First Blood Productions

Second Cut Of Silentium

 

This is an updated version of the last one as this has the extra clip that I didn't add in to the last video. This one also includes better music and voice sound so you are able to hear he father speak over the music this time.

Also in his video I have spelt things correctly this time and added in people that I have forgotten to add in.

 

What went well with this edit is that I now have a more of an understanding of the software that I am using. The music and sound sounds better than the last as I know how to make the music lower in sound and able how to make the dialogue louder so you can hear the spoken parts in the video.

 

What could be improved:I think that the actual credits need to be changed as transition from person to person don't have them all the same all the way through as I is the same as the main title at the end of the sequence. The dialogue needs to be re-recorded so it sounds better and no so crackly.

 

Focus Group On The First Cut Of Silentium

After listening to the feedback hat I got I am going o change a few things into my third cut as I already created the second cut before this.

They gave great feedback especially about the titles in the sequence as they are all different instead of just being one transaction for every single one.

 

Silentium Completed With Out Production Company

This is the first version of the finished title sequence as it has the credits and music in it but I doesn't have the production company at the beginning and if there is anything that could be changed then I can change it as I haven't fully completed it.

Understanding Editing Software

 

Cyberlink Powerdirector 10

This is what I used to edit the whole horror title sequence, I use this as it is a really good software as it has more than the software we use at school and it is a lot less complicated to use compared to the Adobe Preliminary 8 what the school runs. Powerdirector 10 is faster and it doesn't need to render the videos like the Adobe does at school which saves quite a chunk of time as I would of took about 30 minutes just to render and prepare the background for the videos to be placed on the time line, with time ling a big thing the Powerdirectot 10 doesn't need to stop to load everything you cut or place on the time line it is all smooth and no stopping involved.

     

This is an image of the set up on the Powerdirector 10. As you can see how easy it is to navigate around the system. There are icons along the side of the system that are to add; Video, Effects, Objects, Practical Room, Title Room, Transition Room, Audio Mixing Room, Voice Over Recording Room, Chapter Room and Subtitle Room.

You have your main viewing area on the top right hand side which shows you eveything that you are doing.

 

You can see rows at the bottom of this screen/image they are the layers of video, music, titles and transitions, this is very help full and better than the Adobe that we have at school. You can also see the wild range of titles that you can use on the video seen on your left next to the viewing point on the screen.

Music Used In Opening Sequence

Music

In the opening sequence that I edited I added music so it would hide most of the back ground noise plus it built up a lot of tension to the sequence as some times the music would complement what is happening on the screen e.g. it does this well when the Farther punches the Farmer in the face it has a sudden bang in the music. The music builds the most tension when it is getting to the end of the sequence especially when the Farther gets close to the Farmer and gets knocked down and the music gets faster and louder till the axe comes down and the screen goes black it is and sound less.

The music is also a key element to a horror as it keeps the audience alert as it can tell them if something bad is coming or if something is going to make them jump .

The music I chose is called Lethal Injection it is copy right free from this website www.freeplaymusic.com.

The website has a lot of different genera's of music you can ask for. 

Health And Safety

Health And Safety 

When we first was going to shoot the horror opening sequence we hand to take on board how we are going to stab the Farmer with a real knife to split the blood bag that I made for the scene. The first why I tried to make it safe was by putting cardboard behind the blood bad and taping the cardboard to the leg of the farmer which was me at the time it didn't work so I had to put the blood bag in my sock so it wouldn't fall down my leg any more, this was dangerous but I told the actor playing the Woman in the role in the film that she would have to stab my ankle as the she would feel the blood bag when it is peas but she didn't want to do it in case she might actually stab me so we had to film it from behind me so I had to stab myself to let the blood out.

The second health and safety aspect was when the Farmer is swinging the axe at the woman in the end scene of the opening title sequence. So the actor who was the Farmer had to learn how to first hold an axe, second how to swing an axe and lastly learn how to stop the axe in mid swing which was very important as we don't want to actually kill the Woman.

Another part of safety was the barn its self and what is inside it the barn like tools and machinery that could hurt us if we decided to touch things that we shouldn't be touching so every thing was switched off by the trip box. 

Ross had to tell the gate keeper that we was on the land at night to film the night shots with the Farmer chasing after the Woman with an axe, the gate keeper could of shot us.

Costume (Father In Changed Opening Sequence)

The Farther

The Father is a new character as we had to change the story due to our female actor having medical problems on the day of filming.
The father is a strong character who is looking for his daughter as she has been kidnapped and the Father's suspicions leads him to the Farmer, who he goes after to kill but he ends up being kidnapped himself and his coat taken away from him as it isn't on him in the title sequence.
The Father escapes and knock's out the Farmer and walks off but a voice for inside his head tells him to finish off the job to try and kill him but this leads to the Farther's death without knowing where his daughter is.
His costume:
Black top
Light grey jeans
Black shoes
The reason why the Farther is in black is to show that he brings death to the opening sequence to try and take the Farmers life but fails. With the failure the black now makes it look like he is wearing his funeral clothes as you wear black at funerals.

New Actor (Due To Changes On The Day Of Filming)

Name: Lewis Barnard

Age: 16

Hight: 6 ft 5 inch

Build: Tall/Solid/Big/Wide

Hair Colour: Brown

I decided to put myself up for the role of the Farther as we had no time to get another actor to help us. I act anyway as I am doing AS Performing arts at school so I can bring something good to the filming.

I am Directing the opening sequence as well so I can get the shots and what I want the Farther to do at the same time which is helpful as I am both.

The New Changes To The Horror Title Sequence

Final Changes 

Today jack in-boxed me and had an idea how to make the time of our opening sequence shorter as last week we filmed and we didn't get everything as the camera didn't save our work, with the only work we did have that lasted for 5 minutes maybe more if we had every bit of our recording. He had the idea of making them not having any speaking parts so we could have black outs to put our credits on which was amazing idea.

Today we didn't have our female actor as she was unable to make it due to a health problem, with jacks idea in mind i said why don't we have a guy/father that has had his little girl taken from him by the farmer. The father would be kidnapped by trying to kill the farmer, so he would ask questions about where she is and stuff. in between each scene will be a black out to put the credits on. The story continues with the father escaping and punches the farmer and turns back to finish the job off by his inside voice in his head tells him too but fails and gets killed himself. 

With the changes I hope that this has been the best idea for our opening sequence as they say the best idea is always the last idea, but my screenplay has nothing to do with the opening sequence now as it is a man looking for his daughter but gets killed by the farmer. This was the only thing we could do as we had no other time to film and it was necessary as we didn't have our female actor.

We have also changed the Farmers costume as Louis couldn't get the mask/head bag we wanted so he has got bandages and a breathing/air filter mask on. As the Farther is a new character he is wearing black to represent death that he wants to bring to the farmer for him taking his daughter. So he wears dark jeans, black top, he did wear a black jacket but it was taken off him when the farmer tied him up so you don't see it only in the images. 

The New Story Bord

New Story Board

 

This is my story board for the changes that had happen to the filming due to reasons, so it is a hole new story really

Silentium Original Story From Screenplay

This was edited on the schools system and this is why I don't like to use it as it makes the picture look rubbish with it being pixelated and having weird lines going through it.

This is too long so we shortened it as you can see when you go through the blog, so we needed to make it 2 Min's long not 5 as the brief asked it to be the first 2 Min's of a horror movie opening. This is also not the full video as the memory card did not save all of the recordings that we did on the day.

 

This is the only version we have with our female actor as she was unavailable on the day we needed to film the whole thing fully with the other male actor when he came.

From this raw footage we know that we need to make it not as long so it fits with the criteria.