Editing update 1

Today I rendered my music and sound effects, using the planned track " In the Basement" and a heartbeat sound effect during the opening title. I also resized previous titles in order to fit the screen width. I also cleaned up the timings between clips of the mugger walking in order to make the background line up correctly.

 I also did this for the revelation of the knife as the cut was slightly too long. I also experimented with different colours for the main title of the opening, changing the colour from red to a maroon so it was easy to distinguish from the background of the silver knife.

Track

The track that I have decided to use is from felt music and is free to use. I decided to use a track called "In the basement", as this matches with how I plan on editing my piece as it has a long suspenseful section with a good amount of action in the first minute, this means I would need less time to edit the track in order to get it to fit my opening.

The track also holds the trope of over dramatic music within the horror genre and would make it easy to show the subversion from the implied story line.

The music will begin from the beginning of the opening in order to build a level of suspense.  This is in order to make the muggers intention clear and to ensure that

Font

The font that I have decided to use in my opening is "Dotled " by Billy Angel. It is easy to read while still managing to capture the mysterious nature of the film.  It is a free to use font from 1001freefonts.com.

Grease opening

Grease Opening

Opening sequences of Grease. it has a montage of two lovers kissing and building sand castles on the beach till 1:45, when the producing company Paramount pictures begins to show, this introduces he animated sequence of the opening. The charater walks over to the mirror and sprays out a glob of hair gel that transforms into the title. The bold and cartoonish title helps to characterise the quirky and carefree nature of the movie. Under the title, the creators are shown before the lead actor, John Travolta. This is to ensure they are given more credit.

Throughout the opening, the credits for the actors and actresses are portrayed near an animated rendition of their character. This is done from the main cast, although is done differently with grouped characters. The secondary characters are grouped in cars then billboards are focused in on with their names on it.  Whilst this is happening, their is other credits on surrounding billboards, though these are in neutral green and from a side view, as to not ensure that these are not read prior to the roles of the actors and actresses.

The recurring animation of cars is used to show the importance of cars in the movie, mainly as a car eats another main character before showing the actors name. The cars also are used as a transition as they drive across the screen to allow for the billboards to be seen, this could symbolize to how the cars move the plot of the movie.

After the actors/actresses names appear, the editors name is on a separate billboard in a bright yellow, signifying the importance of the title. The final credit is to the director, who's font is in orange and larger than the other credits.

Makeup, costume and props

Makeup

The two characters in the opening have very different makeup styles to emphasize their different roles.

Ayushi will be wearing heavy makeup in order to stereotype her into a seemingly heavily feminized role in order to make the turn of events at the end more shocking. Though their is no set idea for the makeup, as I want her to feel comfortable, I feel as though lipstick would be a key feature in it, though I will take in her opinion if she has any alterations on the look.

For Rachels makeup I will leave her mostly bare faced, though will make her appear more masculine through making her eyebrows more heavy.



Costume

Rachel will be wearing a dark hoodie and baggy tracksuit bottoms. Under her hoodie I plan for her to wear shoulder pads in order for a masculine look. The baggy clothes are also to hide her features.

Ayushi will wear a shoes she feels comfortable kicking in for health and safety and a pair of leggings so she can kick high enough. She will wear a large coat and a scarf as it may be cold. The coat will be dark though the scarf should be bright or patterned in order to provide contrast.

Uploading footage review

Footage
Whilst reviewing the footage I have noticed that a large amount of background noise has been picked up, to avoid this interfering with my footage, I will lower the audio in certain areas and ensure that any picked up sound will be drowned out with the sound of atmospheric music.

Despite this the camera is very steady in the areas that it needs to be and this makes

Unfortunately, whilst uploading I experienced technical errors whilst rendering, although I attempted to import the files again this did nothing. Specific clips did render although currently the issues have not been resolved.


Re-filming
Looking back on what I have uploaded, I realized that I will need to re-film different shots, mainly the kick sequence as due to the lack of diverse takes with different angles, the kick loses impact and takes away from the subversive idea of the film opening.

I also wish to get a more steady shot of Rachel turning around the corner, along with additional shots of the location of filming in order to give a clear location and a moment to set the scene. This will also be edited in with continuity editing in mind in order to give a clearer sense to the narrative.