Youtube has helped thoroughly throughout my work because of its free use of video clips which allows me to explore into so many different types of thriller openings. Which in turn meant I got inspiration for my film opening and also understood how thriller films are constructed and how the thrillers vary in camera shots. Also YouTube provides a range of media texts to look at ranging from TV drama's to music video's to actual movies. All of these helped to inspire my thriller. I used many clips from YouTube during my thriller research. I showed people different thrillers with different sub-genre's and in total there were five clips. This involved having a screening of each and asking people which thriller they liked/disliked etc. Not only did YouTube help with camera shots and mise en scene but also helped incredibly with the soundtrack and allowed our group to listen to similar soundtracks to provoke ideas for our own thriller. All of this went in to our research and planning and how YouTube helped us with that.
The Black Dahlia
Blogger
Another main technology that has enabled me to post my work to and allow my fellow classmates and teachers to give feedback on is my cns blog. My blog has meant that my teachers can give me feedback whenever and comment on areas that could be improved or if my work is done well they can give praise. Also other students that are following my blog can make comments on work that I have posted. To continue my blog was very easy to use and understand when I first started blogging this meant that the site was not that complex and so it would be easy for other people to access my work and give feedback. My blog also allowed for all my work to be in one place. So all the video clips, the thrillers used, research and other essays and so I could have everything in one solid place. There are also labels which means the work is easy to find. Everything is organised and kept securely on my blog.
Digital Camcorders
Furthermore I did a lot of the camera work in my group and so it was vital for me to know how to use a camcorder accordingly and appropriately. We had to move around the train station and on the train and so it helped greatly that the camera was light and portable. Also we had to get on and off trains and so in order to get off at the right times we had to be quick which was perfectly easy because the camcorder was small and handheld. The camera allowed us to rewind back and see the footage that has already been taken and so if there was a shot that didn't seem correct we were able to re-do the shot in order to get a perfect finish. The camera was used with a tape which could be removed and used in other cameras so if ever our camera broke we wouldn't lose our footage and if needed we could shoot more footage on a another camera but still keep all of the footage in one place.
Adobe Premier Elements
Adobe Premier helped with editing and meant that we could cut and use whatever shots we wished. I was also heavily involved in the editing of our thriller. We used effects such as Cross-Dissolve to keep the thriller moving swiftly and smoothly. Then there was the razor tool which allowed us to cut whichever shots which we didn't need but also allowed us to shorten those shots where we didn't need the complete shot.
Also the use of high contrast meant that we differ between the two characters. The way we did this is to go on 'edit' and put the stalkers scenes in black and white and then make the tint a lot thicker to give a strong contrast which meant darker shadows and brighter light like chiaroscuro. A fade to black edit was use at the end of the opening where there was only the title left remaining on the screen which meant that there had to be a fade to black to emphasise the title. As you can see from the above images the use of high contrast made the film seem more professional and clean cut. The title font was added from the website 'www.dafont.com' where we chose the font '28 days later'. We then added the titles wherever they were needed. Then the soundtrack had to be added, we used two different sounds for the thriller opening of 'The Neurotic' one of which is more creepy and the second which is eerie. This was also easy to add because below the film footage was a space for the sound which could be easily inserted. The sound being below the footage meant they both would play in sync. If the soundtrack need to be lowered then there were bars that could be changed to make it louder or quieter. All of this together allowed a good quality finish to our 'The Neurotic'.
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