Editing Process

Editing was surprisingly easier than we had first thought it would be. We had well over 2 hours worth of footage which needed to be filtered down into the most suited and most effective shots. We filmed much of the footage from 4 or 5 different angles and shots on purpose, because we were not entirely sure what would look best and figured it is better to hace to much to play with when editing than not enough. When editing we realised that in order to depict a realistic film we had to stick to traditional cuts and edits and not use the exciting more elaborate ones as they would make the extract seem unrealistic. 

Twisted Pictures

We added the production company "Twisted Pictures" to our opening sequence as it went well with the theme and the mood of our opening sequence.

A.S.E Productions

A.S.E Productions is the name of our production company, we put this into the opening sequence by making it appear that as the central character is walking the credit is following him.

Changes from the story board

The film stuck to the story board, for the most part. However after getting to the location we saw an oppertunity to enahnce the story. The original story board did not include the betting shop as in hindsight we hadn't really thought about the story after the opening sequence. We then came up with the idea that the central character had a money problem and this was portrayed with the camera at first so it appeared that he had a gambling problem. This also meant we had a reason for the gangsters to appear, the small twist was that he doesn't have a gambling problem, he owes a gangster money and the gambling was his last hope of getting it back. Consequently we had the idea of the central characters girlfriend being abducted by the gangsters as we figured it would seem realistic and we also decided as a group we like films where the action happens immediately. The changes made the film opening more exciting, more realistic, easier to relate to and also added more connotations of the action genre; a damsel in distress.

Filming!

We decided to film on 23/02/2011, we had also decided that we wanted to film the entire opening sequence in one evening, not to do it in sections as it would make it easier to edit the whole sequence together. We were filming where Adam lives so we didn't need to obtain much permission in order to film. However, we wanted part of our film to be in a betting shop- William Hill, but due to us being under 18 we were not allowed on the premisses, let alone allowed to film. This was only a minor hiccup that we dealt with by filming Adam walking in the the shop and walking out of it and we agreed to use a dissolve cut when editing to make it appear time had passed. Filming went relatively smoothly with no major incidents that prevented us from getting the footage that we wanted. There were a few times when filming that we didn't realise there was mirrors in the shots and it was possible to see the camera in the shots. We dealt with this by re shooting, this was a somewhat irritating set back but not a major one. The filming took longer than we had anticipated but by the end of it we all felt as if we had enough footage to be able to put together an opening sequence which reflected the hard work we put into planing and filming it.

Preperation for the shoot...

What we will need:

• Camera
• Memory card
• Charger
• Tripod
• Plastic bag to put over camera and umbrella (it might rain and the show must go on)
• Wallet
• Mobile phone
• Adam's moped
• Sami needs to come ON TIME!
• Torch as the lighting may be rubbish

Our chosen name

We decided that the best word that described the narrative was debt as the opening sequence shows how someone who has owed money has come to collect it. However, we did not think that word really stood out or sounded dramatic and so we put it on thesaurus.com to see if there was anything else:

It was when we saw the list that we decided to call our film "In The Red" as it did not completely give the narrative away and we thought that most people of the audience may not completely know the meaning which would build enough suspense for the opening sequence to be a success.