Evaluation of filming day:

In my opinion I would say the filming of our thriller was generally okay,our film location was the Priaulx Library, when beginning to film we discovered some issues with the tripod as it was flimsy and some camera shots had to be redone due to the instability of the tripod, generally speaking, things went well in terms of shots, we used depth of field to help explore depth within the scene, when taking shots in the upstairs room, we found it difficult to get the correct amount of light due to the fact the only lighting we had was natural light, however we used this to the best of our advantage and used shadows to help portray the psychotic messages we wanted to include in our thriller.

  When filming we used a large variety of shots such as high angles, low angles, long shots and close-ups, we used close ups to show reaction to the happenings in the scene, we used a lot of canted angles to help show the “drugged” feeling of the protagonist, one of the shots we used featured a reflection, this shot i feel was particularly done well as the depth of field changed when focusing on the mirror, a shot that i feel could have been better is the final shot as the camerawork is shaky and could have been better.

Another flaw that we found whilst on the shoot was some of our shots were blurry, we did not allow the camera to focus and it looks low standard, some use of editing and tools on premiere pro can help to correct these shots but we may have to refilm a few, however some of the shots that are out of focus can be used to create a blurred effect and reflect the mind of our protagonist.

In conclusion I would say the large majority of our shots were appropriate, we took into mind the use of match on action, the 180 degrees rule and we are going to use continuity editing to make narrative sense, I feel with the use of non-diegetic sound and titles we can really add the darkness and depth to our thriller.

Pros:

• Variety of shot distances and angles
• Good use of mise en scene
• Use of depth of field to make things stand out
• Good use of shots to create match on action
• Kept the 180 degree rule throughout the whole sequence
• Camera was still for all shots

Cons:

• Some shots taken were out of focused
• Acting could’ve been better as some emotion isn’t shown
• We only had natural light so correcting lighting was impossible

Targets:

• Use more close ups to capture emotion
• Make sure the camera is focused