Props planning to use for opening scene to thriller.

These are the props we plan to use for our main task. We were given the props by our college which is christ the king: St mary because both tracy and I are full time college students and therefore not able to purchase equipments and this also means that we do not have a budget for our filming. The equipment provided was enough to give us a independent film look with a low to medium quality camera and equipment.  The following equipments, are equipment we plan to use for our opening scene.

Camera

The camera is the most important equipment for a film to be produced. It enables us to capture moving images and produce videos. With this camera we are able to create an opening scene for a thriller. This a simple handheld camera that will be used for when following the character we are able to follow them. We are not able to afford a professional camera because we are still full time college students who do not work, even though this camera may not give us the best quality, it will give us what will need in order to create an opening film to a thriller. This camera will be provided to us by Christ The king: St Mary which is our college and the camera may be a Samsung camera.


Tripod

This is the tripod we are planning to use for our main task, as it is also one of the most essential  things used for filmmaking.  Tracy and I have decided on using a tripod as part of the filming stage for our opening scene because, we understand that it is difficult to use a handheld camera without keeping it steady. So, therefore the use of a tripod will enable us to keep the camera steady so that the audience can have a clear view with what is going on and not get distracted by the shakiness of the camera, the shakiness of the camera will also make the film look unprofessional. With the tripod we planning on using multiple shots which involves a clear steady shot. The shots we will be using will be; over the shoulder shot, establishing shot, high angle shot and long angle shot. This tripod has been provided by our school, christ the king: St mary. 

Mac Computer

For our opening scene, we will be using a mac computer because it provides us with software which only a mac computer can give. Programs such as Final cut pro, motion and live type can be only found on a mac computer and not on a pc. Since a mac computer has a variety of media programs it will make our opening scene more professional looking by using a mac computer. A mac computer will be the best way to edit and create our opening scene because, most people who create films are using a mac computer in order to create title sequence and movies. This equipment will be provided to us by our school; Christ The King: ST Mary's.

Final cut pro

Final cut pro is is a professional editing software application developed by Macromedia Inc. It has been used to edited major films such as Enchanted, The Social network and Eat, Pray, Love. We will be using Final cut pro to edit our opening scene because it will give us a professional looking film when we have completed editing our film. By using final cut pro we will be able to use different effects, add sound effect and transactions to our film. The reason why we will be using final cut pro to edit our film and no any other editing software such as Sony Vegas or Window movie maker is because Final cut pro is a more professional tool which is commonly used in the media industry to make films and title sequence. Final cut pro is a software which comes with the mac computer.

Shovel 

For our opening scene we plan on using a shovel because our opening scene will be located in a forest and in order to build up the image and realism that something is going on we will need this props so that it can add to the generic convension and so that the audiences gets an idea as to what is going on. This item will provided by a neighbour in my (Victoria's) area.

  

Knife

This is the knife we plan on using in our opening scene. Since our film is going to a thrilller we need to add some generic convension to our film, so having a knife is a good way to get the audience to know what the film is going to be about and what type of genre the film is likely to be about. This knife will be provided by Victoria and only be used as a prop and not for actual use.