The first thing we did when it came to our preliminary task, was to decide our basic storyline. Due to the short amount of time allocated, and cameras only available in school hours, our locations became limited. Our thriller extract had to be based around a room in the school. We chose to use a small interview room, however, tried our best to disguise it as a room in a house. With these basics sorted, we began storyboarding our thriller. When this was completed, we finalised our script, and hand picked our actors. As a group, we proof read our work, and decided we were ready to start filming.We used a varied amount of shots, using the tripod at all times, to give still, steady movements. To improve our filming capabilities, we improvised by standing on chairs to give an extreme high angle shot. We filmed over two days, risking the problem of continuity errors, such as, settings and costumes, however, as a group, we worked together to make sure this problem did not occur. Please see following posts, for overviews on our personal opinions on filming.
Once we had finished filming, we edited on iMovie. We have only used the programme once before, making it difficult for us to get used to it, but with perserverance we worked it out and were able to edit our very own thriller extract. We used simple cuts, with no other transitions, to create a sense of realism, which is one of the thriller conventions. We altered the colours, giving it more of a sepia toning, to make it have a more professional touch, and to prevent bright colours distracting the audience. Unfortuantly, we didn't have enough time to create opening titles and credits, however, we will make them in our final task.
We showed our extract to our teachers and classmates, who all seemed to be impressed by it. It was also quite interesting watching the other thrillers, and seeing how they interpreted the task.
