Shoot List in order of shooting

Shot 1 - shot over victims shoulder of victims friend saying goodbye to her as they hug
Shot 2 - shot over victims shoulder of victims friend telling victim to be careful
shot 3 - shot over victims friends shoulder of victim saying goodbye as they hug
shot 4 - close up of victim turning and walking away and looking down at phone. The camera is in front of her tracking her.
shot 5 - close up of newspaper victim steps on
shot 6 - low angle shot of victim picking up paper
shot 7 - reaction shot of victim
shot 8 - reaction shot
shot 9 - close up of article
shot 10 - close up of article
shot 11 - close up of article
Shot 12 - medium close up of girl reading paper. Camera focuses on herd face but then focus moves to figure behind her.
shot 13 - reaction shot of victim turning round at noise and dropping paper
shot 14 - point of view shot. hand held camera moving left and right to show girl is looking around her.
shot 15 - close up of victim turning back around and rushing
shot 16 - close up of paper falling to the floor
Shot 17 - medium shot of girl rushing quickly. Camera moves backwards as girl moves towards it
shot 18 - long shot of masked killer
shot 19 - extreme close up of killers weapon
shot 20 - extreme close up of mask
shot 21 - reaction shot of girl
shot 22 - close up of girls folder dropping to the ground and girl running off into distance while masked killer walks in front of camera
shot 23 - medium long shot of girl running to behind tree and trying to ring for help.
shot 24 - reaction shot of girl looking shocked
shot 25 - over shoulder close up of picture of masked killer appearing on phone
shot 26 - long shot of killer
shot 27 - long shot of killer
shot 28 - reaction shot
shot 30 - close up of girls feet running up stairs.
shot 31 - hand held camera shot of girl running forward. Camera moves backwards as girl runs forwards and stops as she is out of breath. Girl looks around and no one is there
shot 32 - close up of girls face, long shot of killer behind her, girl turns around
shot 31 - reaction shot of girl
shot 30 - floor shot of girl falling over and killer walking towards her
shot 31 - close up of mask that has been removed

Secondary Research

Horror Film Production Company Research

Location Scouting Sheet

Plans For Shooting

Hair, makeup and costume ideas

Masked killer

- Destroyed, blood covered mask
- Ripped boiler suit
- rope
- gloves

Victim & victims friend

- Day to day makeup and hair
- Classy, stylish clothes

Props

Rope - Murderers weapon
Newspaper - Article about murders

Locations

Park - when girl is being followed by killer
Bridge - when girl is killed

Shot types

Establishing shots - to show the locations

Close ups + extreme close ups - for reaction shots 

tracking shots - to emphasise movement

hand held camera - to emphasise action and create suspense and discomfort

long shots - to show the emptiness of location 

over shoulder shot - for conversation

low angle shot - when masked character is standing above the woman on the floor

 

Lighting

 

I will film when it is beginning to get dark so that the lighting will be dull.

Film Title Poll Results

The results show that Masked is the most popular name for my film, so this is the name I shall be calling it. I am happy with the result as this is the name I preferred.

Developing Production Logo

After looking at popular production logos I had realised that most of them are quite simple. Because of this I wanted to make my one simple too. I didn't want my logo to be too bold or bright so I used a simple black text. I was inspired by the dreamworks logo as you can see from my design. 

Classification Screen

Brief Story Outline

Opening

A girl says goodbye to her friend and begins to make her way home in the dark. She notices a newspaper article about serial killings in the area that she picks up and reads. She hears noises and begins to see silhouettes and is chased home by a masked killer. The opening ends when the girl falls over and the killer catches up. There is a scream and then a shot of the killer removing their mask but we do not see their face.

Middle

The people living in the town try find out who the killer is while trying to protect themselves and each other.

End

Risk Assessment Form

Location Release Form

Production logo

Film Title Survey

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Timed Analysis

0:15 - Close up of a child's tea set
0:22 - Close up of cup being held up to doll by child
0:26 - Close up of cup being held up to another doll by child
0:29 - Establishing shot of 3 girls playing
0:33 - Shot over one dolls shoulder shows the over dolls hair being brushed
0:36 - close up of doll being tucked in a doll bed
0:38 - Two shot of girls playing
0:40 - Medium shot of girl smiling
0:43 - Low shot of the floor showing the girls hands playing with the dolls and tea set
0:45 - Long shot of girls looking towards the camera
0:52 - Long shot of girls then facing the window
0:55 - Shot of the window zooming in
0:58 - Medium long shot of girl getting up from the floor
1:00 - close up of girls faces as they get up
1:01 - close up of one girls dress rising from the floor as she stands
1:02 - close up of girls hand dropping teacup
1:04 - low shot of teacup smashing on the floor
1:05 - Low shot of girls feet walking away from dolls
1:07 - close up of girl stepping on and smashing teapot
1:09 - Close up of girl stepping on dolls head
1:11 - medium 3 shot of girls walking towards the camera as it moves backwards
1:16 - shot changes to a long shot of the back of the 3 girls stepping up to the window
1:21 - close up of girl's hand opening window
1:24 - long shot of the back of the 3 girls as they step up onto the window ledge and jump down. Camera slowly zooms out
1:37 - close up of doll. Camera zooms out
1:39 - establishing shot of the whole room. When the camera zooms out a figure can be briefly seen in the corner of the frame facing the window.





0;00 - medium tracking shot of girl walking through kitchen
0:05 - extreme close up of girl turning her head round and reaction shot
0:13 - Camera pans from behind door into living room to show the tv
0:21 - Medium shot of girl looking into living room and walking up to camera so that it now shows a close up
0:27 - high angle shot of tv remote on sofa
0:29 - Medium shot of girl picking up remote and holding it towards tv
0:31 - shot of tv turning off
0:33 medium shot of woman putting remote down and turning to leave room, but then freezes and then slowly turns around. The camera begins to zoom in and she runs towards it
0:59 - Side on close up of womans face looing at the tv screen
1:02 - shot of plug being pulled out of wall
1:03 - side close up of womans face looking at tv screen. camera tilts round so that it is behind her, she suddenly looks towards the cupboards and the camera pans round very quickly to show them.
1:11 - Close up/reaction shot
1:17 medium close up of woman walking through door towards camera
1:22 - shot of fridge opening by itself
1:25 - medium close up / reaction shot. Woman walks towards camera
1:28 - shot changes to behind the woman and she is walking away from it towards the
 fridge door
1:30 - close up of fridge being shut to show the womans face behind it
1:43 - High angle shot from top of stairs looking down. Woman runs up the stairs
2:01- shot of staircase from the side. Close up of womans feet running up the stairs
2:03 - very low shot showing the length of a hallway covered in water. Woman appears at the very end of hallway. Woman walks right up towards camera so that we can now only see her feet stepping into the water
2:25 - reaction shot
2:29 - close up of dripping door handle. In the background we can see the bluured hand of the woman moving towards it
2:31 - reaction shot
2:32 - Camera is now inside the room showing the woman coming in from the other side of the door
2:34 - starts as a close up of the tv screen but very quickly zooms out
2:35 - starts as a long shot of woman but then zoomed into her face very quickly




0:18 - Low shot showing feet walk across the room
0:27 - birds eye view shot of someones hands tipping the contents of a bag onto a table
0:35 - close up of hands grabbing gloves
0:38 - close up of hands using tools
0:45 - close up of hands using tools
0.48 - close up of hands using tools
0:49 - close up of hands using tools
0:51 - close up of hands using tools, camera tracks the hands
0:56 - close up of knife in hands
1:00 - close up of hand putting on glove
1:07 - close up of glove. scene fades out
1:15 - low angle shot of nails coming through material
1:17 - medium close up of woman
1:20 - close up of womans face
1:22 - extreme long shot of woman running down hallway
1:53 - close up of womans face turning around
1:55 - medium shot of woman turning around facing away from the camera. Camera zooms in. woman quickly turns around
2:02 - long shot of sheep running across hallway
2:03 - reaction shot of woman
2:05 - High angle shot of woman running
2:13 - shot of object falling
2:14 - medium shot of woman. Camera tracks her
2:21 - long shot of woman walking
2;25 - long shot of woman walking across screen. Camera tracks her and then pans down
2:50 - tracking shot following woman walking away from camera
3:14 - shot of hand appearing from behind a wall
3:15 - medium close up of woman turning around
3:17 - close up of hand scratching through fabric
3:18 - long shot of woman running away after seeing a head come round the fabric
3:21 - tracking shot of woman running away
3:23 - tracking long shot of woman running away, camera turns to show she is at a dead end
3:29 - close up / reaction shot of woman screaming
3:32 - shot of shadow against wall
3:34 - close up of woman
3:36 - medium long shot of woman walking towards camera. Figure appears behind her
3:43 - close up of woman waking up in bed
3:46 - medium close up of older woman entering bedroom
3:49 - close up of the first womans face
3:52 - Medium close up older woman. Camera tracks her
3:55 - close up of first woman looking down
3:57 - close up of first womans ripped clothing
3:59 - close up of womans face
4:02 - medium close up of older woman while man enters the shot and leaves again
4:08 - close up of first woman
4:11 - medium close up of older woman leaving room. Camera follows her
4:19 - close up of first womans face she turns around to grab cross and the lies back down.

Codal Analysis

Importance of genre and how I aim to establish it in my opening

Importance of genre

If production companies specialise in one specific genre they are more likely to be skilled in making films of that genre, so that audiences will rely on them for another good film. If a production company focus on making horror films, many of the same people are likely to see each of their films, as they know they are good at making that specific genre and this makes money from that audience every time they release a film.


How I aim to establish genre In my opening


In the 2 minutes of my opening i need to establish genre through the music, location, camera
movement, shot types, camera angles, editing, lighting and narrative.

Music

The typical music used in horror films usually classical music which starts out quiet and mysterious, with uneven notes in order to make the audience feel uncomfortable. The music gradually becomes louder with more instruments being introduced in order to create suspense before something happens. Sometimes when the music has got very loud and intense, it will go completely silent for a long period of time, so that when something jumps out it has a larger effect on the audience. I will use these music techniques in my opening in order to stick to the conventions, and so that when the masked person appears, it will cause the audience to jump.

Location

Locations in horror films are regularly dark and abandoned, or deserted as it creates an eerie atmosphere which relates to the genre. I want to stick to this convention and use a dark or dull area which is very quiet or abandoned, as it will give the impression that the character cannot be helped.

Camera Movement

Because there is a chaotic running scene in my opening, I want to use hand held camera, as it emphasises the action and in the scene. For the rest of the opening I will use panning or still camera.

Shot types

I also want to include long shots for the start of the opening emphasise the fact the girl is alone. But when she is being followed I will use a lot of close ups to create enigmas and help establish this film as a horror genre.

Film Name Ideas

- Masked
- Unknown
- Hidden
- masquerade
- Desolate
- Covered
- Trapper
- Nameless
- The depraved
- Depravity
- Deviant
- Captured
- Disguised
- Semblance
- Deceit


4 favourite

- Masked
- Masquerade
- Hidden
- Disguised

Shot types I will use in my opening

Initial Ideas

My Film Classification

I have decided to make my film a 15 because it will include strong language and strong violence. Weapons will be involved. It will also contain threat and horror, and scenes that may be frightening and unsettling for children under 15. 

Film Classifications

Talent Release Form

Shot types needed for my opening

Establishing shots - to show the locations

Close ups + extreme close ups - for reaction shots 

tracking shots - to emphasise movement

hand held camera - to emphasise action and create suspense and discomfort

long shots - to show the emptiness of location 

over shoulder shot - for conversation

low angle shot - when masked character is standing above the woman on the floor

Initial Story Ideas

Establishing Genre

Setting: There will be an establishing shot of a town at night. This will help establish the film as a horror film as stereotypically horror films take place in the dark, as this is why some people are scared off. The people in the city are very unsocial and due to the events that happen during a full moon. This will be shown by no movement inside or outside the houses.

Character: There will be tracking shots of a moving van driving through the empty city but the characters face will not be shown until getting out of the car to create enigmas.

Props: close up of for sale sign outside the house to make it clear that the people in the van are moving into this house.

Era: The fact that the first shot is of a modern day city with a modern day moving van driving into it allows the audience to understand that this film is set in the present.

Sound

Horror Film Timeline

Planning Genres

Horror



This is an example of the kind of horror film I would like to make if I chose this genre for my film opening. I like the idea of things jumping out to make the audience jump, and would like to experiment with this in my opening. I can also see how the lighting is dull throughout the trailer which relates to the genre of horror. I would use this same lighting if i were to choose the genre of horror for my opening. 


Thriller




I noticed in this trailer the editing is very quick and the lighting is very dull and there is a lot of shadow. If I were to make a thriller opening I would use all of this in my opening in order to create suspense. 

Action




After watching a few action film openings and trailers, I do not think an action film opening would be my first choice. This is because I realised in most of them, the cutting is very quick and a lot of action is already happening just in the opening 2 minutes. I think this would be difficult to do at a good quality.

Horror Film Titles + Story Ideas

Existing Horror film titles

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Exorcist
A nightmare on Elm Street
Alien
The Blair Witch Project
Halloween
Night Of The Living Dead
The Shining
Anabelle
The Woman In Black
Saw
Psycho
Ouiji
Carrie
Sinister
Scream
Dawn Of The Dead

horror film titles ideas

Midnight
The Haunting
Dreams
Foreshadow
Maybel
Lights out


Story Idea 1

Goal: My leads story goal is to get rid of evil spirit in house.
Crisis: Suppose evil spirit terrorises a family.
Story: The family must try to survive and find a way to rid the evil spirit from their house.

My lead character would be the farther of the family. He will be middle aged, tall, with dark hair. He will very protective of the rest of the family and very serious. He will be middle class and work in the city in an office. his name will be John Coleman.

oppositional character: The evil spirit
Confidant: the mother of the family

Story Idea 2

Crisis: Suppose a family move into a town, where, unbeknownst to them, there is a person that murders a supposedly innocent person every full moon. 

Goal: The lead's story goal is to solve who the murderer is, and why they only attack on full moons. Also, they attempt to keep their family out of danger by keeping them ignorant of the events.

Story: a person who is attempts to uncover the mystery of the murders that happen in their town that they have moved to, as well as trying to keep their family from being scared. He/She will do this by following links between the murders, whether they're connected, and what they have to do with the full moon.

The main character will be Elizabeth Mcgee, a mother who works in a well paid job as a successful journalist and provides money for her husband and teenage son. She looks young for her age of thirty, and is quite sarcastic in her mannerisms. She has had quite a protected life, for her parents are quite wealthy, so she hasn't come in to contact with anything threatening until now. Other than her lack of experience in the unordinary, she is quite a strong willed character, and doesn't appear to be fazed by anything strange or creepy.

oppositional: murderer that only attacks on the full moon.

confidant: will be Mcgee's 16 year old son.


Audience Feedback

- Daughter instead of son
- Daughter should have a risk of being killed 
- Explain how the family find out about the deaths, for example their neighbour who has lived in that area for a long time explains the story. 
- Pattern to the deaths


Story Idea 3

Crisis - Mother and Father realise their daughter is possessed by a demon upon visiting a haunted house in a forest. Daughter is affecting their lives by haunting them and trying to kill them and her brother.

Story Goal - The goal is to stop her and perform an exorcism with the aid of a priest. Ultimately to save her life and theirs, or alternatively just theirs if need be.

The parents will go to a priest upon releasing that their daughter is possessed and attempt to perform an exorcism. When this fails they are unaware of how to help their child. They then travel back to a house near where they live that they believe is the cause of the possession. The mother will be taken by the daughter and it will be left to find her and save their daughter from the demon. The daughter will try to prevent him from doing so.

The lead character will be the father of the family and will be roughly 35 years old. He will be dark haired and tall and will be of middle class. He will be fairly successful and will be happy in life until the daughter is possessed. His name will be Mark Johnson.

Oppositional: Daughter/Demon
Confident: Mother

Title Sequence Analysis - Skyfall

Titles:

Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions LTD presents
Daniel Craig
as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 in
Skyfall
starring Javier Bardem
Ralph Fiennes
Naomie Harris
Berenice Lim Marlohe
Ben Whishaw
Rory Kinnear, Ola Rapace
with Albert Finney
and Judi Dench as M
co- producers Andrew Noakes, David Pope
Script supervisor Jayne-Ann Tenggren
Sound Recordist Stuart Wilson
Electrical supervisor John Higgins
Second Unit assistant director Terry Madden
Makeup designer Naomi Donnie
Hair Designer Zoe Tahir
Mr Craig's makeup Donald Mowat
Wardrobe supervisor Gordon Harmer
Publicity and marketing Stephanie Wenborn
Promotions Keith Snelgrove
Supervising art director Chris Lowe
Set decorator Anna Pinnock
Property master Jamie Wilkinson
Construction manager Stephen Bohan
Stills photographer Francois Duhamel
Video effects producer Leslie Lerman
Production supervisor Jamie Modder
location production managers Chris Brock, Angus More Gordon, Anthony Waye
Second unit production manager Terry Bamber
Post production supervisor Michael Solinger
Video effects and miniature supervisor Steve Begg
Associate producer Gregg Wilson
Unit production managers Callum McDougall, Jeremy Johns
First assistant Director Michael Lerman
Casting Debbie McWilliams
Main titles designed by Daniel Kleinman
Special effects and miniature effects supervisor Chris Corbould
Stunt co-ordinator Gary Powell
Second unit director Alexander Witt
Costume designer Jany Temime
Editors Stuart Baird A.C.E, Kate Baird
Director of Photography Roger Deakins A.S.C.. B.S.C
Production designer Dennis Gassner
Music by Thoman Newman
"Skyfall" performed by Adele, written by Adele and Paul Epworth, produced by Paul Epworth
Executive producer Callum McDougall
Written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan
Produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli
Directed by Sam Mendes

Evaluation

The titles fade softly in and out which relates to the slow piano introduction of the song. The title of the film is shown a lot bigger and bolder than the other titles, as in the very centre of the screen. White font colour is used to contrast against the dark and dull background so that they can be clearly read. The names of the people who have made the film are bigger and bolder than their role. The titles do not stay in one place on the screen, they appear in different places depending on what is being shown in the background. The footage shown in the background makes the title sequence a lot less boring and also gives some clues about the content of the film, which will cause enigmas. 

Title Sequence

Title Sequence Analysis - Spider-Man 2

Titles: 

Columbia pictures presents
A marvel enterprises / Laura Ziskin production
Spider-man 
2
Toby Maguire
Kristen Dunst
James Franco
Alfred Molina
Rosemary Harris
J.K Simmons
Donna Murphy
Daniel Gillies, Dylan Baker
Bill Nunn, Vanessa Ferlito, Aasif Mandvi
Casting by Dianne Crittenden
Music by Danny Elfman
Costume designers, James Acheson, Gary Jones
Visual effects designed by Jogn Dykstra, ASC
Film editor, Bob Murawski
Production designer, Neil Spisak
Director of photography, Bill Pope ASC
Co-producer, Grant Curtis
Executive producers, Stan Lee, Kevin Feige
Executive producer Joseph M. Caracciolo
Produced by Lara Ziskin, Avi Arad
Based on the marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
Screen story by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and Michael Chabon
Screenplay by Alvin Sargent
Directed by Sam Raimi

Evaluation

To start off with, the first few titles fade slowly in and then each letter flies quickly towards us as if they have been knocked. This is all in front of a red smoky background. The fading slowly in creates mystery and the flying out relates to the film genre of action. The main title of the film is made very clear, with bigger, bolder, bright text which stays on the screen for a while. This is so the audience are aware of the title. From then on, all of the titles appear and quickly dissappear in a bold black or white font. Because the titles change so quickly, they relate to the action genre. In the background of these titles are moving lines, and illustrated pictures. The moving lines related to the film because they resemble a spiders web, and the drawings lead back to the traditional spider-man marvel comic. 

Title Sequence Analysis - Incidious

Titles:

In association with stage 6 films
An alliance films and IM global presentation of a haunted movies production
A James Wan film
Incidious
Patrick Wilson
Rose Byrne
Lin Shaye
Ty Simpkins
And Barbara Hershey
Leigh Whannell , Angus Sampson
Andrew Astor, Joseph Bishara
Casting by Annie McCarthy, Kellie Gesell
Costume Designer, Kristin M. Burke
Music by Joseph Bishara
Edited by James Wan, Kirk Morri
Production designer Aaron Sims
Director of photography, John R. Leonetti asc, David M. Brewer
Line producer, Jeanette Volturno-Brill
Co-produced by John R. Leonetti, Aaron Sims
Executive producer, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Produced by Jason Blum, Steven Schneider, Oren Peli
Written by Leigh Whannell
Directed by James Wan

Evaluation

Firstly, the font and colour of the titles relates to the film genre. The font is thin and pointy which creates an eerie look, while the colour is red which could be associated with blood and death. Secondly, the way the titles physically appear on the screen also reflects the genre of the film. The titles fade in, then there is an echoed affect that looks like ghosts of the letters coming out of them, which then fade into smoke, and then each letter fades away one by one. The fact that the titles slowly fade in and out rather than suddenly appearing and disappearing creates a sense of mystery, while the ghost effect relates to the genre of horror, as people would associate ghosts with horror films. It also adds to the eerie atmosphere. While these titles are rolling, black and white establishing shots of the house that the film takes place in are being shown in the background. Every time a new title appears, a new photograph is shown. This creates mystery and tension as the audience are not being shown any footage yet, apart from right at the beginning when the boy is in his bed. This will create enigmas. Also, the establishing shots show the audience where the film will be taking place, so that they know where the film is going to start and will not be confused.

Preliminary Task

Evaluation

I enjoyed filming and editing my preliminary video. I think that my video flows well which was a main aim of the task. To try and do this I made sure I filmed more footage than I needed so that I could cut the clips down and get rid of what I didn't want. If I hadn't done this I might have not got enough footage, meaning that the video might not have been able to flow well. Another thing I did which I think was beneficial to the end result was filming all of each persons dialogue in one go. I did this so that the camera would't have drastically moved every time the same person spoke. I tried using a range of different camera angles to make my video more interesting, for example after filming Nathan walking down the stairs I filmed it again but just his feet, and also the very last shot where the camera was positioned very low.   I had used a script for the dialogue during this video, rather than making up the conversation on the spot. I think this was beneficial because it meant no one made a mistake, and it could be filmed quickly. During the editing of the video, I tried docking the clips so that the music didn't suddenly cut when someone spoke, and the music didn't drown out their voices. 

If I were to make this video again, I would choose to film it in an area with brighter lighting so both faces could be clearly seen. This would have improved the reaction shots, as the emotion would be a lot clearer. I would also make the shots with the dialogue in a bit longer, as the camera cuts quite quickly when Nathan and Keir are having the conversation. Although I did dock the clips so that the music quietened when the dialogue was spoken, I think that Nathan and Keir's voices were still a bit quiet. To overcome this i should have made the clips with the dialogue a bit louder. Despite these negatives, I am happy with the outcome of my preliminary task. 

Film Opening Analysis - The Matrix

The Matrix film opening analysis

The film starts with mysterious music, which stops after the title appears. A load of numbers and letters appear on the screen flashing while a conversation is heard. The sentence "We're gonna kill him" will create enigmas for the audience, as they do not yet know who "him" is.

The camera zooms into a small light very quickly, and we realise this is a torch light. The music stops and the mis-en-scene depicts a very close up frame of a man's face looking straight down the camera with a gun, as if the audience were a character in the film. The camera is zooms and pans about a lot to add to the mysterious feel, and the make the audience feel like they are part of this group. At one point the camera moves from an over shoulder shot, round the back of the police men, and to the other side. This is an example of how to keep to the 180 degree rule if you want to film from the other side, in order to not confuse the audience.

When one of the men kick down the door, the camera is placed in front of him in a low angle, medium shot so that it looks like he is kicking the camera. This causes suspense for the audience, and the noise of the door being kicked down contrasts against the quiet background music, which becomes louder once the door is kicked. From this sudden change in volume, the audience can tell that something is about to happen.

There is a long shot of the back of a women in a very dark room, which is followed by a very long take of the woman's face hidden behind a laptop screen, however the camera pans upwards to slowly reveal more an more of her face. This will cause further enigmas for the audience, like why are the police after this woman? What's she doing on the laptop? Why is she hiding in a dark deserted room?These enigmas are what keeps the audience intrigued.

Film Opening Analysis - Quantum Of Solace

James Bond film opening analysis

The film starts with very quiet music while the mis-en-scene depicts an establishing shot of a mountain which zooms in quickly as if the camera is flying above the sea. This shot cuts to parts of a fancy car in a shot reverse shot sequence, which can only be visible every now and then when the light shines on it. This creates a mysterious atmosphere for the audience. The music quickly gets a lot louder, and as it does, the car begins speeding and is now clearly visible as it is out in the open. This will make the audience feel suspense. The shots are very quick and an there is a lot of sudden camera movement in order to make the audience feel like they are in this position, and to make the action seem more realistic. One example of this is when the camera is inside of the car, and is vigorously shaken about when the car crashes into the wall. This would probably be what the audience would see if they were in that car, so it is getting them involved and feeling like they're part of the experience which they may find enjoyable.

The fast pace, non-diagetic music begins again, and gets louder and more tense. It gets faster when the car is crashing into things, and when something intense happens such as a gun being fired, the music tends to become higher pitched.This is all to keep the audience on edge and intrigued.

When all the enemies are lost, the music stops and then starts again, but this time its very quiet and relaxed. During this the camera zooms out from the car to show another establishing shot of the whole town. This informs the audience that the location of the film has changed so that they can keep up with it. The music becomes very mysterious when the car drives into a deserted looking tunnel, and once again stops when it is revealed that there has been a man in the boot this whole time. Right at the end of the opening, the sentence "It's time to get out" will created enigmas for the audience such as why is this man tied up, and what has he done? These will make the audience eager to find out more.

  The Women In Black film opening analysis

The scene starts with the mis-en-scene depicting small teacups being filled with imaginary tea. From this the audience might be able to guess that, stereotypically, it is young girls having a tea party. The first few shots are close ups rather than an establishing shot. Creepy toy dolls are shown, and from this, as well as the dull lighting, non-diagetic eerie music and slow pace of the shots the audience can clearly see this is a horror film. These close ups create enigmas for the audience, which keeps them wanting to watch more.

 After these close ups there is a long shot of three young girls and we can see them playing with their dolls and teacups. They are in old fashioned looking dresses which gives the audience a clue that this is set in the Edwardian era. We can see even clearer now that the building is very dully lit which adds to the eerie feel, and the girls are smiling and laughing which contrasts which the creepiness of the scene, which makes the audience think that something bad might be coming.

The music suddenly changes as the shot changes, and there is a long take of the girls staring right down the camera, which doesn't make sense at this time. This sudden music change as well as the long, strange shot, creates further enigmas such as what are the girls looking at? Why did they all turn around at the same time? The girls then turn around and begin to walk towards the window, and as this happens the cuts are quicker and the shots are shorter, and at the same time the music becomes louder and louder with more instruments being introduced. There is a long close up of the window being opened very slowly with loud sound effects which also creates suspense. All of this creates a lot of suspense for the audience.

After the girls jump, the music suddenly stops while there is a very long take of the window, slowly zooming out, and a loud, echoed scream can be heard. From this the audience can tell what has happened to the girls, even without seeing it. During this screaming the mis-en-scene depicts a close up of a very creepy looking doll, with a frightened expression. This would be very uncomfortable for the audience, and strange because the doll looks like it has reacted to what has just happened, as if it were alive. The scene finishes with another establishing shot of the small, dark room, and as the camera zooms out we see that this shot is over the shoulder of a mysterious dark silhouette. The audience would realise that this is what the three girls were looking at before jumping out the window, and realising this will create a lot more enigmas which cause the audience to want to continue watching, such as who is this person? and what did they say to the children?

Opening A Door

Evaluation

I am happy with the outcome of this session and with my video. It runs smoothly and is fluent, which was the main aim of the activity. To try to meet this aim I filmed the same footage a few times, but from different angles. I think this has benefited the overall result because I was able to take the bits I wanted from the footage and cut some bits down, rather than filming each part individually, which could have made the video choppy and unrealistic. I also stuck to the 180 degree rule so that the video did not seem confusing in any way. Learning how to do this will be really useful for any future videos I make.

If I was to make this video again I would probably make my takes longer because all the action happens a bit quickly. Also, my end titles are not correctly structured or spelt. I will be more careful with them in future videos.

Conversation Video

Evaluation

Overall I feel that this video could have been a lot better. Firstly, I had stopped filming too early in one case and had cut off the end of Grace's sentence. this makes the video seem unrealistic and to avoid this I should have recorded a little longer than I needed and just cut off what I didn't want.  In some frames i had some wasted space which could have been filled up with a more close up shot of both speakers faces. This would have been better because It would show emotion more clearly on their faces. In one frame in particular Grace's hair is in the way of Frankie's face even though there is enough space for her whole face to be shown. I should have positioned myself in a different way so that Frankie's face could be shown clearly. I feel that a larger variation of camera angles could have been used, for example when both Grace and Frankie walk into the establishing shot, and if I were to film this same conversation again I would have have filmed one of them walking in and sitting down, and then the other one walking towards them in the point of view of the person sitting down. One final error in my conversation video is that I had forgotten to include end titles. This is something which will be important in future videos.

Despite these negatives, I think that the type of camera shots i used in the video such as over shoulder shots, long shots and two shots as well as the shot reverse shot sequence improved the video. I also think that some of the framing was good as i had used up most of the space in the frame.

My Video

Evaluation

The purpose of this video was to try out three different camera shots; a long shot, medium shot, and a close up. I included all 3 of these in my video, however I think the video as a whole could have been a lot better. For example, a big error in the video is the positioning of the camera. When Nathan and Nicole are both shown walking in the first two shots, you can see from the building behind them that they would have already crossed paths if this was reality. In the future I will take this into more consideration. Also, after the slap, Nathan falls backwards far too late. This should have happened during the slap, so this causes the video not to flow.

Although I feel this video could have flowed a lot better, I have included good reaction shots which clearly show both Nicole and Nathan's expressions, and I have successfully used all 3 camera shots I was aiming for.