Task 1
- 1. These are the 9 screenshots from our movie, each one will be explained separately.
- 2. This is the first thing to be shown when the video starts, this is because its showing who the distribution company is and lets the audience know the company and the type of films it shows. The effect on the title is it glows and shines, we did this to make the audience notice it more and also makes it more memorable. The title then fades out to black and then the actual video begins. The reason we picked SDB is because these are the initials of our first names. We chose to put this at the start as it is a typical convention of most films, as they show the distribution company before the film starts.
- 3. In this clip you can see that we edited it to make it look like a CCTV camera style shot. We chose to do this as CCTV cameras signify that you are being watched, which is quite has quite an eerie feel to it, and in the novel 1984 by George Orwell, everyone is watched all the time and they have no freedom, the novel itself is meant to be quite scary and we are incorporating this into our film. Also this is a shot where you can see the antagonists clothing, he has his hood up hiding his face (which links into the film title ‘Hidden’), and he is wearing mostly black clothes, and someone walking around in all black with a hood up is shown to be quite menacing and also a person which is to be avoided, showing they are generally not safe to be around.
- 4. This shows the editing that we did and also sets the scene some more, from this you can see it is in a town and its is probably quite old because of the style of the building, it also shows you the different places around town that the character has been, suggesting that they may know the area well. All the shots still don’t show who the actual person is, making their identity a mystery, this is used in some other thriller films that we got inspiration from, such as Seven, where they see that someone (who is the antagonist) is making a book with different people in it who are the killers next targets, and in that films opening they did not reveal who the antagonist was until he appeared nearer to the end of the film, which is what ours will be like.
- 5. This clip shows what the titles look like, and you can also see that the titles are animated and here is a shot of how they transition. The titles are bold and capital so that they stand out and the reason we did this is because most thriller films have large titles that are normally quite bold, for example Taken, the font in the opening sequence to that is quite bold and plain, the boldness is appealing to males and the fact the font is not too action like, or scratchy like in horror films, will attract females to the film as well.
- 6. The definition of hidden is ‘kept out of sight; concealed’. This links into our film because the Antagonist is hiding his face and features throughout the film linking into the title. The title is big and bold and takes up most of the screen because we wanted people to focus on it and remember the name of the film. The title is black as well as the background but can be seen because of the glow around it, the reason we did this is because it separates the main title from the other smaller titles/credits and because the writing is also black we thought it gave the title a darker and more scary feel to it.
- 7. In this shot you see the antagonist looking at a map of the park, also the fact that his hand is up by his face suggests that he is thinking as some people tend to do this when they are thinking about something. Also the map suggests that some of the film takes place in this area and he may have plans to do something in that area. The choice to put a hood on the character was because hoods nowadays is considered to be menacing and scary in a way, especially in the UK as most gangs wear hoods to hide their faces, and because our character has his hood up it shows he does not want his face to be shown and in a way is meant to be scary.
- 8. In this shot he is reaching into his pocket, and just before this you see him on the phone (which is one of our props), so this shot is showing him put it away, we have used quite a low angle shot on this clip as it makes him look quite tall and also shows quite a lot of the scenery around him such as the woods and park.
- 9. In this clip you see the antagonist reading a newspaper, which is also one of our props. The effects we added on this shot was the blur effect and also we adjusted the brightness a bit, we did this as the clip was too bright before and darkening it slightly makes it seem like more of a thriller film. The blur is used to add mystery to the clip. Also in this shot you can see him surrounded by trees suggesting he is in the woods, which is where some of the film takes part.
- 10. This is the last shot in the film, it shows the antagonist walking away into the distance, the shot then fades to black to add mystery to where he is going, and we also picked this as the final shot as it is effective in closing the scene, as throughout the whole sequence he was followed to the woods, suggesting he may plan something involving it and once he is there he walks away from the camera closing the scene and hiding what he is doing in the woods.