Character development

In the video we had to make me look a little bit richer. This is to make me look like I am from an important family. The plot of our video is that a hitman is killing off a family. This is shown by the pictures of my family being crossed out showing who has been killed and who is left. Joab is the latest victim of the hitman.When the Camera cuts to an extreme closeup of my dad's face on the picture it shows who the hitman will be targeting next and also introducing the main character.

I had to change a lot of things to suit our film ambition and one of the changes i had to make to myself was to wear smart clothing, a new walk, a more alert me. I also had to think about the way my posture was in the video and i think it helps me that i do drama so i had a clear idea of what to do in thriller movies so i had to walk a little bit steadier than i usually do and i had to try and keep a straight face throughout the filming. most importantly i had to generate a lot of patience.

By Joab Magara

Camera work

At the start of our film it starts with an establishing shot of a street and the name of it which in the long run is the name of our film.
This is what our shot at the start would look like as it pans around the neighbourhood giving us an idea of where we are.

Most of the shots we had were all long shots of the actor and we did this so we can show the effect of him being followed.
A great shot in my opinion in the film is the one when we put four different shots together to make the CCTV cameras and put the time underneath to give it more effect. it has worked quite well with the concept of the film.

By Joab Magara

Editing

Editing has been a bit of a struggle for us. We've been using a lot of innovative things to our film and some of those being; slow motion, dissolving credits, darkened effects and so on. Our editing has been good for the genre we are planning on portraying.

Today's the deadline and we're developing and making changes to our film opening which is now looking a lot better than it did before. Our main form of editing in this film is continuity as we are following one person throughout the film.

What I think we need to make a bit better is the way we show the shots, i think some of the shots will need to be a bit more gritty and dark and some shots might need a little less time and some need more time its just the judgement of when and what we edit at the right time.

By Joab Magara

Music

In most or every film opening music is always needed. Music tells you the story, it captures the audience and shows them the genre they will be watching. for example, romantic films will consit of songs sung to make the audience feel happy and in musical term, they would play only in major keys, whereas horror movies use very discorded keys and ones that dont make sense which give the audience an insight on what the genre is straight from the start.

In this case i have decided to make music myself, because i felt that i can make it to what it should be easier than looking on the internet, even though it would be easier, it would be harder to find the exact one to put in our video.

My decision to make it myself i think is paying off because it goes very well with the thriller genre we are trying to portray and in the music i have used a lot of high octaved notes which i think fit very well with the genre as i found out from other films like "Enemy of the state" and "The Net". In the end i think the music will pay off.

By Joab Magara