Evaluation Q7

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Looking back at our preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to be a full product ?

One of the main things that I feel that I have learnt since the preliminary task is the characteristics of the thriller genre. Things such as the various camera angles that were required to successfully create a opening to a thriller film. And also how different editing techniques, used in conjunction with with different camera angles can be used to add the the storyline, for example using low angle shots to show that the character is in charge of the current situation.

We also learnt several rules such as the 180˚ rule, which is used in conversation. This rule dictates that when there are two characters having a conversation, the camera always stays on the same side to stop the audience getting confused between the two characters. However, I also learnt that you can sometimes break this rule, as it can be used to great effect to create a kind of confusion in the scene to further add to the plot-line. I also learnt about match-on-action and shot/reverse shot. Match-on-action is when the editing cuts to a different angle as a action happens in the scene, and shot/ reverse shot is often used in conversations and is when the camera angles go back and forward between two people, which is created during the edit.

I also learnt about using various aspects of mise-en-scene such as location, costume and lighting. Location is very important to set up the right mood in the audience and to establish the product to be a thriller film. Generic location for thriller films are dark or dimly lit interiors or wide open desolate landscapes, examples of this would be the countryside or the dark motel rooms of No Country for old men. The costume is also important for the audience to establish what the background or even what the character is like. We have used these both within our thriller to help itself establish it as a thriller film.

Finally we also learnt that we needed to keep to a particular time-frame as if we didn't get one part filmed one time we couldn't get the edit done in time although we managed to get the edit done in time for the deadline.