Preliminary Assessment - Tina Bozorgi

1. Use of the Camera

- Our finished work shows that throughout the majority of our horror film we can hold a shot steady although there are a few occasions when the filming was slightly unsteady. We solved this problem by editing particular scenes where we cut out parts that did not look professional as much as we could.

- When looking at our horror clip  you can see that we have framed our shots appropriately. We did this by selecting a grid to be put on our camera screen. This helped us organize where the characters can be positioned so there is reasonable amount of head/lead room. 

- We used many different shot types such as long shots, point of view shots, canted angles, close up shots etc. Long shots deliver general information, point of view shots were used to place the audience in the position of the main character, canted angles suggest something is wrong and close up shots are used to show detail and if it is of a character it could be to emphasize there emotional state.  

- Our finished work shows that we used composition techniques well as we used the grid on the camera. This is done so there is enough head/lead room and also so the character is in the gold eye view. By using the 180 degree rule this helped not to change the viewers perspective in such as way that it causes confusion.   

2. Use of Editing 

- I believe that our finished work does show that we apply the rules of continuity editing as the sequence of shots were arranged appropriately which suggests to the viewer they are seeing continuous action. We did this buy making sure the characters appearance, the set of location and the lighting remained consistent from shot to shot. Although a mistake has been made at one point during our clip when the character was walking back to lean against the wall from the lake. This is because the shot that was supposed to be between that particular jump cut did not get filmed.

3. Selection of Content

- The clip we filmed did not necessarily need a specific costume as the actor was just an every day normal boy  therefore casual clothes would have been suitable. The bracelet was the only prop in our clip however it had a very important purpose. 

- I feel that we used an appropriate location as it is the same location used in the horror film done by previous students that was have re-shot. Also the location we chose was reasonably quiet therefore it created quite a airy atmosphere. 

- Originally we had planned to have a different actor however it did not go according to plan and in the end Lewis offered to act therefore this left it being very last minute however it worked out well.

4. Self-assessment

- I took part in a bit of everything to help complete the film. I did the majority of the planning however the others took part in some as well. I also helped with the filming equally as much as the others and also helped when it came to editing by helping with making decisions and selecting background music. 

- If improvements could be made to the finished film I would say we would have had to include a larger variety of shots as this would have also solved the problem of the jump cut. Also to do more of the same shot, this would be useful if one shot did not turn out how we wanted it to we could use the others.

-  I am considering on changing the genre of my film when it comes to my final coursework film, this is because it will give me an opportunity to experience different techniques on how to make the film look like a horror for example the use of make-up and costumes. 

tins, boos boos xx