continuity task

• Finally the last shot which we had to put into this was a 180 degree shot which does sounds the most complicated and was the most complicated. Although this was a complicated shot to do we did do it quite well.

There was a number of problems which we had to consider and encounter when doing this.

• Other students were getting in the way while we were trying to shoot this, which meant we had a lot of un-wanted footage.
• Another problem was a form teacher was getting in the way and distracting us from our filiming.

This meant that we had to re-take shots several times and did get repetitive.

If i was to do this again i would try and think about the storyline more and try to make it more appealing and exciting. Doing this task will help me and my group with the Thriller project as it will enable us to learn from our previous mistakes and do things which we may ot have done the first time round.

Continuity Editing

Our continuity editing video was made by me, Pippa and Hollie. I think that we successfully shot the sequence to demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180 degree rule.
The establishing shot where character 1 is established in a location. For this we shot Hollie walking down a pathway.
Close up shot, we shot a close up of Hollies feet while she was walking down the same pathway. We showed this again when Hollies was walking up the stairs, we cut half way and shot from a different angle.
Reaction shot, we showed this when i turned around and noticed Hollie walking towards me.
Long shot, when Hollie was walking up the stairs.
Filming a conversation, we showed this when me and Hollie were having a conversation and whilst filming the conversation we used the 180 degree rule.
The problems we faced were, other students around college walking through the shot while we were filming so we had to re-take a few times.
If i were to do this task again i would have probably made the storyline a bit more exciting and shown match on action a bit clearer.
I think i have learnt from my mistakes which will help me in my thriller project, so i wont make the same mistakes again. i also know that we didnt plan enough for this task, which shows me that i need to do more planning for the thriller project.

student thriller analysis

Escape

'Escape' the student thriller i have been previewing was a high rated piece of filming. Firstly the main point i could pick up was it all ran smoothly and creates great atmosphere with effects of lighting and sound which really show the thrillers best features. The story 'Escape' was a great thriller title and creates a good storyboard with well worked camera shots, however in points the camera work sometimes was a bit confusing and some shots blured or wasnt the right shot for the job. but overall the trailer was good student work and had all the techniques boxes ticked, out of 60 i would give it a 52

Lewis bird

Real Thriller analysis

Se7en





The opening shot is very good for setting the scene of the film. The scary music builds the tension really well and makes the audience understand that the film is a thriller. The picture of the hands and the notebook shows the audience that the person in the opening of this thriller is the bad guy. Again the music links really well to the opening as the high pitched sounds make the audience scared.
The flickering of the shots and the sound to go with it again makes it go really well with the idea that the opening is a thriller. I think that the credits make the opening really effective because the font makes the opening look scary and the flickering of the credits again add to the effect they are trying to create on the audience.