Order of Credits

The order of the credits in our thriller follow the same sequence as those in any other film or television program you would normally expect to see. We started with the production company, then the distribution company, director, actors (by most important first), and finally the film title. I will upload the completed product after we have finished editing it. 

An example of a film that follows this title sequence is Forrest Gump released in 1994: 

Use of Fonts and Titling

When editing our thriller, we have added in titles that have fonts that represent the political sub-genre. The titles are edited so that a one letter appears at a time, as if they're being typed. The font is similar to that of 'Times New Roman' which is a common font, but one that works well with our thriller. 

Our thriller is based around the technological aspect of the world through the political sub-genre, which is why we used this idea of editing for the titles. One thriller that ours is very similar to is 'The Ghost Writer', released in 2010. 

As a result of the titles that we have added in successfully, our own production of 'Firewall' is improving. The effect that we want our titles to have on the audience is to provide them with an idea of what type of sub-genre the thriller is. 

Film and Other Openings That Are Inspiring My Editing

When editing I took inspiration from Political Conspiracy Thrillers such as 9/11 documentaries. I feel that the music and fonts used on these are the same kinds that would fit the sub-genre of our thriller. 

I also took inspiration from the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Official Trailer

Starting to Edit

When we finally got the chance to look back through what we had shot on our shooting day I really did feel that we had captured some great shots that could tell the audience a lot about what the film was about. 

However, I also thought that we could have captured a lot more footage and that, when looking back over, we didn't make enough out of the time and resources that we had. 

I also felt that a lot of the shots that we had, especially of the wires, were pretty much the same. I think that because we spent so much time on the hacker seen in the server rooms next to the studio, that we didn't have enough time to shoot more of Audrey's scene for example. 

I also felt that we could have done a lot more experimenting with the types of shots that we got and could have played with the lighting and dialogue a lot more too, to make the opening sequence more visually and audibly entertaining. 

Production Schedule

Seeing as we only had one day to shoot our thriller we had to run on a tight schedule. In order to keep everything flowing smoothly, my group and I set up a production schedule of when and where we would shoot each of our stars either together, or in groups.

In the morning we shot Ted's scene in Dave's office from 9am till 10:30am. 

The we shot Andy's Scene in the Spanish Rooms from 10:45am till 11:15am.

Then we had a break form lunch, came back to the downstairs corridor in Hurtwood House and shot the scene between Roy and Alison from 12:30pm till 3pm.

We then shot Roy's office scene in the studio from 3:10pm to 5pm.

And finally we shot Audrey's scene as the French Prime Minister in the French rooms from 5:30pm till 6pm and then the day was finished. 

Different Title Sequence Structures

For our thriller 'Firewall', we as a group have been trying to develop some ideas for how we would like our title sequence to run. The idea that we have gone with is the idea of it being typed onto the screen as though someone is typing it on a keyboard. 

We felt as though it would fit in with the political thriller sub-genre the best out of any of the other ideas that we came up with. 

I also drew inspiration from www.artofthetitle.com for different types of opening fonts, sizes, and colours for how they're represented to fit with the sub-genre of the thriller being created. 

http://www.artofthetitle.com/?s=thriller

After having looked at several of the Thriller Title Sequences on this sight I have decided that a sequence that has the graphic qualities of a computer. This would help to emphasize the political and technological side to our thriller, which we have already emphasized through the mis-en-scene from our shoot day. 

I also remembered a documentary that I had seen on The National Geographic Channel a few years ago on the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre, Financial District, Manhattan, New York, NY and I thought that the typing effect on the titles on there were great and definitely added the political, technological aspect to the situation. 

Researching Sound Effects and/or Music

Our thriller is politically and technologically based, therefore my team and I had a pretty good idea of what kind of music and sound effects we wanted to use. We used software whilst editing such as Garage Band and Soundtrack Pro. Firstly Will and I started making the opening suspenseful music using a variety of computer sound effects such as fans, keyboards, buzzes and electro-bleeps. To add the tension we also put in some dark droning. 




I drew inspiration for the sound track from other films that I had seen. I felt that the sound effects and music that were used in them managed to create the heightened tension that I wanted to integrate into our thriller. 


I also got some ideas off this site: 


http://www.yookamusic.com/playlist/soundtracks_suspense_thriller


This the video from Youtube that i also got other ideas from... Unfortunately I wasn't able to embed it! 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2zunbL1QyU