brightness

as the whole video was taken in the afternoon, all the shots are very bright.
so we learnt how to change all the scenes darker so that it would look like nighttime.
we had to drag the colour correction file onto the clips we wanted to change.
first we changed the colour to a blue/purple colour so that it would look ghostlike.
then we began to change the brightness etc.
we had to do it individually to all the clips which was difficult to do because it all had to be very similar,
also, in some scenes, it was much brighter from the others because there was more sunlight, so we had to change  those ones more darker than the others.
this worked very well and looks more horrific and effective.

sound

we have now begun to include the sounds. we downloaded them from the free copyright websites. (free copyright horror music).
there were only a few that fitted our scenes. we are still looking for the right music for the running scene in the woods. also we looked for the heavy breathing sounds for when neeri runs in the wood. however it was difficult to find the suitable one so we decided to make it ourselves in garage band.

editing

walking up the stairs. there were many different shots when neeri was going up the stairs. for example, from the back, a low angle, then the side, midway and also from the top of the stairs. when we edited them together we had to take out a few parts when she was going up the stairs because we felt it became too wrong and also, we had to try and make it flow.

wood scene

edit

in todays session we were looking for the horror music we are going to include for the background.
we were told that we are not allowed to use music from youtube, and we can only use free music from google and garage band.
therefore, we are going to find more music on google and create music from garage band

edit

the heartbeat sounds had to work well with the shots we took and also the black out that is shown.
when we put the sound in, it didnt go with the scenes as the beats where in a different pace, therefore we decided to show the shots in the same time as the heartbeat sounds and when it was blackout, there was no sound of the heartbeat.
this worked well because it was more effective and stronger for the audience. we will further develop this.

editing

today we began to include the heartbeat soundtrack in the footage.
the total time for our footage today was 2minutes 7seconds.
we also had to change a few scenes by cutting it or adding another scene.
it was unfortunate that the scene where neeri and zainab talks only had one angle shot of it.
but because we can no longer take more, we decided to put more walking shots of beatrice in between.

editing

feb 2nd. we finised the order of the scenes. there were many parts where we had to delete as we thought that it was too long. 

we also had to sort out the parts where it wasnt what we expected it to be. 

after it was all in order, we then began to do the editing of the effects. (e.g dissolving) 

as it was done in final cut express, it was difficult to use at first. 

as we are showing the first wood scene by using heartbeats, we had to have blackouts between each of the shots of the wood scene. some were shorter or longer than others but I think it works well.

costumes

for the costumes, Neeri and Zainab wore normal modern clothes because we are in the year 2012. but as Beatrice is from the past we first thought it would be suitable if she wore old fashion clothes so that it would be obvious for the audiences.
therefore we decided to let her wear a white gown, and we took the scenes in the woods with her wearing it.
whilst we were taking the scenes in the house, we realised that it would be perculiar is she constantly wore the white gown. so we all decided that it would be best if she wore normal clothes and just show the wood scene at the end.

production company

our group thought that, horror film needs alot of money for it to be produced, therefore this film had to be quite big. at first we thought of it being just a british film and only in Britain, but we realised that bbc or film4 wouldn't accept it as there would be too much money.
overall we decided it should be produced with the US