My role

DIRECTOR
My role within the group was to direct. We thought this would be best as from the start of the project i had a clear idea on what i wanted to do for the opening. By being the director, I worked along side Josh who was the editor to help make it go smoother. 
I enjoyed being the director as I was able to get to grips with using a camera for filming, as I normally use a camera for photography. Due to enjoying photography, I found it easy to find good angles and good ways to shoot the film opening. 

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changes to the first draft..

After the making of our first draft and watching it back a few times we decided that there were a few things we wanted to change to make it better. While editing and fine editing we noticed a few things that we would want to change in hope to strengthen the narrative.

THINGS WE NOTICED THAT WE WOULD CHANGE

1. In the draft it displays 'title here' instead of the actual title - this is something we need to change when creating the final draft.
2. The close ups and pans at the beginning are on the screen for a long time therefore we would like to cut them shorter.
3. There is a continuity error at the end where the garage door is shut but then when you see Josh and Hannah arguing it is open again,therefore this would need to be re-filmed or the arguing shot needs to be cut out completely.

All of these changes can be made when we re-visit the college and are able to re-edit the film. We are happy with what we have created so far as it has helped us come up with loads of ideas that we would like to put into the next edit of the opening.

prop list

Throughout the making of our film we used numerous props to make the film, ive listed them down below

• glasses 
• tablets
• photoframe
• photos (montage)
• ring and ring box
• phone

shot list

script..

Throughout our film there is not that much dialogue, but we have still produced a script. 

Draft shot list

Down below is our first draft of our shot list that we came up with while planning the opening..

Looking at the draft shot list, it is obvious that there are a few shots missing from our final one. One being the photo montage at the beginning,this is due to the fact that we didn't come up with the idea of that until after making the original shot list. 

We originally decided to include the title after the zoom in on the ring through the transition to the shot of josh and Hannah arguing as we thought this would tie in the theme of jealousy.However,after some discussing we decided that we would put the title after the photo montage as we thought that would make the narrative stronger than if we did it the other way. We also decided to cut the shot of Hannah and Josh arguing in the garden as we felt that it would not make sense and throw the narrative off.

Title of our film

At the start of planning, we found it quite difficult to find a title that we liked as we were changing the concept of our film quite often.
at first we was going to go with a crime thriller, like we have, but one that was focused on the heart beat of the person who has been harmed. Due to this we liked the idea of the title 'Pulse' and in the image above you are able to see the ideas we had come up with to fit in with it.

(image screenshotted from our film opening)

However, after some more thought and some inspiration taken from current tv dramas we tweaked the way we wanted our opening to play out. Due to this we initially did not have a title to go with it as the originals did not fit. It wasn't until we applied the music to our opening we got the title for the film, 'JEALOUSY'. We thought this fitted well as the film is based around the envy and jealousy of couples and the song we used is called 'jealousy' by Frankie Miller, this then helps to build a stronger narrative and helps the audience understand the opening. 

opening of our thriller

For the opening of our thriller we took inspiration from the programme 'the missing' as they include images within the title sequence which shows the audience tiny hints on what the episode is about.

From this, we thought it would be a good idea to create a photo montage which we will then pan across while zooming in and out of images to let the audience have an insight on what the opening may include. This montage of images will help the audience build the idea of Hannah, Josh and Jasmines friendship, while this is being shown the song 'jealousy' will be played over the top which will be used to help strengthen the narrative.

editing the opening thriller

To edit our opening, we went and spent a few hours down the college each week where we were able to use their resources. 
We edited the opening on the apple macs using the premiere pro software. As Josh was the editor he used it more than any of us, however we all attempted to use it. Josh had a better understanding on the software and therefor fitted in better for the editor role.
We found the whole process of editing quite easy as we were shown how to use the software before hand. 

final story board..

After discussing with the group and looking back on our original story board we have completed our final one. Throughout the editing of our first draft we were able to see what aspects of the opening we wanted to keep and what needed to be changed.

Changes to first draft/edit

 NEED FIRST DRAFT OF FILM TO COMPLETE

First draft of film

Below is the first draft of the thriller opening that we made

draft story board

As a group, we had many ideas to share. Due to this we created a story board to help us plan and see what our ideas looked like and to see if anything would need to be changed.

roles and responsibilities of each member

To make sure that the film opening went well and to make sure everyone was involved we thought it would be best to allocate a role to each member of the group.
Even though we have allocated roles, we will still be working together on the majority of things such as the script and story board

Director - Caitlin Elward (myself)

 producers- Jasmine Greene and Hannah Martin

 Editor - Josh East