From completing my preliminary tasks, I realised how I could
use different shot types and camera angles to create different atmospheres for
the audience effectively. Some of the shots I used in my preliminary task has
been replicated in my final film as I wanted to create the same effect.
A mid-shot was used in my preliminary video and my final
film to show the audience the reaction of a characters through their facial
expressions. We chose key moments in both videos where we would we thought there
was something big to react to. In the preliminary task it was jacks reaction to
the teacher finding the drugs, and in the film opening it was the girl finding
the distorted photos of herself in the photo book. These two moments show the
audience the character’s reaction, which makes the audience react to the situation
each character is in, this allows the audience to feel immersed within the
action they are seeing.
Match on action was a big part in our film
opening and without doing it in my preliminary task it certainly wouldn’t be as
effective as it is in the film opening. I used match on action when Jack goes
to open the door as the first shot is outside the room when Jack opens the door
and the second shot is inside the room where Jack carries on opening the door. Smooth
match on action is key because it means the audience are not thrown out of the
action and it allows them to get engrossed in the film. Bad match on action
reminds the audience that they are watching a film and the atmosphere is immediately
lost. This is why it was key for our film opening to have great match on
action. We used a lot of match on action in our film to build the atmosphere
and to build the tension.an example of this Is when Elizabeth is flicking
through the pages of the photo book and the camera switches to an extreme close
up on the photo book when the distorted photos are visible, this highlights the
disturbing photos and builds the tension. We had to match up the flicking of
the pages in the photo book so the audience were not thrown out of the action
so they could feel the full suspense of our film opening.
