Now that my main filming was completed I could start on my evaluation of my film.
For my intro I decided to feature it like a build up for the rest of the film that would follow afterwards to get people interested into what this film is about and potentially what is going to happen next in the films main story. For this is decided to build up the tension in the scene about the 2 men hunting the creature and get overpowered and taken by it. Prompting further mystery about what they are up against and how they will be able to defeat it.
Here are some shots from my film intro:
For my intro I decided to use the style of intro that jumps straight into the story and leaves twists and plots about what will happen next within the film and that what I truly wanted to capture in my intro. In my first frame I wanted to make sure that person walking toward the house does not get his face seen in shot, to add mystery and suspense about who this character is and what potential like he'll have in the main story line of my film. The low shot in this scene as well was added to show were he was going and makes him be viewed walking into shot and up towards the house to speculate that another key person or group are linked in with the story. This shot in a way is an establishing shot but in a very particular fashion. Based on this establishing shot, from the film Skyfall, it shows an object in a specific amount of detail in the scene in this case the house. However their differences with this technique in closer detail. Firstly the shot is filmed at a fairly low angle to give it a more impressive appearance in the scene and also that the character is also walking into the scene from the side, this gives speculation about who this character is and why he has a link in with this story.
In the second shot when Dr Straton (Harry) is looking at the extract from the satanic inscription I used an over the shoulder shot to show what he is seeing. This is also implies that what they're fighting against is potentially inhuman and raises questions whether they'll be able to survive against it or not. I used inspiration for this shot to when a person is looking at a inscription, object and writing that could potentially signal some danger to the person in shot hinting that they may be in great danger by looking into the page. This scene was similarly used to one of that from Saw (the only film I could find that uses a shot like this similar to mine. It shows the guy looking at the X-rays which is really what my shot was about. However instead of filming the shot of him looking at the paper, I wanted to enhance the audiences involvement into the film and have them look over the characters shoulder to see what he is seeing and how it can capture their attention at this startling piece of transcription.
In my next shot when the two men are about to leave in search for the creature I show them walking out of the house to signify that they are determined to find whatever this thing may be. This shot was used to help make the transition of when they are about to go out and search for the creature in the area were they believed its in, allowing a smooth transition from the build up scene into the main one itself were the action starts to unfold, again following the suspenseful build up with in the scenes. Again this was inspired by horror films to keep the events slow since the characters are not in real danger of being attacked or taken by something in the scene. This shot was very hard to base on with the two characters walking into the scene together from a particular film of my genre. I used the basis of a two shot similar to this still taken from the lone ranger. In this scene the 2 characters are perfectly both in shot, just like the two characters on my scene. However the only major difference is that the characters are moving around a bit when they walk into shot and then out of shot, so it also features panning and pivoting techniques as well.
The fourth shot is that of Harry and Alex preparing to split up and search for the creature. This shot was designed almost as a breather for the audience before they get back into the action of the film and are able to get a clearer understanding off the scene around it. It also is great setting ready for the next transition shot of the two characters exchanging dialog before breaking up so it also gets a good feeling for all of the characters in the scene, before the action starts to kick off again. this shot was inspired by that shown in the hunger games. Despite being completely different from my selected genre, it shows some good potential to build up tension in the scene. Firstly the two characters are perfectly in shot together and they can easily exchange their dialog in the
scene without having to move the camera around too much.
The fifth shot I used for my intro was when the creature stares at Alex through a nearby bush not far away from him. I used this shot from the film Predator were it shows the POV of the creature looking at the victim without them ever realising it is their in the scene with them. This shot was used to build curiosity and suspicion about what this creature wants with these people and why it wants to kill them . This use of camera work is one of the most important and inspirational uses of shot used in my media film. The only major difference between my shot and the predator shot is that it is not shown in thermal vision because it will have copy-writed the original idea and would have made the over all results not that good.
The sixth shot of when Alex ducks down when he hears the creature in the hedge implies that he is venerable and at risk by getting low down onto the ground and peering first head first into the hedge. It fills audience with suspicion and questions about why this person is getting down low to look into this rather edgy looking hedge that may be hiding something. This shot was similarly used in that of the film Splice (2010), when the scientist is looking down low to see this unusual creature. It adds a brilliant effect of uncertainty into the shot about what is going to happen next. I made mine even more tense by not seeing the creature he is trying to look for that links in back with the horror film convention.
The seventh shot when Harry looks at the freaky looking tree is another direct link into the horror genre. This us used to help express to the audience the fear he is experience in the scene and helps capture the audiences emotions and attention as he stares into such an intimidating and rather scary situation he's in. It also aims to catalyse the fear in the audience that something big is building up and that this characters will be apart of it when it happens. This shot in particular was inspired by the horror film, Poltergeist which also uses this similar effect. With the girl looking at the unnatural static TV it implies that something is not right and that something dark is going to happen in the scenes to come, increasing the fear in the audience, just as I wanted to do with my audience.
The eighth shot when Harry walks to the bush is really were the climatic scene is about to take place. This is a build-up for the final climax to create the ultimate scare about what they are really facing, and how powerful it against a normal human. The shot is a tension builder ready for the final scare in the intro and again links it back into the horror genre. The panning shot is used to slowly move him from were he is standing over to the area where the creature is hiding in ready to make its decisive strike. This shot was inspired to that of the Ring. In this shot she is staring into the TV, were the potentially danger could be and implies that something could lash out at her any second. This was a technique that I wanted to use in my shot for this scene when Harry walks towards the hedge which proved to work, and by panning it across as he walks towards it adds further tension into the scene.
The final shot that I used was the climatic jump scare of my intro where the creature attacks Harry from its hiding place in the hedge. This is the final shot that is designed to really surprise the audience of the potential thrill that this film can bring when they watch it after seeing the intro before the title rolls onto the screen ready for the rest of this dramatic story to unfold. This final shot is greatly inspired by that of Alien Vs Predator, where an alien makes a dramatic unsuspected entrance onto the scene that gives the audience a good scare and implies to them that this creature is harmful and potentially a dangerous threat to all the characters. Another key inspiration of this shot is the fact that the in the picture the Alien is only showing a small amount of detail, in this case only its mouth and face otherwise its completely blacked out and can't be seen in full detail. This was also used in my shot, in this case only the hand of the creature is seen which also added a really good, use of a horror technique.
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So with activity 1 completed my next activities will be completed on the following posts.
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