Skills Audit: filming

We started filming on the 9th of March. Me, Tania and Sarah travelled to Rosa's house which was the location for our thriller opening. The first shot we took was a establishing shot of Sarah. We choose to use a pan for this to ensure we used intresting shots from the start of our opening to keep the audience engaged. We then went on to film a collection of different shots, ranging from close ups, to over the shoulder shots and extreme closeups, of Sarah getting ready to leave the house.

The first shot of the house is a pan from the sky to the house. This establishes the suburben setting for the audience as Sarah arrives at Davids house. I was then directed to open the door whilst Tania took a close up of me approaching the door from the other side. The glass on the door had a bumpy surface which showed my shadowy figure but not clear features. This makes the audience stereotype me as mysterious from the start.

Following this we shot my character showing Sarah into the living room and me going to fetch the drink as Sarah waits. We did this using a variety of shots to keep the audience interested and to build suspense.

The next scene was of my character giving Sarah the drink. We shot a birds eye view of me and Sarah drinking which allows the audience to look down on the situation. The next shot is of the bottom of Sarah's drinking glass as she drinks. This shot makes Sarah look venerable and creates tension as we know her destiny. The next shot was a close up of me taking Sarah's hand which showed an intimate moment between us.

The final shots of us going up stairs were various close ups and a birds eye shot. The final shot was a close up on the door handle as it flew towards the camera. This gave an ending to the opening leaving the audience searching for answers, encouraging them to watch the rest of the movie.