[Dare] Lighting/Mise en Scene

I chose this location because its got the stereotypical old fashioned look that a lot of mystery films have in them and the lighting is dim but light enough to see whats going on, i also liked the stream of light across the floor, i thought that was effective as well.

i made her walk down the centre of the shot so the audiences eyes focus on that and nothing else.

it was a really bright day when i shot this section, which was good because i didn't have to worry about it being to dark when i edited it, though the brightness doesn't really fit the mood so i had to add darkening effects on to the clip in Sony Vegas

i was stood on a ladder when i filmed this shot, i wanted a high angled shot for two reasons. reason one, so that i could get the whole body in the shot and see everything on it because i specifically gave her a card in her hand and a bag which would come into play later in the film. and reason two, to make her look small and weak, if i'd done it from another angle you wouldn't be able to see the whole body very well and it wouldn't have the same impact on the audience

i made some blood with washing up liquid and red and blue food dye, though my sister wasn't to happy when i got it in her hair, but i needed it to look like she was bleeding from her head and it worked!

in this shot i had to cover-up my sisters curtains because they were purple and clear her desk so that were wasn't teddies and things in the shot and i put the things that she had worn in the previous shots on the desk so it looked like the evidence put out on a table like they do in CSI just not as high-tech, i had a test tubes set out as well from an old microscope i have.

I shot this from a side on angle so you could see the detectives face, and that was is looking at the card. if i'd done it from a front angle the audience wouldn't have felt involved like they were there with him because they'd be where the desk was which doesn't work!

because i'd covered up the curtains it made the room really dark, but that's what i wanted, i then used a lamp to aim the light at Darius' (the guy in the picture) face and the evidence, it still wasn't light enough so i added some lighting effects on in Sony Vegas afterward.

[Dare] Soundtrack

In my new soundtrack, I've kept the original first few shots and audio as they were because they were good, the other parts i either edited myself or downloaded from Freeplaymusic.com.

George scream unedited and edited by whiteisblack

i took a clip of my sister (who plays the girl who dies in my opening) screaming, then edited so it sounded more mysterious in 'Sony Vegas sound forge audio studio'

i also added my own drum beats behind another song, it acts like a heart beat i think, i had originally intend to do the whole soundtrack on the drums but i don't think that fits the genre at all so i thought it sounded effective behind a song from Freeplaymusic that didn't have any beat to it.

the highlighted part is the drum beats behind the song, on the purple layer (track 6) just after he highlighted section is the narrative voice over audio, i split it up and spaced it out so there were slight pauses between because it was spoken quickly and didn't have an suspense to it

also before the highlited bit on the green layer (track 5) there is some audio i record using my sisters guitar and amp, i put the guitar to close to the amp so it made a weird noise then recorded it and split it so that it sounded like it was stuttering which gives it an air of mystery that fits the genre, it also scares the audience.

Miss Sutton said it gave her goose bumps, and a friend of mine said he wouldn't go see this film because he doesn't like things that are scary or jumpy. i think that's mostly down to the soundtrack as its a key part of my opening and any film opening as it sets the mood.

Editing

I've done the first 29 seconds of my film opening and realy happy with how it looks, the first part is easy to do, but im having problems organizing people to the next section, the scene set in the church can only be filmed on a sunday so i have very limited times to do it in,

11 of my shots are set in the church so the vast majority of my filming needs to be done on a sunday the rest can all be done in school, but most people dont have free's the same time as me so i will have to organize some time after school quickly.