From the development of 'Hidden,' I learnt many techniques and skills along the way. From the creation of a storyboard itself to the editing of the clip. Through A2 level my interpretation of how media was made completely changed. This was due to the experience of putting together a piece of media myself. My opening sequence 'Hidden' is a short video of the beginning of a film or, the epitome of my research. To begin with I at looked a similar products (other opening sequences) to find the conventions in which helped portray their genre. Conventions included, setting, costume, characters, lighting, soundtrack, shots, props etc.
After a poll on my blog I found that horror was the most preferred genre by those who visited my page. I was delighted by the result,as from looking at all genres I found that horror films had similar conventions in each film, meaning it would be easy to research and interpret.
From my research of horror films I was able to make a storyboard for my project, following similar ideas from what I had seen. In the end the story line was based on a young innocent girl walking her dog and hears a babies cries and a women's scream and goes to investigate however, is unaware someone/thing is watching her. The opening sequence was meant to give little away however, raise suspicion and get viewers on the end of their seats. We filmed for several days and edited right up to the deadline.
Storyboarding and filming helped me to understand the concept of shots and the flow of a story however, editing made this a lot more effective. Here we put in sounds, changed lighting and matched each clip perfectly. Editing early on meant we were able to add any missing shots/ clips that didn't fit.
The process of learning about this type of media will hopefully lead my A2 project to be even better and be unafraid to experiment with more ideas.
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