Meg Foreman AS Main task

 NEXT STEPS / SUGGESTIONS Although the soundtrack was liked by many some thought it would be more effective if more sound were layered on top, for example footsteps, screams and muffling. Someone suggested that we have the name of the film (Obsession) come on after the candle has been blown out so that it appears on a black screen rather than having it coming on whilst its still lit. Another suggestion was that instead of calling the ident Uncertain Production we call it Uncertain Studios, as it rolls of the tounge better.

We were going to use the dream font for our titles in the opening sequence, when we realised that when it appeared it was glowing. I think that this completely kills the mood/atmosphere so we found the font called grunge, we thought that conventionally it suited the genre. The colour we have chosen seems to be legible on all of the shots we are putting the titles on.

After listening to the comments below we decided that our next steps will be to add sound to our clip, for example a soundtrack or effects.We will also decide where and put the titles and eye-dents in. We will also be working on making sure that the viewer is kept entertained by doing things like shortening some of the walking scenes and changing the duration of the transitions to give more of an effect. Strengths Weaknesses The mood and atmosphere created was effective. The cam recorder filter fitted well with the chosen shots. The filter we put on when editing worked well. The bruise we created with eye shadow was very realistic. The contrast between the high and low key shots is good but also the order of the shots. Fade transitions worked well especially for. There is a clear narrative. Questions are raised – this is a convention of the thriller genre. There was no audio so it made some of the shots see...

We had a slight issue with the brightness of Peters face in this scene, we wanted to darken it a little bit. After failing to brighten his face with several final cut tools we found the vignette function. This highlights the centre of the picture , this worked quite well as the thing we wanted to darken was at the edge of the shot (his face).

We wanted a transition from the hand holding scene to the dark scene where Imogen is tied up to keep the continuity. The first transitions we tried didn't look very processional, they looked more like something you would put in a PowerPoint presentation.The names of these transitions were colour planes ,zoom blur and divider as you can see in the images above. In the end we decided to use the dissolve effect for the transition, as this was more subtle. 

After importing all the clips into final cut pro we noticed that all of the shrine clips were extremely hard to see due to their brightness. To fix this we edited the colour so it is clear to see. we did this by pressing the balance colour button. You can see the huge improvement that was made from the two images below.

Even though not all of the group were available to help film we managed to get the shots we needed. Also we were able to find a suitable location to film the shrine scenes. However the lighting was difficult to get right , the majority of the lighting came from the candles that were lit underneath the shrine. This worked particularly well as we wanted low key lighting. Although we weren't able to get all the photos for the shrine we wanted, the shots were still possible. 

The bruising we created went well as you can see in the first two pictures. We managed to get most of the shots we wanted in the time we had . The lighting was controlled by using the window shutters. the lighting played a big part in setting the mood in these scenes. The teamwork was better as this was the second time of filming so we are getting used to working together as a group.  Even though lots went well we struggled to have enough time to film the shrine scenes so we are going to do those on a later date.

The majority of the filming went to plan however we forgot the mini tripod so we had to work around this issue by laying the normal sized tripod on the floor like you see in the last photo. despite the obstacle we were able to get the worms eye view shots. The lighting was perfect because we went at the right time of day, we were able to find a good spot with a bench and a tree close by. This is exactly what we needed for our park scenes, especially when Peter is watching them from behind a tree.