Editing: colour correction

^Within this shot the colour correction has made the ribbon stand out the most by keeping the red colour, the rest of the colour within the shot has been made to look much more bleak which creates a dirty look to the killers skin and also the background.

^This shot has been edited to show the pale pastel colours of the clothing that the girl is wearing adding to the conventions of her character- innocence, purity, goodness etc. This is made more powerful by the dark dirty colours of the woods within the setting.

^Within this shot the pastel and white colours show the clean, pureness of the young girl. The rest of the background is almost black and white to once again highlight the colours that are on show and make the colours stand out for the audience. What is interesting about this shot is that a certain amount of colour has been taken out of the girls skin, which is almost suggesting that she is becoming grim and dark like the background.


These are a few images of an outcome 3-way colour correction, we decided to use it to de-saturate many of our clips to take away the vibrancy and create a far more grim sinister feel. The decreased saturation has meant that the blacks and whites are emphasised much more than other colour to focus the audiences attention to the colours that are bold enough to see, the brightest being the red ribbon in the girls hair so when it falls out of her hair the audience are immediately drawn to it.
The use of colour correction was also used in clips when the killer is writing and playing with the jewellery, the use of colour correction here also adds to the dirty look like the killer is unpure perhaps?
However we didn't use the colour correction just to create dirty and harsh colours, we also used it to maintain a lot of the soft pastel colours.

Editing: Timeline.

Within this image you are able to see the music within the bottom half of the box and the video clips are in the top half of the box, although this doesn't show the whole of what we have done it gives an idea of what we are building up. What we have been using to edit our title sequence is final cut pro, although it can be difficult to use at some points but there are alot of points of it that are extremely useful with different techniques and is easy to follow. 

Editing: vignette

Although not very clear this is an image vignette, colour collector, blur amount, mix, saturation, size and darken that we used to edit our title sequence. We used the vignette to create darker shadows to add a harsh atmosphere to our sequence, the colour correction we used was to highlight the red ribbon  in the young girls hair but also to give a 'dirty' type look to the killer when handling the jewellery and such. The saturation was used at the same of the colour correction to brighten the red within the ribbon.
We used a slight blur effect when the killer was crossing out the girls names in the notebook and by doing this it creates a type of enigma code for the audience of who he has killed.
The darken was also used at the same time as the vignette to create the dirtiness of the room with the killer and to create harsh shadows as well.

We got the initial idea of vignette from the film 'Se7en' as they use a large amount of vignette within the title sequence as the dark atmosphere makes everything appear very grim and evil. So we decided to use this when the killer is doing things with the box and the notepad, the vignette distorts the shot making it creepy and mysterious.

What makes a title sequence?

 Sound:
Non- diegetic: Although we didn't decide to use all of these options within our title sequence we felt it was important to include all of these options just as a back up. Some of these options however did seem like a key feature to use such as music and sound bridges to create an atmosphere.
Diegetic: In the end we didn't actually use either of these within our title sequence, however we did use the little girl breathing to create suspense for the audience.

 Camera angles and movement:
Different angles can be used to show different things and within a thriller this is crucial, an example would be  with shots like close ups as we were able to show the young girls frightened face which in turn would make the audience feel frightened for the girl.

 Lighting:
Lighting plays an important part within any genre of film. Within something like a romance, soft lighting is used a lot to create a romantic feel whereas within a thriller when hard lighting is used it makes the lighting seem very harsh and sinister. We wanted to create a similar feel within our thriller and so tried to create as much natural lighting as possible, but if needed we also use very artificial lighting.

Mise-en-scene:
This is used throughout all films, but what it is used for can change throughout the genre of the film. For costume we used very dark colours for the killer to show the evil and danger of his character which the audience would pick up on although they never actually see his face. Oppositely, the young girl was in pastel and white colours which shows the purity and angelic feel.

Risk Assessment

Within our film there was no need to use things along the lines of weapons or anything that would intend actual bodily harm. However the only risk we did encounter on the day of filming was as we were  filming during the month of December and this meant very cold and damp weather. Although this did not seem like an initial risk, the fact that we were filming within the woods and there was a lot of mud which any one of us could have slipped on. So we all made sure that we were careful when walking around and when the young girl was running we all made sure that there were no sticks or branches in the way and that she didn't hurt herself.
So overall although there were not large risks, we still felt it was important to be careful and pay attention to the risks that could have taken place.

Prop list for title sequence

At first we thought that we didn't actually need many props if indeed we needed any at all! However the more we all began to talk in a group, we decided that ofcourse practically all good title sequences have props whether they were noticeable or not. In the end we decided on this list of props:

• A red ribbon,
• A box covered with writting,
• A notepad with names of girls,
• A teddy bear,
• A doll,
• extra girls toys that went into the box
• White coat

A red ribbon- As red has many connotations such as danger, blood, desire, love etc. We decided that by having the young girl wearing a red ribbon in her hair would cause perhaps a slight enigma code for the audience- the long silk ribbon almost shows an innocence being placed loosely in the hair this is then contrasted with the dangerous colour of the ribbon.


A box covered with writing- The box covered in writing was used to contain all the girls toys and jewellery. The contrast of the white background on the box and the black writing shows the contrast between purity and evil which could be seen as the purity of the girl and the evil of the killer.


A notepad with names of girls- All of the young girls names show the audience that the killer is experienced in what he does.


A doll, teddy, extra girls toys- To show the age of the people the killer has killed.


White coat- The white coat that the girl is wearing shows the purity of her character and gives and almost angelic quality to her.

Shot list

• The first shot of the girl sat with the doll we felt that a pan/long shot would also act as an establishing shot as the girl is sitting on the floor the audience see a large amount of the setting, showing she is all alone.
• The second is when the audience first catch a glimpse of the killer, this glimpse makes the audience wonder whether or not they did actually see a man stood behind her and if so what he was doing there. By using a medium long shot, the audience see the girl clearly but when the killer is spotted his head is not showing which causes an enigma code
• Then a close up of the killers hands when he is handling children's items which makes the audience feel uneasy about this person and why he has children's toys.
• There is then a long shot of the girl running through the woods, a long shot is used to show all of the trees and wilderness around her, once again showing the audience that she is all alone. However the fact that she is running causes the audience to worry about her safety.
• A close up is then shown of the killer writing in a notepad, although this is a close up it is not close enough for the audience to be able to read what he is crossing out. This then causes another enigma code as they want to know what he has written and what he is crossing out.
• In the forth shot the young girl was running through the woods and in this the red ribbon falls out of her hair, so in this shot the killer is walking towards the ribbon and picking it up. The close up used within this shot was to focus on the ribbon and the fact it is on the floor means that you only see the killers legs, so once again the audience do not see the killer.
• The killer is then holding the ribbon and this is an extreme close up of the hand to show him squeezing the ribbon tight in his hand showing perhaps his anger? or just his determination?
• The audience then see the killer handling a young girls doll, but when he appears to be tidying her hair and cleaning her up the audience feel uneasy.
• A medium close up is then used when the girl is stood behind a tree panting, we needed to show some space around the side to show where she was stood but also this was close enough to highlight the emotion on her face.
• Another medium close up is used when the killer appears from behind the tree and puts his hand on the girls shoulder this shows the audience that she has been caught and causes them to worry for the girl and create another enigma code as they want to know what happens to the little girl.
• The last shot is a long shot of the killer walking away, this is what the audience first see which carries on the last engima code. However they then see the red ribbon entangled in a tree, which causes them to fear the worst. The use of the long shot once again shows all the wilderness theres is which perhaps suggests that the little girl might not be found?