Thrilling Read + Pre Lim Thriller

Thrilling Read

Our task was to film someone reading a newspaper in a thrilling and exciting way. This act in itself isn't particularly thrilling; therefore we had to create an atmosphere of suspense and mystery through the choice of shot distance, choice of camera angle and movement of the camera.

We had to use a minimum of 12 shots in which to create this sense of mystery and suspense. We had to use Extreme close up, Point of view shot and an over the shoulder shot.

The camera work in our short film was to a good standard. The shot which i liked the most was the handheld camera shot. This is when we try to reinact a lift shaking. This clip was really good and effective as we added in special effects of the lights dimming and this create more tension of what going to happen when the lights come on.

A walking shot which we did, didn't really work as we was unable to do an successful match cut. This made it a bit messed up as we couldn't do it properly.

The editing of the film went well as most of our clips fitted together perfectly. The short film which we create did make sense as he whole plot of the film went well.

The mise en scene was an important part as our character didn't speak and it was all through the movement and the setting of the film. So this was an important part as it had to create the whole tension and effect of our thriller.

In our short film, we was able to create suspense in the ending. Leaving the audience questioning what had happen in the lift and what will happen next. The suspense was create with the way we filmed the film and planned it. Also with the camera movements and the effects we used also helped with the tension.

When filming we forget about the head rule - how much head space should be in a shot. We also forgot about the space rule about how much room should be in front and behind the person.

When making are real thriller we are going to use some of the handheld techniques which we learnt as it creates movement with the camera. Also, we would use the point of view shot and the over the shoulder shot.

I actually enjoyed this task as it was one of our first filming task in the year and we was able to create our own type of thriller, i found it very exciting and intresting.

Pre-Lim Thriller

Our task was to create a short clip using three particular shots types that where match cut, shot-reverse-shot and the correct knowledge of the 180 degrees rule. Also our clip had to involve two people having a conversation which each other.

This was our second practice task i think it all went very well. This clip worked particularly well as we all had a knowledge of the shots which were needed to be done.

Our group has grown alot from our first task to our second task as we know abit more about the camera and shots and are able to understand them abit more and how to film them the correct way. We have also learnt a new technique such as the 180 degree rule and we will have to keep this is mind when we our filming for our final film.

In our practise film the best shot i think which we used was the shot-reverse-shot as we could see each characters facial expression as they held a conversation. I also liked the match cut of when the character was at the door and then we see a shot from her coming in the door from the otherside this makes the audience able to see it from the other side and from inside the room.

The editing of the film when particular well but we had a few problems which was overcome easily and we knew not to make the mistakes again in the real thriller. The music we added to the short film was a good mix as it create the suspense feeling of the clip and let the audience wonder what is going to happen.

With the Mise en Scene there was a bit of a problem as we was using a classroom we didnt clear the other students bags and coats and you can see them in the film but when we do the real one we will make sure that are setting is tottaly clear the way we want it. Also we forgot about the head space rule of how much head space should be in the camera and this was an issue what we could not over come but will we certainly remember.

All in all it was a great day of filming and i really enjoyed it and had fun with my group with the editing.