Music and Sound

We looked for our music on various different websites, the main one being freeplaymusic.com, which I had used in my foundation portfolio. However we couldn't find anything suitable for our trailer. After searching on the macs we found a track called 'Digital Fortress' which we felt had good pace, climax and really suited our genre and footage. The music was played throughout our film and we adjusted the volume when we saw fit to do so in order to build suspense.

 

Other non-diagetic sound we used in our trailer were voiceovers and sound effects. We had multiple news reports at the beginning of the trailer talking about Sam Parkers escape and the murders. We layered these and adjusted the volume to where we saw fit. We used sound effects in our trailer in to emphasis the importance of a location, to make clear what the particular location was or to make it more obvious what was going on in a scene. For example we have a static sound when the radio is being turned on. Other sound effects we used were static noises during the news reports, a camera clicking taking photos and helicopters and sirens.

 

Diagetic sound we used was diagetic dialog that we had recorded with our footage. There was only a couple clips with this in, for example when the detective is talking on the phone to Grace, which we overlapped onto the next clip of Grace running. We only used a little diagetic sound as we wanted the focus to be more on the footage. Also I found that the sound wasn't as clear on the video recorder as it would be on the voice recorder.

Editing Deranged

I have improved significantly in my editing skills in comparison to my foundation portfolio. In order to make my editing fit in with the conventions of physiological thrillers I watched many trailers and used some of the features they used in order to make my genre clearly come across, these included things like fast pace cuts, black fade and white flash.

At the beginning of the process we made story boards of ideally what shots we would like but we haven't set them in any particular order that was going to be definite as we knew we wouldn't know what would look right until we had the footage in front of us. We knew however that we wanted it to be in non-chronological order as this is one of the conventions of trailers as otherwise it gives the plot away.

At the start of the trailer we have lots of different news reports talking about the escape of Sam Parker and the murders he has committed. We layered them accordingly to where we thought worked and adjusted the volume to accordingly. We heightens the volume where we specifically wanted to audience to pay attention to and quietened the not so import information from the reports but we still needed them there to show that being broadcasted a lot and was a high priority case. The music was also adjusted accordingly for example when there was no other sound we turned the volume up and when there was sound, whether it was diagetic or non diagetic, we turned it down so that it could be heard.

The music that we have playing throughout the trailer slowly gets quieter when the victim runs in the bathroom, this emphasis the creek Sam makes when he turns his head, again this emphasis the creepiness in our film.

We used black fades when showing different reports of Sam Parker escaping and some of his suspected main victims, this was to try and bring the effect of turning a page. We then used white flash when looking at his latest victims along with the location of where they were murdered. This was to make it seem like we was taking pictures of the crime scene. We also used sound effects in our trailer in order to emphasis the scenes ambiance. For example along with the white flashes we also had the sound of a camera taking a picture to make it clear this is what we want the audience to think is happening. We also used sound effects at other points such as when the radio is being turned on, static noises during the news reports on the radio and helicopters and sirens.

At one point in the trailer Sam Parker walks out of the bathroom slightly so that the audience can see him in the reflection of the mirror. In order to make it follow  conventions of psychological thrillers we reverse the clip so that he walked back into the darkness. This is something that I hadn't tried before and so I was pleasantly surprised with the successful outcome

I have also learn in my advance portfolio how to adjust the colours on Final Cut Pro. This meant that I could create an idyllic lighting for particular shots. For example when Parker picks up his mask we wanted it to look more gloomy to fit with the mood of the film and so we adjusted the colour/contrast accordingly.

Between our intertitles 'you can run forever' we use small clips in-between in order to make the intertitles make sense as other wise you would get to one and forget what the last one said. This meant that it slowly started to build up tension which was help full for the climaxing point in the trailer. Doing this help me refine the best footage and helped me with how to use the blade precisely. Also on our intertitles we used a booming sound effect so that the they were acknowledge and shown as important. I think they also added a feeling of crashing, urgency and importance to the trailer.

In doing my advanced portfolio I have realised how much of an effect music and editing time can have such a big impact on the success of your film. After the intertitles 'you can run forever', there is slight silence which comes to a fast pace section in the music which fits perfectly with the victim running down the stairs, building suspense and reinforcing that fact that she is in danger, followed by various others short fast pace clips reinforcing that panic.

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We chose to call out production company 'Prime Films' as it connotes that it is the best.Our production company has the same metallic colour as our film title as this makes them synchronous, the silver colour also represents quality. The logo has been placed in  the middle of space to connote that it is better than the rest and above others.

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We originally was going to use red for our font colour as this connotes danger, however we thought this was cliche and therefore went with a metallic silver as this connotes the weapon that Parker uses.
The font we have chosen has sharp edges, we chose this as it connotes the point of the knife and it connotes danger. We have also placed it against a black background as this represents the darkness in our film. To find an idea for the title for the film we try'd to find synonyms for the word mad as we did not want to include this particular word as it seems to cliche and it was to basic, it did not show are creatively or the high standard of our film. Other words that came up was words such as crazy and disturbed.

Props

The main prop in our film will be the physcopaths, Sam Parker's, mask, which we see him find during the trailer. We wanted to use a mask as it will hide his identity meaning the audience can picture themselves what they think he looks like. Masks are also a generic convention of physiological thrillers and so we thought it would be good to use as a prop to show are audience the genre of out film clearer.

 

 Another prop we used in our film was a radio. We used a radio to tell the audience what was going on in the film by over lapping various recordings of reports about Sam Parker's case both old ones about the school killings and new ones about him escape. By using a radio to share this news to the audience it shows that his case is known all over the country, it shows the news is national news and emphasis the imports that people are aware of his escape, therefore telling the audience that Sam Parker is a national threat.

 Our next prop we used was a folder which contained the profile of Sam Parker. This showed the audience he was a high profile due to the amount of papers in the document showing how much information they have on him.

Another main prop that was used was the detectives notice board. There were two separate boards, one containing information from Sam's previous killings and one board showing information from his escapes and current killings. We thought this would be a good prop to show in our trailer as we could shows quick clips revealing snippets of information to our audience.

 

 Our last prop we used was a phone, we used this to show to the audience that when the detective is trying to contact someone it is urgent as he could use other ways of communication such as email but this is a much slower form of communication.

                       

Actor Choices

Sam Parker- The psychopath

 We chose to use this particular person as he was tall, and we thought this was a key aspect as this made him come across more powerful against his victim/s. His physical features did not matter as his face in the trailer would not be seen but we wanted someone with dark hair as this connotes danger.                                                 
                                                     Grace Taylor- The main victim

 

We chose this particular female for the role of our main victim as she is petite and there for will make our antagonist look more over powering. We also chose this person due to her dark hair as our plot is based around our killer killing people who looked like this girl and so we needed her to have a natural hair colour and style. Furthermore the dark hair also connotes that she is also powerful and will clash against Sam Parker.

The Detective

For our detective we chose to use an older man as this would show to our audience that he is experienced in his job. we also wanted his to wear glasses to show that he was intelligent as this is what glasses connote. The detective was dressed in a formal suit to show that he takes his job seriously and that he is a professional

Intertitles

Intertitles in our trailer

 

These are the intertitle I have used on my trailer deranged and they show in the trailer in the order. We decided to make the the last word on each intertitle bigger and in bold as it emphasizes important/key words we want the audience to pay attention to. On our second intertitle we also made the word 'past' bold and larger as this is a significant word as it tell the audience that we will also be going back in time. We used white for our font text as it contrasts significantly against the black background, furthermore there is an idea of contrasts in our film and so this magnifies the idea of contrast and clash throughout our film. The intertitles that 'you, cant, run, forever' a spread out from 0.56-1.12, we places the over 5 shots as otherwise the would be to big of a gap and people would forget what the first one said by the time they got to the second intertitle.