I have recently watched this film with Jess and we both thought it was really good and we found ourselves commenting on the lighting, sound and camera angles and why they were used and we couldn't help it. I think the opening music and credits to this film are very good because the music is quite haunting, which introduces the genre (thriller) and the opening credits are quite plain, and appear in time with the music. When you hear the car pulling up this is diegetic so there is a mixture of diegetic and non diegetic. I was thinking for our film, we could do something similar and obviously instead of having a car sound, having a horse and carriage sound, during the music. It is the first 1 minute and 16 seconds and unfortunately I could not embed it but here is the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVK9q6uAkcQ
Monday, 28 December 2009
Premonition
Sound
I think we should begin our film with a horse and carriage sound effect as it will set the scene and time period. I also think we should hear footsteps in our film, either just before the soundtrack kicks in or during the soundtrack. At the end I think we should hear a scream of some sort to let the audience know what the genre is.
Friday, 4 December 2009
Music from youtube
This music is quite creepy in a way and it is quite spine chilling music, and I think having our music instrumental will work well. However, I think the pace would need to speed up when we see 'Jack the Ripper' about to attack to build tension, so the audience can sense something is going to happen next.
From Hell
This trailer is a really good example of our genre and I really like the bit when the blood from the knife drips off. We have managed to get a shot like this, but we need to make it look more like blood maybe by editing. However, I do not think this sort of music would fit with our film, as I think it needs to be more scary and slower, rather than fast tempo and like an action film, and I think slow music to fast will build anxiety and dramatic tension. I also like the sound of the knife scraping, it is really effective and represents the film well, I would like to add this sound effect in, to add dramatic tension when 'Jack the Ripper' is folllowing her. The sound of the church bell, I find quite creepy, as it is eery and it marks the time of night which is probably midnight and it also marks the time period, having an old church. I like the credits as well because they look like they have been written in blood and this really implies horror.
Editing
Today, we showed what we have edited so far to Miss Foster,and looking at it again I am really happy with it, and I actually think it is quite scary. When looking at it we did notice there is a slight pause at the beginning, but that is because we thought it would go well with the theme of our film. Michaela is supposed to be a prostitute just walking out of a client's house, and although she waits for a few seconds, she is really sorting her top out to add to the story.
