Sound

Continuing on from the comments we got from out original sound edit, to progress further with our opening sequence we are now finalising each sound and making each sound precise, along with the volume. We have converted our media and have been watching it closely to find corrections that we need to make, we have found we need to:

• make each footstep quieter
• ensure that each footstep is in sync with when she steps
• make doors opening and slamming more noticeable
• make the rustling in the matchbox louder
• make the girls laughter fade out
• sounds such as the chair and the heartbeat get louder but sounds such as the string and jewellery box get quieter
• place more obvious wind at the beginning
• add a soundtrack on the book 

From looking closely at each section of our opening sequence it is easier to pin point exact changes that need to me made, this has been useful for us as instead of constantly watching it and changing aspects, we know exactly how to finalise our piece. 

Drafting/Scripting - Voice Over

As we started to add sound to our opening sequence, we decided to add a voice over on top of the 360 around our main character at the beginning. This helps to give our audience an insight into our charcters thoughts and feelings while she is looking back on the events later to come in our opening sequence.

We thought this would be effective as it helps to establish our storyline and already gives the impression of a horror genre as from what is said, the audience can  conclude that something eerie and shocking has happened. It also gives a further insight into our main character and her reasons for being at the warehouse alone, this is emphasised by her costume and the fact she is carrying a camera.

This is the script for our voice over that we filmed one of our peers saying in a silent room:

Pre Production Meeting Three

As shown in the picture, we have decided on what aspects of our storyline should go into each scene, this helps us to break down filming into more manageable parts and gives us an easier idea of what different things we need to film. This should help to make editing easier as we will have a good idea of how the clips should flow to make an effective horror opening sequence.

From the three pre production meetings, our groups is prepared to film our opening sequence.

Because our initial deadline for our production is the 13th February, our group aim to finish filming by the 13th January which gives us a month to begin editing. From our production meetings we have decided that we will spend 2 days filming, on the first day we will film the reporter walking into the building, up the stairs and looking around. On our second day we will film the reporter finding the book, looking through it and the some unknown being entering the room with her. As we have spent time planning we can now effectively manage our time so that we have enough time to edit.  

Pre Production Meeting Two

In our groups second meeting, we began to think about locations, from our pitch we decided we wanted either a creepy, abandoned house or warehouse or a dark forest. From our first meeting and our new idea, it would be best to find a house or warehouse for our opening sequence, we decided on a workshop as it was accessible for our group but was also dark with empty rooms where we could create a scene that would fit our genre. 

As well as location, we thought about props, as a book is the basis of our idea we needed to find and order or make our own book. The props we thought of fit the horror theme but also with the ideas that will fit into the book, such as the child like toys which can be presented to look scary in a dark and mysterious situation, this is why we thought they would be effective.

We also began to think about sound effects as we could begin to produce some of our own while we were at our filming location, the sound effects link to the props and also to the location, as the warehouse is empty and sound effects should help to heighten the fear within the opening sequence. 

In our third meeting, we will start to determine scenes to break down our filming to make it more manageable and easier to begin when we get to our location. 

Pre Production Meeting One

In our groups first pre production meeting, we began to discuss new ideas for our opening sequence as from our pitch we were asked how we would make our idea more original from other horror films that already exist. 

As a starting point we thought of a list of single ideas and props that would fit a horror genre and then thought how we would connect the ideas in order to make a opening sequence. 

From our first meeting, our group has established a main idea consisting of a femal character walking into an abandoned and old building who finds a book with old newspaper reports and pictures in it, this should create a mysterious and eerie atmosphere as something clearly isn'r right with the situation she is in.

Also, we have answered another question we were given as a result of our pitch, to incorporate our titles we have decided to use the book as the basis of the titles as well as the storyline, with the titles incorporated into the articles and pictures. 

In our next pre production meeting, location, props, costume, actors and sound effects needed will be considered to give a clearer plan for when we go into production and filming.