Thriller Idea's - Set Up

Title Sequence

In yesturday lesson we studied all about title sequences.

 Traditional title: The first one we looked was the traditonal, which is a blackground with text, and then the text starts. For example we looked at 'One Hour Photo', which is the traditonal opening. I found this title opening really effective becuase it sets a tone, this is done by the font, colour, movement, extra graphic, music. In 'One Hour Photo', they use colour of the font fade away in to the background, which make as if the font is being developed. Also when the font flashes up on the title we see around the colour font there is camera function. So as audience we suggest that it is something to do with camera.

Stright in to the film and then title on: The second clip we looked at was stright in to the film and then title on the top. This title sequence really grabbed my attention. It gently feeds the audience the information. We looked at the 'Stepfather'. All we get in the first 2 minutes of the 'Stepfather is a guy calmly and methodically changing his appearance. As the audience we don't know what has happened, but we understand it is Christmas in America, because of the decorations on the house. 

Discrete title: This title we looked at was one of bond's films. 'Casino Royale'. When the opening sequence starts it is separated from the rest of the film. So there is weapon, casino, gabbling, fighting scenes. sexy bond girls. However we don't know anything about the characters or seen any of the scenes or events. I think this title sequence is really effective because it is not giving anything away from the film, which as a audience member is really good. 

Stylised title: A combination of straight in to the film and then title on and the discrete title. Because the film began and the audience are meeting the characters and narrative events are happening, like the discrete title. So it stands alone in a sense as a action thriller

Editing

After filming our prelims we had to edit them. The programme we used was final cut pro. Is a very good and quick programme, which is used by some big editing companies.

As I have never used this programme before it was all new to me. So as a class we were shown how to work it. The two main folders, which they use in editing, are called rush bin and log bin. The rush bin is for all the clips you have filmed, then the log bin is the clips you think will be useful and to be used for making the film.

We had to watch all of the clips, which we had filmed. Then place the useful clips in the log bin, then the not so useful clips in the rush bin. It is always good to keep all the clips, as you never know if you want them again.

Then we started cutting and moving the clips around to make it flow. This process takes time and concentration to do, but when you have finished it is very rewarding on what you have filmed and edited.

When looking back at all of the clips we had filmed, there were obvious mistakes, which we need to take in consideration when we film our thriller. I think the main mistake was the placing of the camera, and the outcome was that the sounds were all different in each shot.

I really enjoyed doing the editing, and looking forward to editing my thriller in a couple of month’s time.  

This is the programme which we use for editing our prelims, (final Cut Pro).