Title Design

For our project we had to create titles to establish the name of the movie, i decided to take it slightly further and produce a 3d title using a CAD program. Before beginning i decided to do some research this is what i came across :

Locations of Shooting

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Lady Dixon Park



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Dunmurray Train Station


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Darren's House

Posters We Made

Quick Shot Flashback Scene Part 1

Fast Shot Killing Scene Part 1 from Blue Shift on Vimeo.


We spent 3 hours in the rain after school composing these 9 seconds of footage and only got half of what we needed. This depicts some shots of the characters fighting however part 2 will consist of the actual killing scene. Editing these shots early did however have certain advantages. It is practice for editing all of the shots in this fast paced sort of sequences. We have also decided to get rid of the bright flash at the end and replace it with a black screen

Camera We Used - Pentax K-X

The camera we used was the Pentax K-X, a 12.4 megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera. 

The built in Shake Reduction function automatically turns off in the following situations.

• Self-Timer

• Remote control shooting

• Bulb shooting

• HDR Capture

The camera is capable of recording HD Video files which made it quite popular for some independent filmmakers. The camera is using the "DV codec alike" MJPEG codec, which is a very soft compression that creates relatively huge video files but on the other hand allows editing of this video files even on older editing systems with less CPU power. The advantage of this compression method is that it saves every single frame as a progressive frame and is not only saving the changes inside the group of pictures.

Memento

1. Memento
2. Production year: 2000
3. Country: USA
4. Directors: Christopher Nolan
5. Cast: Carrie-Anne Moss, Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano

The movie, uses a favorite plot device of postwar Freudian film noir, the hero suffering from amnesia. But Leonard Shelby, the protagonist of Memento, suffers from a special form of amnesia. Due to a blow received from the man who raped and murdered his wife, Leonard suffers from short-term memory loss. He can recall his life up to the murder, but thereafter he can't remember anything for more than a few minutes at best, though he's painfully aware of his condition.

As he pursues the killer he's reduced to making notes, annotating Polaroid pictures, having essential information tattooed on his body either by a professional in a tattoo parlour or with his own needle.

This movie is significant to our coursework piece because of its frequent use of the Polaroid picture which we also plan to use significantly. The movie is also a very good film with a complex  plot and characters which even if not comparable to a coursework piece should be watched for inspiration.

Poster Ideas

We are currently in discussion about the ideas for our poster. We have been researching various posters from films we know and are using them to hopefully influence our poster.

Methods to Murder

Marion, an uninhibited secretary steals $40,000 from her employer and drives off into the night to meet her lover. During a storm she arrives at a sinister motel owned by a taxidermist, later revealed to be completely insane, whose even more demented mother lives in the adjoining mansion.

1. Psycho
2. Production year: 1960
3. Countries: UK, USA
4. Cert (UK): 15
5. Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
6. Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles

There follows one of the most disgusting and notorious murders in all screen history. It takes place in a bathroom and involves a great deal of swabbing of the tiles and flushing of the lavatory. 

This scene is a perfect example of how we plan to execute our killing scene. There is undoubtedly a murder taking place in Psycho, however, Hitchcock has directed it in such a way that shows no breaking of the skin through the stabbing, while also depicting the horror of the scene masterfully. We will emulate this this for various reasons such as we cannot literally stab our actress and that we have an overall budget of £0.  


We also preferred to avoid the use of gore as it became overly clichéd and tacky within the 80's - 90's horror scene with the release of low budget films such as Friday the 13th and scream.  

Software Used

During the process of our post-production we used several programs. Sony Vegas 10, was the main piece of software we used as all editing was done through it while also being the sole point where the product from other software were accumulated. An example of this would be the titles/text were put together using Photoshop, rendered as an Interlaced PNG and then imported into Sony Vegas. 
The colour correction/grading was done with a combination of After Effects and Sony Vegas giving it that subtle movie like tone. It was finally touched up using a plug-in called Magic Bullet Mojo. 
The sound was mastered and re-rendered using audacity as there was a lot of back ground noise that needed removed, there was also pitch shifts changed within the soundtrack and output as 320kb/s to make it the highest possible quality available.

Day Two Of Filming

Arriving

Dirty Hands

Natalie

Preparing For Dragging Scene

Finished Day Of Filming

More Dragging