EDITING THE SEQUENCES

 START OF EDITING, WITH NAMING THE SHOTS

While we renamed it we also started sorting out which videos are suitable and which ones we do not need. We also thought about which scenes we will put after each other and which ones might replace the others if they don't fit perfectly as we want it to. 

ORGANIZATION

 Start / Mise-en-scene / Props



Starting today at 6-7pm in the evening at the outside of the pub " The Three Horse Shoes" in Letchmore Heath. We leave after dinner and are finally back for 7 o'clock Call.


We organized the first thriller shots today. 

Mainly we thought about the costumes and the important Mise-en-scene props. We decided to use a Long, black trench code for Max Thiele, who acts as the criminal. A very Important prop is the knife from the criminal, because their will be a close-up on it and it is important for the understanding. 












We are going to use Knife from my boardings house kitchen. 

Max will wear big, black boots to step on the cigarette, which is a synonym for the victims life. The will be again in a scene, when the criminal runs past the camera to follow the victim, which is running away. after it has seen the knife in the criminals hand.

PRACTICING Camerawork

  Practicing our shots

Today we practiced our single shots in the classroom without the real location that we have a rough knowledge how to film every single scene and how to film it that we have enough of every scene. I mean that if we cut it to the final film there must be enough afterwards as well. Furthermore we discussed how everyone has to react in every scene that we do not have to do it again.
So if you have seen our storybook, we have especially practiced the scenes where we will have to use the zoom or where the camera is moving.

If you see number 2 or 3. We tried these ones to 
make it look real and with a good camera movement. The case is, that we can't use real alcohol, so we have to make it up somehow, like apple juice etc. We will use cigarettes, but only for the scene where the victim steps onto it.

Here, we have done the scene 11, 12 and 13. Especially 11, because it is a very special and important scene, where everything has to be perfectly connected, when we cut it and film it.    

We will use cigarette smoke, but you are not able to see the cigarette, because that is not allowed. 

START of filming

We are going to start filming this week. We think the start will be Tuesday 26 of February after school. We need to get the permission form of the pub-owner. Our plan is to start filming from the opposite direction, so the we will begin with the last scene of the opening scene. The scene, which includes more different actors will be filmed on the weekend, because it is easier to get the people, which are neccesary down to the pub.

The reason for the late start, is that we had half-term and Marcel and me weren't able to met us and we had not the location for our video in Germany.

SCRIPT apposite to the Storyboard

I will tell you now a bit about Marcel and my Script for the thriller. 

We did the Storyboard already from the first draw to the final version. 

- a important detail is that between each shot will be a complete black screen.

Marcel's Blog: http://marcellexasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Rough first draw: http://florianberberichasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/drafts-storyboard.html

Final Version: http://florianberberichasmedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/final-storyboard.html

1)
 1 Shot: There will  be a close-up on a beer which stands on a table. The camera will be focused on that beer and you see some blurry people in the background. A hand will crap the beer, but the camera will remain on the place where the drink was before.

2)
 2 Shot:  The next shot is a wide establishing shot or long shot. This helps us to show the flair and mood of the pub and the funny and hilarous night with his friends. So youare going to see the victim with his mates and they bump their pints in the air. So you see in the foreground the victim with his friends and in the backround the other people in the pub. So the aim is to show the good mood and humour in this moment.

3)
 3 Shot: The third shot will follow the arm of the victim, when he is going to lift the pint up to his mouth from the table. We are not sure yet, maybe we are going to use a over the shoulder to film this shot, so you can see how he lifts the beer to his mouth. The other options are we place the camera on the table and lift the camera a bit from the table to follow the movement, this would be a worms-eye-view.

4)
4 Shot: This should is another really short shot, which shows empty glasses. So the audience could conclude from this shot that the friends are ready to leave the pub.

5)
 5 Shot: The fifth shot is focused on the victim as he leaves the table and graps his cigarettes, which were placed on the table for the whole time. This fifth scene could include two shots. Firstly the victim stands-up and secondly a close-up on the cigarette box. So the camera will follow the dissappearance of the victim to have a fag.

6) 
6 Shot: This shot is focused on the handshake of the victim and his friends, because he is going to leave. So he shakes their hands. This could include a close-up on the hands or a long-shot to show the whole scenery.

7)
 7 Shot: This is a very special shot, because it follow the victim throw the opub as he leaves through the door and is at the outside of the pub. But the camera just stay´s inside and  follows the victim throw the window at the outside of the pub. The audience is able to see that the victim meets other smokers and he is asking for a lighter.

8) 
8 Shot: In this shot the second main character come´s on the screen, but you don´t see his face, because it is hided behind the hood of his sweatshirt. You clearly see in this scene that the criminal lights the cigarette of the victim. The are obviously talking to each other and the victim is grateful for the favour.

9)
9 Shot: Close-up on the victims head during he´s smoking he is still quite relaxed and dosen´t expect anything in this scene. 

10) 
10 Shot: In this shot the victim leaves the pub. We are going to use a over the shoulder from the perspective of the criminal, when the victim walks the street along. And he throw´s his cigarette away in this shot, as well.

11) 
11 Shot: This shot shows then a close-up on the cigarette on the ground. And the criminal steps on the cigarette and squahs and crush the cigarette on the ground. This should be a synonym for the victim, so the audience should know now that the criminal dosen´t really wants the best for the victim.

12)
 12 Shot: This is a over the shoulder again on the victim, which is walking away from the pub.

13)
 13 Shot: This is a close up on the pocket of the criminal, as he puts a knife out of his pocket. If we are able to realize that, we will show the victim really blurry in the background.

14) 
 14 Shot: Then the victim stops and turns around, you see the knife or blade, which holds the criminal in his hand. So it is a kind of shot-reverse-shot and you see the fear in the eyes of the victim and then the camera goes back to the criminal and show him smiling.

15)
 15 Shot: Now the camera is focused on the criminal. The shot, which is used in this scene is a over-the-shoulder from the victim. The criminal just starts to run in the direction of the the victim, with the knife in his hand so it is obviously for the V that it´s going to be dangerous for him in a few seconds. The soundtrack will fit perfectly to this scene.

16) 
16 Shot:  In this short shot you see a close-up on the shoes of the victim. Then they turn around and starting to run in the oppesite direction. Consequently, away from the criminal.

17) 
17 Shot: The Camera stay´s in the same position as the in Shot 16 and just wait until the shoes of the criminal passes the camera, so the same position, where the victim stood a few sec´s ago. After the C passed the camera it moves to the right and shows both person running. The V runs for his life.

This is the end of the opening scene.

Soundtrack

We show you in this post, how we made the soundtrack. Including the Software (GargeBand) and the test version, which was made by Marcel.

Playing around with GarageBand to find o good soundtrack for our Thriller opening scene.

http://www.yookamusic.com/playlist/soundtracks_suspense_thriller

Here are the Top 12 of the best Horror and Thriller Soundtracks. 

Here is a really short and rough version of our soundtrack to our thriller. We started it with a noise of crowed pub with laugh and many voices.
Then it continuous to a really tension and suspense sound and in the end the sound of heartbeat is included.

Characters of the Thriller

The Actors and their particular role in the film

• The Criminal will be played by Max.
• The Victim will be played by myself.
• The other two actors in the pub scene will be played by two other students of Aldenham School, which are Moritz Floschuetz and Simon Schwarz.
• Filming will be done by Florian Berberich and myself.

The two different additional actors can still change, because we do not need especially these two. So in the final version you will find out who it will be due to the titles.

PERMISSON FORM Locations

We need to do a Permission form for the location we use, as well. We are only use one private location, which is the " The Three Horse Shoes". All our other locations are public streets or parks, so wee don't need a permission form.



Permisson Form                                                                                     Date XX/YY/ZZZZ

I, ____________________________________________, agree to allow the Aldenham students, Marcel and Florian to use the Pub "Three Horse Shoes" as location for their AS Thriller video.

Owner of the Pub,

Signed: _______________________________________

The GREEN area's need to be signed by the owner/s of the Pub. 

PERMISSON FORM Actor's

For our film, we need to get permission from our actors to ensure that we can use them in our film.  I shall be giving these out in the next few days - probably only to 2 actors, as our main character is a boy; the other actor will be a boy, as well,  who will be used as the criminal, but you will never see his face.  The permission form looks like this:



Permission Form                                                                          Date XX/YY/ZZZZ

I, ____________________________________________, agree to take part and allow

for public viewings of Marcel Lex and Florian Berberich's Media Studies

Thriller film.  They may post their Thriller on their blogs.

Signed: _______________________________________

The person needs to sign the RED area's.

Next POST's

1) The next one will be about the different Actors

2) We are going to compose our score and soundtrack for the film.

3) Write the script with the name of each actor in each scene.

4) Get permission of the Three Horse Shoes and post the signed form on the blog

LOCATIONS

Our location is going to be a Pub. We are looking at the Three Horse Shoes in Letchmore Heath. 

We need to sort it out first with the owner of the pub. 

All the scenes are in the Pub from scene 1 to 5. And then it continuous outside or near the pub.

We are going to use this location during the night, because it creates tension.

Some pictures of the location: 

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3)  There were the people are located on the picture will be the scene with the cigarette. 
In scene 7,8 and 9

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As you can see in this picture on the right is a street where the victim will walk along.

In scene 10,11,12,13,14,15,16 and 17. 

   

FINAL Storyboard

 FINAL Storyboard 


We did then a final storyboard with proper drawings and good explanations for each shot. It visually tells the story of the animation panel by panel, kind of like a comic book.It tells something about what characters are in the frame, and how are they moving, what are the characters doing, where the “camera” is in the scene – close or far away. Creating a storyboard helped me to plan our animation out shot by shot. And: a storyboard is very helpful to get feedback. Between all the different shots will be a black screen withg the titles on it or not, we are not sure about this yet. And the different shots are not just shots which are focused on a single prop or scene, there will camera movement in these shots, as well. So the Storyboard just shows an overview about the different shots and not the exactlly movement and position of the camera. So this just helps the audience to imagne the rough plot. We will change the different shots and movements during the time we film the thriller, because we are maybe not able to do one or two sghots or we might have better idea. All of the shots will take place between 5 - 10pm at night or in the late evening.

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DRAFTS Storyboard

Storyboard Drafts 

We started yesterday with the rough drafts of our storyboard including all of your shots we want to use and the main plot becomes visible on the drafts.

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PRELIMINARY TASK Final Version

This is the final version of the task, but still with a little sound problem. 

Enjoy!

The preliminary task is relatively simple, made up of 11 shots.
1)  is a LS

2) There is then a CUT to a CU

3) There is a CUT to, a MLS.
4) There is a CUT to a MS

5) The next CUT is to a 2-shot, LS of the 2 people in the room.
6) CUT to OS MCU + dialogue

7) CUT to an OS

8) CUT to the original OS shot.
9) CUT back to the 2nd OS shot.
10) CUT back to the original OS shot.
11) CUT back to the 2nd OS shot.  Fade out, and end.

PRELIMINARY TASK

This is our test video with Jack G, Duncan Q and Tom R. We did this before the whole blog to learn all the skills for editing and cutting. Actors are Tom and myself.

This is the unrefined Version of the Video: 

We did this on a afternoon to get used to the camera, teamwork with the other media studies students, software, cutting and editing. 

ORDER OF TITLE`s

Order of the titles in the opening scene. This helps us to create the right order for our own thriller.
So, I analyzed the opening scene of signs.

1) 0:03sec - Label that presents the film
2) 0: 10sec - Business that Produced the film
3) 0:17sec - The first actor is shown, who is the main actor
4) 0:23sec - The second actor is shown
5) 0:29sec - The name of the film
6) until her - 0:44sec - other actors
7) 0:45sec - casting by..
8) 0:51sec - Music by
9) 0:59sec - Visual effects Supervision
10) 1:04sec - Costume Designer
11) 1:10sec - Edited by
12) 1:15sec - Production Designer
13) 1:20sec - Director of Photography
14) 1:25sec - Executive Producer
15) 1:30sec - Produced by person X and Y
16) 1:35sec - written, produced and directed by..

I recognized that between most of the titles have a gap of 5sec between each others.

This relies to my first point.