Editing

Editing has been postponed because we cant get the film onto the editing program. :(

Update: We have managed to get the film on the computer and have edited pretty much all of it. All we need to do now is put in the titles,credits and add in sound.

Uploading troubles

During the first few days of the new term, we have had a bit of difficulty with the software and cameras. And as of yet we have been unable to upload our filming that we did. So at the moment the editing will be a bit delayed. We are not that worried about this short delay but we realise that once it is uploaded we really have to get a move on and work very hard. We can however start researching for music and convert the institutions clip into AVI format. Which I will do tonight as at school we have had a slight problem (this was just that the clip was quite bad quality so I will try again later).

Filming

Well during half term me and Jonny started filming for Pursuer. This was the ideal time to start as we were able to use both our actors and location at a time that would suit us instead of rushing to get there or not being able to film due to it getting too dark. We started off by taking footage of Paul (Charlie) walking through the gates of a school close by to my house in Cobham, the main reason for this was the fact we did not have enough time in the opening scenes to get from our school (Therfield)to my house which is where the indoor bit is filmed. We then filmed Paul walking towards a large iron bridge. At this point we introduce another character, 'The UNKNOWN'. The identity of this character is hidden throughout the begining of the opening. As we go over the iron bridge we see that Paul is being follwed. We used a variety of shots during these scenes, this is to create the right effect and for our viewers. As Paul walks over the bridge on the other side of the road it fades out and goes into him walking up his driveway, the camera switched to inside the house to see Paul open the door from inside and then he puts his bag down and goes to start his homework on the computer. When he suddenly becomes scared about something. This is becasue as he opens the computer a window opens and it says "I'm watching you!", at this point Paul says the only bit of dialogue, "What the hell!?". He stands up and the chair behind him falls back n the floor. He then goes to reach for the telephone and he dials in 999. THe operator answers and Paul then says "Police please!". After he says this we see him look outside the window and standing there in the garden is 'The UNKNOWN' playing with a large knife. In this last few scenes we used many shots such as Pan, Zoom, Close up, Extreme close up and Tilt shots. This is also to create the right effect we want and to create more of an immersive viewing experience for the end viewer.

FIlming Equipment

For the filming of Pursuer we will be using a 'Canon Digital Video Camcorder MD235' which can be seen to the left, the main reason we chose this over the other two cameras is this camera had a better zoom function and we would have been restricted with the zoom if we had chosen one of the other camera. We will be able to create the right shots from this camera and it will work very successfuly I think. The Canon camera we will use will perform the tasks required in a high quality format.

We will also be using a microphone that can be plugged into the jack in the camera, we will use this to cut out any background noise that might occur inside the house when we are filming the dialogue. The microphone that we will use can be seen to the right.

The final piece of equipment we will use is a tripod (Jessops TP320) , we will use this to keep the camera steady while filming, this will also enable us to achieve a better effect when we want to pan the camera etc. The tripod we will use can be seen to the right.

First time Filming

Its the first day of half term and the first day of our group filming for our 2 minute film. We managed to get all the scenes that we wanted and it all went really well. We even thanked the heavens for it started snowing for like 10 minutes when we were filming outside even if we didnt want it too. This created a better and a damn colder effect to the outside scenes that we did. Putting together all the camera angles and movements in the scenes we did really paid off because when we watched it through it really did seem like a convincing Horror/Thriller and this was even without the music that we will have to put in! Im sure that by the time half term is over and we go back to school Dan and I will find a problem meaning that we will have to do another scene again but we will see what we can do...

Final Film Institution

Our chosen production company will be Pathe Pictures the main reason being that these companies are well known in the industry for producing and distributing a wide variety of very successful films such as Aardmans 'Chicken Run', Danny Boyles box office hit 'Slumdog Millionaire' and 'The Queen' by Stephen Frears. These films are all 'British Films' because of the actors, plot and location. We would choose Pathe as they would be able to get Pursuer out into the film industry and make our film successful.

Movie ideas...

I have been watching quite a few films recently so that i can get more ideas for camera shots and angles we may want to use for our film. For example the beginning of the film Donnie Darko is very mysterious and the editing that is used is very slow so it kind of makes the audience sleepy too because the main Character is about to wake up and introduce himself but no dialog is used which would confuse the audience. I was thinking of using mid shots, close ups, and extreme close ups. All these camera shots will help give the right effect for the audience. All these shots will built tension and will eventually lead up to a climb axe of seeing the 'Killer' in the window.

Audience Profiling

Audience Profiling - Horror, Thriller and Action

There is a main reason why I have undertaken research into Audience Profiling. This is to give me an idea of other films in the same or similar genre. I have found out many things such as estimated box office totals, the certificate, and the age groups that are going to watch the specific film. As you can see from the films I have reaearched below all of them are rated certificate 12 or 15. However I think our film will be good to have a certificate 12 as the audience that are going to watch the film will be aged 12 and above. This is seeing as our film doesn't have any graphical violence or severe horror scenes.

The Dark Knight
estimated box office: £20,000,000
genre: Action, Horror
director: Christopher Nolan
film cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman
certificate: 12a
distributor: Warner Brothers
gender split: male 67% female 33%
age groups watched by:
4-6 0%
7-11 6%
12-14 9%
15-24 28%
25-34 31%
35-44 15%
45+ 11%

Terminator Salvation
price: B-
estimated box office: £20,000,000
genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
director(s): Joseph McGinty Nichol
film cast: Christian Bale, Anton Yelchin, Sam Worthington
certificate: 12a
distributor: Sony Pictures Intl.
gender split: male 62% female 38%
age groups watched by:
4-6 0%
7-11 4%
12-14 6%
15-24 28%
25-34 20%
35-44 18%
45+ 24%

The Strangers
price: C
estimated box office: £3,000,000
genre(s): Thriller, Horror
director(s): Bryan Bentino
film cast: Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Gemma Ward
certificate: 15
distributor: Universal Pictures
gender split: male 40% female 60%
age groups watched by:
age gender
4-6 0%
7-11 0%
12-14 0%
15-24 74%
25-34 13%
35-44 0%
45+ 13%

The Unborn
price: D
estimated box office: £1,000,000
genre(s): Horror, Thriller
director(s): David S.Goyer
film cast: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Cam Gigandet
certificate: 15
distributor: Universal Pictures
gender split: male 51% female 49%
age groups watched by:
4-6 0%
7-11 0%
12-14 0%
15-24 54%
25-34 26%
35-44 12%
45+ 8%

Vacancy
price: C
estimated box office: £2,500,000
genre(s): Thriller
director(s): Nimród Antal
film cast: Kate Beckinsale, Andrew Fiscella, Dale Waddington Horowitz, Luke Wilson
certificate: 15
distributor: Sony Pictures Intl.
gender split: male 54% female 46%
age groups watched by:
4-6 0%
7-11 0%
12-14 0%
15-24 60%
25-34 27%
35-44 10%
45+ 3%

Film Music

Currently we are looking into music for our film. We need to make sure we choose the right music otherwise it will not go with our film. It needs to be eerie and mysterious so that we create the right feel/atmosphere within our film. I am looking at a website called Free Play Music as this is not copyright protected.

Six Feet Under Opening Scene.

I liked this opening scene because it has some really good close ups on items that have lots to do with the film. The music is also really good and goes with the mood of the scene. I like the way that the camera does a close up on things and its blurry in the back round. We will use some of these techniques for our film to make it look better.

Film Rating.

We decided to give our film a 12 rating so that it can appeal to most audiences.
This is what the producers who made the Dark Knight did. This was so they could get the biggest audience as possible. Some people did disagree about the Dark Knight's certificate because of the graphic scenes and violence in the movie. Our film wont have much violence but it could scare some younger children.