Post Production

While analyzing out first attempt, we realized that we didn't really convey the meaning of the genre and we tried to fit the whole story in the production causing it to look rushed. Our teacher gave us feedback on how to make it better, when we did wrong, and unnecessary parts. We cut out dialogue because it was unnecessary to our production because it was supposed to be a dream sequence and there isn't any dialogue in one. When editing our film, we mostly used straight cuts because that is they type of transition that is frequently in horror movies. We utilized straight cuts to show shots of our school to establish the location. We used a shot-reverse-shot to give the impression that there was dialogue happening. Dissolves were used to symbolize a passage of time.

Technology:

Throughout this film, we used technology that was easy for us to get our hands on: an iPhone 12 and an iPhone 11. We had to switch back and fourth between the two phones due to the 12 having storage problems and the phone just cutting out in a spot of our shooting site. We used the 11 for some shots since it didn't cut out and it had ample storage. We had the camera setting at 4K at first but before re-shooting, our teacher suggested to not have the quality as sharp as it was so we dialed it down in settings. 

Before we filmed the second time, we ran into the issue of the branding on our clothing. Before we decided to re-shoot, Nia tried to photoshop the branding so we could avoid copy right but it would have taken too long because it would go frame by frame. Plus, we needed to re-shoot anyways. For our editing software, we used WeVideo.com. The website was easy to navigate, we edited our video how we deemed fit ten exported it to our class YouTube account. 

Editing: 

When we uploaded our videos into WeVideo, we placed them in the order they needed to go in, add the black and white filter since we couldn't change lighting so we used it for dark tones. We used fading transitions to emphasize that it was a dream. For sound, we used chilling music with suspense then ha d it progress to a fast pace when the killer came on screen and chased me. The other sound like knocking and the panting were made by us. The gasp and panting was used to show a sense of fear and uneasiness about the dream.