Editing Intentions

So far the only effects we have, is when the lighter is flickering, like candlelight, to add suspense to the newspaper scene, however we intend to distort, remaster, darken, and add various effects to enhance the sinister aspects to our current footage, which at this stage, has been cut and ordered appropriately.

Camerawork

We began planning the camerwork we'd use on the storyboard sheets, deciding that it'd be best to begin with an Establishing shot, which we used again, combined with a long shot, in the bridge, there are other shots we used, such as over the shoulder shots for the newspaper cutting, a low shot for the CCTV camera, a medium shot for the chair in the dark room, another low down shot for the rattling chains, and finally a close up shot for the face of the concealed character, who has just cut up the newspaper words.

Use of Conventions

There are many thriller-based conventions which all add to the build of suspense for the viewer, however if one convention is overly used, especially in just the opening sequence it can devalue the appeal to viewer, as it will not give the desired effect for the viewer to be uncertain as to the events of the thriller, wanting more.
Overall we did our best to keep the convention of 'murder' to a minimum, as it is too cliché, and looks improfessional, if it is the basis for the entirety of an opening sequence, however to maximise the mysteriousness, we would leave the conventions opening, suggesting murder, and other conventions, which would provoke the viewer to wonder what is happening, entising them to want to find out, wanting more than just the opening sequence.

Filming

We allocated one day for filming, of which we acquired all of our necessary material, with additional shots, as we gained inspiration from further ideas which we had.
We began by filming in areas of the college grounds, however we refused to choose open-area shots, as we didn't want it to be even slightly obvious that we had filmed on college grounds, as it removes the professional aspect of our Thriller.
We avoided having any shots revealing faces, or uncovered parts of the body, as is easy for it to look improfessional, as our whole body may not be professional, on camera, however if we isolate and conceal parts of the body, it adds suspicion and suspense.
After we had filmed on the college grounds, we went to find the bridge, so that we could have a sinister shot, of a mysterious, hooded character emerging from under the bridge.
In the aspect of our filming, we attempted, and kept in mind, that we needed to sustain the conventions of the Thriller genre, and while we wouldn't depend on it, we would mainly use editing to add to the main conventions.