Preliminary Exercise - drug deal gone bad

In our preliminary exercise we decided to do a drug deal that went a bit wrong. In our video we used a different range of shots including a pan, static shot and a close up. The pan in this clip was smooth as i used the tripod, also the static shot was very steady as you couldn't tell if it was free hand. Although we used all these shots there was a problem, when filming the video we didn't get the door that accurate. As it looked like there was a a mini jump cut, this wasn't supposed to be in the video.

In the video the sound wasn't the best because we didn't use the proper sound equipment which was mics. So when it comes to the thriller we would make sure that we use the proper sound equipment.

The setting for the drug deal wasn't perfect because the drug deal was taken in broad daylight, also in a classroom, where as a real drug deal would take place at night and in a dark alley where no can see them.

Todays lesson

In todays lesson we used the camera to make a mini video, although it may sound easy making a mini video it was alilltle bit hard because we had o come up with a idea. Then when we was filming it we had to find a room that was free and use diffrent techniques in filming so may be use a close up and midshots. We also hade to make the video flow so when it came to editing we would find it easy, so before we started to record we had a practise take to see how it would come out. But we all still had fun when we was recording.

Video analysis of a video from last year

In lesson we watched films that were made by past students and i noticed a lot of similarities between them as they all had stalkers that wore hoodies. So my group decided not to have any hoodies in our films.

Audience Research

From our video a lot of people said that the suspense in a thriller was the best bit of the movie. From the five people that we asked about there favourite thriller film they gave different answers as some people liked scary films and others like films like Speed. Also the people that we interviewed  also like the MaGuffin and red hearings that Alfred Hichcock was known for.

video analysis

I think our video came out good as you are able to hear the voices clearly thanks to the mic that we used. We didn't cut any one out, what i mean by that is that know one was off the shot or half of there body missing. Although we did struggle to get small people into the frame as we wanted to stay as close as we can. But we managed it. The only problem that i would say is that we maybe should have recorded from a different angle because is some cases we cant see our presenters face, this was due to the sun light but that was our fault for not noticing that. I think the audience would like it because we have some funny moment in the video.

Analysis of the interview and filming

In todays lesson we learnt how to use the camera and today we had to ask the audience some questions. these are the three question. The question we asked were 1. What is your favourite thriller?  2. what do you like about the thriller Genre?  3. What makes a great thriller?. So every person we interviewed we asked those question, we got good feedback from those questions. From that i learnt how to control the camera and use it effectively. we also chose to film outside because we thought that filming inside would be dull and very boring, so we decided to film outside for better lighting.

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