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What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product

Camera
We learnt how to operate a camera correctly and the setting up of a certain shots. We did this having a practice shoot before we did it properly.


My Dad advising Tom on how to operate the camera

For most of the outside shots we used my Dad's camera and he taught us how to use it correctly and gave us some other technical support (extracting files off the big camera).


For the indoor shots we ran out of time to do practice shoots but we knew how to use the school cameras from our work on the preliminary piece so it was down the story board (with some alterations due to some location inconveniences) to plan the indoor scenes.

Tripod
When filming with my dad's big camera we were taught how to set up its larger tripod as well as his camera. We used the tripod to do smooth, steady shots and low angle shots of me walking.
Also we already knew how to use the school tripod from the preliminary piece with the camera. We used the tripod In the thriller to gain a constant stable shot of Tom in the office.


Premiere pro 6
 I used premiere pro CS6 before for my YouTube channel and I used it In the preliminary piece but it was CS4. After the preliminary piece we added titles to it  And some images as some practice with titles. This taught use how To add and modify titles with colours, font, and effects. 

When we initially added the title we diced that we needed to do them again because they were too big and in the wrong order. So we changed the size of the text with the titles position slightly  to make them stand out less. We decided to use these titles because it makes the thriller look more professional.

Premiere pro CS6 on my home computer

  

 

Coomber sound recorder and the boundary mic 

 

We have never use this before so we had to do lots of takes with it so we could get a good sounding take. We used it to record the voice over and the dialog being spoken by the actors so it is clearer to hear. The way we did some of the Dialog takes (including the final one) out side to make it sound more in place because the indoor takes sounded out of place. 

Coomber sound recorder and the boundary mic 

Mix craft 5
We used Mix craft to produce the sound for the thriller. None of use has used the software before so we each had a little go at seeing what we could make, this also helped use find the feel for the music in the piece.
   
Blogger

 

We used the blog to keep up to date with each other and to organise our research and planning. 

 

We used YouTube to look at the openings of thrillers and other types of films and use the internet to research other types of  thrillers.

Thrillers involving Priests

1. Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) in The Exorcist (1973)2. Jerry Connolly (Pat O'Brien) in Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
3. Father Michael William Logan (Montgomery Clift) in I Confess (1953)
4. Reverend Peter Shayne (Anthony Perkins) in Crimes of Passion (1984)
5. Father Damien (David Wenham) in Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
6. Father Chuck O'Malley (Bing Crosby) in Going My Way (1944)
7. Archbishop Gilday (Donal Donnelly) in The Godfather: Part III (1990)
8. Father Barry (Tom Hickey) in Raining Stones (1993)9. Father Tim Farley (Jack Lemmon) in Mass Appeal (1984)
10. Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman (Anthony Perkins) in Catch-22 (1970)

Film distribution companies

A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for the marketing of a film. They may set the realise date for the film. They will also decided the method in which the film is presented to the audience, EG: by DVD or in a cinema. Studio Canal, are a popular film destruction company

Improving the film

When we watched our thriller we were not sure if the audience would understand that the Priest was the murder and why he was doing this. We were not too concerned about them knowing why he was committing murder because it was only the opening of the thriller and the rest of the film would explain it. But we wanted the audience to know that the Priest was the murderer.We had filmed the Priest leaving the office after the Officer Worker was dead, but we thought it should be more obvious and entertaining. So, to make it more obvious we filmed another scene. First, we filmed the Priest crossing of names on a list, this was to show that he had killed the worker, that he has killed before and that he will kill again. Secondly, we filmed the Priest outside the office where the murder was going to take place. We did this to show that the Priest was there.

 

Script final daft

We decided to film the film in a different sequence so we changed the script . by Jack Millward

FADE IN:

EXT. CHURCH – DAY

THE PRIEST walks down a path leading to the church entrance. He looks as if he has a secret.

CUT TO:

INT. OFFICE – DAY

An OFFICE WORKER is sitting at a desk eating and working.

CUT TO:

EXT. CHURCH – DAY

The Priest walks through the church gates.

CUT TO:

INT. OFFICE – DAY

The Office Worker is still eating and working.

CUT TO:

EXT. CHURCH – DAY

The Priest walks to the church door. A NUN is standing there.

The Nun

It’s a cold afternoon, Father.

The Priest

It’s never too cold to do the Lords work, Sister.

 

CUT TO:

 

INT. OFFICE – DAY

 

The Office Worker is still working.

 

The lights start to flash.

 

The Office Worker is now on the floor dying.

 

Office Worker POV: The Priest leaves the office.

 

FADE OUT:

 

INT. HOUSE – DAY

 

The Priest is sitting at a desk crossing of names on a list.

 

FADE TO BLACK:

 

The Priest(v.o)

For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. He is the shepherd that leads man to the light during the darkest hours. For he is truly the keeper and protector of man.  Romans 13:4.

 

TITTLE SEQUENCE: De Sanguine Sanctorum.

Thriller Final piece link

http://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?feature=c4-overview&index=3&video_ids=eggr-YwMXdM%2CryEW1_noXaw%2CQjjYJVtEe30%2CTATIDNXYPrc%2CM4nqTtgyUP0%2CzdCv_oMLmGw%2C6iECfvO2gNw%2CMcIa2LdENCQ%2CCyKwqMecEwA%2C9TlKt5iOr_E%2CurHAHxvMdL8%2CKfsh-YGoynA&title=Posted+videos&more_url=&type=0

Production plan

Here is our planned schedule for what we aim to complete for the thriller.

28th Feb:

1. Film all outside shots
2. Film all inside

1st March:

1. Editing the piece

3rd March:

1. Adding the music to the piece
2. Adding the voice over top the piece

film practice production

 We wanted to try out the big camera and get a better idea of the set before we did it properly.

This is so when do the real thing we will have a better idea on what to do.

Production company logo

Production/institution company research and planning

http://www.hammerfilms.com/

For the production/institution company we were thinking of Hammer films due to that they are renowned for doing dark, spooky, horror classics (The Mummy, Dracula, Frankenstein's monster etc.)
but they have more recently done thrillers and horror thrillers. E.G   The Quiet Ones.

Other institution companies are:

Universal,

Warner Brothers,

and 20th Century Fox.

 

Thriller Story Boards

drawn by Tamsin Stacey

mixcraft test

 In our group each of us had a mess-around with Mixcraft 5 and this is what I made.

 

location planning

We are planning to have a scene set at a church/graveyard.

Thiller sinopsis

First two minutes

The film starts in a dark room, there are no lights, just candles. There are lodes of different size candles all over the room. The camera moves through the room, there is no one in the room. The camera moves into a second room .The second room is also dark and filled with candles. There’s a man in this room. This man is dressed in a priest outfit. He is kneeling on the floor drawing a cult sign in blood. The priest stands up and leaves. The priest enters a church. We then see a dead body inside the cult sign. Tittle credits. He then talks to another priest.

The whole film

The film is about a priest who kills criminals for God. The film will start with the priest inside of a house, he has just killed someone. He then returns to his church and takes to another priest. The film follows him as he kills the evil people of the world. Each criminal that he kills will have a flashback of what they have done, in black and white. The police are looking for the murderer. At the end of the film the priest will set himself on fire.

Thiller opening Scene script 1st daft

FADE IN:
 
INT. HOUSE – FIRST ROOM – NIGHT
 
The room is dark; there are no lights on, just candles. There are candles everywhere. The camera moves through the room into a second room.
 
HOUSE - SECOND ROOM
 
The second room is also dark and filled with candles. There’s a man kneeling on the floor. He is the PRIEST. The priest is drawing a cult sign on the floor in blood.
 
CLOSE UP: the cult sign on the floor.
 
ON SCENE
 
The priest stands up.
 

CUT TO:

 
EXT. CHURCH – NIGHT
 
The priest walks to the church door. Stood at the door is a NUN.
 

The nun

It’s a cold night, Father.

 

The priest

It’s never too cold to do the work of the Lord, Sister.

 

The priest and nun both cross themselves. The nun walks off. The priest enters the church.
 

FADE TO BLACK:

 

The priest (v.o)

For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. He is the shepherd that leads man to the light during the darkest hours. For he is truly the keeper and protector of man.  Romans 13:4.

FADE IN:

INT. HOUSE – SECOND ROOM – NIGHT

There is a dead body in the middle of the cult sign.

Tittle sequence.     

 

By Jack Millward