When making our film we made sure that we included a variety of different camera shots and angles. However this meant that we had to be careful not to break the 180 degree rule etc. Also when we were doing this we made sure that the camera position gave good continuity as some of the shots were shot in two bits. For example when Charles is entering the Silent Walk we have a shot watching him from the front and then from the back. In this particular shot we had to make sure that the correct foot is leading when the shot changes. Also when we were getting a high angle shot to look down on Charles in the Silent Walk, as the camera man, I needed to make sure that the camera was still and not juddering.
Over all I think that as a group we did a pretty good job of making sure that the continuity of our film was good. (Gregor Sharp)
2) How many mistakes did you make, and did you improve in the main task having made errors in the preliminary exercise?
We only had a few small of problems, on of them was that half way through us beginning our filming Lisa had dyed her hair a different colour and in one shot I am wearing a different jacket than in the others. Our film was moving flowing than our preliminary task and when we shot our preliminary task the camera was usually out of focus so when decided to shoot the main task before we did any filming we would make sure the camera was in focus and that the camera was steady. (Charlie Lambourne)
3) At a more symbolic, macro level, how does your fiction film reflect or challenge the conventions of the genre or type you are working in? Will it fulfil the ‘contractual’ nature of film genre or will it subvert expectations deliberately?
Personally I think that our film fits in to the chosen genre comfortably. The chosen genre was teen horror and with the actors being teenagers and being in a school environment it brings the story closer to home for all the teen viewers. In many films of this genre there is a similar story where someone is followed by an unknown character. This means that the story that we chose is not too far outside of the box and that people will trust the story line enough to come and see it, were it a full film. (Gregor Sharp)
4) Are there any elements of deliberate pastiche or parody, where you ‘play’ with the genre’s codes and history? Are there any intertextual moments where you hint at a reference to another film?
Our movie that we made was original screenplay. We did not want to hint at any other movies. We did unknowingly hint at a few movies like Donnie Darko and The Ring. There are no elements of parody in our movie as we wanted to make it a serious opening two minutes. Our movie does start of with a murder which then has to get solved and it revolves around this phenomenon or ghost. I believe our movie has no parodies hence makes it our own original script like I said before. Even with our genre codes we have not deliberately tried to create a spoof on any movie. (Vidur Bharatram)
5) What kinds of audience pleasure are you trying to provide, and how confident are you that you have delivered on this promise?
We were trying too provide a fear factor for our audience. As a group we feel that this has been achieved as throughout the film you do not get to see the person/creature that is chasing him. This technique is taken from Jaws as we liked the way that not being able to see the danger created more of a tense atmosphere. Even in the last scene where Charles dies you still do not get to catch a sight of the killer. (Charles Lambourne)
6) Although time management may seem a less exciting aspect of the creative media practice, it is possibly the most important - how did you manage your time, and with what success?
One thing that we made sure to do was to make the most of our time when out filming especially. For a few occasions at the beginning of our main task we did not manage our time very well and due to procrastination we did not manage to get all of the work done that we had set out to do. This meant that we needed to rethink the way we approached the task each lesson. At the end of each lesson we would talk about what we had to do next lesson so that the planning didn’t take up any time. Then at the start of the lessons we would know what was to happen, allowing us to carry it out a lot more efficiently. (Gregor Sharp)
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