3rd Quarter Submission

For our third quarter submission, we made lots of edits on Adobe Premier Pro. This enhanced the overall mood and quality of the video. The first edit we made was a location reshot. By having more available actors in the reshot made it easier to better portray the stalker at the beginning following the group of girls.  This helped foreshadow our overall ending and scary mood it created. Next, we decided on editing our titles. We added effects and different transitions of the titles to flow throughout the beginning of the film smoothly. Lastly, to increase the pace of the ending we added incidental music. This created drama for the film and creates a rush. 

All these revisions we made were successful in adding suspense and thriller to our film. With making these edits, I feel I have a better handle on PremierePro for future edits.

Girls Night Revision 3- Incidental Music

For our third revision, we decided to add incidental music at the end of our film. At the end, when Lily walks out to her car and she doesn't know the black hood is following her, the dramatic scary music played creates suspense. This makes the viewers on the edge of their seats and increases their attention to the screen because they don't know what happens next. In the first edit of our film we just had atmospheric sound, which was kind of boring. The addition of a sound increases the pace and overall eerie tone. After we found a scary action clip online, we added it to our film using Adobe Premiere Pro. We clipped it down to make sure it was the length we wanted and added it to the end scene. By using this sound in the end the audience will want to keep watching and be curious about what happens next.

Girls Night Revision 2- Titles

For the second revision, we decided to work on our titling for the beginning scenes of our film. We used PremierePro 2020 to add the tiles and the effects. During our first titles we created, we made them red with no special effects, and we realized it looked dull. When the film first opens the title of our movie "Girls Night" appears in a white cursive font that takes the center of the screen. It appears and is emphasized in the middle flashes quick than fades out. Next, we introduce our three main characters, also in a white font. Each character's name appears next to the character on screen and is located at the bottom thirds of each screen. This makes it more visible to the audience. It also fades in and out to add more effects. Overall, the use of special effects it makes the beginning of our movie more unique and more personal for the rest of the film.

Distribution Plan

To distribute our movie I think we will first start out showing our film at a film festival. We will find the right location and target audience to get the movie out with the right crowd. This can lead to sales agents or distributors interested. Once we get a manager or rep, they will help us finish the film and direct us to the right distributor. Social media will also be important to spread the world and get the movie out. This will hopefully get us in theaters and other advertising offers. When our film reaches theaters we will distribute it the traditional way. This would include 90 days in theaters, then make its way to the streaming world. Online video streaming services would include Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and on-demand.

Girls Night Revision 1- Mall Re-shot

First shot

For our first revision, we decided to re-shoot the mall scene with the black hood. The first time we shot we only had the three of us to act and shot. This made it hard to really portray the stalker and make it known to the viewers and not the actors that he is there. During our second re-shot we had an actor play the stalker so we could each shot and have more than one person in the shot. We re-shot the behind-the-shoulder-scene over the stalker viewing the girls. We also did a mid-shot of us walking and the stalker hidden behind a clothes rack.

Game Night - Distribution Research

The Next film I decided to look into was "Game Night". This movie is similar to our genre; it is classified as a dark comedy. In this movie, they are also having a game night and all hanging out until someone gets kidnapped. The target audience might be a little older then ours because it is rated R. This movie was directed with Warner Bros a big filming company. "Game Night" made a total of 117 million worldwide against only a 37 million dollar budget. It first appeared in theaters on February 23rd, 2018. Movies usually appear in theaters for 90 days and makeover 90% of its budget in its first three days. On May 4th it was available for purchase on online streams, such as Amazon Video and iTunes. Two weeks later "Game Night" appeared on DVD and Blue-ray release. For our film, we are going to start with a trailer and traditional distribution. This is where it will appear in theater for 90 days, then it will be available for purchase on DVD, Amazon Prime, and Netflix. These methods will allow us to target our main audience which is teenagers because they will be able to watch the film at home.

Murder Mystery - Distribution Research

The next film that I looked at was the distribution process in "Murder Mystery". "Murder Mystery" is a new film that came out in 2019. This film is similar to ours by using comedy and suspense to create a murder scene/ scary scene. Its target audience is also a younger 20s and it is pg-13. One thing different about how it came out was that it appeared right in Netflix for its viewers. Meaning, it didn't come first through the theaters. A trailer was released in April 2019 and came out in June. A week after it was released over 30 million households have watched the film in the first 3 days. Netflix had Adam Sandler, a famous comedian to help increase the views; making it his most successful film. By using well-known actors they were able to promote it on their social media and other platforms, which helped create buzz. I will incorporate the use of a trailer a few months before it is released and social media accounts.