For our video there are many things we could not add or even finish filming our ending due to COVID-19 but I am proud of what our group accomplished. To start off with we should’ve added background sound to our film which was a song from the soundtrack from “Gone Girl”. We were going to add it and made it fit into our film after we finished all our filming. We did achieve our goals with credits and who was who in our credits. We did get our shots as well for our credits which was big for us. Our group also edited the scenes that we shot very well and I am satisfied with it. Only thing that we would fix in the editing is the time span of some of the shots that are a little too long. Following our last film which was the music video that we did I am proud of and feel accomplished about we would work on the editing as we did in that video if we got to finish our filming. The biggest part was finishing the filming and ending our opening scene where the mysterious man kills the policeman which opens the scene and grabs the audiences attention. We were also going to use some different shot angles and types that would better fit that scene and that moment in time where the cop and murder are face to face but we never got to it. I am proud of what our group has accomplished and also the past videos and it would have been a great opening scene to our movie.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iNjUuHKYgdJeaFeFJZAge17pujJZGKrx/view?usp=sharing

They switch the credits pretty basic just going from the least important to the most important roles and characters to then the director being the first name of credits to the last names of the credits. Which we will use this basic transition and order for our opening scene to show how serious the film is.

Things included in the credits are the names of everyone involved including the director and other cast members. The font makes a difference from a fun film or comedy film to a serious or thriller film.

The similarities between the films are the order of the names from least important to most important. It also uses plain font for a serious film which is also a thriller. The things I would use from the film is the plain font and the order and also the images how they are basic and not showing too much of the film.

What we did to edit our rough draft is we added are credits into the opening scene with background or a soundtrack from the film “Gone Girl” to show the tension and thrill in the film. We edited the scenes to make them all look good and alined with each other.

The way we got the music is by going to a mp4 converter online and putting in the link to our soundtrack then adding it to adobe spark which we then fixed it up and put it to the part of the song we want. We also just added the text and font to make it look serious for the opening credits.

Why we did this was add to the tension of the film and to make it a thriller and a horror film and we thought the best way to do that was add a creepy soundtrack in the background with serious font for our opening credits.

We did take some things from our research such as which font to use and the order of the names that come on the scenes. We also used creepy music like the films we researched also.

We still need to edit the final scenes of the opening part of our film and add in some fade outs and other credits to our film.

Role

My role in that I am the murder in the film. I chose the spot to do the filming and also helped out in the different shots we used while filming to make it look better and to create better meaning to the opening scene.

Changes

Changes we have made to our film is changing some of the shot types of the film that would fit better in our opening scene.

Key Shots

One key shot was a long shot of the murder (Me) closing the trunk on the man I kidnapped. This shows that this isn’t going to be a happy movie and that it will be a serious one and a thriller. Another one of the key shots is a over-the-shoulder of the murder with the reflection of police lights on his face and the viewers can only see a glimpse of the murders face which is important because you cannot see it through the whole opening scene.

Equipment

The equipment we used is basic. We used a camera and at some points a stand to keep the camera steady through some shots. We had to use a phone for some police lights and sirens in the film.

When?

We are filming our project during the week since most of our group members have jobs during the weekend. So we will pick a day during the week when we are all free that night and go to the park.

Where?

The location that we are filming at is at the boys & girls club facility with baseball fields in there parking lot. This is a good spot since the parking lot is pretty big and is also isolated which is perfect for our scene and set.

Roles?

Gavin is going to be the killer. Justin is going to be the cop that dies. Gabe is going to be the person kidnapped in the opening scene, and Sam is going to be the detective who tries and stops the killer.

Equipment Needed?

We will need a camera and a stand and other camera equipment to keep the camera steady while filming. We will need 2 cars to play the killers car and the police car. We will need props like a fake knife and a police badge and some fake blood to go into our scene.

Mise En Scene

Costumes; we will need Justin to wear clothes to make him look like a cop with his badge that we will buy. We also need Gavin to look suspicious with blood on his knuckles and some on his clothes.

Props; we are using fake knifes and that fake police badge and also fake blood. We will also use fake sirens and flashing blue and red lights.