Friday 28 January 2011


This is the rough cut for the thriller opening, it needs lots of editing: the signs need changing to make it seem more Russian, the credits need to be put on the walls, using auto tracking and animation; some of the scenes need to be re-taken and lengthened; the music needs to be perfected; it needs an ending, the main credits scene needs to be re-taken and the camera needs to be steady.We used a simple hand held camera to do the filming. Then we transferred the tape to a mac book, and imported it into final cut pro, in which we cut and edited the film. we had to import he film onto a different program to do the more tedious part where the credits move along the wall.

We used garage band to create a sound track, This worked well with final cut and merged well with the footage. we used photoshop to create the logos. The film is set in Moscow Russia, instead of filming there we filmed it in Wem. Moscow was chosen because it is a good setting for a espionage action thriller, when we filmed it there was snow, people usually associate Russia with snow and cold weather so this added to the effect and made it quite a 'chilling' thriller. Snow makes people feel cold and the fact that this is not set in a warm environment make the viewer realise something is underhand. The interrogation scene was filmed in a conference room, but the lighting used made the atmosphere seem more sinister, plus it made the viewer use their imaginaion more and. The original soundtrack was greatly influenced by the Scarface soundtrack, but unfortunately this proved too synthetic for the type of film so it was replaced with another which was more inspired by the 'theme from shaft', it has a funky drum beat with a loud bass line.

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