• Surprises & Twists
• Play’s With Viewers Mind
• Quick Cuts & Change Of Camera Angles
• Music To Add Tension
• Use Of Lighting To Create Shadows
• Mirrors
• Stairs
• From Killers Point Of View
• Flash Backs
• Make Audience Think
In thriller movies codes and conventions are important as they allow the audience to see what makes thriller movie. Firstly in many films, directors choose to use quick cuts and a change of camera angles. The reason for this is because it creates tension and suspense towards the audience. Another important convention is surprises and twists. This is because it keeps the audience at the edge of their seats and makes the narrative more effective. A use of lighting to create shadows can also be imaginative, because it creates and enigma towards the audience. Flash backs also intend to be creative as it grasps the audience attention because referring to a flashback is dealing with key events in the characters development.
In many thriller films and sequences people use props to match the iconography, for instance the use of mirrors, stairs, knives and guns. This shows us by using props which match the iconography it makes the film more appealing and attractive. Another reason is, in many thriller films a typical stereotype will contain knives, mirrors, guns etc. Where as breaking the stereotype it will make the film unsuccessful and less interesting.
Another major convention used in all thriller films is the sound. There are different types of sounds such as diegetic, non-diegetic, soundtrack, ambient sound, asynchronous and synchronous and many more. By using uses of sound or music, this makes the film tensed as the audience will have the reaction the director wants. Another reason is it creates tension and suspense throughout the film.
Most importantly, the next convention uses in most thriller movies is when you play with the viewers mind and make the audience think something wrong when it’s not true. The reason for this is because it also creates and enigma in the viewers head. Relating to this issue another generic convention used is a point of view from the antagonist. By having this as a key convention, this allows the film to be more mysterious as it creates tension within the scenes.
Finally the last major convention used in a thriller genre is the use of lighting to create shadows. Lighting plays and important role as it controls the atmosphere and enigma within the scene. Overall codes and conventions in a thriller shows a major importance as it allows the audience to signify what is happening in the scenes.
Friday 27 February 2009
Tuesday 24 February 2009
Audience Review - (Completed by Rizwana Jawid)
As a group we designed a questionnaire to help us understand what the audience like to see in thriller movies and what catches their attention. We thought that by getting the audience’s opinion we would be able to base our opening sequence on the results that we found. Along side the questionnaire we designed, we also handed out our script and synopsis to see what these individuals thought of our idea for the two minutes sequence that we planned to create.
The questionnaire was handed out to thirty individuals, fifteen of these being females and fifteen males. We chose to hand this out to fifteen females and fifteen males to keep a balanced response from the audience and ensure that the results were fair and unbiased.
One of the questions in the questionnaire was asking the individuals who received the questionnaire what target group they fitted into. This was done so we could see the responses of each target group as to what they liked and preferred.
The results show that all the thirty people that answered our questionnaire watched thriller movies. By asking this question we made sure that the responses that we received, would be from individuals who have a clear understanding of thriller movies as this would help us receive a clear opinionated response.
The next question was asking the audience what they would expect to see in a thriller film. The majority answered that they would prefer a thriller to have suspense, keeping them engaged to the film. This was the responses received from 31% of the target group. The second highest option that was chosen was that they would like to see a film that consists of danger; this was 17% of the reply. 15% chose that the storyline of the film was an important factor that they would expect from a thriller film. Death and action received 13% of the votes each. Finally enigma received the lowest number of votes.
We also asked the audience to tell us how they would expect a good thriller film to begin. 50% of them answered that they would expect a good thriller movie to begin with ‘normal everyday life’. 39% suggested that a good thriller movie would start with flashbacks. The other two options that were also written on the questionnaire were ‘chase’ and ‘death’, 4% of the votes were for chase and 7% were for death. As the majority of the votes were for ‘normal everyday life’ we will base our two-minute opening sequence on everyday life.
The next question that we asked the audience was which sub-genre of thriller they would prefer to watch. The majority of people chose that they would prefer psychological thriller which received 44% of the votes. This made it hard for us as the thriller opening sequence we decided to do fitted into the ‘crime thriller’ sub-genre. Psychological thrillers involve elements from the mystery genre and focus on the plot over the character. They also emphasize intense, physical action over the character’s state of mind. Whereas crime thrillers offer a sense of suspense and focus on the criminals actions. Crime thrillers emphasize action over the psychological aspects.
The target group was also asked to comment on what film classification would be appropriate based the script we produced. According to the target audience our script fitted under the 15 classification. Only 40% of the individuals said that the script fitted under an 18 rating.
Finally the last question that we asked the target group was whether the synopsis showed a clear antagonist and protagonist. 100% of the response was ‘yes’ that the synopsis clearly showed the antagonist and protagonist.
After handing out the questionnaire to thirty people and getting their response, we created pie charts so that the results were easily readable. Producing a questionnaire helped us, as a group understand what people expected from a thriller movie and their opinions. It also helped us decide what we were going to offer the target audience through our thriller sequence. As well as this, it also helped us in the planning and production of the opening sequence.
The questionnaire was handed out to thirty individuals, fifteen of these being females and fifteen males. We chose to hand this out to fifteen females and fifteen males to keep a balanced response from the audience and ensure that the results were fair and unbiased.
One of the questions in the questionnaire was asking the individuals who received the questionnaire what target group they fitted into. This was done so we could see the responses of each target group as to what they liked and preferred.
The results show that all the thirty people that answered our questionnaire watched thriller movies. By asking this question we made sure that the responses that we received, would be from individuals who have a clear understanding of thriller movies as this would help us receive a clear opinionated response.
The next question was asking the audience what they would expect to see in a thriller film. The majority answered that they would prefer a thriller to have suspense, keeping them engaged to the film. This was the responses received from 31% of the target group. The second highest option that was chosen was that they would like to see a film that consists of danger; this was 17% of the reply. 15% chose that the storyline of the film was an important factor that they would expect from a thriller film. Death and action received 13% of the votes each. Finally enigma received the lowest number of votes.
We also asked the audience to tell us how they would expect a good thriller film to begin. 50% of them answered that they would expect a good thriller movie to begin with ‘normal everyday life’. 39% suggested that a good thriller movie would start with flashbacks. The other two options that were also written on the questionnaire were ‘chase’ and ‘death’, 4% of the votes were for chase and 7% were for death. As the majority of the votes were for ‘normal everyday life’ we will base our two-minute opening sequence on everyday life.
The next question that we asked the audience was which sub-genre of thriller they would prefer to watch. The majority of people chose that they would prefer psychological thriller which received 44% of the votes. This made it hard for us as the thriller opening sequence we decided to do fitted into the ‘crime thriller’ sub-genre. Psychological thrillers involve elements from the mystery genre and focus on the plot over the character. They also emphasize intense, physical action over the character’s state of mind. Whereas crime thrillers offer a sense of suspense and focus on the criminals actions. Crime thrillers emphasize action over the psychological aspects.
The target group was also asked to comment on what film classification would be appropriate based the script we produced. According to the target audience our script fitted under the 15 classification. Only 40% of the individuals said that the script fitted under an 18 rating.
Finally the last question that we asked the target group was whether the synopsis showed a clear antagonist and protagonist. 100% of the response was ‘yes’ that the synopsis clearly showed the antagonist and protagonist.
After handing out the questionnaire to thirty people and getting their response, we created pie charts so that the results were easily readable. Producing a questionnaire helped us, as a group understand what people expected from a thriller movie and their opinions. It also helped us decide what we were going to offer the target audience through our thriller sequence. As well as this, it also helped us in the planning and production of the opening sequence.
Audience Review - (Completed by Jasmin Manjdadria)
We designed a questionnaire to understand how the audience would respond to our thriller. Questionnaires are a positive way for gaining feedback on our audience perceives out film as we aim to meet their needs when it comes the two-minute sequence.
When handing out our questionnaires we gave our participants a copy of the script and synopsis to base their answers on. We gave it to thirty people; we choose to give it to an equal amount of males and females (fifteen males and fifteen females) to get an objective and unbiased response from our participants.
The first question we asked was which age group our participants fit into, this is an important question as it shows us what age our film will be appealing to. We found that majority of our group who are 18 year olds and above would find our film appealing.
Our second question was whether our participants watched thrillers at all. All our participants said they watched thriller films, which means they would be able to watch our film with a clear understanding of what to expect and to judge it subjectively.
The third question asked them what they would expect to see in a thriller movie, with the experience of watching other thriller movies it was possible for them to answer this question, we found that majority (31%) of our sample expected to see suspense, this was followed by 17% of people who expected to see danger. At 13% Death and Action was expected. The least two expected was a storyline (15%) and enigma (11%).
The next question was asking them how they would prefer a good thriller to start. 50% said that a good thriller would be good if it started with normal everyday life, 39% of our participants thought a flashback would be an interesting way to start a thriller. The least preferable ways to start a thriller was a chase (4%) and death (7%). The results give us an idea of how we should start our opening, as our audience would prefer to see it start in everyday life, a sense of realism is essential.
The following question was which sub-genre would they prefer to watch, we found that majority (44%) of our audience would prefer to watch psychological thrillers, this was followed by supernatural and action thrillers with 13% and horror thrillers at 9% our least preferred sub genres were ¬conspiracy, forensic, and crime thrillers at 6% and spy thrillers at 3%. This was important as we planned our two-minute sequence to come under this sub-genre.
After they read the script and synopsis we asked them to rate which film classification our film would come under, 60% of them classified the film at 15. And 40% classified the film as 18.
The last question was also related to our synopsis and script, we asked whether a clear antagonist and protagonist was shown, all of our participants found that it was shown clearly.
From the results we managed to create pie charts to show what we had found. I found that handing out questionnaires helped our group modify the production of our film to make it more appealing to our audience according to our findings.
When handing out our questionnaires we gave our participants a copy of the script and synopsis to base their answers on. We gave it to thirty people; we choose to give it to an equal amount of males and females (fifteen males and fifteen females) to get an objective and unbiased response from our participants.
The first question we asked was which age group our participants fit into, this is an important question as it shows us what age our film will be appealing to. We found that majority of our group who are 18 year olds and above would find our film appealing.
Our second question was whether our participants watched thrillers at all. All our participants said they watched thriller films, which means they would be able to watch our film with a clear understanding of what to expect and to judge it subjectively.
The third question asked them what they would expect to see in a thriller movie, with the experience of watching other thriller movies it was possible for them to answer this question, we found that majority (31%) of our sample expected to see suspense, this was followed by 17% of people who expected to see danger. At 13% Death and Action was expected. The least two expected was a storyline (15%) and enigma (11%).
The next question was asking them how they would prefer a good thriller to start. 50% said that a good thriller would be good if it started with normal everyday life, 39% of our participants thought a flashback would be an interesting way to start a thriller. The least preferable ways to start a thriller was a chase (4%) and death (7%). The results give us an idea of how we should start our opening, as our audience would prefer to see it start in everyday life, a sense of realism is essential.
The following question was which sub-genre would they prefer to watch, we found that majority (44%) of our audience would prefer to watch psychological thrillers, this was followed by supernatural and action thrillers with 13% and horror thrillers at 9% our least preferred sub genres were ¬conspiracy, forensic, and crime thrillers at 6% and spy thrillers at 3%. This was important as we planned our two-minute sequence to come under this sub-genre.
After they read the script and synopsis we asked them to rate which film classification our film would come under, 60% of them classified the film at 15. And 40% classified the film as 18.
The last question was also related to our synopsis and script, we asked whether a clear antagonist and protagonist was shown, all of our participants found that it was shown clearly.
From the results we managed to create pie charts to show what we had found. I found that handing out questionnaires helped our group modify the production of our film to make it more appealing to our audience according to our findings.
Audience Review - (Completed by Risha Jethwa)
For our coursework as a group we created a questionnaire to help us decide what thriller movies the audience enjoy watching. As a result the questionnaire will help us on our two minute thriller sequence and make it become more effective and appealing. The questionnaire was a sub total of thirty and handed out fifteen males and fifteen females. We chose to hand out thirty because it will give us a balance response from the audience. The results shown show a variety of questions that will help us produce good thriller sequence.
The first question shows us what gender are you, however as you may notice the response back was both 50% male and female. This shows us that our thriller sequence will be targeted at both genders shown by the results.
As you may notice within the thirty people we questioned. A major question was what age group the audience belong to, such as 12-14, 15-17 and 18+. This results shown was nought for age 12 -14, 15-17 was 43% and finally 18+ were 57%. The implies that thriller films show a bigger impact towards young adults, shown by the results.
Most importantly, many question are divided up into different answers to help gain a better response, for instances ‘What do you expect to see in a thriller film’ and ‘what sub-genre of thriller would you prefer to watch’. By suggesting this it allows us to gain more information and opinion within the sequence and produce a better quality sequence.
Within the questionnaire and important question shown is ‘How would you prefer a good thriller movie to being’. The result shown for this was mainly 50% normal everyday life, 39% flashbacks, 7% Death and 4% chase. This indicates that the audience prefer to watch normal everyday life rather than a chase, although by having a normal everyday life as your narrative this will make the sequence more appealing and interesting to watch.
The next question we asked the audience was what they expect to see in a thriller. The response back showed a range of answer, however the most popular answer shown was suspense 31% and the least popular was enigma with 11%.
In the questionnaire, we also asked the audience whether they enjoy watching thriller film or not. As a result the response back was a 100%. This tells us that the thriller genre is a popular genre within today’s society and the mass audience. Secondly the last question asked was if the synopsis of the film ‘Justified Revenge’ showed a clear antagonise (villain) and protagonist (hero).
The audience feed back shown for this question was a 100%. This suggests that the synopsis shows a clear understanding of the protagonist and antagonise.
In conclusion to this questionnaire, the results shown show a clear response of producing a good thriller. We also presented our questionnaire into a pie chart because this will help identify the feed back shown. As a result of this the questionnaire will help us decide what to include in the thriller sequence and help us in the planning and production stages of producing a thriller sequence.
The first question shows us what gender are you, however as you may notice the response back was both 50% male and female. This shows us that our thriller sequence will be targeted at both genders shown by the results.
As you may notice within the thirty people we questioned. A major question was what age group the audience belong to, such as 12-14, 15-17 and 18+. This results shown was nought for age 12 -14, 15-17 was 43% and finally 18+ were 57%. The implies that thriller films show a bigger impact towards young adults, shown by the results.
Most importantly, many question are divided up into different answers to help gain a better response, for instances ‘What do you expect to see in a thriller film’ and ‘what sub-genre of thriller would you prefer to watch’. By suggesting this it allows us to gain more information and opinion within the sequence and produce a better quality sequence.
Within the questionnaire and important question shown is ‘How would you prefer a good thriller movie to being’. The result shown for this was mainly 50% normal everyday life, 39% flashbacks, 7% Death and 4% chase. This indicates that the audience prefer to watch normal everyday life rather than a chase, although by having a normal everyday life as your narrative this will make the sequence more appealing and interesting to watch.
The next question we asked the audience was what they expect to see in a thriller. The response back showed a range of answer, however the most popular answer shown was suspense 31% and the least popular was enigma with 11%.
In the questionnaire, we also asked the audience whether they enjoy watching thriller film or not. As a result the response back was a 100%. This tells us that the thriller genre is a popular genre within today’s society and the mass audience. Secondly the last question asked was if the synopsis of the film ‘Justified Revenge’ showed a clear antagonise (villain) and protagonist (hero).
The audience feed back shown for this question was a 100%. This suggests that the synopsis shows a clear understanding of the protagonist and antagonise.
In conclusion to this questionnaire, the results shown show a clear response of producing a good thriller. We also presented our questionnaire into a pie chart because this will help identify the feed back shown. As a result of this the questionnaire will help us decide what to include in the thriller sequence and help us in the planning and production stages of producing a thriller sequence.
Saturday 21 February 2009
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Updates
During our media lesson today, we handed out our questionnaires to individuals in order to see what the audience expect to see in thriller films and what attracts them to watchng a thriller movie. The results to these questionnaires will help us in the production of our 2 minute sequence. The questionnaire was handed out to 30 individuals. The results that we recieved will also be blogged .
Sunday 15 February 2009
A Justified Revenge - Synopsis (Completed by Jasmin Manjdadria)
Tony Blake is a middle aged man in his 40’s; he’s the father of three reasonably attractive children and runs a homeless shelter society. Their happy functional family is what every family in Peterstown aims to be.
At first we see Tony as any everyday religious man preparing to see his daughter; however we are immediately shown his cruel fundamentalist secret as he reveals a young girl in his boot beaten and tied up.
Throughout the film we think that only Tony is the killer with no accomplices and that his three children are completely oblivious to his secret which usually takes place in their garden shed where we are made to believe the children are not allowed in.
However, slowly we start to see the children taking part in a number of murders in the town.
As the number of murders in Peterstown increases, so does the fear in Peterstown. We see the townspeople looking to the family for comfort whilst the Blake’s remove evidence from the scenes secretly. It seems the family is working systematically to make sure no one catches them and finds out their secret. Jason Blake, the eldest sibling lures the girls into the trap; Angelina Blake, the middle child tortures them; and Tony kills and disposes of the girls bodies.
The film takes a turns when a new face appears in town. Detective Cole has been looking into all the murders of girls who have gone missing, when he finds some interesting evidence the Blake’s have missed. Now that the Blake’s are at risk of being exposed how will they deal with it? Will the town’s people believe him? Is Cole’s life now at risk? Will he save the next girl before it’s too late?
At first we see Tony as any everyday religious man preparing to see his daughter; however we are immediately shown his cruel fundamentalist secret as he reveals a young girl in his boot beaten and tied up.
Throughout the film we think that only Tony is the killer with no accomplices and that his three children are completely oblivious to his secret which usually takes place in their garden shed where we are made to believe the children are not allowed in.
However, slowly we start to see the children taking part in a number of murders in the town.
As the number of murders in Peterstown increases, so does the fear in Peterstown. We see the townspeople looking to the family for comfort whilst the Blake’s remove evidence from the scenes secretly. It seems the family is working systematically to make sure no one catches them and finds out their secret. Jason Blake, the eldest sibling lures the girls into the trap; Angelina Blake, the middle child tortures them; and Tony kills and disposes of the girls bodies.
The film takes a turns when a new face appears in town. Detective Cole has been looking into all the murders of girls who have gone missing, when he finds some interesting evidence the Blake’s have missed. Now that the Blake’s are at risk of being exposed how will they deal with it? Will the town’s people believe him? Is Cole’s life now at risk? Will he save the next girl before it’s too late?
Thursday 12 February 2009
Wednesday 11 February 2009
A Justified Revenge - Script (Completed by Rizwana Jawid)
A Justified Revenge
Newbury Park: Jan 7th 2004 Time: 1:00pm
FADE IN
Ext: Driveway – Daytime
Tony, 40, exits his house with his bible and mobile phone in his hand. He walks to the end of his drive and looks up and down the empty road. Tony turns around and heads towards his car on the middle of the driveway. Tony opens the car and enters.
Int: Car – Daytime
As he gets into the car he places his bible and mobile phone on the passenger seat
He looks up into the rear view mirror and fixes his tie which had become slightly crooked. As he fumbles with his tie his mobile phone rings, he looks at the name on the screen it’s his daughter Angelina, he answers it.
Tony
(Calmly)
Hello Angi
Angelina
(On the phone)
Dad, where are you?
Tony
On my way, start without me, will be there shortly, need to offload something
He hangs up the phone and places it back on the passengers seat, he opens the glove compartment and takes out a CD, there is a thud, Tony turns his head around in the direction of the noise but cant see anything, The banging continues getting louder.
Ext: Driveway – Daytime
He turns back around and opens the car door. He leaves the car and walks town the side towards the boot leaving the front door open. Tony then kneels down and looks underneath the car and finds nothing there. He gets back up and dusts his knees and walks to the boot.
The banging noise gets louder and clearer. He looks up and down the street making sure no-one is around. He then opens the car boot and looks inside to find a girl tied up. The girl is struggling to get free. Tony looks at her and grins.
Newbury Park: Jan 7th 2004 Time: 1:00pm
FADE IN
Ext: Driveway – Daytime
Tony, 40, exits his house with his bible and mobile phone in his hand. He walks to the end of his drive and looks up and down the empty road. Tony turns around and heads towards his car on the middle of the driveway. Tony opens the car and enters.
Int: Car – Daytime
As he gets into the car he places his bible and mobile phone on the passenger seat
He looks up into the rear view mirror and fixes his tie which had become slightly crooked. As he fumbles with his tie his mobile phone rings, he looks at the name on the screen it’s his daughter Angelina, he answers it.
Tony
(Calmly)
Hello Angi
Angelina
(On the phone)
Dad, where are you?
Tony
On my way, start without me, will be there shortly, need to offload something
He hangs up the phone and places it back on the passengers seat, he opens the glove compartment and takes out a CD, there is a thud, Tony turns his head around in the direction of the noise but cant see anything, The banging continues getting louder.
Ext: Driveway – Daytime
He turns back around and opens the car door. He leaves the car and walks town the side towards the boot leaving the front door open. Tony then kneels down and looks underneath the car and finds nothing there. He gets back up and dusts his knees and walks to the boot.
The banging noise gets louder and clearer. He looks up and down the street making sure no-one is around. He then opens the car boot and looks inside to find a girl tied up. The girl is struggling to get free. Tony looks at her and grins.
Tony
I thought I told you to stop making noise
The girl in the boot lets out a shriek as Tony punches her and closes the boot on her.
FADE OUT
Tuesday 10 February 2009
Outline idea for the Two Minutes Opening Sequence - (Completed by Rizwana Jawid)
The first scene in our two minutes sequence will start with a wide shot at eye level as the main character walks out of his house holding his mobile phone, keys and a bible in his hand.
As he walks out of the door, he walks to the end of his driveway to see whether there is any one around or not. For this shot, we will use close ups to show the characters expressions and wide shots to show the location.
The main character then walks to the car and sits in placing the mobile phone and the bible on the passenger seat. Close ups of the door opening as he sits in will be shown.
After he places his bible and mobile phone down onto the passenger seat, he looks up into the rear view mirror and fixes his tie. For this shot we will use a medium close up/ mid shots. As he is doing this he receives a phone call from his daughter. A close up of his phone ringing will be shown. He answers the phone and has a conversation with his daughter.
Once he has finished having his conversation he slowly gets ready to drive out of the drive way. Whilst doing this he hears banging noises. At first he doesn’t seem to realise where the noise is coming from so he puts the car on stationary and gets out of the car. He looks under the car to see if any thing is there. Once again he walks to the end of the drive to see if it’s clear and then walks to the boot. He opens the boot furiously to find a girl tied up struggling to be let free. This scene will be shown with a shot reverse shot and close ups so show each characters expressions and feelings. As he looks at her a grin appears on his face, he shares a sentence with her and then punches her and closes the boot.
As he walks out of the door, he walks to the end of his driveway to see whether there is any one around or not. For this shot, we will use close ups to show the characters expressions and wide shots to show the location.
The main character then walks to the car and sits in placing the mobile phone and the bible on the passenger seat. Close ups of the door opening as he sits in will be shown.
After he places his bible and mobile phone down onto the passenger seat, he looks up into the rear view mirror and fixes his tie. For this shot we will use a medium close up/ mid shots. As he is doing this he receives a phone call from his daughter. A close up of his phone ringing will be shown. He answers the phone and has a conversation with his daughter.
Once he has finished having his conversation he slowly gets ready to drive out of the drive way. Whilst doing this he hears banging noises. At first he doesn’t seem to realise where the noise is coming from so he puts the car on stationary and gets out of the car. He looks under the car to see if any thing is there. Once again he walks to the end of the drive to see if it’s clear and then walks to the boot. He opens the boot furiously to find a girl tied up struggling to be let free. This scene will be shown with a shot reverse shot and close ups so show each characters expressions and feelings. As he looks at her a grin appears on his face, he shares a sentence with her and then punches her and closes the boot.
Monday 9 February 2009
Sunday 8 February 2009
Preliminary Task- (Completed by Risha Jethwa)
Preliminary Task
For our preliminary task our aim was to film a sequence and use a variety of shots to help us gain more strength when filming our two-minute thriller sequence.
As a results of this, whilst filming we have learnt a lot of techniques with the camera and become more accurate with the shots. From this experience we also become aware of the environment and surrounding around as it helps establish and atmosphere within the scene. While filming most convention where broken as we did not follow the 180degree rule and incorrectly used continuity.
Another reason is whilst filming we tried out several camera movements which could make our preliminary task a success, however our main focus was the camera movement panning which was filmed incorrectly. We also tried different effects with the zoom which was also a fail, but then became better. Most importantly from this task we have all become confident within framing particular shots as it will help us create our final thriller sequence.
When it came to editing we used a programme called final cut pro, however our editor Jasmin was not that aware of the programme, although as she experimented with the programme and shots she became more familiar with the programme and produced good quality work.
As a group form this experience we have learnt many things which will help us when filming in the future such as the equipment, shots, camera movement, 180 degree rule, continuity and many more.
For our preliminary task our aim was to film a sequence and use a variety of shots to help us gain more strength when filming our two-minute thriller sequence.
As a results of this, whilst filming we have learnt a lot of techniques with the camera and become more accurate with the shots. From this experience we also become aware of the environment and surrounding around as it helps establish and atmosphere within the scene. While filming most convention where broken as we did not follow the 180degree rule and incorrectly used continuity.
Another reason is whilst filming we tried out several camera movements which could make our preliminary task a success, however our main focus was the camera movement panning which was filmed incorrectly. We also tried different effects with the zoom which was also a fail, but then became better. Most importantly from this task we have all become confident within framing particular shots as it will help us create our final thriller sequence.
When it came to editing we used a programme called final cut pro, however our editor Jasmin was not that aware of the programme, although as she experimented with the programme and shots she became more familiar with the programme and produced good quality work.
As a group form this experience we have learnt many things which will help us when filming in the future such as the equipment, shots, camera movement, 180 degree rule, continuity and many more.
Thursday 5 February 2009
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