FILM RESEARCH

As part of our research, we thought we would have a look at the trailers and various interviews for new releases that our of a similar genre of our film. 

The most relative film we looked at was 'American Sniper', directed by Clint Eastwood, which was released in the USA at the end of 2014.  A feature we took from this film was the colour levels. We faded out the clips once we had edited them together as the dullness really complimented the war theme. 

Another film similar to 'American Sniper' is 'Good Kill', directed by Andrew Niccol, which will be released April 2015 in the UK. Although the theme of war is still significant, as a group, we felt the atmosphere of the film and the colours used were not exactly what we were looking for in our piece; it was a lot more technical and elaborate than for the style we were going for.

MAKING A GUNSHOT

The making of the gunshot was done by experimenting with different sounds that we recorded and then layering them in iMovie to recreate a realistic Gun Shot sound effect. Here is the process and the final effect that we will use. 

Sound Effects

A key moment of our piece requires a gunshot sound effect. After doing some research we found out an effective way of recreating a realistic sound. 

This is how we made the effect. We will layer the sound made with crackling from plastic bags and possibly with the sound of a staple gun to create an effective gunshot.