Evaulation- Pleminary Exercise

Our first filming session went very well. Kiran, Chloe, Humairia and I were grouped up with each other. The first thing we discussed as a group was the genre of our story. We came to an agreement and chose horror. We chose this specific genre as we felt we could do a lot and use a variety of camera shots to demonstrate how particular shots and angles make the audience feel and react.

I was responsible for creating the storyboard in our allocated planning time. Humairia was in charge of the scripting. Chloe and Kiran teamed up ad prepared the shot list. We came to a conclusion that we would use only natural light.

We set up our first shot with Chloe beside the window. We rehearsed the shot and camera moves so we all had an understanding of what was happening within this particular shot. We shot a total of three times in order for it to be correct. We used a tripod for this shot as we wanted the camera to be sturdy.

Once we finished upstairs with the first scene we used the garden to shot Kiran looking up at the window where Chloe was sitting. We decided to give Kiran a pitchfork to give her a creepy look. I think this was successfully done. Both Kiran’s and Chloe’s eye lines matched up. We used a tripod for this shot.

The following shot I filmed alone. I was filming from beneath the stairs and once the camera saw Chloe’s face I panned at a medium speed to the right where she stopped at the top of the stairs. I took close ups of both of their faces individually afterwards which illustrated Chloe’s scared emotions. This movement was hand held for a POV shot.

The last shot was outside of Chloe running through the main door where she sees the pitchfork placed on the floor. Humairia and I shot this last camera shot together. Our main camera movement was POV as Humairia shot Chloe coming through the door from around the corner as if she was Kiran who was watching her.

We reviewed our filming on the iMac and imported all the clips on iMovie to start editing everything so it flows correctly. We all decided what shots look the best as we took more than one just to play it safe and save time.

We all feel like we are at a proficient level with a hint of creative as we used the terminology and we used props and unusual camera shots.