We firstly saved our work into a folder and then used iMovie to start piecing together all the shots taken.
I look on the role of cutting down each shot taken and we all decided on the order of the footage. The first section of our film was quite easy to fit together as it was numerous shots of the girl lying on the stairs when the audience is not sure whether she is dead or alive.
We took loads of effective shots from all angles and chose roughly about 10 of these shots which are cut fast paced to build tension and also to make our thriller quite modern.
We decided at this point to change our original idea of having the camera track down her arm and her fingers twitch. We decided the best thing to do would be to have all the shots muddled up, unsettling the audience and keeping them intreged. Therefore, we were still sticking with our original idea to have the story begin at the end and then go back on itself.
Other shots we edited together at this point were one hand held shot of the killer walking away after looking down on his victim (Aerial shot) and further a zoom in on the arm of the girl from high angle.
When using iMovie you can edit and cut out any background noise. We wanted silence in this section of the film so it re-inforces how the girl is hopeless and vulnerable. We did this by muting all sound but then adding in the ringing noise of her phone. One particular shot were we kept sound was the hand held shot, so that the audience can hear the footsteps of the killer, dramatising the situation and almost projecting his domance over the silence. We used a traditional ringtone so it is obvious to the audience and does not distract them from the action.
The next section of the film was edited my myself and Claudie. We went through this section chronologically and picked out which pieces of dialogue we preferred. The first shot was of the killer walking down the corridor towards a classroom, we cut it exactly to the point when he turns in the door and then added in the section shot of his coming through the door to make it seem continuous.
We added in the tracking shot of the killer walking across the room towards the victim who is tied up on a chair and they exchange dialogue.
Our shot reverse shots were quite hard to cut exactly, however, the dialogue fitted fine so that it looked smooth enough for our task. This meant that the audience could easily see both reactions between the two main protagonists.
One of our final shots was of the line from the killer 'don't worry it will all be over soon', after this is said and the victim begins to scream, we then cut the shot and added the next of a shot taken out of the door-way. When the victim carries on screaming, suddenly we cut the footage so that the door slams shut on the action, leaving the audience outside without knowing what will happen next.
Finally our last shot, we added in at the last moment as we decided it was relevant to summing up the story. It is of the killer walking down another corridor away from the incident. This is clever as the hand held shot walks away from the victim and towards a door with lines across it. This last shot does exactly the same thing however, from the view of a camera. This depicts an inclimation that the killer may be being watched by someone, leaving the story on a cliff-hanger.
We decided to edit the colouring and brightness of our film as we had decided before making it. We made the brightness at around 190, the saturation at around -33 and then added shadows to give an orange dinge to the shots. This effect basically made the surrounding a greyish murky black and anything white extremely bright. This really helped in the first section of our film as the background faded in and the blood stood out as a bright red on her shirt and arm. This is quite a symbolic element to our film as it highlights her vulnerability and her helplessness. Furthermore, the extreme whiteness of her shirt exemplifies how she is innocent in such a horrific situation.
The last two shots we used we slightly changed the colouring, making it more black and white so that when the killer is walking away down the corridor, the figure is completely black against the whitness of the walls. This could even symbolise the effectiveness of a film and how he has committed such a horrific crime in a 'safe' environment.
One of the last things we did on Monday the 30th of November was to add the credit to our film. We used the font 'Courir' which looks like a typewriter as made it a murky blood red to contrast to the white blackground and reinstate the crime committed. We placed the credit bottom centre as the killer walks away and used a 'soft fade' technqiue so the credit appears and then disappears in a sort of uneasy way.
Naming our Film:
Claudie named our film 'Detained'. This is clever as it means to 'hold back, to confine or hold in custody.' This is relevant to our film as it coincides with the notion of detentions and how the girl is trapped in her school by the killer, however, it juxtaposes any school regulations or moral teachings in a school.
Our shot reverse shots were quite hard to cut exactly, however, the dialogue fitted fine so that it looked smooth enough for our task. This meant that the audience could easily see both reactions between the two main protagonists.
One of our final shots was of the line from the killer 'don't worry it will all be over soon', after this is said and the victim begins to scream, we then cut the shot and added the next of a shot taken out of the door-way. When the victim carries on screaming, suddenly we cut the footage so that the door slams shut on the action, leaving the audience outside without knowing what will happen next.
Finally our last shot, we added in at the last moment as we decided it was relevant to summing up the story. It is of the killer walking down another corridor away from the incident. This is clever as the hand held shot walks away from the victim and towards a door with lines across it. This last shot does exactly the same thing however, from the view of a camera. This depicts an inclimation that the killer may be being watched by someone, leaving the story on a cliff-hanger.
We decided to edit the colouring and brightness of our film as we had decided before making it. We made the brightness at around 190, the saturation at around -33 and then added shadows to give an orange dinge to the shots. This effect basically made the surrounding a greyish murky black and anything white extremely bright. This really helped in the first section of our film as the background faded in and the blood stood out as a bright red on her shirt and arm. This is quite a symbolic element to our film as it highlights her vulnerability and her helplessness. Furthermore, the extreme whiteness of her shirt exemplifies how she is innocent in such a horrific situation.
The last two shots we used we slightly changed the colouring, making it more black and white so that when the killer is walking away down the corridor, the figure is completely black against the whitness of the walls. This could even symbolise the effectiveness of a film and how he has committed such a horrific crime in a 'safe' environment.
One of the last things we did on Monday the 30th of November was to add the credit to our film. We used the font 'Courir' which looks like a typewriter as made it a murky blood red to contrast to the white blackground and reinstate the crime committed. We placed the credit bottom centre as the killer walks away and used a 'soft fade' technqiue so the credit appears and then disappears in a sort of uneasy way.
Naming our Film:
Claudie named our film 'Detained'. This is clever as it means to 'hold back, to confine or hold in custody.' This is relevant to our film as it coincides with the notion of detentions and how the girl is trapped in her school by the killer, however, it juxtaposes any school regulations or moral teachings in a school.
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