Construction

Technical Difficulties 

There where some technical difficulties that we encountered when editing our movie. These technical difficulties included finding appropriate that worked well with our footage. In the end, we decided to use the song "Pretender" by the American rock band FooFighters. Although we used an instrumental cover version with no voice. This we felt was a good song to use because it starts with a long, slow introduction, this builds up tension until the point where the music gets heavier and the action starts. We also had difficulties when deciding how to cut the music so that it gets heavy at the right point in the clip. The music well selected because it really goes well with the overall feel of our movie. Although it is a rock song originally, the song provides a good build of tension, this is because of the long introduction in the song. We had some difficulties with originally importing the song into final cut pro, there where also difficulties with downloading an instrumental version of the song. We used an instrumental version of the song because we felt that it sounded more professional than using the original song with the voice in it.

There where some difficulties when initially learning how to use Final cut pro. We had some difficulties when it came to learning how to cut the clip into sections and putting slide transitions. 

Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task

Our preliminary task took place in college using one of the corridors and our media classroom. We did not use many props, however we did use an envelope contain anything which would make it look it contained a lot of money. However the angles that we used when filming meant that the audience would never see into the envelope so using really money was not necessary.

we used a number of different camera shots when doing the preliminary task. These shots include hand held tracking shots when Tara walks into the classroom. There was also a panning shot used where she goes to sit down at the desk. We also used over the shoulder shot where Tara and Chris are in conversation with each other.

We used two people where in our film, Tara (who is in our group) and Chris (who is not part of our group). I was the camera operator
We did the filming after college one day at 4 o'clock, doing all of the filming took about 45 minuets to one hour. We did use equipment when doing the filming. Editing of the preliminary taks footage was done done both during and after collgege. This equipment included a tri pod for mounting the camera; the camera itself and tracking equipment. The tracking equipment used to create a steady "rail", the tri-pod,which has wheels, is put on top and it can role in a straight line with the tracking equipment.

There was no real script used when filming the preliminary task, the talking was pretty much improvised during the filming.

There where a number of ideas which we thought of as to what the story line should be. The idea we used was that there was a delivery of money, which was payment for something. There where ideas such as instead of delivering money, it would have been drugs or something illegal.

There are a few techniques which can be used in the final opening which are also used here. The technique that is used when Tara is approaching the a camera can be used in our final piece.

  Story Board



This is a story board which shows five sketches of different points in the clip. The sketches show the different types of shots used in the preliminary task. It also shows the rough movement of the actors e.g. walking into the classroom and sitting down.