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Psycho Freeze Frames

This shot shows how the character is struggling to survive after a mysterious murderer came and stabbed her several times while she was in the shower. I think the fact that she is reaching her hand out its iconic for her trying to hold onto life and maybe grab some help so she can survive that bit longer. This mid-shot shows in how much pain she is in as it is hard for her to get up and hold onto life which is clearly shown from her body posture and facial expression.

In this shot you do not see the murderer however you only see his body outline and the knife he is holding striking fear in the audience. It is especially scary because he looks as if he is ready to attack. From this medium shot you cannot know who it is bringing mystery into the audiences mind and bringing them to want to see how the mystery resolves. The editor decided to make the image blurred because of the water from the shower to also blur the characters features and again hide the identity which is usually what scares an audience the most.

Preliminary Task

For this task we were asked to use the match on action shot which is when the camera follows a character and instead of following the character at the same angle he or she turns it cuts to the side they will turn to. As well as this we were told to use the shot reverse shot which is when you see a character talking for example facing left which is followed by character 2 which is facing right talking to the other character and then reversing back to character 1 replying to character 2 maintaining the 180 degree rule. This means that the camera shows an over the shoulder shot from both characters maintaining 180 degree radius and the characters look as if they were facing each other (character one facing left and character 2 facing right) without actually seeing both of their faces in each shot. We then created a short story line and figured out how we could fit all of the parts of the task in a short video which is meant to be under 25 seconds. 

I had created the storyboard and story line that went with it which meant I chose what would happen in each shot. I had choose that there should be a student going to see a teacher and walking from their class to see the teacher and after negotiating this with my group we had agreed it was a good idea.

We had used these shots not only because the teacher taught us about them but also because we thought it looked quite effective and would draw attention to the viewer. I had done most of the camera work as the other group members were not as sure on how to get it done so the beginning shots were created by me, however as I was the teacher in later scenes I had to tell my group member Asya at what angle we should shoot it and what angle she'd be comfortable with filming.

I was quite happy with the end result as we had used the match on action quite a few times and I thought that it looked quite effective. I think this because after editing it looked much better then it looked when it was just recorded and unedited. We could have used a better space and for example looked through which classes were free and how the shots would look from there. Even though there were minor mistakes including the lighting, the end result was fairly good as the camera was the right distance away at all times and the characters were placed in the right positions as there was no need to move for us at any point so it went smoothly. Also as the dialogue we had done was quite long we had to cut it short however we as a group thought it still made sense but for next time I would probably make sure it was shorter as there was a 25 second limit. 

I think overall my group did fairly well as it was hard to find a free classroom without asking before as in both classrooms there was a teacher working in the corner so we might have distracted them which we apologised for and thanked for letting us use it to film.

I think I am very confident in using a camera and Imovie as I am usually the person in charge of most camera work and if I'm not the group members ask me how to do it. Where as for Imovie i had done the editing for almost all movies with the consultation of my group members.

Here are some shots from the the task we had created:

About me

Hi, my names Martyna and im 16 years old. I go to St Peters sixth form in Guildford. The subjects i took for A levels are Art, Maths, Psychology and Media studies. I am plannig on doing Architecture in University in Glasgow with the help of Art and Maths from A levels. I live with my mum and my sister which is also located in Guildford. I used to take interest in gymnastics and horseriding. I cannot take part in these hobbies anymore as I am too busy with school work and revision. I do not have any pets even though i had loads in the past and I would love to have a dog, either a Siberian Husky or a Golden Retriever. I spend most of my time with my friends, family and my boyfriend who I've been best friends with for 3 years and he's loved me for over 2 years in that time and we've been together for over 5 months. Like most teenagers I spend a lot of time watching movies and TV series as well as going on Facebook on a daily basis.