Letter Evidence

Before we let anyone film, we had to give them a letter asking for permission from their parents as they were under 18 years of age. For our main character, Charlie, this did not apply as she was already 18. For Michael and Mike however we had to make sure that these letters were signed before filming.

Storyboard of the Flashback Evidence

Because we had decided to add to our sequence with flashbacks, we needed to make storyboards so that we knew where these shots would go within the sequence and which shots and timings we would need.

All of the below storyboards are in order. The first storyboard page will go in the first fade to white flash, the second storyboard page will go in the second fade to white flash and so on.

I did all of the pictures and timings for these storyboards and Calum filled in the shot description and sound details.

Video - First Edit

This was our first try at editing the film. As I was the only member of the group with editing equipment, I edited the sequence and then received feed back from my group on how to improve it. By this point we had not filmed the second part of our Thriller in which a man will be watching the police on his screen. This was simply an edit that gave us an idea of the footage we had, how it could be used, and what else was needed to complete the sequence.

Good Points:

I was extremely happy with the opening of this sequence as, with the flash of the camera, the fades to white worked and flowed well. We had enough footage to make some good transitions and the most of the sequence flowed well with only a few jumping edits. Unlike last time, the sound was much better which meant that our sequence would not need subtitles again. Finally I am very happy with the mise-en-scene as the use of crime scene tape and the way in which we dressed and did the make up of the actors enhanced the storyline making it look more professional.

Bad Points:

As just a rough draft, the transitions, as mentioned before, are not all flowing - some jump making the sequence look unprofessional and the last shot of the webcam is slightly shaky. We had not tried to add any music but clearly this would be needed to increase tension and suspencse. The main problem that we found was that the scene was not interesting enough. Because of this we decided that where the titles are now (as the camera flashes and fades to white), we would put a flash back of the girl's death. This would engage the audience more and also give our group the chance to use a wider variety of shots.