Construction

With our initial photography we decided that it would be best to shoot as much footage as possible so that way when it comes to editing we would have enough film to play around with to make our film the best it could be, so the first thing we did was to film every shot that we had planned in our storyboard animations. Once we had our shots we then filmed all our new ideas that we realized would work better with a video camera and new ones that had come to us, we also filmed sequences many times so we could see what angle worked best, we also did this so that we could put smoother cuts in our films and this enabled to us to us 'match on action' on some vital parts of our film. We had one week to produce our initial footage.

We then uploaded our films onto the iMacs and we analyzed out footage. We organized them in the correct order and put rough cuts and transitions in to give us a rough idea of how the film would look. After doing all this we found the clips that were not filmed correctly and which ones could be improved. We also looked for any improvements on our shots, such as what angles work better and what ones would make the clip roll smoother and if any shots could be perfected at all. Once we had determined which clips needed redoing we went out and re-filmed many of our shots. This first shoot gave us experience and let us record a lot more better shots the second time as we could now put our practice and experience into effect to create a better shot.

Once we had our Initial Footage, Initial Editing and Re-Shoots we then decided it was time for our crucial re-edits, in this part we put all the transitions in where needed (we only used a few as we did not want to 'drown' our film in transitions and make it look tacky and poorly filmed). We also had to put the exact cuts in to milli-second perfection to make sure our clip rolled smoothly. For example with our chase scene we filmed many different shots at different times, however with good times cuts we made it look like one clip. We also used this re-edit time to put our tittles and credits in. once our footage had all the right cuts, transitions, tittles, effects and was in the correct order we then moved on to sound.

Our rough cut was ready, it consisted of our one and a half minute clip, the first half was a chase scene of many clips, some from birds eye view to produce a vulnerability about it, some following the chase and some stationary shots. After this chase scene the characters take sanctuary in a big room. They then go to check if the coast is clear through a point of view shot, only to find a dead body on the ground, we then go on a flashback journey to see how the person died. The character goes back to the room to tell his partner... ''she's dead''. This opens many doors and sparks many questions. Although it lacked something that could complete it. We needed the sound to make the introduction sequence complete.

We now had to produce our own soundtrack, we had to make sure it fitted with our introduction sequence both fitting with the events taking place and with the right atmosphere, as I said we went for a chilling acoustic sound. It was very basic with little detail, that is until the flashback where the music picks up a bit of tempo and techno music is added. This tempo and techno is removed as the film returns to real life. We also lowered the volume of the music when there was dialogue between characters. The soundtrack gave the right daunting and creepy effect while still built tension.

Once the soundtrack was put together with our final edited introduction sequence we had our final cut. The clip was complete and the quick cuts, the unique camera shot as well as a creepy soundtrack had produced a very daunting and tension filled opening sequence, just like we'd hoped for.