Logo: How it was made

Once as a group we had decided upon the logo we were going to use, i was in charge of producing the logo on a computer software so we could use it in our production. For this i used Adobe Illustrator. I took Jimmy's original idea on paper and drew it onto Illustrator. Due to the angle the slingshot was drawn at, i had to alter it slightly so it was face on, allowing it to be clear what it was, so the logo doesn't look identical to the original sketch. The text we wished to use for out title on our logo was not a default font ready to use on Illustrator, so i produced a text by overlapping the words "Trouble Productions" three times in a specific font, producing the text we desired. Then grouped them together and saved the image and our logo was generated and complete (below).

 

Film Title: Why?

It took us as a group up until our first cut to come to a conclusion of our productions name. We had many ideas such as Trapstyles, due to the loaction we are filming in being called Trapstyles/woods. We also came up with The Blood Pact, this was to symbolise that the two boy murders were somehow bonded through the murder and blood shed of their victim. Another idea we had which we all somewhat agreed on was simply the Pact but it turns out that this was already a film title, so due to this we couldnt use it. We did finally come up with a name that we all agreeded on and that didnt already exist as a film title. We decided to call our production "It Never Happened". Which suggests that not only do the two murderers not want the murder to be traced back to them or even to speak about it ever again, but that it was also an accident and that it should never have happened. The title also leaves the viewer in suspence of what it means. A title that is quite clear of what happened but still makes it clear that that something bad has occured.

Filming Day 5

Once we had showed our peers our first draft, they gave use feedback on how they thought the project was going so far and how exactly they would recommend we changed it to make it better. We soon decided with the feedback we received that we needed to film more to add to our project. So on Wednesday the 9th of January we went out to get film more footage to optimise our film opening to the best of our ability. For this section of filming, we went to jimmy's house. When there, we went about filming a numerous range of shots, enabling us to make sure we had a substantial amount of footage to look through and choose from when we were editing. The shots included a medium close up of Matt looking in the bathroom mirror and then slowly taking down his hood to show the feelings he had after the murder. Anger, frustration and confused all shown in the one shot. There was then another shot of him splashing water from the sink up into his face in the bathroom. In an attempt to show him attempting to wash away the blood and mud he subconsciously feels on his skin and the sins of the murder. We then went and range of numerous other shots. Those included a match on action shot of Matt entering the kitchen and then walking over to the washing machine , a medium shot of him taking his items including his phone out his jeans pocket and throwing it on the top, a medium close up of him taking off his jumper and then another match on action of him placing the jumper in the washing machine, the second part of the shot being taken from inside the drum of the washing machine. Then linking on from him placing his phone on the work top earlier, we filmed a final shot of Matt's phone and him receiving a message from billy (me) effectively only stating three single words, the title of our production 'it never happened, which will symbolise the end of the introduction opening scene and then can be linked into the transition to our title coming up on the screen and then the film will begin.

Filming Day 4

After showing our first draft to our fellow class mates and being given feedback and critisism on what was good and what we could improve, we then decide there was a few more scenes we were required to film. During the editing process of our clips, we discovered that the total time of our production was below one mintue thirty seconds and as the project is required to be two minutes long, so it was clear that we did not posses enough footage. So as a group we decided that it would be best to add more "Flash Forward Clips" between each of the different shots of Me and Matt running away. On Wednesday the 9th of January we went out to get more footage at Jimmys house. We filmed a range of shots making sure we had plenty to look through and choose from when editing. Some of these ideas included: A match on action shot of Matt walking through the door into the kitchen. When in the kitchen Matt took off his hoodie, placing it in to a still no moving washing machine with the camera inside showing an inside camera shot of him doing so. We then had matt go into the bathroom and wash his face in the basin whislt looking into the mirror. The final shots we took were of Matt putting his head into his hands to illustrate his shame, guilt and dissapointment in what has happened. Finally, we show Me a text saying either 'This Never Happened' where only my hands and phone are in shot once again not revealing my identity in order to keep suspence. The last shot is off matts phone vibrating on the work top in the kitchen and receiving the text which will then be zoomed into and edited to show our title. Which is "This Never Happened".

New Music Ideas

After we gained feedback from the class after they watched our production of the first cut, we decided that we needed to change the music which was playing during the running away scenes on our production. We decide that it was far too dramatic for its purpose and sounded like something that would be played during a mission impossible film not a murder thriller. It just didn't fit in with our thriller genre and our film in general. Max researched and found numerous tracks that he felt would fit in with our scenes. After he showed us as a group, we decided upon two of the many tracks that we felt could work with our genre and therefore our film opening. They were chosen by max as they both have a far darker feel to them compared with the old music we were using and he felt that this would work better with our genre choice. They are both copyright free.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk9voLIRL6s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5_gypnogPQ

After much discussion of which one we wanted to use, we as a group decided upon using the first link. This was as although both tracks fitted in with our genre, it was clear that not everything that fitted with out genre worked with our production and in particular specific scenes. us that one worked better with our film compared with the other. Overall we felt that the first linked work far better with our opening and more importantly the running scenes and that in conclusion it was an al rounder for what it was we were specifically looking for.

Change in Murder Weapon

After our first draft was assesed by the class, the feedback and our own analysis showed that the murder weapon we had originally been using had to be changed as it wasn't clear to see in the production. We decided that instead of a pole which had been soemhow broken off of a road sign being used as a weapon, we were going to use a brick. The feedback we received made it clear that it was not clear enough or at all what the murder weapon was and that this somewhat went about making our storyline slightly unclear. So we decided that we were going to make it clear to the audience what the weapon was. We did this by reshooting all of the shots in which the weapon was and should be shown in. One of the main weapon shots is when there is a high angle shot of Matt and Billy (Me) standing on the mud ledge above the lifeless body. Billy (Me) then drops the brick which then is clearly followed by the camera and you can clearly see it fall to the foot of the body not only suggesting but this time showing that the brick is the weapon which was used to kill the boy.