Evaluation activity 7 - Looking back at your preliminary task ( the continuity editing task ) what do you feel you have learnt in the process in the progression from it to full product?

- Looking back at our preliminary task we have made improvements. From doing the preliminary  task we got feedback from people who watched it and they mentioned which scenes within the preliminary task needed improvements. Especially with the camera positions. Examples of these are,

- Here is a picture of a clip from our preliminary task and shows James one minute then. The shot type we used in this clip was a two shot and medium shot. By using these shot types it showed clearly that there was two people included in this shot which makes it easier for the audience to see where the clip is set.

- This is the same clip from the one above and it shows that James disappears from the same shot which wasn't meant to happen. We've learnt from this and thought about the improvements we needed to make. Which we have added to our opening two minutes and it doesn't occur with the opening two minutes which shows that we have taken the criticisms from our preliminary task and didn't include them during our opening two minutes.

- Throughout the preliminary task and towards making our opening two minutes we have learnt different shot types and editing techniques which we have included during our opening two minutes.

- Shot types we have learnt and included.

- Over the shoulder shot- which is a shot of someone or something taken from the perspective or camera angle from the shoulder of the other person. The back of the person is used to frame the image of whatever the camera is pointing towards. We put this into practice in our preliminary task which have used in our opening two minutes which looks more clear that its an over the shoulder shot. By using this shot at this bit of the scene makes the audience feel more involved as they get to see what the victim ( me ) was looking at. We include another over the shoulder shot aswell from when the victim ( me ) reads the letter from the first victim.

- We also used over the shoulder shot within our opening two minutes. However, we used it differently than we did in the opening two minutes as in the preliminary task its used during a conversation and within the opening two minutes its used with a picture and letter.

- Long shot - a long shot usually takes place at the beginning of a horror film as it shows the beginning scene in a clear way. We have used a long shot around the beginning bit of the scene as it shows where the victim  ( me ) is in more of a clear way so it makes it more realistic as its in a public place. Furthermore, its the best way to established the location of the scenes.The long shot we used was moving as the victim was running away from the camera which shall draw attention to the audience. We have included more than one long shot during our film which creates the same effect. Which is the impression we wanted to give to the audience.


- In our preliminary task we included a close up. We decided to use an extreme close- up in our opening two minutes as its gives more of an effect and creates more of a suspense and tension towards the audience which is what horror films include.

- Extreme close up- Shows more detail or the person and gives the audience an impression of how they are feeling for there facial expressions. Its more visual than a close up shot. It usually has an extreme close- up of a face which shall show only the mouth or eyes and no background this shall be used for a dramatic effect.  From our extreme close up the audience can see how the victim ( me ) is feeling from the eyes as they winded as shes reading the letter and whilst she takes a deep breath. This gives it more of an effect towards

- Low shot -  Its an increase in height. Low angels help give a tense of confusion towards the audience it makes the person on screen look more powerful and taller which is our case of the film shall show that the letter has made the victim ( me ) realise what shes got to do and shows that she shall stand up to the antagonist as that's what the letter from the first victim tells her to do. By using an extreme close up shot and a low shot in the same bit of the scene shall create more of an effect and the audience shall get exactly how the victim is feeling which is what we want the audience to see.

- In our preliminary task we used high angle shot which gives an overview of the location and of whats included within that shot. For our opening two minutes we didn't include this shot type as it didn't match with our opening two minutes and the shot types we had already used as it wouldn't give of a better effect.

- Mise en scene- shot types were included in the preliminary task and the opening two minutes -

- Shot types we used,

- Preliminary task.
- Medium shot.
- Shot reverse shot.
- Close - up.
- Over the shoulder shot.
- High shot.



- Shot types we used,

- Opening two minutes.
- Medium shots.
- Long shots.
- Over the shoulder shots.
- Extreme close - up.
- Low shots.
- Close ups.

- We have used more of a variety of shot types within the opening two minutes. We used the shots which linked with a horror film as we wanted to give a certain effect towards the audience  We have learnt how to use these shots and put them into our opening two minutes.


- Different effects and techniques we used during the preliminary task and our opening two minutes.

- In our preliminary task we used shot reverse shot as it shows two people having a conversation and that's the impression that we wanted to send across towards the audience as there was two people involved within the conversation. In our opening two minutes we didn't think it was necessary to use shot reverse shot as its an opening two minutes and we didn't want to give too much away with what was going to happen within the opening two minutes.

-Jump cuts - same shots are taken from different positions. We used jump cuts within our opening two minutes which we thought created more of a tense effect towards the audience as we see this camera get closer and closer towards the victim ( me ) as shes walking towards the bridge.

- Match on action - where the perspective of the camera changes position during the scene. In our opening two minutes we included match on action as we wanted the audience to know what the victim ( me ) was reading as we wanted them to see that there was a written letter.

- In our preliminary task we used the 180 degree rule.Whilst we was doing our preliminary task i didn't understand what it was. However, during our opening two minutes we included the 180 degree rule. It makes more sense to me now. The 180 degree rule is on screen with the relationship between a character and another character within a scene. Theres a line which connects the characters and keeping the camera on one side of the line.

- This is the 180 degree rule in our opening two minutes, which creates the effect on the antagonist and the victim ( me ) which shall  makes it clear to the audience what the relationship between the victim ( me ) and the antagonist it like.


- We didn't use the effect of slow motion within our preliminary task. However, the slow motion effect we thought shall have more of an effect if we used it during our opening two minutes. It worked well with the scene as the picture the victim ( me ) was holding fell to the floor and by including slow motion at this bit of the scene made our opening two minutes have more of a variety of different camera work and editing. By using slow motion makes it more of an important point within the opening two minutes and we wanted to make the audience know that as the victim ( me ) dropped the picture that she is scared. Which is what we wanted the audience to insinuate and that the victim ( me ) is the next antagonist's victim.



- Overall, we have used a different variety of camera shots, camerawork and editing. By using these different shot types within our premilinary task made it more effective and make it link to the storyline and the impression we wanted to give across to the audience. We used variety of shots in different clips of the scene which created more of a suspense and created more tension towards the audience especially in our opening two minutes.