Matthew Wright

Due to unforseen circumstances, one of our influential members of our group will unfortunately not be able to carry on with this course. This was a result from a complication that arose from a simple medical operation, that has unfortunately left Matthew Wright with paralysis of his left leg. He will be sorely missed, and we wish him all the best.

Get well soon Matt!

Location research - alleys

This is my primary research into possible locations we could use for the re-shooting of our alley shot. Our original shot didn't show a great deal of the beaten-up protagonist and the area itself didn't seem dark enough as we intended. In this video, I ponder whether we could use other areas instead of alleys and the micro elements we need to think about when filming.

A delve into Garage Band

We believe that the music is highly important to bring out the tension that we want the audience to experience throughout the opening sequence of 30 days earlier. Yesterday I had a chance for my first quick look into Apples software, Garage Band.

Firstly, as a new comer to the world of Apple Macs, it was quite overwhelming and confusing to navigate throughout the interface of the software. After a quick tutorial by someone that has previously used Garage band before, I was well on my way into the basics. I shortly after found the software to be great! It supplies you with a wide variety of instruments, sounds and tools to play around with, such as:

• Bass
• Drum Kits
• Guitars
• Horns
• Mallets
• Organs
• Pianos and Keyboards
• Sound Effects
• Strings
• Synth Basics
• Synth Leads
• Synth Pads
• Synth Textures
• Woodwinds

Whilst playing around with the software and listening to all of the instruments and sounds provided, I had a rough idea with which instruments could bring out the tension for our production. All 4 Synth categories had some great options to bring out the creepy sounds that you would hear within a typical thriller production. These sounds could be the base of our sound throughout the production to give the audience a high level of tension as it brings a level of confusion and eeriness to their emotions.

As well as this, the software provided some great sound effects. This gave me a handful of ideas to incorporate real life sounds, to bring a sense of realism to the audience and an even higher sensation of tension throughout the opening sequence. I found a series of radio sounds under the category of sound effects, which gave me an idea to bring out a sense of familiarity to the audience's own life's with the protagonists life, due to the fact that we all listen to the radio during some part of our day, whether its via the car, kitchen or morning alarm. I will be looking more into Garage band shortly throughout the coming weeks, hopefully ill be able to create something for the production that will combine well with our recent filming.

30 Days Earlier trailer

This is the trailer for our title sequence. I edited together many of our original scenes along with a few scenes I created for a more dramatic effect and to give a back story to the sequence. I couldn't find any sutiable music for the trailer, so instead decided on using no music to see if it would create a tense atmosphere with only close-up shots and quick cuts.