Sunday 23 January 2011

Preliminary Task


Brief:
We were informed to conduct a 1 minute film which included the following things:

  • someone walking down a corridor
  • entering a room
  • crossing the room 
  • engaging in a conversation

We were also told to include following camera rules:
  • Shot Reverse Shot
  • 180° Rule


Construction:
The making of our short film didn't have many problems to encounter apart from the busy warehouse environment sometimes causing filming disruptions. For example dogs started barking during one shoot and a worker started using heavy machinery during shoot which we edited out into our 'Preliminary Out-Takes' video. Apart from that, the filming ran smoothly as we took into account possible errors that may go wrong, eg. different timings of day causing inaccurate filming sequence. 


To start the film we edited in non-diegetic background music to cause suspense and tension as the character walked down the desolate alley way. When the character pulls out a metal tool and lifts it to hit the character, the screen suddenly turns black. Then a blurry image of Nick sprinting out of the warehouse suggested Adrian was drifting in to unconsciousness. 


The last scene shows Nick thinking he has got away until he realises there is a car behind him, we edited the car's moving speed to make the chase more dramatic.


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