SHORT FILM | BEGINNING THE EDITING PROCESS

Throughout the editing process of my short film I learnt alot on how to navigate around iMovie. For the bringing sequence of my film- the titles- i wanted all the clips to be in slow motion with not diegetic sound for the clip. In order to do this, i had to slow down the clips individual and mute all on  going sounds in them. Once i had done this I opted to add sound of the top which was 'Drone Dark Suspense 1' which came with iMovie and a recording of children's voices which I found on YouTube. I though i found it on Youtube, i could not convert it straight on to iMovie so i had to use my iPhone 6 to voice record the sound and then upload it to iMovie. Although there is probably and quicker and easier route to get this done, my way worked successfully.

In the second scene of my film, there is a voice over of a psychologist/counsellor. I again recorded this on my phone and uploaded it to iMovie. Also on this clip, there is diegetic music playing from a jewellery box in the shot. I opted to keep this music playing as well as i feel it gives a suitable eary feel and coincides with the children's voices at the beginning of my film. When I first began to edit this section the diegetic music was too overpowering of the voice over. To resolve this I turned down the clip sound slightly and increased the voice over. This gave the perfect balance of sound.

Furthermore, at other stages of editing my film I had to get to grips with splitting a clip in order to create the fast moving pace i wanted in some aspects of my film. Along with this, i wanted to slow down a clip but keep the same audio playing over the top. To do this, I had to 'detach audio' and then delete the actual clip. These were both new skills i learnt whilst working on my short film.

PRE PRODUCTION | INFLUENCES

Film such as Sinister, Insidious and Carrie all had an influence on my idea for my own short film. Although they are feature length films rather than short films, it is the plot of them that had the biggest influence. All three of these films have an aspect of supernatural horror in them which is what I have aimed for with my film.

Furthermore, in terms of post production of my film when i begin to concentrate on my poster, all above film posters have a focus of the colour red which is an obvious connotation of horror and blood which I will mimic in my own film poster

DECONSTRUCTIONIST

Deconstruction is a philosophy form of philosophical and literary analysis which is derived from Jacque Derrida's word of Grammatology.

It suggests that all western literature and philosophy implicitly relies on a 'Metaphysics of presence' where intristic meaning is accessible by virtue of pure presence.

"Deconstruction denies the possibility of a "pure presence". It thus denies the possibility of essential or intrinsic and stable meaning and the unmediated access to "reality". Derrida points that "from the moment that there is meaning there are nothing but signs. We think only in signs". Language, considered as a system of signs, as Ferdinand de Saussure says, is nothing but differences. contends that "words have meaning only because of contrast-effects with other words...no word can acquire meaning in the way in which philosophers from Aristotle to Bertrand Russell have hoped it might—by being the unmediated expression of something non-linguistic. Any given concept is thus constituted in reciprocal determination, in terms of its oppositions, e.g. perception/reason, speech/writing, mind/body, interior/exterior, marginal/central, sensible/intelligible, intuition/signification, nature/culture, etc. Derrida terms 'logocentrism' the philosophical commitment to pure, unmediated, presence as a source of self-sufficient meaning."

PRE PRODUCTION | MY IDEA | STORY BOARD

Above is rough story board I have created for my short film. I did this to ensure that i knew what i wanted to happen in my short film and to not get side tracked when filming each scene.
Below I have written about what music, setting, characters and dialogue will be in each scene.

SCENE ONE- TITLES:
shots- mixture of shots, slow motion, decreased colour
music- eary, child voices music playing in background
setting- school
characters- Older Ella and Avi
dialogue- no dialogue, titles will run with shots i.e Starring ella young.

SCENE TWO- YOUNG ELLA:
shots- high angle shot of hannah sitting down playing with toys
music- N/A
setting- hannahs house, child like bedroom
characters- Hannah and Psychologist (voice over)
dialogue- voice over of a psychologist
"May Smith, born 3 weeks premature, first visit regarding eating disorder at 6 years old, complains of voices and hullucinations"

SCENE THREE- YOUNG ELLA:
shots- low angle shot of hannah looking down
music- N/A
setting- again hannahs house
characters- hannah and ella (voice over)
dialogue- voice over of ella
"3rd of april, thats when i did it, i didnt mean too, infact it wasnt even me, it was her. Her inside me. She did it. Not me"

SCENE FOUR- ARGUING:
shots- shot reverse shot, 180 degree rule in play
music- N/A
setting- at school, outside maybe
characters- Ella and Avi
dialogue- both speaking

SCENE FIVE- PLANNING:
shots- mid shot, high angle
music- eary music, high pitch
setting- ellas bedroom
characters- just ella
dialogue- no dialogue but can read what ella writes

SCENE SIX- FLASH BACK:
***same as scene two***

SCENE SEVEN- POLICE:
shots- long shot, mid shot, establishing shot
music- sad music
setting- police station (DIY)
characters- ella
dialogue- voice over of ella reading statement

SCENE EIGHT- DEATH:
shots- panning, zoom, shallow focus
music- sound bridge from scene seven
setting- outside, field?
characters- ella and avi
dialogue- continuous of scene seven voice over