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Link to short film: The King Of Clubs 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eapqSThpgFM

This is a screenshot of my timeline (showing all the layers of video and audio i have used for this project)

5 Screenshots of timeline and effects panel 

The effects i have used is black and white, so the whole film would be like a black and white film. I have also used a transition which fades one video so it overlaps them and then it goes to the next scene.  I also kept the party music playing over the top of it so it seemed like this was done at the party. I used the overlapping fade transition because it makes it seem like this was a while ago and you can see someone in the background of the image, like it was taken earlier, so then it would seem creepy because someones watching them and stalking them.

Once again i have put it in black and white to stick to the idea of the film. Then i used the fade to black transition so then it seems like it been later than before and like i've been walking for a while. So then when i turn around it's like i think someones following me so i check. The music that is playing is the stalker music, this builds suspense.

 Once again it's in black and white. I have used a transition that makes it flash white, this is when i turn around and get killed, i did this because it seems like the type of effect you use when you get knocked out and it's like you see a flash of light before. The stalker music is playing in the background of this one too. This is also when i use the scream afterwards.

This is also in black and white. This is also one that fades to black, like it's going slow and slowly showing you each scene, so it seems like it's happening at the same time since it's like when it shows you everything that has happened over an ending while something else is going on. The audio i have used is when Rose talks about the king of clubs, so once again it seems like everything is happening at the same time.

This one is in black and white. It also has the fade to black transition, this makes it look it's slowly fading away at the end and i feel like it's a good way to end it. And i also have Rose's voice going over that, where she says "And this is just the first of many", finally showing the dead body.

Involvement in the project 

The part i am most proud of in this project is the final outcome of the film, since there are some points in it that i really liked, like the ending, since you don't get to see the dead body until then and then it fades to black. The process part that i am most proud of doing is planning the whole event, since it helps me get better at planning big events and organisation. I am also proud of managing to get all of the work done and coming up with certain shots like the card game.
The most difficult part of the project was the recording, since we didn't have a tripod so it wasn't still and the focus was bad and sometimes clips that were recorded and put into the film were out of place, like when i slammed the door and Lottie was meant to be there and the others in the scene with the argument but instead my friend Izabela who played the detectives sidekick was there. Another part was the amount of work i had to do like the shot list, planning/shooting schedule, recce, risk assessment forms and making sure we had the equipment needed and had the hall booked and this caused me to forget about doing one of the other things i had to do and i had to do it last minute - the risk assessment forms. Another problem was the fact that when we recorded it wasn't in focus since no one told the person who was recording it to do it and then there was the lighting in the dark and inside, since we forgot how to change the lighting on the camera and when we were nearly done filming we had to rush because the camera was going to die and then it did die so we had to use a phone. The recce was difficult to do since i didn't have time to check it out and they wouldn't really let me since someone could be using it. It was overcome by spending even more time on the work, however the camera problems were not overcome and the quality of the phone camera was better than the camera we used, since it wasn't in focus. Another problem was having to pay for the venue and food, since it was £52 and then having to buy food along with it, otherwise it wouldn't be a party, to overcome this i payed the £52 and then got my mum to pay for the food. And my friends Anna and Anastasia brought some food too.
The things that I have learnt from this project is make sure the camera is in focus before recording and giving it to the person who is recording and also to make sure I know how to change the settings for the lighting beforehand.
If I was to do the project again I would change the place we filmed at and have more people so it seemed busy and I would make sure that the voice recordings worked better and didn't vary in quality of sound. I would also change some of the lighting for some shots and the quality of the video too. I would also change the start and add more to it, like more clips.
I will be sharing my video through YouTube.