OUR THRILLER FILM OPENING

This is our final Thriller film opening.

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CONSTRUCTION: DECIDING ON THE TITLE

Today me and Connie decided to look at fonts for the title Hush Little Baby. We wanted something different to the fonts that we used when doing the titles throughout the opening. At first we were looking for something quite simple like the font shown bellow. It is easy to read and looks good. At first the text was in the middle of the screen however we felt that it looked better and stood out more at the bottom of the screen. 

The first text is called Tekton Pro. We decided not to use this one as we wanted something more exciting than this. 

As a group we then discussed that maybe the font should look a certain way. We decided that we would do a font that looks child like as this is a main theme of our film. This font is called Chalkboard. We did like this one however after continuing to search we found one which looked a lot more interesting. 

We have chosen to use this font, Chalkduster. This is because it still looks as though it has been written by a child, however it looks a lot more unusual than the previous font and therefore suggests a twisted story. I think this font works well with our thriller as it suggests the idea that the kidnap child has written it.

CONSTRUCTION: SELECTING FONTS

When selecting fonts on iMove we had to make sure that they would fit our genre of psychological thrillers. Therefore we felt that our text should be easy to read and quite simple but professional.

Firstly we looked at Footlight MT Light. This is because it looked similar to the one that we had used in our poster and film website. However we felt that this text was too thin and not bold enough for our opening sequence.

Next we tried Arial Hebrew. This was a lot clearer than the previous font however it wasn't what we were looking for, as we had previously looked on The Art of the Title we had a specific look we were going for.

Finally we decided to use Hiragino Kaku Gothic. This because it is easy to read yet isn't a boring font. We feel that the use of having the names of the crew and cast larger makes the titles look more professional like the ones on The Art of the Title. We decided to use a light font colour as our filming is quite dark as we wanted this effect. Therefore each word stands out boldly. 

CONSTRUCTION: FINALISING THE IDENT

We created the ident using iStopmotion and then put the video onto iMovie. I edited this clip by firtsly slowing it down to 45% of its original speed. This is because it needed to be longer. 

I then added a sound track from iLife Effects which is the sound effects and music which comes with iMovie. 

Finally I added text which enters and leaves the screen effectively and makes it look like an ident. This text says 'Hot Air Productions."

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RESEARCH: THE ART OF THE TITLE

Now that we are getting closer to finishing our film, I researched The Art of the Title for ideas on fonts and to discover fonts that professional film openings use.

I have collated my research on a Prezi.

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CONSTRUCTION: RECORDING THE DOCTORS VOICE OVER

In our lesson we needed to find someone with a suitable voice to record our voice over. We needed a doctors voice therefore we decided to get a drama teacher to do the voice over.

We recorded the voice over straight onto our film, whilst it played so that it was clear where it needed to begin and end. We had to make sure that there were gaps in specific places so that the timing was spot on. The recording of the voice over was successful and it makes the story of our film a lot clearer.

This is what was said in the voice over:

"Mrs March,
We have received back your fertility test results, but I'm afraid its not good news, you are unable to conceive and carry a child naturally. No wait Mrs March! Come back!"

We planned this scrip prior to recording which shows that we have good planning skills and are organised.

CONSTRUCTION: EDITING

After filming additional footage we have decided to edit our film so that it looks more attractive but also so that our film opening time is cut down to the length it should be. 

When editing I used the technique which I used previously called "cut away" editing. This technique is two clips of video put on top of each other and then the opacity is decreased. 

I feel that this footage goes well on top of each other as it suggests that when she opens her filming all of her memories of what she has captured and remembers from war is coming back to her. Although she is only focussing on one image it reminds her of what she saw at war.