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LYDIA O'REILLY

CANDIDATE NUMBER 1543

CLAREMONT FAN COURT SCHOOL 64680

Welcome to my blog, I hope you enjoy! 

I worked with Marada Kochi 1526 and Chloe Saville 1553.  

Our brief was to make the titles and openings of a fictional thriller film.  The title of our film is One By One.

Our film is immediately below, my preliminary exercises are above.

All my RESEARCH and PLANNING follow below on the main blog roll, in reverse order, starting with the latest first. To present my research and planning, I have used a wide variety of platforms and tools: Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, Emaze, YouTube, Piktochart and iMovie

My CREATIVE CRITICAL REFLECTION is above under Pages. Clicking on the tab CREATIVE CRITICAL REFLECTION will show the research and planning that went into our responses to these questions. To present my responses, I have used the following platforms: question 1: Movie with quick time; question 2 ; question 3 Emaze; question 4: Emaze. 

Final Opening

We together as a production team, directed certain scenes, working together to create an exiting thriller film opening. I took responsibility in particular, for the scene of Eve filming herself for her blog.  I set the camera and tripod in my bedroom, where I recorded myself using a Canon 750D and captured mid-shot of myself to create a realistic feel that I was filming for my blog.  

Construction: Filming the blog scene

CONSTRUCTION:FILMING THE BLOG SCENE

For this scene, we filmed in my bedroom to make feel more realistic for the audience. This is the first scene we introduce the opioids to which eve becomes addicted to throughout the opening there are scenes where she is taking her opioids.

Eve is filming for her blog which she explains to her viewers what has happened in her life and the way eve is speaking she comes across as upset and depressed.  I recorded myself using a canon 750D and captured mid-shot of myself which makes it seem more realistic that I was filming for my blog website. 



My fellow team member created a website for my character which is feature in this scene and we recorded an over shoulder shot which showcases eve scrolling through old pictures of herself and friends and comes across as angry as she feels betrayed by her friends, as well when she slams the laptop case down.

In contrast, we filmed a scene for eve blog to show how she was before she became mentally ill and also features two of her friends, which we used a tripod and canon 750D and capture a mid-shot.  This shot of eve and two friends gives the audience a different perspective of what eve was like before she became unwell. 

Risk Assessment:

Construction: Filming The Park Scene

Park scene

 My team and I went to West End recreation which we filmed myself as eve playing with Elizabeth. During this scene, Eve is portrayed as mentally unstable as she is emotionally attached to Elizabeth seeing her as her only friend.  We used the park, as children playground can convey a creepy effect, especially in many horror films, a playground scene is portrayed. 

While filming this scene I positioned Elizabeth with me and we captured different perspectives of close ups of Elizabeth, that showcased the relationship between my character and Elizabeth, which was a wide shot.  

As the image shows, I wanted to convey a strong relationship between Elizabeth and me, therefore copying Elizabeth's hairstyle portrays how my character has become mentally unstable as she is trying to be like Elizabeth. The positioning of the camera shows emptiness in the background which connotes the loneliness around my character Eve as it showcases to the audience, Eve’s only friend is Elizabeth.  

For the next scene, we added a close up of Elizabeth on the swing which creates a creepy effect for the audience as dolls are related to horror films. The connotations keep the audience wanting to know what the doll is capable of and wanting to keep watching. To the scene of close up of Elizabeth, we added sound effects of the swing, wind, the girl breathing and scary humming sound, all of which create an unsettling feeling as they connote horror.    

Although, the filming at the park was a success, when coming back to editing we had to overcome a problem with sound. The scenes filmed had interfered with the background sound, we decided to use voice over instead of the actual footage sound due to the background sound confided with the speech.  

I recorded myself using the mic on iMovie to which we fitted into the clips, resulting in better clarity in sound. I believe that this handling showcases the attachment that Eve feels when she is around Elizabeth and the love she feel towards Elizabeth, which again shows the audience how Elizabeth is identified with Eve's mental state. 

 Overall, the filming was a success and we worked well as team together to create a unsettling atmosphere and the effect of loneliness.