Makeup

Horror movies are often quite gory or violent. With our budget and planning we couldn't do anything too extreme so we relied on Rebecca's makeup skills to present believable scars and cuts. We wanted something similar to this:

Importance of Editing

Editing is the final step in the creation of a film. It involves putting all the video files togethor into a seamless and continuous story. During this time the director will often have input into his creative vision of how everything will come together. Sometimes, certain scenes will have been shot in different ways, angles or styles, and dialogue may vary between them.

This is also the point when special effects would be added. In recent years, special effects have developed extremely and an almost realistic image can often be generated by computer and added as an insert into the shot. Films such as Avatar (2009) was created almost entirely using green screens and computer generated image (CGI).

Minor effects such as lens flares, slow motion or image inserts can all be done using cheap or free software and therefore amateur film makers have a much wider variety of options than in the past.

Now, the market is so densely populated by films that have unnecessarily used special effects, it is surprising to see a new film that is using real props or models instead of CGI, which is a fresh breathe in film production.