Evaluation [Part 1 & 2]

[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.

scrapping chick flick idea

i had a talk with my teachers and decided to go back to my first draft,
the problem with my first draft was that the plot didn't make much sense, the camera angles and editing were fine but the narrative was hard to follow.
now I'm keeping the first section of my first draft the same, the first 30 seconds or so, then I'm continuing on with my new plot from there.
in my previous post:
http://lutterworthasdanituffen0910.blogspot.com/2010/03/target-audience.html

i said that one of the reasons I'd changed was because of target audience, its true that for me it would be easier to aim for that target audience but my teacher doesn't think that first my style and neither do i, so by going back I'm aiming for my original target audience which was both genders and an age range of 16 to 20.

I'm going to use this as inspiration for the credits in my opening, this goes on for the same amount of time that my opening needs to go on for so i can see how i can make mine look.
i can do the shots, lighting and credits like this easily, but I'm going to have issues with music, i already have music for my first 30 to 50 seconds, but I'm still looking for music for the rest of it, i edit to music a lot at home so its one of my strong points but its difficult to find music like the music used in this opening



i get a lot of ideas for one film opening, but when i try to put them together i end up losing the narrative because i focus on the editing and videoing to much, with this new idea I'm planning it in depth and sticking strictly to it.

the plot of the new idea is as follows:

• it starts with a girl dead/just been killed.
• the story is from a detective's point of view
• the plot follows the detective trying to hunt down the serial killer as the number of victims piles up
• each victim is killed right outside there homes which suggests the killer stalks his victims before he kills them
• it ends with the killer being found out, after following a pattern of clues left on every victim and the links between each victim, e.g the first and the second victim knew each other

More idea's + Videos

Like i said in my last entery, i want to do a mystery/comedy. so i've been thinking about what i could do in it, and i want to do somthing like the following test i've done


it took about 20 minutes to do 1 second, so if i was going to do this it'd only be in short bursts, or on still images

I havn't seen watchman but this is my favourite opening i've seen so far, its really simple, but really effective. some openings can be really boring but this one was good because i kept watching and didn't look away for a second despite it being 5 minutes long. the embedding was dissabled again, so link it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=573XmVOdD2Q

i think this opening would have been just as effective without the country music in the background, the music adds a sad mood to it, but if it wasn't there just the scenes on the screen are powerful enough.
i thought it was good how the credits mixed in with the video, i hardly noticed them. i plan on doing someone similar with my opening. i also intend to use music as the base of my opening but something fast paced and a strong beat.