student feedback

positives
- good use of handheld shots
- good editing techniques to create cctv camera effets - creates suspense
- good music, helps create suspense
- entertaining made interesting by acting and music
- good camera shots
- good editing
- good black and white effects on cctv shots
- music heartbeat was good
- music suited the film

Negatives
- storyline could be clearer
- camera work unsteady
- music could of flowed better, didnt completely link with action, music stopped as action got intense
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final thriller piece

This is our final thriller piece. The finished product.

techniques used whilst editing

we used a number of different editing techniques to try to create a conventional thriller with eerie shots to go with the disturbing plot. To do this effectively we have used 'de-saturation' on all of our cctv shots to show a clear distinction between a cctv and a normal shot. We also added 'noise' and 'vignette' to distinguish clearly when it is a cctv shot.
We used text captions and added layers to display a moving time along side the shots. This made the shot look more realistic as a CCTV shot, so upon viewing the audience will have a clear understanding of what is going on.
When creating and editing our music to fit the sound track, we decided to make the music quite up-beat and bouncy. Although the contents of the filming was quite dark, we decided the contrast was quite effective. This is therefore why we decided to incorporate contrapuntal music.

changes made to our thriller

we decided to change the order in which we displayed some of our shots. Originally we had chosen to begin the film with a CCTV shot zooming towards a dead body. However due to not updating our storyboard efficiently we forgot to do this on the day of filming, as this idea was only posted on the blog which we could not view from the filming location.
Our aim by changing the order of some of our shots was to make the storyline clearer to the viewer.

After viewing our responses to the opening, there are a few things we will be looking to change.
We need to finish editing certain clips to give a consistant effect where needed such as our CCTV.
Also we will look to decrease the volume of diagetic sound, thus making our music more over-powering.
We will try to fit the music more to the visuals. This will make the scene more easy to follow and help to build suspense effectively. Such as dropping the beats of the music and editing the clips to fit it.
We will also make credits for our video and add a title.

Rough cut feedback

Group 62
The camera angles and shots were really good, such as the hand held effect looked good and the editing was well done and the effects were good as you could tell it was CCTV due to the misty edges. However, there were not credits, production logo and title, which you will need to add.
not all of the music went with the action, the diagetic sound sometimes over rides the clip for example the wind.

GROUP 63

We thought the music choice was good and fitted the video well. We see the protagonist in peril and we see the antagonist being evil. we believe that you need to improve the storyline as it is not clear whats hapenning and this can be confusing.  The conventions are met well and the effects used e.g. black and white worked well.

Rough Cut Evalution

• Narrative was confusing.
• Shots could have been held more steady.
• No opening credits or dialogue.
• Little detail about characters
• Music was quiet, too much background noise 
• No titles saying roles of people in the project/who is in it. 
• No name of the film?
• Feels like middle of the film, not opening.

S1-66 Feedback

-  Good use of music, it sets the scene.
- Good use of different filters and effects.

- One or two of the shots are a bit too shaky.
- Why is he recording it on his phone?
- Some of the shots could have been framed a bit better.
- No mention of the name of the film, so it doesn't feel like an opening.
- No production company logo/animation.

thriller video