Special Effects

To make our film opening look more professional, we decided to use some special effects using Adobe After Effects for the ending of scene 1(blood splattering onto the camera). This was not originally planned as our first idea was to create the blood by just throwing it onto the camera. Although, this did not go to plan as it couldn't be achieved without the hand being in shot.
Below is images taken during this special effects test and the results we got when we filmed it:

 We used gaffer tape to attach the sheet of acetate to the camera

 This is our blood mixture that we used which was made by one of our actors, Alex. It was a mixture of red food colouring ang glycerine.

The two images above are the after effects of our tests.

Below is what we captured on camera as our special effects

After watching this, we decided that we needed to do our special effects using adobe after effects- although it wouldn't look as realistic, it would look more professional.

ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS
We chose to create the last clip of scene 1 (blood splattering on screen) on Adobe After Effects. We started off by getting two images of blood splatters off Google images, then importing them onto an image of just below the band saw where Alex dies. We pasted them onto the background twice in different places to give the illusion of the blood splattering all over the background. To make the blood look more realistic we used the 'pen tool' to cut out all of the unnecessary parts to ensure it looked like it would in real life.

This tool neatened up the edges of the blood and made it look more professional.
Another effect we did was put two masks on in the shape of blood drips and have them fall down in the clip.

 On the second mask we put a blur on it to make it look more like it was dripping on the camera lens which in real life would be out of focus, so by putting a blur on it, it makes it look more realistic.

After these effects we produced a 10 second clip which we are very happy with!