Credit Sketch

By Tom Whelan

The Editing Process

This shows the amount of audio and FX that went into the making of our film, we have changed the audio level in some parts so it flows smoothly. We had to arrange the audio so it matched up with the video and that the sound was in the correct position .

This shows the audio and video fades that were used to create a professional look for the film, this works well with the genre of the film, as it's dark and mysterious and things are not normal as is normally expected. Also the time lapse we used had to be cut from 1 Hr 40 min to around 10 seconds, to do this we cut some unnecessary parts and sped the clip up by 20,000%.

This shows the colour corrector that we used to add the effect onto the film. To create a dark, and mysterious atmosphere we created a black and white scene onto the some of the clips. This is a simple, yet effective way to change the whole look of the film, and to make it appear professional.

We used Livetype to create the credits and the title sequence, this is the first time i have used this software and i am now more familiar into how to use it. We decided on the red colour and font, this goes well with the nature of the film, we then exported it to Final Cut Express where we placed it into our film.

By Charlie Gilbert

What we learnt from the preliminary and Engaging The Audience

We have learnt a lot from the preliminary task , and expanded our knowledge on how to use final cut express. doing the preliminary helped us understand the structure of final cut and the effects we could use. We understood as well that a script is important and that planning what we are doing is a must. We discovered different camera angles doing the starter task and became more familiar in what we could do with the camera such as using low angle shots. we planned the main film with everyone and took the necessary equipment such as the tripod and camera. we discovered though later on that we need more shots of the news report scene as the clip was to long and maybe a shot reverse shot would of been better, but we got around this by using this for our credit sequence and breaking the report up with quick clips of a zombie attack.

Engaging The Audience

We are going to get the audience gripped into our film by making it mysterious and engaging. to do this the credits will be appealing as well as the news reports which are realistic and tells you what has took place. Also the sound adds to the atmosphere and the FX sounds are also effective.

Focus Group 2

What we would do differently-

Firstly we would use older, more experienced actors that are confident in front of the camera and know what to do. What we would also change is to make it more of an opening than a trailer type opening, the news reporter as well needs to be a good actor as he seemed emotionless and was not looking directly at the screen. Finally we felt that maybe a wider variety of clips and locations may have been better, and used a variety of places.

News Report

Although we know that the actor is not looking at the screen we feel that it does not matter as it is going to be shown in the corner of the room on a TV, so wouldn,t be as noticeable.

Storyboards

BY Charlie Gilbert

Character Descriptions

Character descriptions

There are only four characters that play an important role in this introduction to our Zombie film. They are (in order of appearance) the boy, the news reporter, the dead corpse and finally the zombie.

The News Reporter

The news reporter is seen as being a typical news reporter; smart, serious and nicely spoken. He plays an important part in setting the scene for the rest of the film, due to the fact that he is giving all of the information needed to understand the rest of the clip. Because of this, she needs to have a big impact on the audience so that they are paying attention to her, and therefore like I just said, understand the rest of the film. As she is speaking, she is very serious. This puts across the seriousness of the news report that she is getting across.

The Boy

The boy has a loving and warm personality, whilst not really being able to show this in the short time we have, hopefully his "simple" clothes will show that he isn't a crazy and outgoing person, but someone you can easily warm to. This is important so he comes across as being weak, and also vulnerable.

The Dead Corpse

The dead corpse is simple, emotionless and with guts coming out of her body. That's all.

The Zombie

Finally, the Zombie will have to be as scary as possible. Therefore he is quick on his feet, blood all around his face and shirt and is not afraid of death. Even though the Zombie will hopefully be scary, to add a sence of a typical Zombie film, he will be quite stupid too. This adds a sence of comedy to the film too.

If we had a Hollywood Budget, we would firstly use Jesse Eisenberg, this is because he is a fairly young actor and has been in the movie ZombieLand which is similar to our film. Another character that could be the girl in the film could be Megan Fox as she has acted in a variety of films and would attract the male audience to watch the film.

By

Tom Whelan