Final Opening

Delusion

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Rough Cuts

Rough Cuts

Here are some of our rough cuts from our first and second days filming.

We decided not to use them for various reasons. 

• Firstly, if we kept all of the shots our opening would be too long. 
• Secondly, the framing of the shots and the lighting was off, especially when filming Evie getting up from the table and the top of her head is out of the shot. 
• Thirdly, the mise-en-scene wasn't good enough, specifically the 'Malt Wheaties' and the car and wheelie bins at the end of the video.

Fonts

Fonts

When choosing fonts for the title of our film we wanted to incorporate the horror aspect. We did this by looking for fonts that where clear with a blockish look to them. For instance the bubble affect used on fonts such as comic sans would not be appropriate for a horror film, as it would confuse the message we were trying to put across.

Delusion- Comic Sans = Too bubbly and childish.

Delusion-English157 BT = Not very clear and too elegant/ flamboyant.

Delusion- Zolano Sans BTN = Looks plain and technology inspired. 

Delusion- Bauhaus 93 = Not appropriate for horror as it is bubbly and friendly.

Delusion- Times New Roman = We liked this font but is looked a bit too old fashioned for when our film was set so we had a look at similar styles with a modern twist.

Delusion- Courier New = We felt this was a good match for our film with an old fashioned undertone it looks bold and clear with out being bubbly and childish. We liked the details on the end adding design and depth to the font.

DELUSION- Courier New = Making the font all in capitals makes the title stand out and make a statement with out having to underline or add any details. It ties in with the urgency of a horror film.

Difficulties Encountered When Editing

We used iMovie to edit our opening. An issue we found with editing was creating a glitch in the bathroom scene. We tried to resolve it by looking at tutorials on YouTube, however we found them difficult to follow. We eventually managed to create a glitch, switching between two images on screen, by quickly alternating between the masked lady and a shot of Evie with her head down. 

Another issue we found with editing was our timing as we had filmed a lot so we needed to spend a long time selecting the best ones. After we had selected our clips we then needed to cut them down so that our clip was not over two minutes. This slowed the editing process down because we had to make sure there was continuity in order to make the images flow, and to insure there were no jumps. 

Technologies Used and How They Were Mastered

iPhone - we were all familiar with using an iPhone as we all owned one and were aware of how to use the camera and settings. We used an iPhone 6s to film, which gave us a clear HD picture in 4K.

We did not use any other technology to film, as we had a tripod to position the shots and we mainly used natural lighting so didn't need to get it artificially. We wanted the mis-en-scene to be naturalistic as possible so all we needed to do was film in the light of day and use the iPhone. 

We used iMovie to edit our opening. This gave us the ability to use the automatic file types that our clips were filmed in and have an easy transition when exporting them onto the Mac. The main effects that we used were the match colour setting, adjusting the colour and speed. We also learnt how to put a glitch overlay over the top of some of our clips by using the glitch video as a cutaway clip and changing the opacity of it so that you could see the main video underneath it. Importing sound was easy as we were able to use iTunes to find any copyright free music or effects that we needed.

Pixlr.com was used to create our logo. We mainly used the pencil and pen tools to create the tree. We also had to use the wand tool to invert the image from a white background with a black tree to a black background and a white tree so that it would blend in more with the opening. Finally, we used the text tool to add in 'Fatal Films' at the bottom.

We predominantly used Facebook to communicate with each other. We created a group chat in order to share our ideas and post visuals of the work we'd done. We felt this was on easy way to keep up to date with the progress we'd been making with our blog and opening. 

Production company name, logo and profile

We played around with many different company names, as we wanted it to be simple, but relate to our genre and opening. Some ideas for names included:

- Drip productions
- Fatal Films
- Drip Drop Productions
- Crimson Productions

We decided on Fatal Films for our name as we felt it had a nice ring to it, and fitted in well with out opening.

For the logo we all liked the idea of incorporating the name into a spiralling tree, as we thought it added a sense of eeriness. These are some of the drawings for our idea:

This is our final logo: