Filming The Beginning

Last night I went out and filmed a few shots that do not need to have characters in. I found by the time I went outside I only had 20 minuets to film. Thereofre when I go out and film tonight I am going out an hour earlier so that I have time to complete more filming. As when it got to dark last night even with the torch the camera had no definition and everything just looked black.

When filming the shots last night I had a torch with me which made the shots look more mysterious to fit the thriller genre. I hope tonights filming is succesful, and that the weather allows me to film. Then after christmas I can begin editing. Also due to some shots being filmed inside these can be filmed whenever so they will be completed tonight by using many different angles such as high angle low angle zooms and pans.

Technology I have Used

Filming Begins

I am going to begin filming shots of the location tonight and then tommorow evening I hope to film with my main character so that i have most of the footage. I will go out as it begins to get dark. I will use a college harddrive camera. I will use many different shots the footage will then be uploaded on friday.

Music

Finding music for my teaser trailer, to me was one of the most challenging parts as I found it hard to source what I wanted. I searched through lots of different tracks but couldnt find anything that would fit my teaser trailer. I tried the two songs below with my teaser trailer however they did not create the correct atmosphere.

Schindler's List-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMx2SKIRkw4


I looked into this music as I knew it would create a uncomfortable and eerie atmosphere. However when I placed this track on the footage that had been shot, it moved to slow and did not fit in with the style of the teaser trailer.

Bullet Proof-


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-WMpc61wpk



I the experimented with using the opening to this track before the singing began however I found that after recieving feedback from other media students it was to robotic. Also it did not create the desired atmosphere.

I therefore had to continue my search for music for my teaser trailer. This was very time consuming and caused a delay as I needed the music to be able to continue editing, so the shots fit with the music.
I then found some music that will fit my film.
Something on the track by Harry Gregson Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alztY5QCXHE


This music had a faster tempo which fit the pace of my shots, also it helped to create a unexpected and thrilling atmosphere. The music is very eerie and creepy. Therefore as the music changes pace this can fit with my shots throughout the editing process.

What needs to be done before Christmas

• Filming- Due to illness of my actors and actress's this has had to be postponed. This has been re schedualed for Wednesday 15th December.

• Upload the footage filmed so far onto the Mac

• Select a choice of music for my thriller

Music For my Thriller Trailer

To do this I am going to lok through You Tube for differnt styles I will then place different examples on my blog so that I know all of my options I will then compare them all and when editing place a final two over the trailer to see which sounds the best.



1. Something on the Track