Preliminary Match Cut Excercise

Our preliminary match cut exercise was to storyboard and film a conversation using match cuts. This task helped us become more confident with using the camera before we go out and start shooting the real thing. Before we started filming the conversation we storyboarded the camera shots we would use and followed the sequence when filming. Afterwards we imported the shots into Final Cut pro where we edited it into a short sequence. Although the sound wasn't very clear, i think that we were able to film various shots which was good practice for our thriller film.

Match cut preliminary task

This is our match cut test, we made a quick film to test out our skills and to experiment a little bit.

We experimented with different shots to make it more intresting.

match cut preliminary

we was given a tutorial to cameras and health and safety, we was talked through the equipment we needed to use in order to produce the thriller title sequence.

we was shown:

• how to use a tripod.
• how to function all aspects of the camera.
• how to use play back.
• how to use the memory cards.
• how to open the lense cover.
• ect

Cameras & Health and Safety Tutorial

Our health and safety tutorial of how to use the JVC cameras was really helpful because when we go out filming we will know how to use them safely. During the tutorial for camerawork we learned how to:

• Put the memory cards in the camera


• Switch the memory cards( A and B)


• Turn the camera on and off


• Setup a tripod


• Put the camera on a tripod


• Lock the camera on a tripod


• Unlock the camera on a tripod


• Take the camera off a tripod


• Focus on the camera


• Open and close the lens


• Record footage


• Playback footage

Intro to camera

We had a tutorial on using the camera's and also its health and safety.

During this tutorial learnt how to:

• Turn the camera on & off
• How to open & close the lens
• How to put the memory cards in
• How to switch memory cards (Card A & Card B)
• How to Focus the camera
• How to Record

• We also learnt how to set up the tripod
• How to lock the camera onto the tripod
• And how to change the length of the tripod legs

introduction to the use of the camera

in the lesson we had cameras placed on each table for each group then we were shown a presentation showing us how in which we use the cameras and what are the buttons in which we use for different uses things such as:

• placing the SD disk into the cameras.
• how to open close the lens
• get a few minutes of playback
• record
• how to use the stands
• the use of focus and how to get a better focus
• turn the camera on and off safely

The Bag Swap

We were asked to produce a short film about a bag swap, we first had to produce a storyboard then come together in our groups and film it.

We filmed the bag swap using two members of the group and tried to involve as many different shots as possible.

'The Bag Swap'

We had a group task which was to storyboard a 'bag swap' in an exciting way. Then we had to film it in a short sequence of camera shots then edit it. Two members of the group did the actual bag swap and all of us contributed to the camerawork and editing on Final Cut pro. Afterwards, we uploaded sound from Soundtrack pro and put on a title using Livetype. This task helped us get familiar with the camera work and was a good exercise for us to practice our skills on filming and editing.

The Bag Swap

We filmed, edited and directed a beg swap sequence.

we used soundtrack pro to create the soundtrack and add sound effects.

livetype & soundtrack pro tutorial

in the lesson we were taken to the media suite this time to have a tutorial on live type and soundtrack pro. live type is a way of putting in credits or title in your video we learnt how to add effects change colour and background. and with soundtrack pro we were able to put music and sound effects to get onto our piece.

Using Soundtrack pro and Live type

We had a tutorial on using soundtrack pro and live type to help us when editing our films.

In the Soundtrack pro tutorial i learned how to:

• Listen to instrument sounds
• Drag and drop them into the timeline
• change or delete any unwanted sounds
• put multiple sounds together in the timeline

In the live type tutorial i learned how to:

• change the style of the font
• change the size of the font
• add effects such as texturised backgrounds, shadows, fades and floats etc
• play the effects on the timeline

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Using Soundtrack Pro & Livetype

We had a tutorial on how to use the programs livetype & soundtrack pro.

In The livetype Tutorial I learnt how to:

• change font
• add effects to my font e.g Fades, floats and pop ups
• change the style e.g add a glow or outline
• play the effects on the timeline

In the Soundtrack Tutorial I Learnt how to:

• Drag & drop sounds onto the timeline
• how to change or delete unwanted sounds
• how to join different sounds/instrumentals together on the timeline

Sub Genres (thrillers)

their are many sub genres for thrillers these include:
· Action thrillers
· Psychological thrillers
· Political thrillers
· Supernatural thrillers
· Sci-fi thrillers
· Spy thrillers

news and current affairs

Disgraced England captain John Terry got best pal Wayne Bridge’s ­girlfriend pregnant.
And he then ­arranged for devastated Vanessa Perroncel to have an abortion as he shamelessly tried to keep the scandal ­under wraps.
French underwear model ­Vanessa, 28, fell pregnant last ­autumn weeks into her fling with Terry, Bridge’s best friend and neighbour.
Terry – who already has two children with long-suffering wife Toni – was left in dread of the news leaking out and ­wrecking his lucrative sponsorship deals.
The defender arranged for the ­pregnancy to be terminated at an exclusive clinic where Vanessa was taken in through a side ­entrance.
A source said: “Terry was gripped by blind panic. Having a love child with the girlfriend of his best pal, who’s also a friend of his wife’s, would have spelled total disaster – even by his appalling standards of ­behaviour.
"Having been caught cheating on Toni so many times and having publicly promised to be 100 per cent faithful, he knew he would be finished as any kind of role model that sponsors want to be associated with.
“He was appalled when Vanessa told him she was pregnant – and all his thoughts were for self-preservation.”
The pregnancy and subsequent abortion are, we can reveal, the mystery ­“consequence” referred to by the judge who this week overturned Terry’s attempt to keep the affair secret.

News & Current Affairs Events

I Read This Story In The newspaper earlier in the week and it inspired me to make a twist on it a possibly be used to make a thriller film:

The mother of two toddlers found dead in the boot of a car in East Sussex has been remanded in custody charged with their murders.
Fiona Donnison, 43, of Lightwater, Surrey, is accused of murdering Harry Donnison, aged three, and his sister Elise, two.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2828134/Mum-Fiona-Donnison-suffocated-her-two-toddlers.html

Thriller Sub-Genres

Thriller sub-genres are thrillers which include aspects of other genres for example:


· Action thrillers
· Psychological thrillers
· Political thrillers
· Supernatural thrillers
· Sci-fi thrillers
· Spy thrillers





An example of an action thriller is the film Die Hard:



This film has alot of tense momemts and also a lot of fast paced editing (especially in the car chases). the sound help create tense monets as there is drumming & escalating noises.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EUJYh32KVw