evaluation 7; Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the full product?

Our preliminary task was a 'not very good' attempt at a short scene. It consisted of poor camera work and little editing. There were various problems with the sequence of shots. In the first shot someone knocked the camera which made the camera work look dodgey and un-professional. When shooting our actual footage we had alot more room, filmed hand held and made sure people didnt crowd the camera to ensure this did not happen again. This problem also taught me to shoot at least 2 or 3 of the same shot so we could choose the best one.

The first establishing shot of 'Moe' walking down the corridor had no variety which makes it boring to watch and loses the audiences attention. This made it clear to us that the first couple of shots would have to include a variety of shots to grab the audiences attention and keep the intrested from the start. Our opening shot was a pan which made our establishing shot. We then made sure we had assortment of different shot types ranging from closs ups, to over the sholder shots, to extreme close ups. Another problem with the first shot was the fact it cut 'Moe's' head off making it uncomfortable to watch. We did use this type of shot on purpose in our thriller opening as Sarah unzips her jacket but that was because we wanted to focus on her taking off a piece of clothing to hint at the intamacy between David and herself.

These first shots in our prelimery match shot established that our setting was some kind of school. To establish the subburben settings that our Thriller opening was set in we used a pan from the sky to the house. Sarah looks very small in this shot and the point of view shot that shortly follows of her from David's point of view makes her look small, helpless and prey-like.

After the match cut we didnt film enough between two shots so if you look closely enough Moe looks like he moves too forward for the timing of the shot. When filming our shots we made sure we filmed more than less so we would have plently of shots to choose from. For shots where we were showing a change in time we added a fade in editing which is what we ould have used in our match cut but didn't.

When filming the coversation between the two actors the over the sholder shot we took was taking for a much too high angel. This shot should have been taken level with the eyeview of the actors. Because of our mistake the shot over the 'Lucy's' sholder resulted in her head blocking 'Moe's' face. We had to ensure this would not happen in our Thriller opening because facial expressions would be essential as we were not allowed dialogue and therefore anything we wanted known to the audience that would normally be spoken would have to be directed through body language and the actors facial expressions. We used an over the sholder shot in the opening sequence of shots for our Thriller opening as Sarah puts on her blusher. This shot has no problems that we had in our prelimery match cut which shows that we learnt from our mistakes.

Another problem with our prelimery match cut was that when we shot the over the sholder shots of the conversation between 'Moe' and "Lucy' there was alot of space to the right meaning the conversation was squashed into the right hand corner of the shot and was uncomfortable to watch. We didn't repeat this as it would of looked un professional and 'slap dash'. Throughout our trailer there is a good amount of space Sarah often has alot more space around her then David as this makes her look small, vunrable and prey-like which suits her character as the antagonist. David is made to look more threating and mysterious as alot of the shots are just of his hands or his back.