What I feel I have learnt in the progression from my preliminary task to my horror film opening:
Preliminary task Horror film opening
Preliminary task Horror film opening
Filming our preliminary task was thought through far less than when we filmed our horror film opening. Whilst filming our horror opening, we really thought about about different camera angles, framing and transitions that were essential to portray our characters in a certain way or have a certain affect given onto our audience whereas filming our preliminary task was just a matter of trying to incorporate different camera angles for the "practice" without a specific target audience.
The first photo from our preliminary task where we tried to record an over-the-shoulder shot in comparison to the over-the-shoulder shot we recorded for our horror film opening, is an example of our progression. The preliminary task photo doesn't seem as effective as the horror film photo as we we can see other characters in the frame (other than the necessary student and teacher) as opposed to the photo beside it which is from our horror film opening, showing a far more precise over-the-shoulder shot which we used to show specific meanings and to show an image of our protagonist drawing out a relative picture that our audience could also view from our protagonist point of view too.
The second photos both show 'two shots' that we tried to film in our preliminary and horror film opening. The first one from our preliminary task showing the student and teacher was was filmed using a medium shot but kept the student character seated and the teacher character standing up to represent the roles whereas in our horror film opening, the photo is showing the two victims both on the same level filmed from a high-angle to display their weakness and position as the victims in the film is a much clearer shot than the preliminary one as we was able to use mise-en-scene in order to portray the characters in the exact way we wanted to. This taught me that filming 'two shots' is essential to have both characters portrayed in a certain way to display their position in comparison to the other character
The third photos both show clocks and suggesting the passing of time. Whilst filming the time for our preliminary task, we didn't entirely think about how the watch would look, whether our audience would be able to see the time or even if our audience would be able to realise the relevance of the watch being shown, which resulted in the scene being unclear unless dialogue was used. However, whilst filming our horror film opening, we was able to more suitably film the clock in a way that was clear to our audience and relevant to our film. As we knew what we needed to do different from our preliminary task whilst filming the clock, we made sure to clear the space around the clock so that the audience could focus on only the clock; film the clock for a few moments to watch the time change to a specific time (3 am); and then continue to film the specific material in correlation to the clock.
The last preliminary task photo shows the character from a low-angled shot which we did to emphasize his superiority. We also tried to fit as much of the character we could into the frame which was slightly difficult due to the space we had. The two photos taken from our horror film opening besides this is a shot where we decided to use a tilt in order to show all of our protagonist in a cryptic way as opposed to trying to fit our villain in one frame. We felt that shooting our protagonist from the toes upwards to slowly introduce her would create a nervous feel onto our audience which is crucial in horror films and therefore conforms to the conventions.
This demonstrates our progression in film making and the different mind state that we had when filming our horror film opening as we really focused on filming to create meaning and different emotions.
The first photo from our preliminary task where we tried to record an over-the-shoulder shot in comparison to the over-the-shoulder shot we recorded for our horror film opening, is an example of our progression. The preliminary task photo doesn't seem as effective as the horror film photo as we we can see other characters in the frame (other than the necessary student and teacher) as opposed to the photo beside it which is from our horror film opening, showing a far more precise over-the-shoulder shot which we used to show specific meanings and to show an image of our protagonist drawing out a relative picture that our audience could also view from our protagonist point of view too.
The second photos both show 'two shots' that we tried to film in our preliminary and horror film opening. The first one from our preliminary task showing the student and teacher was was filmed using a medium shot but kept the student character seated and the teacher character standing up to represent the roles whereas in our horror film opening, the photo is showing the two victims both on the same level filmed from a high-angle to display their weakness and position as the victims in the film is a much clearer shot than the preliminary one as we was able to use mise-en-scene in order to portray the characters in the exact way we wanted to. This taught me that filming 'two shots' is essential to have both characters portrayed in a certain way to display their position in comparison to the other character
The third photos both show clocks and suggesting the passing of time. Whilst filming the time for our preliminary task, we didn't entirely think about how the watch would look, whether our audience would be able to see the time or even if our audience would be able to realise the relevance of the watch being shown, which resulted in the scene being unclear unless dialogue was used. However, whilst filming our horror film opening, we was able to more suitably film the clock in a way that was clear to our audience and relevant to our film. As we knew what we needed to do different from our preliminary task whilst filming the clock, we made sure to clear the space around the clock so that the audience could focus on only the clock; film the clock for a few moments to watch the time change to a specific time (3 am); and then continue to film the specific material in correlation to the clock.
The last preliminary task photo shows the character from a low-angled shot which we did to emphasize his superiority. We also tried to fit as much of the character we could into the frame which was slightly difficult due to the space we had. The two photos taken from our horror film opening besides this is a shot where we decided to use a tilt in order to show all of our protagonist in a cryptic way as opposed to trying to fit our villain in one frame. We felt that shooting our protagonist from the toes upwards to slowly introduce her would create a nervous feel onto our audience which is crucial in horror films and therefore conforms to the conventions.
This demonstrates our progression in film making and the different mind state that we had when filming our horror film opening as we really focused on filming to create meaning and different emotions.
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