Filming 15/02

In this filming session, me and my group filmed by the elevator for the second killing scene, where we hoped to lay down a total of 30 seconds for our thriller opening. Here we took into consideration past filming sessions where we noticed that we did not include enough diversity previously in terms of shot distances. Therefore, in this section we inluded a range of shots distances such as a  over the shoulder CU of the victim pushing the button for the elevator. Also, a MS of the victim in the lift. Moreover, we included an over the shoulder shot CU of the victim which shows a LS of the killer in the background, which added more variety because it was like two different shot distances in one. This would keep the audience attracted to the film as there is lots of different things going on in a short period of time. Also, in this filming session, I did a free hand shot, waking quickly the camera up the stairs, to create the affect that the killer is tracking his victim. Doing it free hand made the shot shaky creating pace, which entices to audience as a tense atmosphere develops. Also, we believed this was agood idea becuase it is a type of shot commonly seen in thriller movies, which is our target genre.

Although we included various shots, we did not plan these shots before we began filming and came up with the ideas while we worked. This meant that alot of our filming time was interupted while we thought of shots to use, which lost us editing time after filming. Furthermore, we also got confused on more than one occasion when we filmed in different areas. This is because we were concious braking the 180 degree rule as we lost track of the differenct places we had filmed from.

Aspects to consider for next time:

When we next filmed, we need to ensure that we have an effective plan of shots to use so we and ready to go and do all are filming fluenty without changing anything. This is so that are time was used efficiently so that we could get the shots done quickly and go and edit them so are project was pushed further forward. Lastly, we must make sure that we keep a good track of what shots we have done and where these were done. This is so we knew where we could film and where would be breaking the 180 degree rule.