Production Update

Today we spent time editing some more of our footage that we had filmed on the 9^th of December. We still had clips remaining that we wanted to be seen as home videos, so in order to create this effect we cropped them down and split them into three, then deleted the middle section. As well as editing our footage, we also made some voice recordings in which we were going to later include as a voice over (non diegetic sound); over the top of a scene. These recordings consisted of different people trying to get Liam’s attention, and it will be played over the top of the shot where Liam is oblivious to his surroundings. We will experiment with these various recordings and consdier overlaying the clips or maybe adding an echo effect to some.  

Production Update

Today we began to edit to the first section of our opening sequence which we filmed on the 9^th December. Firstly we began to edit the shot which show Alfie receiving and opening a present from Liam. We noticed that this shot was quite long and appeared as boring. We made the decision to split the clip into three parts, we deleted the middle section, we believed by doing so it made it appear as a home video as it shows pauses and ‘rough’ filming. In addition we zoomed in on various points of the clip which also further made the shot appear more like a home video. We also added the music (non-diegetic sound) over the top of the videos which we chose earlier on in the project. There is no ambient or diegetic sound in the scene which makes the videos appear as sinister as you aren't aware of what the characters are saying etc. The addition of the music makes the videos appear as creepy and mysterious which is the atmosphere in which we are hoping to create. We placed an old style video countdown at the beginning of our sequence so it indicates to the audience that the video clips being shown are old; it also raises questions to the audience as to why they are being shown and what relevance it has to the film. We still remaining slightly ahead of schedule which is a positive as it allows us more time to edit. 

Production Update

Today we filmed the opening section to our production. We focused mainly on filming the home video feature first. The purpose of these videos are to show the strong relationship between the two brothers. The videos included Alfie and Liam playing with toys such as a train set and lego opening a Christmas present which shows how Alfie imitates  his brother as he is copying his actions and then finally drawing a picture on the chalkboard which reveals a subtle yet vital message to the film which is discovered later in the extract. We filmed another section to our sequence which shows Liam affected after the arrest. This shot shows a zoom shot from the torso (medium long shot) into the eyes (extreme close up).  Once we finished filming these shots we uploaded them and converted the shots using Format Factory into MP4 files, by doing this it meant we are ahead of schedule, this puts us at an advantage as it means we are able to spend more time editing the footage.