Trailer Construction

Kit List for Filming

Sony AX 58 Digital Camera

Sony HDR- CX240E Handy Cam

Portable Light

Flip Cam

Gorilla Pod

Zoom H1 Microphone

2 Memory Cards

Roles

Chloe- Editor (makeup, costume, setting, sight, time- repeating scenes in different ways)

Niamh- Director (scene/storyboard cards, positions)

Molly- Producer (timing and all round things)

Jacob- Lighting (repeating under different lightings)


My Role
As I was Editor, I was responsible for creating different affects with film, lighting, music and sound. It was significant that I had the skills to edit on IMovie because the outcome of the trailer was depending on my contribution. I was in control of continuity and recognising if something was out of place in scenes that linked. This took a careful approach in able to make the editing smooth and self consistent. and lastly, I was in charge of delivering a trailer that made sense and had a consistent plot throughout. This included knowing where certain scenes, sound and lighting were acceptable, and gave a powerful effect.

Diary Entry

Best Storyboards

Not used Storyboards



In the group I was dealt with the end credits of our trailer. I put our group production name first and associated it with our school. I then went on to mentioning a made up studio and a film company. in the centre I used our film name 'Cursed'. I thought it was best to put everybody's names in our group at the end. This also displays the roles we were given in the pre production stage.

Producer: Niamh

Director: Molly

Editor: Chloe

Cinematographer: Jacob

Voiceover: Jessica

I got inspiration from this trailer. They have included the names of production companies involved, director and anybody else who deserves to be credited in the film.

Editing In Action

Shown above, is a section of scenes that I have edited. I have explored a range of editing techniques such as sound, lighting, transitions and speed. Overlapping the sound was very effective in creating a suspense ending, due to the build up sound. Having scenes that differed in speed was also functional. This made ordinary scenes have more definition and was sometimes crucial in order for it to build the desired tension. The transition I preferred to use was 'fade to black' as this suited the horror theme. Having transitions were essential in some sections because the film played jumpy, and the transitions helped make this film flow. The lighting displayed in this specific screenshot mostly consists of low lighting, which contributes to the common conventions of horror. Each of these scenes are no longer than 2 seconds long. The fast effect of switching scenes built up the suspense that the audience want in a horror. 

These are the beginning scenes that have been edited to fit the plot. Compared to the first screenshot, these scenes are longer, lasting around 3 seconds each, which creates a calmer, happier beginning. The lighting found in these scenes consist of high key lighting, to indicate the 'Equilibrium' in our story. The sound effects in the first screen shot seem to be very unrelaxed with the 'up and down' motion of the lines. Whereas this use of sound is seen to have a smoother sound line, representing our calm beginning.