Shot List For Our Thriller

1. Vanishing point of girl walking down the raod
2. Panning / tracking shot up body
3. Long shot of girl
4. Close up of man's feet
5. Over the shoulder shot of gilr entering the park
6. Mid shot of girl walking and looking over her shoulder and on edge
7. Mid shot of the man on the side in a hoodie uinder a steet lamp
8. Long shot of girl walking around a building and over the band stand
9. Side mid shot as she walks past the pond
10. Close up of the man's feet, reverse shot gouing from close up of his feet to hers get to the end of the reverse shot and the girl begins to speed up
11. Close up of the girls face as she looks over her shoulder, the mam has dissapered.
12. Close up of the girl taking her heels off and starting to run ascross the feild
13. Shots of her running and looking over her shoulder
14. Mid shot of the girls chest and her running into the man.
15. Close up of the girl's face looking up at the man, panicked. " What do you want? "
16. Mid shot, going into long shot of the girl walking backwards
17. Long shot of the gril running away, running back the way she came
18. over the shoulder shot of the man watching the girl run away
19. Over the shoulder shot -> mid shot -> long shot of the man slowly walking towards the girl.
FADES TO BLACK

Preliminary Task and Questions

What planning did you do for your filming task, and how did this planning aid in the filming?

Before we started to film our preliminary task we had to make a storyboard, a shooting map and a shot list. We made these because it would help us through the process of making our short film. We made the story board because it would help us to see what shots would have to be used and what angles we would film from. The shooting map helped us plan out where we would want our character to enter and where to leave, also where abouts they would have to walk to meet the other character. The shot list helped us to try and use as many as different shots as possible in our film. We used a variety of different shots, including long shots, extreme close ups and shot/reverse shots.

What camera and editing techniques and codes did you use in your film and how do they influence the audience’s understanding of the film?

At the start of our film, we decided to have the camera following the feet of our character, Ellie, as she walked down a hall way. As she turned a corner we used a over the shoulder shot, which then became a long shot of her walking down the hall way and turning a corner. We also used a close up of her get again as she was walking down some stairs, which became a mid shot at the bottom of the stairs. We used a long shot when she was walking down the second set of stairs. Whilst our characters were having a conversation, we decided to use a shot/reverse shot of the two characters talking. When Elie was speaking we filmed it from over Liam's shoulder ( the other character in our film) and the same for when Liam was talking, it was filmed over Ellie's shoulder. We tried to use a wide range of shots in our preliminary task so that we could practise them for when we come to film our thriller.

How did you use new technologies in your construction, planning and evaluation (eg. digital camera; non-linear editing software; youtube, blogger) and what skills do you have at using this technology? (strengths and weaknesses eg. steady/shaky camera; variety of shot types; smooth/clumsy; independence when using technologies...)
When we filmed our prelimary task we used a digital camera and a tripod. Whilst filming me and my partner decided to take the camera off the tripod so that we could try and get the best result from our shots taht were being used, with us doing this it resulted in a few shaky scenes, so now when we come to film our thirller we know not to take the camera off of the tripod as we want to get the best result possible. Whilst filming ou can hear people talking in the background, off camera. When we edited the preliminary task, we used adobe elements, which is video editing programme. At first we found it hard to use as we had never used it before, but as we used it more and more to edit our video, it became a lot easier to use. Whilst filming our preliminary tasks i noticed things that didn't look so good as other parts in our video. After editing and finishing off our film we then uploaded it onto yourtube, and then embeded it on our blogs. I think doing this preliminary task will help us a lot when it comes to filming our thrillers because we can look back at our preliminary task and see what shots we didn't do well, and then try to improve them and make them of a better quality in our thriller. Also whilst filming our preliminary task we have realised that recording a video whilst holding the camera results in shaky scenes and having shaky scenes doesn't make the video look good, so in our thriller it would be best to keep the camera on the tripod as we would want the best quality that we can get.