Sound for the Thriller

For the sound for our thriller we have research into the sound and carefully looked at the sound as it is important part for our thriller as the sound builds up the tension and atmosphere for our thriller.
Throughout our footage in our clips there are voice overs of us speaking in the background and sound we don’t want in our thriller. In the editing progress we re-moved the unwanted sound from the footage by using adobe premiere, we wasn’t sure how to re-move the unwanted sound put we manage to so some research on how to remove sound from clips, in this progress we learnt new skills in editing.

We spent a considerable amount on time on researching sound for our thriller by looking at past thriller videos on YouTube and also we looked at some copyright websites but we didn’t have much look with the copyright websites. We later found a copyright soundtrack on an YouTube video we liked as it built atmosphere and tension we converter the track in Mp3 form for our video.


We also did some research into an sound effect for our the door scene, we came across 19 different sound effects, some of the sound
effect werent suitable for the door scence, we later fount a prefect sound effect for the door scequence.

Updated characther profile- Victom

Character: Emma Brown

Actor: Sophie Dainty (George Spencer Sixth Form Student)

We had to adapt our characters due to Casey Vickers being unavailable when we were re-filming. Sophie decided to take the role of Emma Brown as Sophie is reliable and available if we need to re-film any of our thriller at any time. Although Sophie didn’t have any experience in acting Sophie is a suitable alternative to use in the thriller.

The character of Emma Brown is currently and had working student and is currently unemployed. Both Emma Brown and Sophie Dainty, who is acting this character, are both the same age and have similar interest. Sophie hasn't had previous experience acting but she will be reliable to use in our thriller. Sophie will also be able to help with filming as she is studying AS Media Studies.

Feedback from draft of thriller

From our draft of our thriller we got feedback from the class and the teacher, the feedback helped us to make some changes to our thriller and also they gave use feedback on things they like.
one of the feedbacks was were to cut the story of the ex-boyfriend as the storyline is to long for our 2 minute shot so we have decide to cut the ex-boyfriend storyline to just an stalker as it makes the thriller more realistic. Also one of the feedbacks were to re-film the shot of the letter scene as the lighting is to dark and also was to add more to the letter scene by filming an shot of the stalker cutting up the letters from the newspaper and see him making the letter but we are going to use a range of shots but not shots of his face so the audience can’t see the stalkers emotion. We also need to cut the effect of the blur as it makes the shot look out of place also we are going to cut the scene of the footsteps shorter and slower to make it look more dramatic. We have decided to change the editing decision by cutting between the girl and the boy to make it more dramatic.We are also going to add more to the credits and change the credits to make them longer and more effective.

Thriller Draft

This is our first draft for our thriller task, there are still changes to be made to the video but we shall make changes to them after we have had feedback. We felt in this draft that there is more to be done to improve the video as we need to add more to the credits and edit some of the footage as we re-shooted some of the footage as the camera was wobbing and the lighting was to bright.Also we changed one of the transations in our thriller as we didnt think we looked right for our thriller.

Editing

For editing our thriller we used Adobe Premiere Pro, we choose to use this software as it was the software that college use and also Sophie has the programme at home so we can do some extra editing at home. We wasn’t very confident using this software as we only used it briefly for the preliminary task, but we learnt skills and experimented with the software to help us for the thriller task. I have taken screen shots of use editing to show how we edited and to use the programme.

Once we finished filming we imported our video clips from the camera onto Adobe Premiere Pro, We looked at our story board to place all the clips into the correct order and added transition .Me and Sophie decide that the opening credits is going to be a shot of the victims running but the camera is acting as the person to build tension between the audience and the character.

Whilst looking through the clips me and Sophie discovered that some of the footage needed re-shooting for the thriller. We paused on Editing whiles we went out and re-filmed some of the scenes for the thriller.

re-Fliming

On the 12th of march we re-film our thriller as we decided to change some of the scenes in the thriller, unfortunately i wasn’t available on the day to re-film as i had work commitments .Sophie and our actor Alex completed the filming on the Saturday .Although we had Casey Vickers who played the victim in the thriller, was unavailable on the day so Sophie took the role of the victim and she said she managed to pull of an good acting skills to achieve the high standards we were aiming for. Sophie said it was difficult but she overcome this and managed to film just her and Alex by working together, the day was a bright and warm day so the lighting was prefect for filming. The night before filming we created and schedule so Sophie and Alex knew what they were doing in the day. I am proud to say that i Sophie and Alex need an amazing job!

Time	What is happening?
4.00pm	Make sure all of the props are collected together ready for filming
4.10pm	Meet Alex in Stapleford
4.15pm	Walk to the location
4.20pm	Set up equipment and get the actors in place ready for filming
4.30am	Begin filming
4.45pm	Set up in other location on the field
5.00pm	Finish filming on the field
5.10pm	Move locations to the canal
5.30pm	Film on the canal
5.45pm	Check through each shot, to make sure we have got all the shots we need
6.00pm	Dismantle equipment
6.15pm	Walk home with the equipment

Time Table

Time	What is happening?
10am	Make sure all of the props are collected together ready for filming tomorrow
10 .30am	Meet Sophie Casey and Alex in Stapleford
11 .00am	Walk to the location
11 .15am	Set up equipment and get the actors in place ready for filming
11 .30am	Begin filming
12 .00pm	Set up in other location, on the bridge
12 .30pm	Finish filming on the bridge
1 .00pm	Move locations to the canal
1 .30pm	Film on the canal
2 .00pm	Check through each shot, to make sure we have got all the shots we need
2 .30pm	Dismantle equipment
2 .45pm	Walk home with the equipment

On the day of filming we thought it would be appropriate to create a timetable for filming so we are organized and know what we were doing during filming and also saving time. Also it gave use guidance and helped us to stick to timing.