Legacy Opening Sequence Music (Faraz Maqbool)

Death march by gazzadde43

Alongside editing the 2 minute opening sequence I also chose the music that was used. We chose to stick with using the above music throughout the 2 minute sequence, as it gave it a eerie and mysterious feel especially the way in which it ends and how we used it in the film to create suspense.

The music used in a film must fit its genre type so that certain feelings can be communicated to the audience and so that they know what type of film that they are watching.

However this was not the only choice I had as I sifted through a great deal of different types of music and compared and contrasted them with the movie and I felt that the above music fit in quite well compared to the others. The piece of music used is not copy-righted and is called Death March.

Production Brief (Faraz Maqbool)

Production Brief

Week 4 Summary 1st - 7th FEB (Faraz Maqbool)

This week was a more of a successful week as we were able to finish up on a few loose ends such as the completion of the preliminary task. We were successfully able to record our preliminary task and also upload it onto YouTube. the video is Embedded on our Group Blog. we however ran into a snag as we forgot to turn the mic on which left us with no sound being captured at all so what we did was added in music to cover over where there was actually supposed to be sound.

we were also able to create a production schedule so that we knew when we wanted to start filming and when we wanted the whole project to be complete by. hopefully we should be able to stick to it. We were also able to create our group logo which says "Legacy" and we were also able to find the location in which we are going to be filming and so we have alongside the pictures put down notes that let people know why we have chosen the locations that we have and how they tie into our film.

Week 3 Summary 25th - 31st JAN (Faraz Maqbool)

A lot happened in the third week of the project work. we actually did get through a lot of work, we were able to do research on genre. This was carried out to get an understanding and increase our knowledge of thrillers and the types of them as we were looking to make our 2 minute film around thrillers. we eventually decided upon a horror/thriller type of movie.

We also delegated the group roles and responsibilities to make sure that everyone in our group knew exactly what they were doing and what was expected of them. This also allows to see who is falling behind and not meeting deadlines and it also allows us to see the contribution that everyone is going to be making.

We were having trouble with the possible name of the movie and so we decided to enter that into our questionnaire and allow the audience to decide between two names which were either "Deranged" and "The Legend of Edward Wolfe". We were able to create the 90 Minute synopsis which is the outline of the whole movie saying what happens. It gives us a better idea of the movie as a whole and its characters personalities as well as what the complete story is about.

Our group was also able to do the treatment which basically is a kind of in depth look at the Movie we are creating. it concentrates on the Product (which is the movie), the target audience we are aiming at, the context of the film, the media languages used, the possible institutions involved, the representations that could be used and finally the genre of the movie we are creating.

We also had our first attempt at the Preliminary task this week as well, however it did not go as smoothly as we had hoped due to complications such as the breaking of the 180 Degree rule. This mistake was made quite a few times in the first attempt at a preliminary task, however we were unable to finish the second preliminary attempt as we discovered that we ran into the same problem once again and also we also made the mistakes of not positioning the camera correctly. This was the first week we actually started to use the camera and so some of us were quite awkward with it however we are getting better at operating it and should get the hang of it soon. we are hoping to complete the preliminary task in the following week.

Synopsis to 2 minute opening sequence (Faraz Maqbool)

Three students are at college after hours doing their project work, when they are attacked by a mysterious and terrifying being, two of the students Toby and Carla make a quick escape while Derek is caught and un-mercilessly killed. The two students are not out of the frying pan just yet as the killer Alex is in quick pursuit, the two students try to get away and end up in the college car park with Alex not far behind. In such a wide and open space Alex spots them easily and advances for the kill, but when it looks like the end is near for the unfortunate students a vehicle strikes Alex with a thunderous force sending him crashing down onto the ground. Alex is crumpled on the ground lifeless..... Is this the end or is it just the beginning.