The task set for us was produce the "opening sequence" of a film from the thriller genre. Roughly it was estimated the sequence would require 2-3 minutes of footage. Our project, titled "Project 228" begins showing our main protagonist (played by Nathan) walking under a bridge, we shot this from a distance (high-angle shot), to show the "228" on the brickwork of the bridge. We follow this character seeing repeated close-ups of his feet to show he is walking fast, which in turn displays that he's anxious. We also follow the character with the an extended "over the shoulder" shot to show the long, winding path he's walking down. It also shows the wilderness, and deserted area he's walking in.
As the video progresses, our protagonist stumbles into a big,open, derelict site. As he walks in the shot is instantly from a significant height, this is done to create the thought that he is being watched form a far. As he walks in this place, we see his steps get slowe, and note he is more cautious, this signifies that he is wary and aware of what's going on.
Towards the end of the video we see him battling throught the grass, and walking to a man (me) waiting for him. He's then handed a bag, and runs off instantly, this demonstrates he's working against his will. When being handed the bag, it's also the first time we see the main protagonists' face, throughout he has had his face down, connotating his nerves and reluctance to meet this man.
The music in the background, was carefully selected, and was chosen because of the recurring lyrics of "i can feel.. somethings happening" immediately creates suspense and anticipation, and the echo on "happening" only emphasises this. We felt that the music was a powerful tool in our video as it immeidately shows the viewer that it is a thriller and may make the viewer ponder what might happen.
Another way we attempted to craft the suspense of our video is threw the lighting. As our protagonist walks through the wilderness, the lighting created is dark, and meaky, this was done to reflect the mood and atmosphere of the video. It also allowed us to create a shot where Nathan walks down the long road, and fades away like sillouhette, only for the next shot to be close to him, this was our way of showing the audience that he can't get away.
We felt when making our project, the film would fit into the "Psychological thriller" genre, and would probably be targeted at the "15" certificate as it contains "psychological" traumatic scenes which wouldn't be deemed suitable for children younger than the specifed age, and with a stereotypical thriller containing violence and swearing, we followed the certificate on films such as "The life of David Gale" and "Phone Booth".
Prior to his course, like most teenagers, i used social networking and other web 2.0 phenomenons. However this course showed me programs such as "Adobe premiere pro" to edit our footage. I found this program a much more detailed program, allowing you to control more and really edit your video the way you want.
I think, watching our final project, we improved massively from a preliminary task, our preliminary was very short and had no narrative, and not much variation in shots. One thing we did in the preliminary that i thought was effective was th euse of lighting on the character sat down in the room already (me), he is edited so his face can't be seen.
Now this coursework is complete, i think i can safely say that we created a video that eradicated any fears we had about the software, after a lesson on using the program, it cleared up any fears we had about it.
All in all, i think we created a solid project and learnt substantial amounts about the production of a film, through the filming, editing and overall construction of a film. We had to research target audience, storyboard, research and plan. I think on the shole, i learnt invaluable knowledge on the production of a media text.
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