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EVALUATION TASK 2

SOFTWARE

Pinnacle

A majority of our production was edited in

Pinnacle Studio HD 15

Videocam Illusion

We originally planned to use the Android app

Videocam Illusion to add narrative exposition in

the showing of the couple before the

‘kidnapping’. However, we decided against

this and instead opted to use a series of

flashbacks to establish a dual temporal

perspective; Three may have proven too

confusing for the audience.

Windows Live Movie Maker

This is with the exception of windows Live

Movie Maker, which was used to edit the

YouTube clip used for our animated

subsidiary logo

HARDWARE

Video camera

The use of a video camera with flash card storage

allowed an easier transfer-and review-of footage.

Camera phone

A camera phone allowed the use of in-camera

effects to create a ‘home movie’ feel without the

need for Pinnacle effects. This had the added

advantage that we didn’t have to wait quite as long

for the effects to render.

Tripod

When it came to re-filming a couple of shots, we didn’t have

access to school’s tripod. To rectify this, we used my own.

However, this also had a fairly limited height, which was

required for our new establishing shot.

Bedding box

The only solution to the problem was to use a bedding box to add

just short of an extra metre to the height of the tripod.

JUMP CUTS

The lengths of certain shots were cut to a

fraction of a second in order to represent

flashbacks. A black and white filter was

also used to reinforce this.

Several of these were placed

together a series of jump cuts,

creating a sense of distress

and disruption.

FILTERS

We also used a filter within ‘Magic Bullet’ in Pinnacle to give

the trailer a depressed feel, reflecting the content of the film.

We then adjusted it with the ‘saturation’ tool.

CONSTRUCTION OF PRODUCTION COMPANY LOGO

We used a variety of software in order to create our subsidiary logo

As we didn’t have access to a blank-firing gun that was required in

order to convey a sense of action, we had to find a suitable clip on

YouTube.

Once found, it was downloaded

with the use of Realplayer.

It was then exported in high definition in order to

match the shots we had already filmed and

uploaded to Dropbox to then be edited in Pinnacle

Once uploaded, it was spliced every 12

frames and some were deleted at random

in order to produce jump cuts. A filter was

then added in Magic Bullet and

adjustments were made in Chroma Keyer.

Finally, the Movie Trailer Complete motion

title was added.

Sound effects were added from

Soundbible.com, as the sound from the

actual clip wasn't what we required.

Due to some videos being blocked due to use of an educational filter, this

research was done at home and the clip was reduced to a couple of

seconds in Windows Live Movie Maker.

It was then exported in high definition

in order to match the shots we had

already filmed and uploaded to

Dropbox to then be edited n Pinnacle

For the research of thriller conventions to flaunt

and follow, we used IMDB. In particular, we used a

list of the top 100 thrillers on the website.

We also viewed a number of student productions on Vimeo

PRODUCTION OF SOUNDTRACK

Due to the lyrics in our choice of song proving a distraction in our

production, an instrumental was instead recorded, with the use of:

Cubase

Fender Jazz bass

Yamaha THR-10

amplifier/audio interface

Aria TA-

Classic guitar

TWITTER

We posted a Vimeo link on Twitter, but unfortunately nobody gave us

any constructive feedback; we just had a couple of retweets.

PHOTOSHOP

The use of tools allowed us to

effectively manipulate our

chosen still and text. For

example, the ‘blur tool’ was

used to create an ethereal,

enigmatic feel to the title.

WIX

‘Wix’ enabled us to easily create our website, through

the use of pre-made templates. These were then

altered slightly to match the aesthetics of our poster

and the mood of our production; we used dark

colours and the same fonts.

DAFONT

As the fonts available in Photoshop weren’t on

Wix, we instead used a similar font available

on’dafont.com