Preliminary Task.

During our preliminary task we were asked to create a short film lasting about thirty seconds showing a character entering a room in which another character is already sitting, once both characters have entered the room there had to be a short section of dialogue after which the characters must leave the room again, as media students the filming also had to include a 180 degree shot and also a shot reverse shot. We added the 180 degree shot when Sophie’s character enters the room and falls into a chair, the camera pans to the door where Robbie’s character is standing, once Robbie’s character enters the room and approaches Sophie, there is a short section of dialogue. We used this shot to slowly reveal robbie’s characters to the audience, creating suspense and tension in the scene. We used the shot reverse shot camera angle during the section of dialogue between Sophie and Robbie’s characters. We did this so the audience could follow the conversation easily. During the dialogue we also used an over the shoulder shoulder shots to make Robbie’s character appear intimadating towards Sophie’s character.

During our filming we did make a slight continuity error, Robbie’s character began wearing a black hoody with a purple logo on it however after the second time we filmed, Robbie was wearing a grey hoody meaning we had to redo our piece scenes. By making these mistakes now we can improve in our main task and become more observant as a group. the genre of our piece is a ‘Spoof’ thriller. We aimed to challenge the conventions of a thriller by testing the audience. We attempted to lead them into a full sense of believe and increase their heart rate before revealing a comedy ending. The conventions of a thriller are easily recognisable, for example sound effects which are non diagetic like footsteps, heavy breathing, shaky camera angles as apposed to static shots. The macro (or lighting) is very dim, more tone and dark, the shots also interchange very often to switch between two different characters. We are trying to provide a comical short film atrracting an audience of our yeargroup.