Filming and editing

To ensure we had enough hours to film we used our frees in order to make sure we could finish the filming in one day and have a head start with editing which we believed will help enhance our thriller through means of dissolve edits, fades to black, filters and different sound affects and soundtracks. The first scene we filmed was the rivers, and Rosie walking with the baby. The shot list helped keep us organised and stick to the task in hand. We at first had difficulties as I originally messed up some of the camera work also struggling with lever on the tripod, at first the shots were rather rigid when panning as i had not fully unlocked to lever it didn't allow for smooth panning or tilts, which made our film look rather unprofessional and amateur, however quickly got to grasps with it. I feel that shooting the match on actions went particularly well and I believe this showed when we got into editing as they turned out just how we hoped they would.

I enjoyed the process however I found the editing slightly more challenging.  We started off by organising all of the separate parts of film by arranging them into the order necessary on Pinnacle Studios. We did this fairly quickly and then moved on to adding various edits such as dissolves and fade to black. We also added a sort of blue filter to the film to create a more unsettling and mysterious mood for our production.  This benefited our thriller as all filming was done during the daytime due to this being the only time all of our members were free.We originally wanted it to be shot in the evening when it was getting dark however this was just not possible, due to the fact we all live very far away from each other and transport to one an-others late at night was simply not possible, this acted at as a hindrance as a daytime setting doesn't particularly connote danger as nighttime would. However the filter makes the whole production seem darker and more gloomy at the same time as creating an eerie effect due to the hints of blue.

When creating the titles, we had difficulty in deciding on an appropriate style of font for the production.  In the end we chose a simple white serif font to be displayed as overlay titles. When we chose our music, we put it into Pinnacle Studios and then had to change the emphasis of the sound in certain areas of the film, for example when Rosie discovers the baby is missing there is a sharp high pitched non diegetic sound, which shocks the viewer and accompanies the serious event that has just taken place .We decided it would be most effective to do this when the teddy was dropped along with other parts, but especially at the very end to accompany the realisation of the mother when she sees her child has been taken.