Changes to music

So I decided to slightly change one thing in terms of music in my film. When Adriana gets up to leave I decided to put some ominous music into the scene to create tension and a mood that sort of foreshadows how unhappy Marina is with Adriana. The music track is rom the psycho track and its called "The car lot."

shots and why

Shadowy lighting to show something really bad has happened.

Close up to show objects in detail

High angle


Low angle to show Marina has power

Close up to show her facial expression, a key aspect of story telling

Shadowy lighting to show something really bad has happened.




Shadowy lighting to show something really bad has happened.

Close up to show objects in detail

High angle



Shadowy lighting to show something really bad has happened.

Close up to show objects in detail

High angle

The last scene

The last scene I actually ended up filming was Marina sitting in the living room after Adriana had been arrested. She reveals to her viewers that she is the killer by pulling the Adriana mask she wore during the murder out of her bag, a photograph of her, Adriana and friends, which she rips up and of course the knife. She smiles down t these objects looking very proud of herself. I chopped a few shots of the murder, in editing, into this scene to truly reference that Marina is looking back on what she has done in pride. I also included her tearing up to photograph of Adriana to truly show how much she hates her.

Editing and music

So as Ive been putting together the scenes Ive been considering what music and sound to use. Hitchcock, I know, is notorious for a great soundtrack but also harnesses the use of silence and sounds in his films just as much. I wanted to use the sound track of the original psycho film as that film is what mine is most inspired by. I decided every time there is chaos in a scene I wanted to use the music entitled "Patrol car" as it really coveys a chaotic atmosphere. Some of the scenes I used this in were: The scene where Adriana is mobbed by fans, the scene where Adriana see's a dark shadow in her dressing room and is also stressed about going out and seeing her fans and the death scene. I originally wanted to use the shower scene music in my death scene but Mr Andrews questioned whether it was the right move which made me question whether it was the right move. I think the patrol car music fits much better. The only exception to "Patrol car" not being used in a moment of chaos is when Marina rushes out to Adriana and tells her to call the police. This is to convey Marinas intentions, this "Chaos" is not real chaos, Marina is completely in control and knows exactly what she's doing. Instead I used a soundtrack entitled "Bathroom" which is eerie and sinister, just like Marinas character.

The first half of the psychiatrist scene between Marina and Adriana is silent in terms of music as it is very important to convey or Marina is feeing in this scene. This scene gives away her true colours but only if you concentrate hard enough. When the fan starts knocking on the door I used it as a symbolism for Marina ad Adriana's emotions, the knocking and noise gets louder and louder as the two characters begin to feel their emotions more strongly. For Adriana that emotion is overwhelmed and stress while for Marina it is jealousy and resentment.

For the exchange between Adriana and the policewoman at her signing, I didn't use any sound to create tension between them and foreshadow that Adriana's situation will not end well.

For the final scene I used an ominous track called "The toys" which starts growing louder when the policewoman pulls the piece of paper from Adriana's psychologist interview out of her pocket. This represents that Adriana is really in trouble. It continues through to the final scene where Marina pulls the Adriana mask, photo of her Adriana and friends and her knife out of her bag and smiles down at it, while a flashback of the murder takes place. This really enforces what an ominous and creepy character Marina is.

I also had to record voiceovers to make the whole thing sound more professional. Recording voiceovers wasn't hard but i found that the voiceovers don't sound as genuine as the acting, strictly because my actors are concentrating more on trying to get their words in time with the video rather than the genuine acting. Because I did voiceovers, I turned the audio right down  in my film and had to use a variety of different sound effects to compensate. Some of these sound effects were running footsteps, a car door opening a closing, tearing paper, a metal chair sliding on the floor and of course a knife stab.

Filling in the scenes

So Today I made an executive decision. I was finding it really hard to keep bringing in "extras" as in people who are kinda just doing me a favour being in this film and have nothing to do with this subject. They either couldn't come, didn't show up, didn't respond to my emails (fair enough honestly) Basically what the scene I was imagining filming originally was, was the fans all huddled around looking scared while Adriana frantically talks to Marina about their next move after the fan has been murdered. I had to adapt this scene. Libby couldn't make it to play Marina and I had no extras. Luckily for me the scene turned out better than I could have ever expected it to. We had to change the story around a bit. Now it kinda looks like all the fans have been evacuated and Adriana is sitting alone waiting for the police. When the police asks her for witnesses he says all her fans have left and Marina has gone to start the car explaining everyones absence. I think it worked out really well. As well as this I was really pleased with the lighting in this scene. The last time I filmed it I don't feel there was enough shadow on Adriana and many of my shots were not within the rule of thirds. I tried my best to get all shots within the rule of thirds. I also made the lighting on Adriana more shadowy to make quinces question whether she was the one that killed the fans after all. It turned out well!. I also used my motif of dead flowers to represent evil, placing them in the background and projecting their sharp shadows onto the wall. Again I filmed the whole scene though a few times from different angles as it gave the whole thing a far more natural feeling to it. I loved how it turned out overall.

MORE REFILMING

So today I redid a scene I had refilled twice making it the third time I had to re film it. Needless to say we were all pretty over it. The last time I filmed it my Camera was good quality, but it wasn't the camera that focused on peoples faces. I wanted to use that one, so I re-filmed with that camera and the facial expressions came up much more nicely. Last time I filmed it there was too much light on th bedside table and not enough o the actors, so I made sure the shadowy lighting was on the actors, and also casting harsh shadows onto the walls for a Hitchcock like style shot. I also refilled it in the same way as I did with the re filmed police scene. I made the actors just act out the whole scene and I got it from a few different angles. Again this made it much more natural for them and allowed me to chose the best parts of it in editing.

Re filming

So refilling went quite well, I had to re film the police scene where the Police woman is asking Adriana and Marina several questions before arresting Adriana. I decided to do it differently this time by using a higher quality camera that focused far more on faces (As facial expressions are an essential aspect of Hitchcock films) Instead of filming each shot individually, like I did last time, I just filmed the whole scene through several times from a few different angles. I found this made the actors far more secure in their lines and made the whole story way more believable. n editing I was able to chop and change what I wanted in the scenes.

Shots and why

Slight high angle to represent that Adriana's character is feeling vulnerable. She is about to be questioned by the police and has just been told a fan has been killed at her signing. 

Long shot to establish the setting and context

Dark shadowy lighting to represent something bad has happened. Adriana is in shadow to make the viewers think she is not innocent. Flower shadows are reflected onto the walls as in this film dying flowers are a motif for evil. 

Low angle as the Police woman has the power in this situation

Close up to clearly show her facial expression as facial expressions are a key part of Hitchcock story telling

Shadowy lighting but her face is lit as she is a character with good intentions

Slight high angle to represent that Adriana's character is feeling vulnerable. She is about to be questioned by the police and has just been told a fan has been killed at her signing. 

Close up to clearly show her facial expression as facial expressions are a key part of Hitchcock story telling

Fairly shadowy lighting on Adriana to make the viewers question whether or not she is innocent. It also represents something terrible has happened