Evaluation Question Seven

In my Preliminary Task we broke the 180 degree rule. From this, I learnt not to do it in my film opening and made sure not to make the mistake. Because I worked on my own though, it was easier to not break it as there is no scenes where people have a conversation in my film. I used match on action a few times like when I pick up the phone, when I look at the blood on my hand and when I take the knife from the holder. From the prelim I learnt that this is effective as you can see everything that is going on. In the scene where the phone rings, if it would have stayed as a medium shot of me in the kitchen, you wouldn't have seen who was calling. The audience is more interested in the phone ringing at this time than what I am doing and what is going on around me. I used shot reverse shot when Phoebe looks round at the killer and it then goes to a shot of the knife then back to Phoebe. This was used to show what Phoebe is looking at in the shot. I couldn't use it like I did in the prelim as there was wasn't a coversation for it to be used for. I learnt for my editing to be smooth and for things not to jump and make continuity errors. I made sure each shot followed from the last, especially as many of my shots stayed focused on the same thing but changing angle and shot length.

Evaluation Question Six - iMovie HD

To edit my movie I used the iMac programme 'iMovie HD'. I had never used this before so I had a lot to learn about it especially as I am used to using 'Windows Movie Maker'. At first things were a little hard as I am into the habit of using shortcuts from 'WMM' but eventually I managed to pic things up and taught myself how to do different things.

Evaluation Question Six - Flip Ultra HD

For my filming I used my Flip Ultra HD. From filming my opening I discovered that it can be hard to get shots right and it isn't just as simple as filming a scene and that's it. I learnt that you need to get the shit lengths right and that without a tripod the camera is very shaky.

Evaluation Question Six - Google

Google has helped me with researching about horror films and it also helped me find suitable music to use in my film. I was able to find royalty free music via google and also sound effects for the phone ringing etc. I also used google images which has helped me a lot with this blog.

Evaluation Question Six - Youtube

Another website which has really helped me is Youtube. From this I have been able to find openings to horror movies to help me with my research and planning and also have been able to get ideas for my titles and credits and what music I should be using. I also used Youtube to upload my final video and was able to use the annotations to post why I have done certain things in my film.

Evaluation Question Six - Blogger

The main thing I have used throughout making my film is blogger. At first I had never used it before so I was just learning the steps but eventually I got more used to it and it is very simple and easy to use. It helped me with grouping each process of making my film together as I was able to narrow everything down from posts about audiences to posts about the updates I am doing. It is also easy to organise so if I were to add something in during the middle of my work I am able to put it before and after the right posts so my work makes sense.

Evaluation Question Five

Here is my final video with annotations that describe the shots I used and why I used them for my genre and to attract the audience.