AN: Horror Opening Progress Report

Filming

• Our first shoot proved productive and has helped form a good base to work from however since our first shoot we have been unable to organise a second and as such will be running on a tighter schedule over the next couple of weeks.
• Our next shoot will most likely be planned for some point at the weekend from current schedules due to restraints caused by necessary lighting making it harder to organise to film after school however it is still a possibility depending on whether or not our lead actor is available.
• The scenes we need to re-shoot will be some reaction shots for the psychiatrist (Hamish) whilst he's speaking to Allen (Dan) on the sofa, we will also need to re-shoot the first of the "premonitions" as the coughing fit is slightly too long and Dan runs away at the end of the scene too rapidly making it feel a little unbelievable.
• A key thing which needs to be added for most of our scenes is more angles as most of the scenes are based around single continuous shots, this is especially apparent with our chase scene at the end as it ends up feeling more funny than tense so needs more angles to vary up the chase.

Editing

• The footage we have has been suitably ordered and cut and presents the film's plot line proficiently until extra footage can be added. 
• The order of the titles have been chosen and have begun to be added with placement and lack of footage proving the key problems with the assembly of the titles in the opening. The fonts for both the Film's titles and people's roles have been selected and will be used when added onto the school system.
• Thanks to the use of the editing tools available we have been able to avoid re-shoots for some scene by overlaying footage and tweaking lighting and contrast to fit more with the other shots.
• Sound effects and music are being added to the scene with a focus on ambient sound and trying to keep audio spikes sparse to try and build tension more effectively.