‘Do I wanna know?’ by The Arctic Monkeys. We chose this song because of the heavy beat that could be used to represent the character Lara finally understanding the weight of her situation. 

By chioma

Task 16: Choice of Music

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For our company logo, the colours used were not too bright or cute due to the fact that this could distract from the opening. The process began on photoshop with an already rendered gear symbol.

I started with a clear, hd image of a gear symbol.

I then duplicated the image, removed the background and filled it in white.

 I then edited  the logo on Motion, the process was difficult and required several trials and errors before the item could be successfully animated.  I then saved the motion file as a final cut pro generated image and added appropriate music to suit our logo. Overall I think our logo is well made and suits the genre as it introduces the opening with dramatic music and dark colours.

By Chioma

Task 15: Company logo

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Filming Schedule

We created this film schedule in order to be able to effectively manage our time and to let our cast know when we would be filming, it would also allow us give us enough time for editing.

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Task 14: Filming schedule

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Our story board design:

S1: Diegetic sound of rusting leaves. Non diegetic opening music plays. S2: Diegetic sound of Kali speaking.
S3: Diegetic sound of Lara's heavy breathing.

 Shot 1: Medium shot of Lara's legs     
when unconcious. The camera will  
pan across whilst title credits appear.      
                                                       
Shot 2: POV shot of Kali leaning
over Lara, the shot will be blurred to
mimic Lara's distorted vision.

Shot 3: Extreme close up of
Lara's eyes flashing open as she
frantically looks around.

S1: Diegetic sound of breathing and wind. S2: Diegetic sound of Lara screaming and phone ringing. S3: Diegetic sound of
speaking on the phone.

Shot 4: very long shot (VLS)
of open field highlighting
Lara's isolation.
Shot 5: Medium close up
of Lara as she yells out
for her friends.
Shot 6: Over the shoulder shot
as Lara answers a call that is

instead a video sent to her.

S1: Diegetic sound of Lara talking, non diegetic sound of suspenseful music. S2: Diegetic sound of music playing and subtle conversations. S3:Diegetic sound of Lilith speaking.

Shot 7: subtle zoom in to

 close up of Lara's face as

she watches the footage.

Shot 8: Zooms out into two person

shot from the eyes of Damien speaking

to Lilith. The background isn't in

focus but becomes the focus when

Lara enters the scene.

Shot 9: Over the shoulder shot of

Kali fiddling with her necklace, she

waves at Lara.

S1: Diegetic sound of music and Judas speaking. S2: Diegetic sound of characters speaking. S3: Diegetic sound of Kali greeting Lara.

Shot 10: Low angle shot of Judas

standing up to greet Lara. He walks

past the camera.

Shot 11: Over the shoulder shot

as Lilith talks to him.

Shot 12: Medium close up of Kali

speaking to Lilith who is off camera.

Shot 13: Medium close up shot of
Damien passing the bottle towards
Lara past the camera.
Shot 14: Close up of Kali smiling
nervously and taking the bottle.
Shot 15: Smooth transition into a
low angle shot from the hand of Lara
as she holds the phone.

Shot 16: medium long shot of Lara

in the background spotting the water.
Shot 17: Close up side shot of Lara
taking swigs from the bottle. Quick
flashback shows Lara drinking in the
same position at party.
Shot 18: Over the shoulder shot that
follows Lara as she reaches over for
the necklace worn by Kali.

Shot 19: Medium long shot of

Lara screaming for help.
Shot 20: Close up of lara crying
before looking at something off
screen.
Shot 21: Shot of the phone buzzing
whilst a muddy shoe worn by Lilith
is in the background.

Shot 22: Random flashes of character
at vary angles.
Shot 23: Full body shot of Lara
clutching her head.
Shot 24: Two person shot of
Damien and Lilith speaking.
Shot 25: POV shot as someone
films damien speaking into a phone.
Shot 26: close up shot of the pills
as Lara and Kali come into focus.
Shot 27: Two person shot of Damien
and Lilith speaking.

Diegetic sound of character dialogue.

Shot 28: Medium close up of Damien
speaking to someone off camera.
Shot 29: over the shoulder shot
as Damien offers pill.
Shot 30: Kali takes some from Damien
in medium closeup.

Diegetic sound, character dialogue, Non diegetic sound, music.

Shot 31: Two person shot as Lilith
speaks to Lara.
Shot 32: Medium close up of
Lara taking the bottle.
Shot 33: Mid shot of Judas taking
from the pill bottle.

Diegetic sound, Kali crying

Shot 34: A shaky medium close up

of Lara as she has a flashback.

Shot 35: POV shot of someone

staring at phone with kali crying.

Shot 36: Slow transition of phone 

showing text from unknown number.

Non diegetic sound, music plays.

Shot 37: Low angle shot of Lara

standing up as necklace dangles.
Shot 38: Tracking shot of Lara
running through the field.
Shot 39: Very long shot of Lara
disappearing into the background.

By Chioma

Task 13: Storyboard

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STARTS IN DARKNESS. FADES TO BLURRY SKY. HEAVY BREATHING IS HEARD.

'KEEP IN THE DARK' by The Temples plays. LOGO AND DIRECTOR TITLE.

LARA'S NARRATION:

I'm okay with being different. I just don't want
to be scared. Not anymore.

CUTS TO EXTREME CLOSE UP OF LARA’S EYES.THEY FLASH OPEN.

A body peers over Lara. Her face is blurred and draws ominously closer.

EXT.FIELD

THE GIRL

-It’s time to wake up, Lara.

LARA SHOOTS UPWARDS AND GASPS. HYPERVENTILATING.

(YELLING)

LARA

-Ka… Hello? Judas?

FIGURE DISAPPEARS. LARA FUMBLES FOR HER PHONE AS IT RINGS.

LARA

[RELIEVED]

- Oh my God, Kal. Where the hell are you? I don't know where I am I'm-

Lara pulls back from the phone.

Realising it's not a call but a shaky video playing.

INT.CELLAR/ROOM

Lara enters a room amongst several 

other teenagers who are laughing and drinking.

They turn and greet her except for two,

 Lilith and Damien, who sarcastically greet her, the footage 

is filmed by Damien.

JUDAS

(stands up to say greet Lara and loses his footing)

-Hey stranger

LILITH

(annoyed)

-Can you not elbow me in the process? Thanks.

KALI

(clutching her necklace and taking sips of a drink)

-Lil calm down, can you pass the...um

DAMIEN

(Stretches over and passes the vodka)

-This?

KALI nods quickly and flashes a nervous smile.

EXT. FIELD

Lara notices a discarded water bottle, although 

it is dirty, she desperately takes several swigs

before choking on the sight ahead of her.

LARA

(emotional and close to tears.)

-Oh God please no. KALI! HELP!SOMEBODY!

She holds the necklace close to her before

noticing the red shoes that her friend

Lilith had worn.

Lara reaches over frantically and tries

calling Lilith, followed by Kali.

LARA

-DAMN IT. (crying) No no no.

Suddenly, Lara clutches her head, taking deep haggard breaths.

INT.CELLAR/ROOM

The gathering has escalated, the friends

are daring each other when Damien retrieves something from

his pocket. The actions switch between phone screen and

memory has Lara struggles to cope.

DAMIEN

- Okay be quiet seriously.

LARA

-What are those? Are they like, serious or 

just paracetamol? (Laughs nervously)

LILITH

-Wow Lara that's deep, they're good.
(Turns to Damien and flirtatiously smiles
much to Kali's disgust.)

I had one at Reese's right?

DAMIEN

-No, these are new, apparently they're gonna

be BIG.

Lilith takes two confidently, Judas shakes his head

whilst Kali watches Lilith in a mixture of worry and

admiration.

JUDAS

(cautious)

-No guys let's not, my dad said if he finds

anything down here, that's it.

Kali suddenly reaches forward, grabbing the bottle and 

taking two. Lara is offered and shakes her head.

LILITH

-Why were you actually invited? Like you're not

drinking and you're-

Lara takes two pills, Judas finally gives in and takes

some. As the pills take hold, Lara's memory begins to falter, 

the music becomes overpowering, glass is smashed.

Kali reaches for the phone, staring deeply.

KALI

-Lara...what's happening?

EXT.FIELD

Lara's phone shows a text from an anonymous

contact.

(Reading aloud.)

-We know where you are, in 5 hour you'll

be just like your friends.

Lara stands up, clutching Kali's necklace. 'DOT TO DOT' 

by MELT YOURSELF DOWN begins to play as Lara runs

through the forest.

FADE TO BLACK AND TITLE.

Chioma

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Task 12: Our script

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