Title fonts

We have looked into different fonts for our film title, for the opening credits. As our film was originally based in a rough area in London, and the characters were rough, and poor, we thought a graffiti font would be most reflective of the film content. Both fonts are very effective, however the second one has more of a graffiti effect, and reads a lot clearer. However we have decided neither font is right for our film, as we have changed our film and its concept entirely, and we want something more sophisticated, sharp and to the point.We are going to do more research into various fonts, and hope to be consistent with out film title font and our opening credits font, as we believe this would look more professional.

Music

We have thought long and hard about what sort of music we want. We have considered a range of different compositions, including somber acoustic guitar pieces, African jungle pieces, and aggressive rock pieces. However after great consideration, we have decided we want a mysterious piece of music, that adds to the tense atmosphere of the film. We have chosen two pieces of music. One to build up tension and fight in the aggressive apartment scenes, and one to build upon the audiences emotions, and emphasis the upset of the murder.

Progress on 27th January

Today we have carried on with the editing of our rough cuts. We have also discussed and shortlisted which music we will chose for our opening.
In our next session we aim to complete what we have started today and finish our rough cut and decide and include which music we will use for our final copy.  

Costume Changes for final Video

We originally had scruffy, casual clothing. However once we did a few shots of our film, we soon realised that the costume was not effective, and looked unprofessional. So we changed it. The male antagonist is now smartly dressed to relate to his Job as a detective. He wears a smart suit to give off a professional, high class, wealthy impression. However this is not the case, but the audience are fooled into thinking he is someone that in actual fact he is not. His costume helps to build this false sense of security for the audience.
 
We kept the female actors costume the same, as she does not feature a great deal, and when she does feature she appears to be reasonably poor, and quite scruffy. The costume we chose relates to her work place, as she is hands on backstage at a theatre. We also wanted to create a vulnerable, naive protagonist, so her costume is innocent to create this impression, making the audience feel sorry for her.

DAY TWO FILMING PROGRESS

During our second day of footage we filmed our apartment scene and our actions shots for our credits. We were successful in our action shots and accomplished everything we had planned with them. We used tracking shots as it gives the viewer more time to recognize the character.

However, our use of location for our apartment was poor. We had used the science block and we tried to make it as though it is an apartment, however it was not as convincing enough. We aim to make this more convincing in our final piece by using a real house, flat or apartment.

In our next session of filming we aim to complete all our filming for our rough cut and then start looking in to improving certain shots for the final piece.

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Location and Setting

Our first 10 shots are set in a rough area in London. However, the setting that these shots are filmed in is not built up at all, and is just a grassy abandoned area- we have chosen this area for our beginning shots to create suspense, mystery and tension. A majority of our beginning shots are filmed against a brick wall, to reflect a scary, alley way. However after viewing our first shots of the brick wall, we have come to the conclusion that it does not reflect a rough area in London, so we think we may either re-shoot the beginning shots and add graffiti to the wall, or edit some graffiti effect in once we begin our editing.
The second half of our film is in an apartment in London. We have not yet filmed this, however we are carefully choosing an area to film in, as we want to reflect a busy, bustling area, to make it look as though it is filmed in London.We have decided that Cambridge may be the best possibility, as it is the busiest,most lively area around, that is easily accessible.