9 Shot After Production

Analysis

9 Shot After Production

Analysis

9 Shot After Production

Analysis

180 Degree Rule + Shot – Reverse - Shot

These three shots clearly show the camera not breaking the infamous 180 degree

rule, ensuring the audience would not be confused regarding the location of the

characters within the frame. However this confusion could have been beneficial for

the genre our preliminary task is based in, Psychological Thriller, but overall we felt

that as our task was short, only 1:33, it would not have been a sensible idea.

Also shown by these three shots is a clear Shot – Reverse – Shot, over a very

short period of time, enhancing the action and highlighting the fact that the two

antagonistic character are seemingly ‘superhuman’ as they just disappear.

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Analysis

Match – On - Action

Having already included the required ‘opening door’ match on action, our group

decided that it would be more imaginative to involve a different match on action

that would be suitable for our Preliminary Task. We created the dropping of the

needle over two shots which has, in my opinion, come out very well, being one of

the highlights of the clip.

These two shots show the required door match on

action.

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Analysis

Lighting

As a psychological thriller lighting was one of the most important aspects that we

had to take into consideration. This particular shot shows a very cold colour

temperature, possibly reflecting the nature of the character showing on screen,

which in-turn creates an enigma, a key characteristic of the psychological thriller

genre because the plot does not directly say that these two masked characters are

evil, however the lighting, costume and narrative would suggest that they are.

Also within our Preliminary Task clip, The key light is often flickering intensely,

providing cover for the characters to disappear, also creating an enigma, and

making it more visually interesting.

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Analysis

Personal Highlight

My personal favourite shot from our task is the opening shot. My opinion is that the

slow pan creates a heavy sense of tension, and brings into focus the large needle,

which evokes strong opinions of the character by the audience because of the

negative connotations that are usually associated with a drug dealer. I also believe

our composition of our frames was suitable too, with characters taking up most of

the shot, whilst revealing a little of the eerie setting shown by this shot;

Overall I believe our preliminary task has been very successful

and given the group a positive attitude as we head into the

main production.