The document outlines a group project to create a 1-2 minute video using the Scarface theme tune. It describes how the group developed a story line about a girl being bullied who decides to commit suicide. They storyboarded scenes, filmed in different locations, edited using techniques like transitions and speed changes, and added credits using effects. They compared their finished video to how music is used in the original Scarface film.

1. By
Faith, Vickie, Anna
and Christina
VIDEO PROJECT

2. An Outline Of The
Task
• We were given the task of
creating a video of between 1-2
minutes using the Scar face
theme tune.
• There were 3 rules that we had to
follow: 1. Must use ‘theme’.
2.Convey atmosphere
through editing and use
of ‘theme’.
3. Must have area with no
sound for effect.

3. What We Did Before
We Started
• As a class we watched some of
the ending scenes in which the
theme tune is prominent.
• We then discussed as a classed
the various different emotions
and effects the use of the music
had in those particular scenes.
• We then as a group began to put
forward our own more in depth
ideas to ensure that our story
mirrors the sinister tone of the
theme tune.

4. Developing The Story Line
In order to come up with a story line we took
turns in giving our own thoughts on the
theme tune and what came to mind when we
listened to it. We then combined our ideas
and noted down a rough scene by scene
storyline of:
• A girl in the dark writing a suicide note.
• Flash back to her been locked in a cupboard.
• Back to writing the note
• Bullies pulling her chair away from her.
• The girl running into the toilets in tears.
• The girl writing the letter.
• The girl having her money stolen by the
bullies.
• The girl in tears.
• The girl finishing her suicide note.
•The girl hanging herself.

5. An overview of the plot
• After coming to a joint agreement that the
music gave out quite a sinister feeling, we
knew that our piece had to be equally serious.
• A summary of our story would be a shortened
story of a girl on the verge of committing
suicide, and the reasons why she is going to
do so. Then finally, her hanging herself.

6. Beginning To Story board
We created a rough story board in the lesson and then
completed it fully at home. Below are some of the images
from the storyboard:
Close up of a hand writing a message on a sheet of Close up of the girl screwing up the sheet of
paper the lamp providing the light. The camera paper and then getting a new one to write on
zooms out and in to reveal the writing.

7. Storyboard cont.
Close up of a hand writing a message on a sheet of
paper the lamp providing the light. The
camera zooms out and in to reveal the writing.
Extreme close up of her eyes that are red and
swollen from crying. Her eyes then shut Close up of the hanging

8. The filming
• We filmed at various places throughout the
school varying from the toilet to the pond.
• While filming we tried to film from as many
different camera angles as possible so we
knew that when we came to editing it we
would have plenty of footage to work with.

9. Creating the credits

10. CREATING THE CREDITS CONT.
• To create a different style of credits we used Live
Type.
• Firstly we used Adobe Photoshop to create the
background picture in the style of the original
Scarface picture.
• Then we put in the title
and our names and then
added some effects on them. The effects are
quite jumpy which we thought would be
appropriate to keep the viewer on edge and to
build suspense.

11. The Editing

12. The ediTing COnT…
• We used a mixture of Serif, iMovie and Final Cut to
create our final piece.
• We used a variety of editing techniques throughout
the movie.
• We used two main transitions, the first was a fade
through black effect in order to give the idea of
shutting your eyes then opening them as if you are
remembering a certain event (flashback).
• The second transition was a simple cut, this was used
during the flashbacks to try and make it seem as
realistic as possible and without faltering the continuity
aspects.

13. The ediTing COnT…
• During some of the flashbacks
e.g. the toilet scene and the
cupboard, we reduced the clip
to only half of its normal speed
to put emphasis on what was
happening.
• We decided to film the pond
scene from a mobile phone.
We chose this point of view as
it is becoming more and more
common, as seen on the
news, for people to film their
attacks and put them on
‘Youtube.’ We also wanted to
add variety to our shot types.

14. Use of Sound
• We decided to have
‘Tony’s Theme’ from
Scarface run through the
majority of the clip, with
the speech overlapped.
Our reasoning behind this
was to build up
tension, ready for the
music to cut, signifying to
the audience that this is
no longer just a joke.

15. Comparison With The Original
Scarface
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa
TP9TnY7lo&feature=related
• After searching round on Youtube for
a while we finally found an unedited
video of the ending scene in which
the theme tune is played.
• We found that unintentionally the
way we had placed our music was
fairly similar to the film.
• Like the film we have placed the
theme tune to play almost all the way
through the clip, right until it gets
‘serious’ towards the end.