Equipment

We learnt a lot about editing when using the Mac

computers. The editing equipment allowed us to

enhance the effectivness of our thriller opening

through the effects, transistions and cuts we were

able to add to our film.

Throughout the production of our thriller

opening we used programs such as

iMovie, photoshop, polyvore, blogspot,

YouTube, mindnode and photobooth.

When using iMovie to edit our thriller video we

faced various problems. For example we were

unable to import our background music from

iTunes, but solved this problem by saving it to our

documents and importing it straight from there.

Also we encountered problems saving our work

on iMovie as saving our animatic was

unsuccessful. As a result we had to redo the

editing of our animatic.

When editing our thriller opening we used effects

such as ‘Old World’, transitions such as dissolve

and allowed us to change the contrast of some

scenes. These effects were useful for creating a

suspensful and creepy atmosphere in our

opening. Aslo, using the Mac, we were able to

find and import music to appear in our thriller

opening.

Using a tripod when filming allowed us to

film realistic and stable shots. We used

two tripods, one short and the other tall,

that were helpful filming various camera

angles and shots.

We encountered a problem when filming our final thriller

opening as we found that one of the legs on our tripod was

broken. To overcome this problem we placed our tripod

against various objects in order to keep it stable.

Using a tripod when filming helped

us to create a realistic film opening

and allowed us to film creatively

and effectively.

Our lighting

equipment included

two types of lights, a

smaller light and a

bigger light.

These two types of lights allowed use to use

the three-point lighting technique which we

used to add to the realism of our film and to

cast shadows, adding to the tense

atmosphere of our thriller opening.

The lighting equipment allowed us

to create a creepy, suspenseful

atmosphere when filming our thriller

opening. We used the lighting

equipment constantly throughout

filming, using various angles and

techniques.

We encountered problems

when filming as we found

that our large light was

broken, constantly

flickering. To overcome

this problem we used the

flickering of the light as a

technique, allowing it to

add to the tense

atmosphere present in our

thriller opening.

We used the Flip camera

when filming our animatic.

We used the Flip camera to film our animatic as

it is easy to use and import, whilst still allowing

us to film effectively.

A negative aspect of using a Flip camera is that

it limited our ability to focus on characters and

to use various camera angles and shots when

filming.

The camera allowed us to

effectively film camera

angles and shots. In our

thriller opening we used

the camera to film shots

such as close up, medium

and over the shoulder

shots, to pan, zoom and

focus.

The camera angles and shots the

camera allowed us to film created

an effective and realistic mise-en-

scene.

We encountered problems when using the

camera as when filming our thriller opening we

accidently filmed over previous footage we had

filmed. As a result we had to film our previous

footage again.