Filming and Editing

Over the course of filming our production, we had some difficulties to start with however quickly got to grasps with it.  We created a shot list, as presented earlier, in order to keep ourselves organised and know exactly what we needed to do on the day of filming.  I feel that shooting the match on actions went particularly well and I believe this showed when we got into editing as they turned out just how we hoped they would. 

I enjoyed the process however I found the editing slightly more challenging.  We started off by organising all of the separate parts of film by arranging them into the order necessary on Pinnacle Studios.  We did this fairly quickly and then moved on to adding various edits such as dissolves and fade to black.  We also added a blue filter to the film on Pinnacle to create a more unsettling and mysterious mood for our production.  This benefitted our thriller as all filming was done during the daytime due to this being the only time all of our members were free.  We originally wanted it to be shot in the evening when it was getting dark however this was just not possible.  The filter makes the whole production seem darker and more gloomy at the same time as creating an eerie effect due to the hints of blue.

When creating the titles, we had difficulty in deciding on an appropriate style of font for the production.  In the end we chose a simple white serif font to be displayed as overlay titles.  When we chose our music, we put it into Pinnacle Studios and then had to change the emphasis of the sound in certain areas of the film.  We decided it would be most effective to do this when the teddy was dropped along with other parts, but especially at the very end to accompany the realisation of the mother when she sees her child has been taken.