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First cut

  The program in which we used is after effects. After effects enabled us to add many different effects to create an effective atmosphere. We added cinematic bars, giving the film a much more hollywood look, but more importantly it gave the film a cinematic, professional look and feel for the film. Within the cinematic bars we aded whats called a  vignet, this again with the cinematic bars gave the film an overall more polished look. Despite having some difficulties, such as adding these techniques, we finally were able to put forward these ideas and implement them properly within our film. The most difficult aspect of the editing of the film however was the colour correction. This was a new idea in which a lot of the group were unaware on how to use, we spent many hours on Youtube, following tutorials on how to keyframe etc..Despite these setbacks, we decided to go for a blue tint, which even now we feel doesn't fit the film. We have decided to change it to a more grittier  green look for the film, rather than a blue tint which created not a horror atmosphere, but rather a sci-fi  one. So not only was adding the tint and colour correction a challenge we had to overcome, but adding the correct one was a challenge itself.
The inspirations we took as a group for our look of a film was at the beginning  was The Dark Knight trilogy  where the bluish tone is clear throughout. This dark feel for the film was to begin with a good idea, however it soon became evident later on in our editing that this look didn't fit our film at all. It contradicted with our theme for the film, a horror, instead turning it into a sci-fi, or possibly action-thriller film, therefore we looked for other films for inspiration, one of which was Ridley Scotts Alien.
Despite Alien being a sci-fi film, it too is a horror. Its greenish tone seemed to work well in our next cut for the film.
Secondly, the title sequence is missing from this cut. This defiantly  needs to eb added for the next cut of the film. This was another challenge as we had, we had to not make the same mistake as we did perviously with the colour scheme, and we needed a title sequence in which fitted the film and its genre.
Also another critical element of the film which was missing was an ending. We felt that ending the scene in the car was not gripping nor effective enough. We decided to go out and reshoot some scenes in the car and add an ending, this was possibly the biggest challenge, one even more than the colour correction. We decided not to use our original ending in our storyboard for time constraints, instead we had to improvise an ending, but hopefully after watching the second cut we are happy with what we came up with.
After watching the first cut, we were also missing some title credits, for instance the music. The music we added again like the tint, did not feel the right music to incorporate into our film. We decided that we needed a more gripping, slow paced music in which was repetitive.  This was another challenge, not only did we have to find music that would fir the film, we needed to find music that was copyright protected, limiting us to to a small amount of soundtracks we could have. originally we had agreed on a variety of music, but all were unfortunately copyright protected as they were film music. Some of which were the soundtracks to Sinister and Insidious, but as said previously, this was all copyright protected.
Finally not only were we missing an ending, but several scenes in the car. In the original storyboard the car sequence was the middle and largest section of our film, having a voice over on the radio. Yet this was a problem when filming. We felt that adding a radio voice would break the atmosphere and we needed more scenes in the car.  We would shoot these after the first cut, and add an ending to the film whilst doing so.
Overall, despite many challenges, we overcame them by shooting more scenes, experimenting with different colour correction tones listening to a variety of music. All in which will be seen in the second cut of the film.

Casting

An example of a great actor is Tom Hanks. His fantastic skills gained him several oscar nominations and two oscars wins. His roles include Forest Gump in the film Forest Gump, Captain Miller in Saving Private Ryan and Andrew Becket in Philadelphia. He is arguably the second greatest actor of all time, the greatest is mostly though of as Daniel Day Lewis. His roles include Lincon in the film Licon, Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood and finally Hawkeye in The Last Of The Mohicans. His acting skills has earned his two oscar wins as well as numerous other awards.

Obviously our actors were not as good, but overall as a group we were happy with the actors we had. What made our film more effective in terms of the acting was the dialogue, or lack of it. This made the film more effective and put less pressure on us as the directors to incorporate audio.
Our actors included Sam Evans and William Stevenson.
Sam Evans's role was the antagonist. The villain and the kidnapper. We made sure in his acting that he looked forceful. Evidence of this was when he shut the boot. He forced the boot down, giving the character an agressive personality. There was no particular scenes where we felt with Sam that didn't work, his acting was especially good.
William Stevenson role was the victim. We made sure he looked vulnerable  and scared. He did especially well on set but there was one scene in particular we found out we made a mistake in. Whilst the scene in the boot looked effective, he placed his body in the boot without the help of Sam. This scene made it look as if he was placing himself in the boot where he was meant to be unconscious. But overall we as a group were especially pleased with the quality of the acting.

Risk assessment

Potential Risk	Severity	Likelihood	Risk Level	Control Measures
Car accident/ crash	High. Dependant on speeds, roads and weather conditions.	Remote. Shots of driving, moving from first to last scene.	Medium risk. Dark area with possibly hazardous roads.	Pay attention, caution whilst driving, and responsible adult driving.
Car accident/ person hit by car	High. Dependant on speed of car.	Remote. Shots from outside of car.	Low risk. People shouldn’t get in front of the car.	Stay out of cars way whilst filming, responsible adult driving, and lights to see people.
Someone being hit by car boot	Moderate. Dependant on ferocity of closing of boot.	Occasional. Only one scene.	Medium risk. Only happens in one scene.	Caution whilst closing boot, no messing around on set.
Falling off chair	Low. Dependant on height of fall/	Occasional. Only first scene whilst tied to chair.	Medium risk. Could be uneven ground, struggling whilst on chair.	Steady chair, no messing around on set.
Friction burns from dragging	Moderate. Dependant on surface and speed.	Occasional. Only one shot of dragging.	Medium risk. Only one scene, don’t know what the ground will be like on the day of filming.	Use area with softer ground, slow drag.

Risk Assessment-

A risk assessment is an evaluation of all the possibly hazards that could occur to cast and crew during filming. They are used by the production crew of the film/ video but everybody must take it into consideration. They include usual or environment specific risks such as tripping or a car accident. We have risk assessments because they allow people to think about the possible risks and prepare for them. They are used to reduce the risk of injury. This is important as it means recording can go smoother and no cast or crew is injured.

The script

Script

The script is vital for any film. Some of these include:

Communication: The communication between actors and directors is essential for any film, and the most successful ones are where the actors and directors correspond well and know their script. If neither director nor actor knows their script, the final product will not be a success. Overall the script provides the bases of communication on set of a film.

Organization: The script itself if organized will make the filming itself very easy, both for the actors and directors. It will make the film making process a lot clearer and easier. Like the Schedule, the script is vital for organization.

As you can see above, the film script for the Godfather has a clear layout. It is easy to read, clear and organized for both actors and directors alike.  I is impossible to film a film without such as script. There is alot of detail within this example of a script, for example "One feels just for a second he looses all physical strength" this is important for the actors, who by reading the script, would know clearly on what to do. Our script, because of its lack of dialogue will too have alot of detail throughout. 

It is essential that our script includes the things listed above, it is clear in in communication and organization. This is done through the Godfathers script where the layout is clear and its in alot of detail. Also sometimes a "spec" script is written. This is done before the main script is used in the film to give an underling basis to the final film. This then enables directors and screen writers to improve the final script, based on the spec script. The final script is called the "shooting script". Which is seen above with the Godfather. 

A good script writer needs to know how to create imagery through text. The text needs to be clear in what it is stating, clear in its aim and clear in its presentation. However, what is in the script my not be what is in the final film, where bits from the script will be shot, but edited out for time etc...

Overall, the script from the example above needs the characteristics of a good script to make a good film.

Here below is a film script taken from the film alien. This film script like ours lacks diologue, but we can see that it is still in alot of detail and clear in its aim.

FADE IN

        SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE:

        INT. ENGINE ROOM

        Empty, cavernous.

        INT. ENGINE CUBICLE

        Circular, jammed with instruments.
        All of them idle.
        Console chairs for two.
        Empty.

        INT. OILY CORRIDOR - "C" LEVEL

        Long, dark.
        Empty.
        Turbos throbbing.
        No other movement.

        INT. CORRIDOR - "A" LEVEL

        Long, empty.

        INT. INFIRMARY - "A" LEVEL

        Distressed ivory walls.
        All instrumentation at rest.

        INT. CORRIDOR TO BRIDGE - "A" LEVEL

        Black, empty.

        INT. BRIDGE

        Vacant.
        Two space helmets resting on chairs.
        Electrical hum.
        Lights on the helmets begin to signal one another.
        Moments of silence.
        A yellow light goes on.
        Data mind bank in b.g.
        Electronic hum.
        A green light goes on in front of one helmet.
        Electronic pulsing sounds.
        A red light goes on in front of other helmet.
        An electronic conversation ensues.
        Reaches a crescendo.
        Then silence.
        The lights go off, save the yellow.

After looking at this scipt we decided to follow its example since like ours, it lacks diolgue and it too is a horror film.

 Script:

Radio voice over credits

Reports today of another man gone missing near Tamworth. Police are continuing their investigation as the search is on its fourth day. Family and friends are pleading for anyone knowing anything about the suspected Kidnapping of Mr David Wade

A man is alone in his car. Face is hidden. He drives without making any noise. He turns the wheel of the car into what seems to be a farm. He looks slowly out of the car window before opening the door and getting out

He is later seen to open the barn door to what can only be described as a ragged clothed victim who is chained up near the corner of the room

The man who the audience now suspect drags the victim out of the barn, but not before removing the hood over the victims face. The Victim is the later heard pleading for his life as the kidnapper drags the body out and into his car boot.

Victim

Please, please, you don’t have to do this please. I have money. Please!

The man who the audience know now is the kidnapper drags the body and puts him into the boot. The victims face at the point is one of being scared and frightened. The victim, walking slowly, almost casually, still face concealed heads to his car and drives into the distance.

Like the first shot. The man is still calm, and does not speak, instead he listens to the cries and screams and moans coming from the boot.  He does nothing and still heads to a field

The man then later goes from his car, opening the back doors and removing a spade. Again this is all done very slowly and casually. He then opens the boot where the cries and screams from the victim can again be heard. 

Victim

Please, please, you don’t have to do this please. I have money. Please!

Again the kidnapper does nothing but grabs him by the shoulder, whilst carrying the spade, pulls him into the field. The facial expression shown by the victim is again one of fear, whilst the culprit is still unknown.

The Kidnapper throws the victim onto the floor, doing so he also throws the spade onto the floor. At this point the darkness is beginning to come. He removes his mask, revealing a darkened, intimidating looking face. He later says

Kidnapper

                           Dig