Analysis of Sound effects chosen

Sound for our ident and title sequence

                                                    

The sound chosen for our ident and beginning titles was a source of ambient music. It was effective in the sense that it related well to the graphics of our ident image with the sequence of slowly moving clouds in the background as the peaceful yet mysterious music plays over the top. These factors correlate well with each other through the way the clouds manoeuvre in the image. This music continues to play over the beginning titles of our media product which is helpful in the sense that the typewriter format of our titles reflect that of the music.

 

Sound for our opening image

 

 

The sound playing over the top of this shot was effective as it is a fast and booming heartbeat which mirrors the mise en scene in the shot which shows desolation and a lack of control which is normally the case when there is a pacing heartbeat. Furthermore, the heartbeat relates to the character tied to the chair as they would be panicked and confused in the state that they're in. This demonstrates how the use of the heartbeat was effective. In addition, the companionship within the high angle shot type and the heart beat suggests something closing down onto the character in the chair which would explain the increase in the heart beat.

 

In contrary, I think there are other sound effects that could have made this sequence even more impacting such as a series of cinematic booms in correspondence with multiple shots of the character in the chair. Also, as well as just a heartbeat, we could have used music that would add to the menacing aspects of the situation Trevor is in and thus causing creater anxiety and tension within the audience.

 







 

At this part of our film, there are visuals of Alex and Trevor interacting near canary wharf and it clearly shows Alex handing the "package" to Trevor. Based on factors such as the wind and external sounds, we decided to mute the audio recorded on our camera and instead played suspenseful music over the action which helps it move along quickly to save time in our production and avoids dodgy diegetic audio of the two characters speaking.

 



 



 

 

Throughout this sequence of our film, the suspenseful music picked up the pace and became more impacting which correlated with the pace of the editing increasing. This was effective as it creates the idea that the action is building up to something and a greater event is on the horizon and about to take place.

 

 



This final segment of our film is very effective as the suspenseful music previously playing declines very rapidly and as there is a cross fade between Trevor walking and future Trevor tied up in the chair. The diegetic sound of Trevor breathing frantically and being panicked companioned with the return of the pacing heartbeat makes the audience feel anxious and uneasy and mirror these frantic feelings of Trevor, especially with the sight of the gun held to his head. As the screen then turns black, and the sound of a gunshot is abruptly heard, the audience can infer what has happened to Trevor.

 

 

 



 

 

Making our ident





Making our Ident

 

Preliminary

 

 



 

Following our decision of "Black Cloud Media" as the title for our production company, we began by searching on YouTube for sequences of clouds to be the bulk of our ident as the image and visuals of the sequence. At first we came across this motion picture sequence that we believed would be effective in relation to our company name.

 



The dark style and layout of the clouds in this video background relates well to the name of our production company and therefore we believed that we would proceed with this as the background to our ident. However, after a few more searches, we came across another sequence which we believed after editing would be even more effective and impacting if used as our ident.



However, we believed that the light ratio in this motion picture would be better if the clouds appeared darker which would more strongly relate to the name of our ident.This is when we found the moving image in our used ident as a Giff which we downloaded into Photoshop and edited in with our production company name text. We decided that this was efficient and sensible as the clouds in the motion picture were black and therefore mirrored the title. Furthermore, there was a gap in between the clouds where the text in our ident could eventually rise to from the bottom so that our audience have the chance to view it clearly before our main film actually begins.

Storyboard and Animatic

Script

Script

(Open with high angle shot of Trevor tied to the chair in the wasteland setting. This followed by a combination of shots from different angles assissted by cinematic booms. )

Cross fade to Alex and John (The Boss) in a dimly lit room and the two men proceed with the following conversation:

Boss: Give this to the boy tomorrow and let him take the hit
Alex: But Boss, this guy ain't a bad kid-
Boss: I don't care what he is or what he has done, you know what his brother did to me. Give him this package, let him take the fucking hit and call me when he has it
Alex: (reluctantly while standing up) Yes Boss
Boss: Oh and Alex, remember who the boss is ...

Cross fade in to a direct shot of Trevor strapped to the chair and then cross fade out to the cutty sark

(Suspenseful Music is played over the top of Alex walking towards Trevor while he stands by the river thames, the two men interact for a moment and then Alex hands Trevor the package. The shot then changes to Alex walking away when he stops and makes a phone call.)

Cross fade to another shot of Trevor strapped to the chair in the wasteland location. This time the camera is closer to Trevor than the previous shot.

(Cross fade back out to Trevor at his house watching the envelope package anxiously before picking it up and viewing its content. Faster music is now playing over the action while Trevor gets up and walks out his front door hesitantly. He begins to walk from his house onto the street through a series of different shots until the camera fades while there is heavy breathing and a fast heartbeat played over the black screen.)

Fade into a close up of Trevor's face while he is strapped to the chair, he is panicked and frantic and then a hand holding a gun to his head emerges from the right hand side of the screen. The screen turns black and there is a pause until a gun shot sound effect is heard ...

Our title then emerges and this concludes the opening to our thriller film.

Location Sheet and Shooting Schedule

Opening scene

Sequence 1 - Location 1 – Waste yard-22nd January 2014

Suspense music played throughout with each shot accompanied by a loud booming sound

Shot 1: High Angle shot from behind Trevor in the chair
Shot 2: Long shot diagonal from Trevor in the chair
Shot 3: Long shot opposite picture 2 on a diagonal slant from the chair
Shot 4: Long shot directly in front of Trevor in the chair, dissolve into
First shot at the next location

Sequence 2 - Location 2 – Cutty Sark-14th January 2014

Shot 1: Pan shot from Cutty Sark onto Trevor in front of the Thames
Shot 2: Over the shoulder shot of Alex walking towards Trevor while he looks out towards the Thames
Shot 3: Medium shot of Trevor turning around to establish Alex’s presence.
Shot 4: Medium shot of the two men shaking hands on encounter

Shot 5: Low angle/long shot diagonally behind Trevor of Alex saying something to Trevor

Shot 6: Over the shoulder shot of Alex producing envelope from inside his Suit Pocket

Shot 7: Close up of envelope exchange between the two men

Shot 8: Over the shoulder shot of Trevor’s reaction to him passing him the envelope

Shot 9: Long shot of Trevor walking away from Alex while Alex looks in his direction

Shot 10: Medium shot of Alex standing emotionless pulls out his phone and types something
Dissolve back to Location 1

Sequence 3 - Location 1 – Waste land

Follow on from sequence 1 picture 4

Shot 1: Long/Medium shot of Trevor on chair, closer than S1 pic 4

Dissolve to location 3

Sequence 4 – Location 3 – Trevor’s house-3rd January 2014

Open from dissolve

Shot 1: Over the shoulder shot of the envelope on Trevor’s coffee Table
Shot 2: Extreme Close Up of the word “Confidential” on the envelope and Trevor removes envelope from the screen
Shot 3: Medium shot of Trevor examining and opening up the envelope to read a letter, looks off camera with a wave of apprehension/uncertainty in his face

Straight cut to Location 1

Sequence 5 – Location 1 – Waste Yard

Follow on from sequence 3 picture 1

Shot 1: Camera directly on Trevor in the chair closer than S3 pic 1

Straight cut to Trevor at location 3

Sequence 6 – Location 3 – Trevor’s House

Shot 1: Medium shot of Trevor taking jacket off the hook and putting it on
Shot 2: High angle shot of Trevor walking towards and opening the door
Shot 3: Long/Medium shot of Trevor coming through the door on the outside
Shot 4: Close up on Trevor looking left and right on his doorstep
Shot 5: Pan shot of Trevor walking out of his front garden
Shot 6: Long shot of Trevor walking towards the camera until he gets close enough so that it becomes a close up and then Trevor is punched by a hand from off screen

Straight cut to Location 1

Sequence 7 – Location 1 – Waste land

Shot 1: Close up of blooded Trevor on the chair and then being punched from off screen from the audiences’ right by Claudius

Shot 2: Low angle/Long/Medium shot from Trevor’s right of him falling off the chair

Shot 3: Medium shot of Trevor being dragged across the floor by Claudius towards the car in the background

Shot 4: Medium shot of Trevor further being dragged from the perspective of the side of the car

Shot 5: High angle diagonal shot of Trevor being propped up against the car by Claudius
Shot 6: Medium shot on the opposite side of the high angle shot of Trevor on the car
Shot 7: Medium shot behind Claudius of him making a punching gesture and Trevor falling to the side by the car
Shot 8: Low angle shot of Trevor being dragged by Claudius towards the boot of the car

Shot 9: Medium shot of Claudius partially blocked by the car seemingly placing Trevor in the boot
Shot 10: Low angle shot of Claudius producing a gun and as the camera pans away there a loud bang of a gunshot. The sound of the boot being closed is heard and then the car begins to drive off. As it gets far enough away, the camera pans back to Claudius staring straight ahead holding the gun at his side, he turns around and walks away. There is a fade shot into the title of our film.

costume and props

Costumes and Props

Character Name: Trevor
Costume: Location 1 Bloody/ripped vest, old shorts with black socks Location 2 Navy hooded jumper, blue trousers and grey and black trainers with white T – shirt Location 3 Same as location 2 but the hooded jumper is removed	Props: The chair The envelope
Character Name: Alex
Costume: Location 2 Blue satin suit, blue/black tie, white shirt, black shoes Flash watch, other jewellery accessories	Props: The envelope His phone
Character Name: Claudius
Costume: location1 Black on black shirt and tie, black leather gloves, black shoes and a long black coat	Props: Gun Car chair Phone

Shot List

Thriller: Pursuit – Picture list

Opening scene

 

Sequence 1 - Location 1 – Waste yard

Suspense music played throughout with each shot accompanied by a loud booming sound

 

Picture 1: High Angle shot from behind Trevor in the chair

Picture 2: Long shot diagonal from Trevor in the chair

Picture 3: Long shot opposite picture 2 on a diagonal slant from the chair

Picture 4: Long shot directly in front of Trevor in the chair, dissolve into 

First shot at the next location

 

Sequence 2 - Location 2 – Cutty Sark

 

Picture 1: Pan shot from Cutty Sark onto Trevor in front of the Thames

Picture 2: Over the shoulder shot of Alex walking towards Trevor while he looks out towards the Thames

Picture 3: Medium shot of Trevor turning around to establish Alex’s presence.

Picture 4: Medium shot of the two men shaking hands on encounter

Picture 5: Low angle/long shot diagonally behind Trevor of Alex saying something to Trevor

Picture 6: Over the shoulder shot of Alex producing envelope from inside his Suit Pocket

Picture 7: Close up of envelope exchange between the two men

Picture 8: Over the shoulder shot of Trevor’s reaction to him passing him the envelope

Picture 9: Long shot of Trevor walking away from Alex while Alex looks in his direction

Picture 10: Medium shot of Alex standing emotionless pulls out his phone and types something

 

Dissolve back to Location 1

 

Sequence 3 - Location 1 – Waste land

 

Follow on from sequence 1 picture 4

 

Picture 1: Long/Medium shot of Trevor on chair, closer than S1 pic 4

 

Dissolve to location 3

 

Sequence 4 – Location 3 – Trevor’s house

 

Open from dissolve

 

Picture 1: Over the shoulder shot of the envelope on Trevor’s coffee Table

Picture 2: Extreme Close Up of the word “Confidential” on the envelope and Trevor removes envelope from the screen

Picture 4: Medium shot of Trevor examining and opening up the envelope to read a letter, looks off camera with a wave of apprehension/uncertainty in his face

 

Straight cut to Location 1

Sequence 5 – Location 1 – Waste Yard

 

Follow on from sequence 3 picture 1

 

Picture 1: Camera directly on Trevor in the chair closer than S3 pic 1

 

Straight cut to Trevor at location 3

 

Sequence 6 – Location 3 – Trevor’s House

 

Picture 1: Medium shot of Trevor taking jacket off the hook and putting it on

Picture 2: High angle shot of Trevor walking towards and opening the door

Picture 3: Long/Medium shot of Trevor coming through the door on the outside

Picture 4: Close up on Trevor looking left and right on his doorstep

Picture 5: Pan shot of Trevor walking out of his front garden

Picture 6: Long shot of Trevor walking towards the camera until he gets close enough so that it becomes a close up and then Trevor is punched by a hand from off screen

 

Straight cut to Location 1

 

Sequence 7 – Location 1 – Waste land

 

Picture 1: Close up of blooded Trevor on the chair and then being punched from off screen from the audiences’ right by Claudius

Picture 2: Low angle/Long/Medium shot from Trevor’s right of him falling off the chair

Picture 3: Medium shot of Trevor being dragged across the floor by Claudius towards the car in the background

Picture 4: Medium shot of Trevor further being dragged from the perspective of the side of the car

Picture 5: High angle diagonal shot of Trevor being propped up against the car by Claudius

Picture 6: Medium shot on the opposite side of the high angle shot of Trevor on the car

Picture 7: Medium shot behind Claudius of him making a punching gesture and Trevor falling to the side by the car

Picture 8: Low angle shot of Trevor being dragged by Claudius towards the boot of the car

Picture 9: Medium shot of Claudius partially blocked by the car seemingly placing Trevor in the boot

Picture 10: Low angle shot of Claudius producing a gun and as the camera pans away there a loud bang of a gunshot. The sound of the boot being closed is heard and then the car begins to drive off. As it gets far enough away, the camera pans back to Claudius staring straight ahead holding the gun at his side, he turns around and walks away. There is a fade shot into the title of our film.