Practice filming session: A thrilling read

What have you learned from the filming session?

To start off, the task we had to do was; create a thrilling atmosphere whilst a character is reading a newspaper.

I am very pleased with how the outcome of the thriller, because I feel we took a range of good camera shots which changed the perspective of the audience, in terms of what the audience saw.
I think the low-angle shots were the most successful as in caught a glimpse of the area, character reading the newspaper and a shot of the killer. The fact that the audience does not see the killers face is important, as it grew tension as the video went along. However, I feel that the constant shot-reverse-shot was not so successful, as we used this technique a bit too much.
Our short film is clear, and the audience knows what happening, which made it easier to make sense of. The editing of our film went very successful, as I think it all makes sense at the end.

I learnt that, during filming sometimes it is not always important to include the whole picture but cutting and working on a certain part of the mise-en-scene works better. I think the element of suspense worked as the soundtrack, was very peculiar and unsettling.

We got positive feedback from the class and teacher. Also I think that we used the 5 second rule correctly, and took good camera shots. I think we worked well as a group and look forward to completing the real thriller.