Construction

In this tab I will show the process into which our production was made. Including creating the logo's, soundtrack, voice-over and shots from filming.

Final Logo Sequence: 

The photos below were taken whilst filming our production

Settings:

When creating the storyboard, we decided to include three main settings. However, when we began to film we changed the kitchen scene to have a longer screen time.

When filming in location one (in the kitchen), which is seen below we thought it worked really well as a convention to add more tension into our opening. It builds on the underlying motif for the plot, allowing audiences to understand the rest of the plot much better. The rest of the shots were as we expected.
There were a few issues with the location two (the garden location) which i will discuss further on.

However, location three worked much better than we expected. Originally, we were going to film in the school corrdior were lessons are but when we came to film there it wasn't a good convention to build a thriller, as it was too bright and colourful. The dark, wooden, old looking changing rooms were perfect to create this due to the look and length. Meaning it was easy to film. Location four (the bathroom) was very much similar, specifically as the bathroom isn't modern.  

       Props:

The props we used did not change from the storyboard. These were all successful at adding more verisimilitude into our production and adding to the plot. We used the fake blood, which we used tomato ketchup as we wanted something similar to represent the look of blood. When editing, this looked similar and you couldn't directly tell it was tomato ketchup.

 From research we knew these could add to the antagonist's personality. So, we added a knife in the flashback scene and makeup. The knife was used because it's a normal, everyday object. Which is like the antagonists role, as before her acts she was deemed as a normal teenager. Again, our main convention to add verisimilitude into the antagonist's actions and personality. The makeup was also used to do this. As in the change over scene, it adds a sense of feminism to her. Which at the same time, compliments the narrative of portraying she has changed.

The fire & passport  was used at the start and end, which is symbolic to her changing identity and the fraud associated with this, as she is putting her past life behind her and going to run away.

Outfits: 

Overall, the outfits were very similar to how we expected. We were really pleased with the difference in how they looked, from casual joggers for the convict outfit to the smart, blouse and skirt for the officer. When editing, we realised that the shirt isn't typical to what an officer would wear due to the pattern. However, we didn't find this to be a massive issue as the outfit is still smart and contrasts to the first outfit. The shoes were just normal, smart shoes that we thought applied to both outfits. We also felt this more applied to our antagonist and our target audience, as the outfits and bag were all owned by Amelia who is playing the convict. Which again as a better sense of it be real.

Film Editing:

1. Speed Change - A feature within IMovie allowed us to change the specific speed of our shots. We used both slower and faster in different places. By changing the speed of the shots, more verisimilitude was added as the shots were more fluent and matched. For example, on the last seen on the fire, we slowed it down as a method to allow the title to stand out.

2. Sound Track - The green bar below shows where and how we added our soundtrack, which was a mixture of 3 non-dietetic sounds. Although the soundtrack was originally made on garage band, we had to import it into here and match it with our shots. On this, we were able to fade in/out the sound and change the volume over certain shots. This was very easy to do. Below the first green bar, you can see where our voice over was placed. 

1. Black Shots - You can see here that in-between shots we included a few black shots, which lasted around 2-4 seconds. We used this as we thought it was a very effective way to demonstrate to the audience that there is a time change. Specifically as the transitions were limited. It also helped to slow the pace down and as a consequence, build more tension for the next sequence.

2. Titles - The purple bar above our shots shows where we included the titles. Like the soundtrack, this was very easy to do as all we had to do was type the titles, pick a font, size and move into the correct position

3. Transitions - In between the shots, you can see that we included transitions. These were included into quiet a few, specifically at the start. We mainly used fade in/out, blur or fade to black. These helped to make the production form together better and have a good continuity. 

Sound Editing: Garage Band

The picture above shows how we used garage band. Although we didn't use any of the features, garage band allowed the process of creating an effective soundtrack much easier and professionally. The orange boxes represent the actual sound pieces we placed, which two were placed onto at this point. To the left, you can see the features we did use. Such as the volume of each shot, the pitch or breaks. After mashing all different sounds together from Freesound.org, we simply imported this onto our IMovie, from Itunes. 

Final Piece: