First Editing Draft

 This is the first draft of our main task meaning that it was our first attempt at editing our clips. The reason for calling this a 'draft' are for reasons such as we felt as though there is more that we could do to improve on its outcome, changing aspects such as including more footage and the way that we went about editing.

We decided upon posting this draft to physically show what we had originally produced and so can explain in more depth the reasons as to why we chose to change it. We also feel that posting it upon or blogs gives us something keep referring back and compare to. It is also here to remind us of the pros of which can help us in knowing that only certain aspects need changing and not the entire footage.

What we have researched and obtained back from others, including our practical media teacher, is that we need to make our story line much clearer as this proved to be the main criticism. We plan on solving this by focusing more on her mental state and try to emphasise previous medical history in the hope that the audience will be able to have more of a clear understanding of the character and the reasons as to why she is in this situation.

Production Logo Designs

Below are the various designs that we have created for the logo of our production, one of which will be used in our final main task. We all agreed on what aspects we wanted to include such as font, angle, image and effects to give it a distinct and unique look.

To create all of these designs, I used a programme called Gimp which is a free picture editing software very similar to Photoshop and a drawing tablet made by Wacom.

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1.) R.A.N.K Compass

This was the first design that we produced which started out as a trial run to test out techniques but resulted in a possibility for a final logo. We all thought that the font and placement of the letters worked well with the image, representing how an average compass would look with its North, East, South, West points.

The reasons for not using this design came from the fact that it is not an easy thing to explain why we had chose a compass and so could cause complications in the future.

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2.) R.A.N.K Main Font

This is a simple design to show off the font that we decided as a definite use in the rest of our results. We chose this specific type of font not only because it shows a similar resemblance to many horror movie fonts but also because it fits well with how we originally pictured it to be Incorporated within our task. We also believed that the font and colour would appeal to our audience, contrasting against the black background, giving it even more of a horror effect.

Reasons as to why we didn't use this design was for the fact that it was used as a template and so was too plain for our expectations of a final logo.

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3.) R.A.N.K Smoke

Sticking with our base layout, this logo was created with the choice of a smokey/misty effect that illuminates against the black background and seems to surpass the text. The reason for this effect was based on horror in general by resembling the uncertainty, as in the uncertainty of characters in a movie or likewise the uncertainty you may face if in a situation where fog is involved.

We chose not to use this design for reason such as the smoke may be mistaken as a cloud, defeating the concept of why we chose to use it to begin with.

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4.) R.A.N.K Barbed Wire

This particular logo was inspired by a logo shown at the beginning of all SAW movies, where it shows wire rapping and being tightened around a production company's name, Twisted Pictures. We also felt that it could be easily relatable since it fits into many horror films and may have been seen before and so is recognisable.

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5.) R.A.N.K Blood Drip

The effect that we used on this design consisted of a water droplet underneath our main text, creating the illusion of blood. We thought that this worked well with the genre of our film and felt like it captured the horror aspect without it having to be limited to one specific sub genre.

After reviewing all of the designs created, we all agreed on this to be our final logo and so is the one that will be used in our main task.

Filming Timetable

Filming Timetable

11.50: Arrive at the set. (Klodianas house).
12:00: Roughly run through draft of each scene.
12:20: Prep character and gear (Clothing, Makeup, script, tripod etc).
12.50: Take character outside for short scene next to the house.
13:20: Start inside filming of character walking in the house and upstairs
14:00: Lunch break (approx 30 minutes).
14:30: Prep second character for shoulder scene (Costume).
14:40: Film grabbing scene.
15:10: Prep character for shower scene (Change of costume and props such as blood).
15:40: Film various shower scenes.
16:30: After finishing filming, run through camera to check any unsteady hand work or mistakes, then have time to correct it.
17:10: Pack equipment and change into normal clothes and leave. Wait until school to edit.

Change Of Plan

After editing and reviewing our main task footage we have decided that our plot, and the material that we have already captured, is too confusing and hard to keep track of what is happening in the film. We had let a few people watch and criticise what we had so far, their response being that our overall layout did not make sense, due to details such as "whose house is it" and "why is she there" not being as clear as it should have been.

Because of these reasons, we also think that it would be reasonable for us to change our previous story line since we would already have experienced issues and so know what we need to do to improve, make it run smoother and how to have a more professional ending. From this feedback, we have decided to take the sections of the plot that we do like and think can work, such as running, and will try to incorporate them into a new story board.

Some of the things that we WILL keep include;

• Characters background information
• The character 
• Possibly some previous footage
• Setting (house)
• Possibly costume

We feel that this change in plan will benefit our final product even though we will have a lot of work to do in a short space of time. We will be left with less editing time and will have to update our blogs a considerable amount, but this does not worry us since we are all committed and will do plenty in our own time.

Overall, we have decided to keep all of our old post preparations to our previous task on our blogs as it will show evidence that we have thought thoroughly about what we have produced, but it also shows the errors we have made and what we have done to improve this.