short film stage 3

1. Stage 3
Production
Management
Short Film
Planning and
Production
YOUR NAME HERE

2. Guidance
• This template PowerPoint presentation includes all the relevant
elements you need to cover your film production.
• It is suggested you save this PP in a different name so you always have
a copy – some sections require you to delete the information on the
slide and replace with your own work
• Add more pages to each section where necessary [you should be
doing this!]
• Add visuals as you see necessary
• This document will be added to as you progress through the pre-
production phase.

3. Section 1
Visual Planning

4. Pre-Production: Visual Planning
• This section is concerned with the visual planning of your film
• You should use this section to develop the sequencing or your video,
establish the visuals look and sequencing of your film and create a
structure for you to follow when filming
• It is important that you ‘pre-visualise’ the film before you make it; it
will make filming and production a more streamlined process
• The following tasks are part of your visual planning
• Pre-visualisation and concept boards
• Storyboarding
• Shot list

5. Pre-visualisation/Concept Boards
• Tool for exploring the direction and visuals
• Provides inspiration and information for the “look & feel”
• Presents key moments in your video
• A means to sketch/plan ideas
• Information on colour/lighting
• Defining the “mise-en-scene”
• Include as much here as you like, but keep it relevant to the production, the
following slides have been left blank for you to approach in your own way, add
more as you need to
• Suggestion: include your edited short sequence of clips that have inspired or
influenced your video [similar to this: http://io9.com/5941145/this-directors-
video-pitch-for-hunger-games-might-be-better-than-the-real-movie]

6. Pre-visualisation
• Black and white is used in film similar to how it is used in photography, it helps create drama as the dull tones of
black, white and grey create dark and serious emotions. As well as creating drama and emotion, There are two
main reasons I plan on using black and white in my film, firstly as I have found before whilst doing photography
even the most standard photos can become mesmerising when put in black and white, especially with darker
photos as more focus is created In the forefront of the image leaving the background more open to the
consumers imagination and creating a sense of mystery, as I am an amateur film maker I know not every shot I
take is going to be perfect so implementing a monochrome setting will hopefully rejuvenate some of the more
standard shots. I plan on gradually changing the colour tone in order to create meaning, similar to del Toro's
work in pans labrynth in terms of how he used blue and green tones to connote real life situations and red and
orange when Ofelia entered the fantasy world, I intend to sue a similar method but instead of using tones to
describe a certain setting I will use them to connote emotions concerning a certain outlook on the content of
individual scenes and I feel that this can be most effectively accomplished with black and white. The start of my
film shows the couple in love and being happy so i will use lighter tones but as the film goes on, their emotions
change and the relationship slowly fails in which scenes I will use darker tones, the gradual darkening of the
scenes will not only connote emotions of the scene but illustrate the slow demise of the relationship.

7. Pre-visualisation
• A key factor I hope to achieve from my film is realism, I want the audience to
really feel the emotions of the main protagonist Paige as she struggles with being
the victim of domestic abuse, I feel that if I make everything about the film more
realistic it will work well with telling the very real issue of domestic abuse and
therefor further engage more with my audience, as they will begin to feel actual
empathy for the victim as if she was real. To emphasise the realism I plan on using
mise-en-scene, more specifically in terms of props, setting and actors. mise-en-
scene in film refers to evrything that is in the shot and everything to do with the
shot in terms of props, setting, cinematography and editing etc. As I am depicting
a real life issue shown through the lives of normal everyday people I plan to use
real life settings and everyday props that can be found anywhere, I feel that this
would help people connect with the story as they’ll recognise the normal life of
this young couple and be able to easily compare it with their own. An old method
of creating realism in film is by using amateur actors as seeing faces that haven't
been on screen before really gives realistic indications to the viewer therefor
further emphasising the realism.

8. Pre-visualisation
• After conducting research of films similar to mine within the drama genre I realised that camera angles have a big part to
play in creating emotion in a scene, a technique that I aspire to use in my film. A key factor in my film is the personal
conflict that key protagonist paige has with herself through her inner debate on whether to leave or not due to the films
distressing theme of domestic violence. Similar to many other directors of drama films I really want to emotionally
engage on a personal with the audience by highlighting this domestic issue by allowing audiences to form an almost
personal connection with the victim, something I feel can be easily achieved through not only narrative but the use of
camera angles. After researching numerous camera angles used in the drama genre I found close ups/ extreme close ups
to be most effective as they really bring focus to the emotions of a character and can be used to connote the importance
of a certain object, that can then evolve into a highly effective storytelling techniques, both methods I hope to use in my
film. In terms of the storytelling techniques I plan to use a close up of a certain household object in an early scene where
the young couple are unpacking boxes in their knew house, later in the film the object is used as a murder weapon,
hopefully audiences will be able to make the link from the focus being put on the object earlier in the film. As my film
with scenes of the couple fighting and them both battling with certain emotions I intend to use extreme close ups of
singular facial areas such as the eyes and mouth as I feel that the emotions will be emphasised best through these parts.

9. Structural breakdown
• Breakdown your film into it’s basic sections [e.g. via scene breakdown
or similar] and apply broad visual ideas to each section. You should
list the shots required
• You can use this as the master template for your production, then add
more shots to each section when you develop your full visual plan
• There is a template for this so you can break down the film into
scenes and then the scenes into shots.
• From this you could work on a conventional script if you want, but
using the scene breakdowns should be enough

10. Structure breakdown
Scene 1
• The Wedding
This scene establishes the characters and the story, it will only be a short scene that shows the young couple getting married in a small outside ceremony.
The scene will give indication that the film will revolve around this couple.
Shots
• Slider ground shot following the feet of the bride
• Low angle &high angle close ups, shows the happy faces of the couple
• High angle slow motion shot of rings being put on fingers
Scene 2
• Moving in/being happy
This scene will highlight the newly weds happiness as they move into their knew house with boxes everywhere, shows them being playful and in love.
Shots
• Wide angle tracking shot of wife running over to husband and kissing him
• High angle close up of the two kissing
• Medium shot of them in bed smiling as the wife says 'I love you'
• Close up of murder object as it's taken out of a box
Scene 3
• His Job
The husband gets a promotion at his office but the work load shows to be causing him mass amounts of stress.
Shots
• Over the shoulder shot of him talking to his boss at a desk
• Close up shot of handshake, indicating a promotion
• Medium shot of husband as Loads of papers are continuously put on his desk
• Close up as he stressfully puts his head in his hands

11. Structure breakdown
Scene 4
• Relationship - start of the end
The husband comes home, his wife tries to talk to him and be playful but stressed out because of work he pushes her away. Concerned/angry she asks
him 'what's wrong' and he begins to shout at her which turns into an argument.
Shots
• Close up as he sits at the table and she tries to hug him from behind but he pushes her away
• Medium shot as wife asks 'what's wrong'
• Close up of husband face as he shouts loudly
• Medium/close ups/long shots as the two argue
Scene 5
The husband is staying late at work and is becoming more friendly with a female colleague. He finds happiness in talking to this woman and enjoys the
conversation as he ignores his wife's calls. In an attempt to make him feel better the wife makes him a dinner and sits till the late hours waiting for him,
when he arrives he walks straight past her.
Shots
• Close ups/medium shots of the two conversing and laughing.
• Close up of his phone as he ignore his wife's calls
• Medium shot as the wife prepares dinner
• Close up of clock to indicate how long the wife is waiting
• Over the shoulder shot as he comes home and walks straight past her
• Extreme close up as tear rolls down wife's face

12. Structure breakdown
• Scene 6
Cheat
Again the husband is at his desk as his colleague slips him a note which states 'stay late xx'. Not wanting anyone to see he quickly puts
the note in his pocket, after everyone leaves she walks over to his desk and sexual activity is implied. When washing his jacket his
wife finds the note and confronts him which turns into a huge argument and with the two screaming at each other. In a moment of
rage he hits her, grabs her and throws her to the floor before storming out, leaving her holding her face crying.
Shots
• Long shot of the two at the office getting closer before the door closes on the camera showing a dark screen
• Transition to the wife washing black jacket
• Close up of note as the wife finds it
• Close ups/extreme close ups of faces/mouths during argument
• Long shots/medium shots during argument
• Medium shot of shadows as he hits her and grabs her
• Close up showing her being thrown to floor
• High angle/ low angle shot of both perspectives
• Close up as she cries whilst holding face

13. Structure breakdown
Scene 7
The relationship turns extremely passive as the wife is now scared of the husband.shes eating dinner at table alone when he comes
home from work, he looks at her but she doesn’t look up. At night she's in bed facing away from him he shakes her shoulder slightly
but she stays still, he turns off the light and the screen goes blank.
Shots
• Over the shoulder shot of the wife's perspective
• Medium shot of wife in bed (she's facing the camera)
• Black screen transition
Scene 8
The husband comes home and his wife is standing in the kitchen with her bags packed as she's leaving him, he tries to persuade her
to stay but she starts to walk out. As she walks past him he grabs her sternly, scared for her life she grabs the object from the moving
in scene from the side and hits him over the head. She drops the object as he drops to the floor. The same frame shows his lifeless
body as she leaves out the door in the background.
• Medium shot placed behind the husband as he walks in
• Cloe ups of their faces and the object
• Ground shot as she drops the object in slow motion
• Focus change ground shot as the wife leaves her husband to die

14. Storyboarding
• Your storyboard should bring your idea to life
• Provide an idea of the sequencing of you film
• Provides a basis for production
• Suggested online storyboard creators are:
• https://www.storyboardthat.com
• http://www.pixton.com [very complicated]
• http://www.storyjumper.com [allows you to insert your own images]
• Alternatively, hand draw or photograph your storyboard and scan or copy
to insert it onto your slides
• There are lots of tips collected together on Blackboard!

15. This scene establishes the characters and the
story as the young couple get married. Slider
shot close up follows brides feet
Sider shot stops as the bride gets to the
groom, close ups captures their
emotions.
Newly weds (Brad & Paige) move into a new
house, long shot give full view of room covered
in boxes which indicates the context.
Shot of an object being unpacked which turns
out being murder weapon, close up indicates
that the object has some significance
This scene will highlight how the couple are
in love, medium shot of the two kissing.
Long shot of the two in bed as Paige
says, 'I Love You' further emphasising the
love.

16. Cuts to the husband (Brad) at a business
meeting at work where he is discussing a
possible promotion with management.
Close up a handshake between Brad and
his boss, indicating that some sort of
business deal has been made.
Brad starts in his knew position at work,
long shot establishes the office worker
he has an affair with, who sits close
behind him.
The work starts to pile up on his desk,
not being able to cope Brad Is seen
becoming more and more stressed
Brad comes home from work and is met by
his loving wife who tries to hug him but
stressed out from work Brad pushes her away.
Angry/concerned, Paige asks 'what's
wrong', but brad begins to shout at her,
turning into an argument.

17. At work Brads getting along well with his
co-worker, who he jokes with as he
ignores his wife's calls.
In an attempt to make him feel better
the wife makes him a dinner, close ups of
her looking a her phone waiting for his
reply highlights her insecurities.
She sits till the late hours waiting for
him, when he arrives he walks straight
past her.
An extreme close up shows her face as
tears slowly roll from her eyes.
Again the husband is at his desk as his colleague slips him as
note which states 'stay late xx'. Not wanting anyone to see he
quickly puts the note in his pocket, after everyone leaves she
walks over to his desk and sexual activity is implied.
Whilst washing his jacket Paige finds the
note, an extreme close up of the not will
indicate exactly what she is looking at.

18. Paige confronts Brad with the note,
tracking shot will follow her as she walks
in with the note.
Unknowing really what to do, Brad lashes out at
Paige and the two continue to scream at one
another, the argument will be filmed in slow
motion for dramatic.
Caught up in the rage of the
argument, Brad Hits Paige and throws
her to the floor.
High angle shot, highlights
Paige's vulnerability as she cries on the
floor clutching her battered face.
High angle shot emphasises how Brad
looks down on Paige.

19. Brad comes home from work to
find Paige eating dinner on her
own.
He looks at her but she keeps
looking down, turning the tables of
an earlier scene
He comes to bed and Paige refuses to face him
he tries to talk and slightly shakes her shoulder,
scared she flinches, they say nothing to each
other as brad gets in to bed.
Back from work Brad walks into the living
room to find Paige with her bags packed,
she explains that she's leaving him and
he pleads with her to stay.
As she walks past him to the door he
sternly grabs her arm, in a moment of
fear she hits him over the had with the
object from the earlier scene.
Paige picks up her bag and walks out the,
leaving brad in a pool of blood.al will be
captured in the same frame, when she closes
he door the screen will suddenly go black.

20. Master frames
• A master frame is a version of a frame from your storyboard, but with
a more detail
• You could use photos and software to create a series of images from
your intended production [at least 4]
• This would work well as preparation for framing your shots on
location and filming
• Try to give an impression or idea about the final look of the video, so
think about post-production effects, etc

21. Master Frame 1
Shot number ref: MVI_1801.MOV
• I've taken a number of stills in order to give a detailed and slightly
more realistic view of the frames I'm hoping to capture, during the
making of my film.
This shot is from the first
scene, in which the young
couple are getting married,
I did a close up like this for
both characters in order to
show their happiness as
they look at each other,
and also show the contrast
between how they feel
start of their relationship
prior to the emotional
demise of them both.

22. Master Frame 2
Shot number ref: MVI_1913.MOV
• As the project was
supposed to be between 3
and 5 minutes I was limited
with my time, in order to
show long conversations
and arguments in a short
amount of time I used
extreme close ups of the
characters faces (especially
the eyes and mouth) cut up
with long shots of the
arguments/conversations.
This technique also
provided me with really
effective shots especially
when put into black and
white as I was able to
capture the different tones
and textures of the face.

23. Master Frame 3
Shot number ref:MVI_2015.MOV
• From the scene where Paige is hit
by Brad and thrown to the floor, I
used to techniques that were
really effective in conveying
certain emotions. The low angle,
looking up at Brad emphasises
his dominance in this scene as he
look down on Paige who lays on
the floor beaten and hopeless. I
also used a focus technique
which not only brings the viewers
focus to the victim but when put
into a dark black and white
setting turns Brad into an almost
completely black figure soullessly
glaring at Paige, highlighting the
evil within him.

24. Master Frame 4
Shot number ref:MVI_2011.MOV
• This is also part of the domestic
violence scene, in order to try and
give the film a more family friendly
approach I was advised by my tutor to
not fully show the domestic abuse
scene as understandably some people
may find it to distressing. He informed
me of a method where I would
instead film the characters shadows
as the domestic abuse takes place, to
be honest I was quite complacent of
not showing the real violence as I felt
it may take some of the realism away
from the film, but when I filmed the
scene it turned out to be extremely
visually effective.

25. Shot List
• Your shot list should contain the sequential breakdown of what you
need to shoot for your film
• It should work in partnership with your storyboard
• It will be your working document when you film
• It should contain the shot number, scene number, shot description,
framing, cast/location info and action you will see
• It should also have information on performers in the scene and other
props, etc
• Shot list template is on Blackboard in the pre-production folder.

29. Section 2
Organisational Planning

30. Production Group Info
This table gives the details of all
personnel taking part in the making
of my film. The only real
extra personnel necessary for the
film are the cast as I plan on filming
and editing everything myself. As
my film has no sound and as I will
only be using one camera I find
that there is simply no need for any
extra on set crew.
Name Role Contact Info
Harvey Hinchliffe Director/DoP/Editor 07922 039515
Paige Hudson Actor:
key protagonist, Paige
07872 538511
George Hinchliffe Actor:
Key antagonist, Brad
07543 649905
Beth Simpson Actor:
Office worker
07778 095618
Naomi Parmer Back-up Actor:
key protagonist, Paige
07795 096790
Brad Saunders Back-up Actor:
Key antagonist, Brad
07748 026495

31. Location information
Location 1
My House
I plan on doing the majority of my filming at my house, I feel like using this location will put me at an advantage as I
don’t have to travel and can begin a day of filming quickly, meaning I have more time to use the days natural light to
help light my scenes. As it is my house I obviously need no type of clearance forms for permission to film on this
location. I plan on mainly only using three rooms, my kitchen, dining room and the master bedroom as these provide
me with large windows for natural light and are the largest I area within my house enabling me to be creative with my
camera angles and easily differentiate between camera locations. For this location I have no plan B as I feel this is not
necessary due to me having unlimited continuous access to the location. After assessing this location for filming I
didn’t find any dire issues that could have a negative impact on my filming, the only minor issue I found was in the
dining room, due to it being a corner room at the back of the house with a window that is over casted by a wall it
doesn’t seem to let in much light. although all but one scene in this room is at night this is still a potential problem for
production, in order to solve this I plan on using some artificial light sources during the scene.
Address:
Glenmay
Muddy lane
Linton, Wetherby
LS22 4HW

32. Location information
Photos of each room, these are the
rooms I plan on using, as you can see
the large window spaces offer good
natural light that will help to light the
scene well.
although I don't intend to
establish the houses
exterior in any part of the
film, this image just gives
indication of the location I
plan to film in

33. To help give more of an idea of how I am going to film in these locations, I have marked out a
floor plan with equipment and personnel layouts, depicting different scenes as small examples.
The red arrows indicate potential camera locations whilst the green dots show the cast locations.

34. Location informationLocation 2
The Office
Although the majority of the filming will be done at my house, the office location is still important. In a different situation it would be quite hard to find an office that
would let me film both in and out of working hours, luckily for me My Dad has some offices in Leeds that he has said I am able to film in, on the conditions that I give
him fair notice of the filming days before hand. Due to my relationship with the owner (My dad) I have been told that I need no documents of permission that allow me
to film, I just need to let him know. There are a couple of protentional production restricting issues that come with this location, I intend to drive myself to and from
filming locations and as the office is in the middle of a busy city such as Leeds, I risk getting caught in traffic which could greatly eat into my filming time. To try and stay
out of traffic I plan on carefully scheduling my filming times at this location so I beat the work traffic of 6-9am and 4-7pm. Another issue I will most definitely come
across is the fact that the office space is a running business and is filled with people, this could be an issue for both parties as office workers could accidently get in the
shot just as well as I could get in their way whilst they are trying to work. In order to minimise the risk of this issue I have structure my scenes so that most can be done
within my fathers private office section and most scenes outside of his office will be done on a weekend when the staff is at a minimal.
Address:
Project house
Armley road
Leeds
LS12 1DR
Backup Location 2
Just in case for any unknown reason I am not able to film at my dads office I have been given permission to film at my work instead, I work at a tile showroom but it has
a small office space that can be used if necessary but I would prefer to film at my dads office as it gives me much more space to work in. As I have filmed at this location
before during my corporate film project I am already familiar with the health and safety restrictions and have been given permission to film their if necessary by the
manager already. The office is close to my first choice office location so any transport issues are the same.
European house
93
Wellington Road
Leeds
LS12 1DZ

35. Risk Assessment
• Risk Assess each separate filming location using the provided form in
the pre-production folder on Blackboard and insert into your
powerpoint
• Completing a generic filming assessment would be a start, then you
can add specialist/site specific risks as you progress your production
• Remember, a Risk Assessment is an ongoing document, you should
evaluate if anything changes in production and when you put control
measures in place

41. Contingency Planning
• Things go wrong
• Your contingency plan is there to give you a backup or to minimise the
effect on production
• You should consider the following areas: Technical, Location,
Personnel and Organisational areas [about 5 potential issues for each]
• Use the form in pre-production folder on Blackboard.

43. Production Schedule
• Provide an outline of what you will do on which days during production
As it is an amateur production of a short film only lasting up to 5 minutes, I will not need to spend much time filming.
Saturday 12th may
As both my cast members have full time jobs I plan on filming the day time house scenes on a weekend, as this is only a small selection of the scenes after filming at the
house I intend to go to the office for the second half of the day in order to get all my office scenes as the business closes most departments on weekends and other
office staff on location will be minimal, meaning I will not be getting in anyone's way. I plan on finishing the filming session at the house at around 2:00pm and starting a
the office at 3:00, meaning I can get a good three hours of filming in before the business closes.
Sunday 13th may
On this day I plan on getting all the rest of my shots, as it is a Sunday everybody will be at home so it’s the best time to get the rest of my scenes filmed. I have chosen
this small gap of two days as I feel that with my detailed pre-production work I will be able to quickly and easily get each shot done. Also this leaves me time afterward to
correct or add to scenes.
Monday 14th May
After I have shot and acquired all my footage I will go in to college and sort through each shot to see what works and what doesn’t, I will create a folder that holds all of
the usable footage which will enable me to easily link my media when I start the editing process. I will also make a folder containing all the footage I may need to re-
shoot, which I will use as a sort of check list when I go back to filming. When I know exactly what it is I need to film I will take the correct steps in ensuring the re-shoot is
done just as professionally as the first filming process, with new call sheets and location release form, if the office location has to be re-used.
Monday 21st May
Hopefully I will be able to start my editing process before this date but I will use this date as a minimum starting time, in order to give my editing schedule some real
structure and give me something to aim for. I will probably start on this day if I do not get all my footage on the 12th&13th, if I do get al my footage on the filming days I
have scheduled then my editing process will most likely start on the 14th. I have chosen week days to start my editing process as the necessary software's such as
premiere pro can only be accessed on my college computer.

44. This is the call sheet for a day of filming I did
at the house location, I needed to acquire
some scenes at the house during the day
time and as both my cast members work full
time jobs during the week I scheduled this
filming day for the weekend at a time of the
day where I was able to get the best sunlight.

45. This is the call sheet for all
of the filming as the office
location, I chose to film on
a weekend as half the
business closes on a
weekend, meaning I want
getting in anyone's way.

49. Section 3
Footage log

50. • Templates on BB to insert here
• You should have a record of all you have shot and your choices as to
whether you will use the shot or what needs to be done to it [or if it
needs re-filming!]

52. Section 4
Edit process log

53. • Templates on BB to insert here
• Track your decisions during editing and post production
• Includes screenshots of the timeline, before and after images of your
process and reflections on what you have done

58. Before I started the editing
process I had to set up my
timeline, it was important that I
created the timeline under
specific settings in order for it
to be compatible with my
footage files, after setting up
my timeline I added in the files
containing my footage doing
this meant that I didn’t have to
'link media' every time I
opened the project and was
easily able to add in different
shots

59. In order to give me a specific timeframe to aim for I firstly added my song that
would play throughout the film, to give it a more eerie tone and lengthen the
song to make sure all my footage can be used. I selected the song and chose
‘speed/duration’ which allowed me to greatly change the speed and tempo of the
song. I changed the song to 55% of its original speed, turning it from 02:50
minutes to 05:00 minutes.

60. As I filmed on location a lot
of my scenes were missing
when I first started editing,
instead of editing the
scenes as one big piece I
edited scenes into separate
chunks and then added
these scenes together in
order once I had all the
proper footage. Every time
I added a new scene I
turned them black and
white by selecting the
‘Black and White’ video
effect.

61. Once I had all my footage added to the timeline I
used the Razor Tool (C) to sync up cuts and visual
content with the music, after a session of doing this
I started to realise that my song was not long
enough for my film. To make up time I added sound
effects at the beginning such as footsteps and bird
noises and from the advice of my tutor I added
another song which comes in later in the film, the
song is a slow and somber instrumental which helps
to depict the dark themes shown in the lasts scenes
of the film such as domestic violence and murder.

62. I used a key framing
technique to make for
slow and effective
transitions between all the
individual sounds , this
technique also proved
effective when used to
make a certain point of a
song louder to ad effect,
such as at the point of my
film where the husband
sternly grabs his wife's
wrist, the increased
volume of the sudden
drop of a drum beat really
adds tension.

63. In my film I wanted to connote different emotions through the colour tone of each
scene, I wanted the scenes to become darker as the film went on and the more
distressing themes were displayed, to achieve this I added adjustment layers with
the effect ‘Brightness and Contrast’ allowing me to easily change the brightness of a
scene. I especially found this technique to be extremely effective with my black and
white setting, as due to the dull colours the brightness could be changed easily
without to much distortion.
With
Without

64. At the end of editing I added a
crop effect throughout the
whole of my sequence, I feel
that this really gave it the
professional cinematic look it
needed.

65. After finishing my sequence it came to a total of 08:45 minutes and as the maximum time was 5:00 I needed to
drastically cut it down. With the help of my tutor I watched through the sequence making notes on what scenes
could be cut down or deleted. After using the razor tool to cut down shots I got the sequence to 06:40 minutes
which I agreed with my tutor was an acceptable time. As a lot of my scenes were synced up to music I had to finally
re-sync all scenes, luckily as my songs have quite repetitive and continuous beats I was able to do this easily.

66. Section 5
Soundtrack Planning

67. Soundtrack planning
After analysing a large amount of amateur made short films, both from previous college projects and pieces made outside of college on the
internet, I came to the realisation that a lot of amateur made productions are let down by bad acting, more specifically the dialogue. I decided
that in order to try and keep my film up to a certain professional standard I couldn’t involve any dialogue what's so ever but complete silence
throughout the whole would create an uncomfortable atmosphere amongst the audience so I decided to have music playing through, I felt that
the earie music and physically expressive acting would create the right mood whilst telling a detailed story. Although I used mostly music I n my
films audio the first ten seconds of the film is made up of diegetice sound as Paige walks down the isle at her wedding you can here footsteps
and birds chirping on a sunny day, the sound slowly fades out as it is overcome by slow acoustic music.
I didn’t want a fast up beat song as it wouldn’t properly connote the emotions I was trying to create, I wanted something slow that would
create a sombre vibe whilst also having some connection with the dark themes produced by my storyline such as broken love and domestic
violence. After endlessly searching I found the song 'Bang Bang' by Nancey Sinatra, as it was such an old song it was easy to find an up-
copyrighted version on the internet as the song has been around so long, in order for the song to fit into my sequence I had to change the
speed to 60%, as well as enabling the song to fit into my whole sequence it also provided me with what sounded like a completely new song,
the notes were a lot longer and the voice much deeper further adding to the dark emotions I was trying to create.
From the very start of my planning I was only going to involve 'Bang Bang' in the audio for my film, as editing continued I started to run out of
song. In an attempt to fill in the empty space I tried editing the song in many different ways but I was unable to find an edit that worked
effectively, my tutor proposed that I add another song that fits in with the same connotations as the last. I added another song at the point of
the film where Paige (the wife) find out about Brads (the husband) affair. The slow ambient nature of the instrumental piece I added again
portrays quite dark emotions, darker than that of the previous song, connoting the drastic change in the story as the terrible lies come to the
surface. I used keyframes to accurately edit the songs together, making sure that one beat slowly fades out as the other fades in, somewhat
timed up with the previous beat.