heroes credit sequence - ideas of how to present credits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY0W7zFqTbI 0:35

Casting, props and costumes

Since got much to post recently worth remembering this 5th of November i thought i’d explain some minor notes to do with Casting, Props and Costumes
Casting : In terms of casting for the filming I decided to prioritise actors over how easily they were to get hold of rather than on whether or not they had massive acting experience.　 That said originally when attempting to get someone to play the Antagonist there was alot of problems with availability, however the eventual person we found to play the part, Grant, was really good, and I think both actors filled the roles well.
Props and costumes: In terms of Props and Costumes there were actually very few. Our main props were the peices of paper the protagonist was rummaging through ( simply peices of odds and ends we could find around the classroom chosen)　and the handmade obsessive collage of the protagonist, which was actually really creepy. Thanks to Amy for the pics and Megan for allowing it to be made, it really added to the psycho-ness of our antagonist. Finally the costumes were simply black shirts, ties, plain black trousers and a simple white top for the protagonist.

Final filming session

Looking at the camera shots took Monday, I decided to re shoot them in the media classroom, using a different actor because our previous one was too difficult to get hold off when needed. In that session that spanned both Monday and Tuesday evenings we covered the entire classroom scene and had some really good shots. I also took some point of view shots of Megan climbing the stairs. With that filming session over I hopefully have the shots I need to begin the editing stage.

Law and Order style empowerment

(sourced from www.ew.com)
I was busy thinking about ways that I could convey the tension in 2 minutes to hook the audience. Circular narritive is one way to do this as it shows a later stage of the film, where the audio and visuals all would indicate tension. I discovered another interesting perspective created by the program Law and Order, in that the criminals perspective is shown in addition to the protagonists trying to catch them. This is a very unique point and something that I could use in my film.
Showing the apparent enigma (the psychotic teacher )early will cause the audience to constantly watch what he does and suspect him. It doesnt mean that he would necessarily be the killer as he would always seem suspicious but it could be other reasons for his presence in the scene.
On the opposite side of things, if he was the killer, it would create a large amount of dramatic irony as the audience would constantly be in a position of empowerment from the scene shown in the OTS. They would constantly urge a protagonist, ignorant to this information that was given to the audience and in a way be infuruated by them

Titles, credits and some notes on sounds

Finally finished editing and its been a mixed bag of emotions, at some points theres been joy, laughter, tears and　some crindge　worthy peices of editing early on　. To be honest despite all that its been really good. Maybe next time if done better the last 2 points could be avoided! Anyways enough of that stuff, just thought I'd give a little bit of notice into the title credits and sound.
　
To be honest the placement of titles and credits wasnt something I had thought about much untill they actually had to be put in.　They were placed just offset to the film so not to detract away from what was　happening.　There was nothing too fancy about the text type either with a basic　　Ariel-esq typeface being chosen. In addition to the teacher writing the title on the board which was an idea ive always liked, because it might not become clear that that was the title, we decided to include a title credit afterwards. I think it could have been smoother however there was little time by that point but i do not think it will detract too much from the actual film.
As for the sound we put into the non diegetic soundtrack, there was not much besides the twisted baby-ish lullaby music, which was taken from a copyright-free sound hosting website. To be honest i cant remember the site which it was taken but another group also used the same site. [CHANGE WHEN CREDITS STUFF IS DONE]

The Happening Deconstruction

Havent posted for awhile so just a quick update:
Just started editing　and its going okay, there are alot of clips that need to be scraped and i can see the light from under all the deadwood that was cleared. To be honest the editing has had me stumped but I am getting there slowly but surely.
Also before editing we were all shown the OTS　 (opening title sequence) of The Happening which we were told to deconstruct to describe what makes it an effective opening.

2nd and 3rd Filming Opportunities

During a previous media lesson I booked an English room to shoot the key scene of which the main character finds the collage and speaks with the teacher. Although due to timetabling in our original actor filming was done Monday at a point in which I couldn’t be evident. so I didnt manage to film any of those scenes which sucked.
That said, next week,running through what I have done so far, I decided to re shoot the newspaper shots which turned out reasonably well. The night vision feature of the camera really working well in that case. I also managed to get a panning shot through an open corridor but there was a problem in that the time I chose to film was parents evening which meant that I could not cover some other shots and angles which had been planned but nevermind, because the filming went okay!