Editing 6

I have shown the shots of the bag and ignition to my teacher and she said that they were good enough to add to the film. The shots of the bag are going to replace the shots of the MM's feet/shoes which means that there is no Mysterious Murderer in my film because the MM's shoes do not look convincing or suspicious enough that is why I have used shots of a bag instead.I have added a close up of the ignition just to make the part where the father walks to his car a bit more interesting.

Editing 5

Today I want to edit my titles abit more, I am planning to make the colour of the titles a bit darker because it was reccomended by the response I got after my second draft. I want to add the fade in and out effect to my titles that have all the cast names. I also want to work on the siren sound effects I might choose a new sound effect or I will use my current one and make some edits to it so that it can go from a low to high volume. 

Update: I have managed to make my titles darker and I have added the fade in and out effect to my titles. I have chosen to keep my siren sound effect and I have edited it a little by adjusting the volume so it can go from low to high volume.

Draft 2 and opinions

 

I have decided to upload my second draft this time my draft includes all the titles and ambiant sound, I also cleaned the editing a little abit as well, it is still not finished because I might need to improve some shots and maybe change the colour of some titles.


Audience opinions:
I have asked again the same several people that I asked from my first draft about their opinion of the second draft.
I have asked:
What did you like about it?
What you didn't like about it?
What could be improved?

 In general people said that they liked the fonts of the titles and they said that the ambiant sound is an improvement to the first draft. They also said that the editing has definetly improved as well and they liked the fade in and out effect of the two first titles and they said that it would be best if that effect would be used with all the other titles as well. What they didn't like was the colour of the titles that have all the cast names on most people said that they could not see them properly and that I could make it a bit darker. They also disliked the sirens in the end someone said to look for another siren sound effect and someone else said to make the siren sound blend in to make it go from a low to high volume in the scene. 
 

Filming day 5

I went out and filmed a close up of the ignition inside the car because I thought that the scene where the father walks outside needs more close ups. I found it a bit difficult to film because I couldn't get a proper close up of the keys because it looked really blurry but when I zoomed out a little it wasnt as blurry but the only problem with that is that you can see the stearing wheel so when I go to editing I need to cut that bit out.  
It was recommended that I filmed a bag that had a hammer and a piece of wood sticking out to make it look suspicious and if that works that shot would replace the shot of MM's legs because it looks more suspicious. 

I have taken these shots and I will ask my teacher if these shots will work or not. 

Editing 3

I have started to add sound effects and background music to my opening scene at first I wanted to use this background music https://freesound.org/people/tradeshowmusic/sounds/136721/ for the beginning of the opening scene and then the song "Blood on the leaves" towards the end.  However I was advised that adding the song blood on the leaves is not really ideal which I now agree with therefore I will be using the background music throughout the entire opening sequence. I also came up with the idea of adding police sirens at the very end of the opening where the title "Afraid" appears.

Editing 4 (Titles)

I will be using After effects to make my titles, so far I have been making draft titles just so that I can get an idea of how the program works, I will begin to make my final titles after the Christmas break.

Update:11/1/16 
 After the first lesson back from the holidays I managed to go back on after effects and on my draft titles, before the holidays I was watching a tutorial on how to use the program and for my first two titles "C.E.E Productions" and "Patra Films" I used a fade in and out effect. During this lesson I managed to download the fonts that I wanted to use from Dafont.com and I edited all my draft titles with the chosen fonts, all my titles are in grey except for the title that I want to use at the end of the opening:"Afraid" which will be in red.
I also added all my Grey titles to my opening, I had trouble with the colour of my font it was a bit too light so I darkened the colour a little bit and now the titles are easier to see. I have left my red title for now and in tomorrow's lesson I will work on adding it to my opening.

12/1/16
I have changed the font and colour of my last title of my opening, the title is in white and I have changed it because the font makes the opening look like that it is from a horror film. The font is from the editing program, premier pro. I like this font because it is more basic than the other one and at the same time it does suit a thriller themed movie.With my other titles that just appear I have edited those as well and now those titles fade in and out.