Editing Day 1-

So today I have begun to edit my opening sequence.

My main focus is to just put all the shots in the right order with the right timings, before I try to add too many editing transitions.

As you can see, I haven't put on too many shots at the moment because I'm not the best at computers, so I'm a little worried that this process may take me rather a long time to complete.

A further concern that's worrying me is the background sound in some of the shots as it sounds a bit fuzzy and then goes silent when it cuts to the next shot... so it sounds really bad at the moment and I'm not sure what I'm going to do about it.  

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Improved Animatic

After my feedback from the class I have made some of the suggested changes.

○ I have taken Ken Burns off
○ Added in the names of the distribution and production companies
○ Added in the name of the film (this could change though)
○ I have put on a little sound...that being of  the little girl singing the nursery rhyme at the start when the name of the film appears. However I haven't added in any dialogue or the music...basically because I haven't found what I'm after yet!

Filming

So I filmed yesterday and I feel it went quite well. I had my storyboard and script with me so the process ran relatively smoothly.
When I began filming the first shots it became clear to me that I may have some trouble with lighting as the quality of the image shot was quite grainy. Previously I was planning to have as little light as possible so that I could create a darker atmosphere, but I ended up having all of the main lights on to maximise the quality. I'm hoping that I can darken some of the shots when I come to edit. More over, when I arrived at the chosen location, it was already really dark outside so filming the establishing shot of the house was not possible. Seeing as I won't be going back to my uncle and aunt's house in the next three weeks, I'm going to have to film a different house that is nearer to where I live so that it's accessible. 

I also had a little trouble with background noise in the shots as it's fairly noticeable, but there wasn't anything that I could do to remove this. I'm hoping that when I overlay the score it will fade into the background so that you can't tell.

All of the actors took direction well, although all of the shots had to be filmed multiple times. Considering the age of my cousins I thought they did very well.
Most of the shots were shot without a problem, however the match-on-action shots where a little tricky with only one camera and I'm not sure how they are going to turn out when put together.
Overall I'm not really sure that I have achieved the right atmosphere for a horror film as I don't think it's overly scary or tense, but perhaps when I put it all together it will improve.