LIGHTING- 
As we were filming mostly outdoors, we relied mainly on nautural lighting. At first we wanted to fim in the dark, but this became a problem as we could not see anything through the camera or in reality. We tried filming with torches, but they didnt help on shedding much light on our given situation. We thought about buying LED lights and sticking them around the shots, but we could not find some that were not wired and needed an electricity source. We also tried "Night Mode" on the camera, but resulted in a more pixelated picture and again, very little help. If we wanted to carry on filiming in the dark, the only solution was to buy a high tec powerful camera light, but none of us had enough money or enough time to purchase one. We then decided to change our plans to filming at twilight, just before dusk came. We found that this gave us a gloomy, spooky light and atmosphere to our filming and helped add to our genre of a psychological thriller.
SOUND-
There were 2 different types of sound we could use in our opening sequence; Diagetic & Non-diagetic.
Diagetic sound is already present in the clip, so its the sounds that happen whilst filming like background noises and dialogue. In our opening sequence we had diagetic sounds such as, birds chirping in the background, laughing, panting and movement sounds.
The non-diagetic sounds we used were background music and a heartbeat to create suspense and tension at needed point in the sequence.
At the start of our clip, we have diagetic noises such as birds chirping and the noicse from our protagonist waking up. We also have diagetic sounds through her mini flashbacks. Then just as the big flashbackk occurs we have non-diagetic background music start. The background music was created by me, Luke and Toby on a xylophone. We chose to use a xylophone as we felt this would add again to our genre and mise-en-scene of our opening sequence as it created a quirky, spooky sound. We will also added in a heartbeat sound where the girl starts getting paranoid and tripping out- this will build tension and change the ideology of the clip as the up beat music will show her happy and free, but the heartbeat will show the change in her well-being. We also decided to emphasise her breathing and add in heavy breathing to build tension.
There isn't any dialogue in the clip, as we only have laughter and the one protagonist to film. We felt this would again add to our mise-en-scene and genre.
MUSIC RESEARCH-
We researched and looked through many different websites to decide what background music to use, however couldnt find any that was right. Instead we decided to use a xylophone to create our background music. We also looked through many website to find the perfect heartbeat, we were successful in finding a well suited typr of heartbeat and used it.
FILMING-
Filming turned out to be more difficult than what we'd thought. Our main problem was the lighting, twice we attempted to film and it was too dark. When filming we tried to use as many different camera shots and angles. We used long shots and establishing shots to show the audience where the character was and establish the setting. The panning shot we used at the begining was to establish the setting and produce an automatic outline of our chosen genre. I feel this shot was effective because the timing and pace was just right to built up tension and establish our opening sequence. We used alot of close ups and extreme close ups of our protagonists face to show her emotions and well-being and have a proper understanding of the moods she is going through. We also used over the shoulder shots and steadycam tracking behind our character when she was running to show how again her well-being and her emotions when thinking she was being follwed.
Using a variety of shots in our sequence, not only made it more interesting to watch but also helps symbolise, show importance and help the audience understand the atmosphere and narative. Also, before making our opening sequence, we were told to include as many camera shots and angles as we could, as this can increase our final overall mark. If any improvement on our filming should be done, i would say to of used more rigid and canted angles whilst filming, to add more disorientation to the filming and help emphasise the mise-en-scene of the sequence. I also think we needed more close ups of Jess when she was scared to show the emotion in her face, however we did use sound to compensate for this as the building heartbeat made it more intence.
ADDITIONAL FILMING-
After we had done allour filming and started editing all of our shots together, as a team we couldnt help but feel like something was missing. After watching what we had produced as a first edit many times, we decided that we needed to film an additional scene. The scene we felt was neccessary, was a close up over the shoulder shot of Jess taking some tablets. This represented her taking drugs, and a wider understanding that due to the drugs being taken,this was why she was "tripping out". We felt it was neccessary to add this, as we realised that it may not of been completely obvious that Jess's actions and emotions was because of the drug taking during our sequence. During our sequence, we slotted in this short clip in various places, to reinforce the subject matter, and to also add to our genre and style of filming.
The only problems that occured whilst filming this additonal scene, was we didnt have the same outfit at hand to use for this additional shot. This was a problem, as we wanted the shot to be in the same timezone as all the other shots as it could create confusion. To overcome it, Jess pulled down her t-shirt to look as if it was the same top of the previous used dress and we slanted the camera slightly whilst filming, so the outfit was not that visible or obvious.
EDITING-
Editing is very crucial to our opening sequence. It is the key element to giving the ideology we want to portray and also backing up our chosen genre. To edit our film we used a software programme called Vegas MovieMaker Pro. Its a very easy to use programme allowing us to edit our final piece with the use of colour filters, transitions, slide overlays, sound, etc. As none of us were fully experienced in using Vegas Movie Maker Pro, we firstly uploaded our filming then experiemented and tested all the range of tools that came with it. From doing this, we actually managed to produce some exceptional editing work on some of our shots and also it gave us a knowledge of what tools and editing techniques to use on the rest of our filming. We used triple time on some parts of the film sequence and added colourations to certain parts to add to the the mise-en-scene, disorientation and visual state of mind in our piece. This backed up our initial idea we decided for editing, which was using editing tools to create even more disorientation and help show our protagonists movement through happiness to fraughtness during our sequence.
MATCH CUT- At the start of the sequence we used match cutting between the clips of Jess lying in the grass, her close upson her face and her flashbacks. We did this to firstly enable that the audience could understand why exactly she was waking up in a woods, and what had previously happend for her to be laying there. The editing done makes it appear that shes thinking about her previous night as shes staring into the camera, and this is reinforced by the quick images of her night that keeping cutting in.
In the flashback parts of the sequence, we experimented with different colour effects and filters to help subtlely emphasises Jess's emotions and the state of mind she was going through. It explains to the audience that it's abnormal state of mind and the hallucination confuses the audience, which intreges them even more a creates subtle suspense.
We also used different effects to create the right lighting making it darker in places when she was becoming scared.This represented a dark and dangerous tone and feeling occuring and is also a very typical technique in a Psychological Thriller genre. When it gets darker it shows the characters mood changing from happy and giggly to scared and paranoid.
We played around with the speed and pace of certain clips and shots in the opening sequence, speeding some up to double or triple speed and slowing some shots down to half speed. We did this to again add to the disorientation of the sequence and show how our protagonist, Jess, was going through in her state of mind and emotions, and that she was not acting sane. We also felt it added more interest to our sequence, making it more enjoyable to watch.
JUMP CUT- At the start of the opening sequence we used jump cuts from the long shot of her body laying on the ground, to a closer shot of her body at a different angle, then again another angle. We also then jump cut straight to a close up of her face to signify importance and build the intensity.
We also experimented with editing techniques such as fading and over lapping sequences to get the right flow and pace to ensure the opening sequence ran smoothly. Through experimenting we came up with other creative, stange results. In the begining through over lapping and editing the speed, we had jess's image duplicated in different places, resulting in a random cut between clips and showing a distorted image that we were trying to produce. One of our biggest editing challanges was the scene where Jess appeared 3 times in the same camera shot at once. When first trying this, we found we coouldnt get the right it perfect enough so that she did appear on the screen 3 times. Overlappying the 3 images had not worked correctly, so we had to think of another way to produce our chosen clip. Through experimenting with cookie cutters and a printscreen image of just the background of the shot, we managed to create a perfect clip of Jess appearing in 3 places at once on screen, and this clip definately added and showed the disorientated tone that we were after.
Another way we used fading in our clip was at the ending, where we tried to create the point of view shot of her eyes closing looking up at the trees before she passed out. We used an overlay on the shot which made the clip look blurred and distorted, and we also a fade out, fade in, fade out experimentation where we wanted to represent her eyes closing, then opening, then closing again. We found this experimentation a success and used this in our opening sequence also.
As we were filming mostly outdoors, we relied mainly on nautural lighting. At first we wanted to fim in the dark, but this became a problem as we could not see anything through the camera or in reality. We tried filming with torches, but they didnt help on shedding much light on our given situation. We thought about buying LED lights and sticking them around the shots, but we could not find some that were not wired and needed an electricity source. We also tried "Night Mode" on the camera, but resulted in a more pixelated picture and again, very little help. If we wanted to carry on filiming in the dark, the only solution was to buy a high tec powerful camera light, but none of us had enough money or enough time to purchase one. We then decided to change our plans to filming at twilight, just before dusk came. We found that this gave us a gloomy, spooky light and atmosphere to our filming and helped add to our genre of a psychological thriller.
SOUND-
There were 2 different types of sound we could use in our opening sequence; Diagetic & Non-diagetic.
Diagetic sound is already present in the clip, so its the sounds that happen whilst filming like background noises and dialogue. In our opening sequence we had diagetic sounds such as, birds chirping in the background, laughing, panting and movement sounds.
The non-diagetic sounds we used were background music and a heartbeat to create suspense and tension at needed point in the sequence.
At the start of our clip, we have diagetic noises such as birds chirping and the noicse from our protagonist waking up. We also have diagetic sounds through her mini flashbacks. Then just as the big flashbackk occurs we have non-diagetic background music start. The background music was created by me, Luke and Toby on a xylophone. We chose to use a xylophone as we felt this would add again to our genre and mise-en-scene of our opening sequence as it created a quirky, spooky sound. We will also added in a heartbeat sound where the girl starts getting paranoid and tripping out- this will build tension and change the ideology of the clip as the up beat music will show her happy and free, but the heartbeat will show the change in her well-being. We also decided to emphasise her breathing and add in heavy breathing to build tension.
There isn't any dialogue in the clip, as we only have laughter and the one protagonist to film. We felt this would again add to our mise-en-scene and genre.
MUSIC RESEARCH-
We researched and looked through many different websites to decide what background music to use, however couldnt find any that was right. Instead we decided to use a xylophone to create our background music. We also looked through many website to find the perfect heartbeat, we were successful in finding a well suited typr of heartbeat and used it.
FILMING-
Filming turned out to be more difficult than what we'd thought. Our main problem was the lighting, twice we attempted to film and it was too dark. When filming we tried to use as many different camera shots and angles. We used long shots and establishing shots to show the audience where the character was and establish the setting. The panning shot we used at the begining was to establish the setting and produce an automatic outline of our chosen genre. I feel this shot was effective because the timing and pace was just right to built up tension and establish our opening sequence. We used alot of close ups and extreme close ups of our protagonists face to show her emotions and well-being and have a proper understanding of the moods she is going through. We also used over the shoulder shots and steadycam tracking behind our character when she was running to show how again her well-being and her emotions when thinking she was being follwed.
Using a variety of shots in our sequence, not only made it more interesting to watch but also helps symbolise, show importance and help the audience understand the atmosphere and narative. Also, before making our opening sequence, we were told to include as many camera shots and angles as we could, as this can increase our final overall mark. If any improvement on our filming should be done, i would say to of used more rigid and canted angles whilst filming, to add more disorientation to the filming and help emphasise the mise-en-scene of the sequence. I also think we needed more close ups of Jess when she was scared to show the emotion in her face, however we did use sound to compensate for this as the building heartbeat made it more intence.
ADDITIONAL FILMING-
After we had done allour filming and started editing all of our shots together, as a team we couldnt help but feel like something was missing. After watching what we had produced as a first edit many times, we decided that we needed to film an additional scene. The scene we felt was neccessary, was a close up over the shoulder shot of Jess taking some tablets. This represented her taking drugs, and a wider understanding that due to the drugs being taken,this was why she was "tripping out". We felt it was neccessary to add this, as we realised that it may not of been completely obvious that Jess's actions and emotions was because of the drug taking during our sequence. During our sequence, we slotted in this short clip in various places, to reinforce the subject matter, and to also add to our genre and style of filming.
The only problems that occured whilst filming this additonal scene, was we didnt have the same outfit at hand to use for this additional shot. This was a problem, as we wanted the shot to be in the same timezone as all the other shots as it could create confusion. To overcome it, Jess pulled down her t-shirt to look as if it was the same top of the previous used dress and we slanted the camera slightly whilst filming, so the outfit was not that visible or obvious.
EDITING-
Editing is very crucial to our opening sequence. It is the key element to giving the ideology we want to portray and also backing up our chosen genre. To edit our film we used a software programme called Vegas MovieMaker Pro. Its a very easy to use programme allowing us to edit our final piece with the use of colour filters, transitions, slide overlays, sound, etc. As none of us were fully experienced in using Vegas Movie Maker Pro, we firstly uploaded our filming then experiemented and tested all the range of tools that came with it. From doing this, we actually managed to produce some exceptional editing work on some of our shots and also it gave us a knowledge of what tools and editing techniques to use on the rest of our filming. We used triple time on some parts of the film sequence and added colourations to certain parts to add to the the mise-en-scene, disorientation and visual state of mind in our piece. This backed up our initial idea we decided for editing, which was using editing tools to create even more disorientation and help show our protagonists movement through happiness to fraughtness during our sequence.MATCH CUT- At the start of the sequence we used match cutting between the clips of Jess lying in the grass, her close upson her face and her flashbacks. We did this to firstly enable that the audience could understand why exactly she was waking up in a woods, and what had previously happend for her to be laying there. The editing done makes it appear that shes thinking about her previous night as shes staring into the camera, and this is reinforced by the quick images of her night that keeping cutting in.
In the flashback parts of the sequence, we experimented with different colour effects and filters to help subtlely emphasises Jess's emotions and the state of mind she was going through. It explains to the audience that it's abnormal state of mind and the hallucination confuses the audience, which intreges them even more a creates subtle suspense.
We also used different effects to create the right lighting making it darker in places when she was becoming scared.This represented a dark and dangerous tone and feeling occuring and is also a very typical technique in a Psychological Thriller genre. When it gets darker it shows the characters mood changing from happy and giggly to scared and paranoid.
We played around with the speed and pace of certain clips and shots in the opening sequence, speeding some up to double or triple speed and slowing some shots down to half speed. We did this to again add to the disorientation of the sequence and show how our protagonist, Jess, was going through in her state of mind and emotions, and that she was not acting sane. We also felt it added more interest to our sequence, making it more enjoyable to watch.
JUMP CUT- At the start of the opening sequence we used jump cuts from the long shot of her body laying on the ground, to a closer shot of her body at a different angle, then again another angle. We also then jump cut straight to a close up of her face to signify importance and build the intensity.
We also experimented with editing techniques such as fading and over lapping sequences to get the right flow and pace to ensure the opening sequence ran smoothly. Through experimenting we came up with other creative, stange results. In the begining through over lapping and editing the speed, we had jess's image duplicated in different places, resulting in a random cut between clips and showing a distorted image that we were trying to produce. One of our biggest editing challanges was the scene where Jess appeared 3 times in the same camera shot at once. When first trying this, we found we coouldnt get the right it perfect enough so that she did appear on the screen 3 times. Overlappying the 3 images had not worked correctly, so we had to think of another way to produce our chosen clip. Through experimenting with cookie cutters and a printscreen image of just the background of the shot, we managed to create a perfect clip of Jess appearing in 3 places at once on screen, and this clip definately added and showed the disorientated tone that we were after.
Another way we used fading in our clip was at the ending, where we tried to create the point of view shot of her eyes closing looking up at the trees before she passed out. We used an overlay on the shot which made the clip look blurred and distorted, and we also a fade out, fade in, fade out experimentation where we wanted to represent her eyes closing, then opening, then closing again. We found this experimentation a success and used this in our opening sequence also.
