The scene then cuts to a point of view shot as the husband falls from the balcony to the floor below. This point of view shot shows how far the husband is falling so the viewer can see from the husbands point of view where hes falling from. The sound at this point is at a much quicker pace to show that something has happened to the husband something really bad.
This medium shot of the husband on the balcony shows him looking out at the city seeing the view of his city in the morning. The sound at this point is very dark and gloomy giving the viewer a sense of suspense as he stands on the balcony which leaves the viewer thinking whats going to happen next is he going to fall off or is he going to walk back inside as normal.
The opening scene begins with an establishing shot of the city where the film is based, so it shows where the film is and what sort of surroundings the film is going to be set in. This shot shows the oytside of the city from a very good view so the viewer is then able to see all of the scenery where things could be happeneing in the film and it gives the viewer and= idea of what sort of things could happen later on in the film. On this shot the mise en scene is very dull looking like it could rain and its very cold in the city which shows that something dark and not very good will be happening in the film.
This medium close-up of the blood is an element in which we would like to incorporate into our own film. This shot is a key feature into the action that has taken place in the film and will be a key focus in our own film. This adds reality of danger and suspence which is what we want to create so people will want to know how the blood got on the wall.
This a close up shot of the record player which is playing a voice recording from an answering machine during the opening scene of The Strangers. This part of the openinmg scene adds suspence and gives people a spooky feeling about the answering machine and draws poeople in so they want to here what the record player is playing and it also draws people in to watch more of the film to see where the recording had came from in the first place.
This shot is at the start of the opening scene where there are two children in the picture as you look through the smashed car window. This adds an element of danger to the film because of the smashed car window which is shown through a close up.and two frightened children riding towards the door on their bikes. The smashed window on the car shows that something has happened and that it is something that is not good for the people who have been in the house or the two children going in to the house who are shown using a long shot.
After we decided that we wanted to do a horror themed film we thought of some films that had openeings similar to how we wanted to do ours. We looked at the opening to "The Strangers" and picked out key elements that we wanted to incorporate into our film. For example this film begins at the end which is the idea that we want to do. It also has shots of various locations and props which have meaning to what happened in the actual action of the film for example "blood on a wall". All of this adds suspense to the film which interested us and enabled us to come up with similar ideas for our own opening scene.
The cameras that we used during the preliminary task were easier to use than we thought to figure out the settings on the camera and to use in general. The camera allowed us to do a wide range of different shots in a range of different locations. To make the preliminary task have a good flow of shots that could be put together in the editing software. The editing software allowed us to edit all of are shots to make them fit in to are task. The editing software also allowed us to use a range of cuts such as a match cut and it also let us use a range of shots such as shot reverse shot. We also found out that all the shots we took with the camera worked well with the editing software to put the piece together.
In the filming and editing part of our preliminary task the locations of the college building in which we filmed worked well with the shots that were used and were a good way of establishing the shots that we originally had in our shot list. Also we achieved good continuity editing by ensuring that our match cuts and other various shots were edited carefully so it all flowed into each other.
Overall our whole group worked well together and we planned our task well as a team to make sure we all had a part in doing something.
The only thing that I suggest that could be improved is that we could have worked faster so that we had time to add music and credits to add to the effect of our film.
We made sure that we used the 180-degree rule in order to do our shot reverse shot. When it was the scene where the two characters were having a conversation in the classroom, we filmed one of the characters first over the opposite characters shoulder and stopped where the other character was due to say her line. We then filmed the other character saying her line from behind the opposites shoulder. We then had two different shots and then just cut and edited them together so that it flowed into a shot reverse shot.
We filmed Havana walking through the corridor, and we focused on the door handle, in which she opened after. We went inside, and filmed her opening the door from the outside.
During the editing, we had to cut in between where Havana opened the door, and stopped half way. Then we added the bit where we filmed from the inside, and then cut it half way where she’s walking in. We had to choose the cuts carefully, e.g., Havana opened the door with her right foot, so we had to cut it, with her right foot inside.
1) Panning-the room
2) Tracking-foot steps
3) Shot reverse shot-conversation
4) Close up- characters face & door handle
5) Medium close up- characters
6) Establishing shot- the scenery
7) Low angle- as the character walks up the stairs
8) Wide angle- room
9) Long shot- characters
10) Point of view shot- looking at their phone
11) High angle shot- from flats
