Evaluation Question 6
When we did this task we had to use equipment so that our
opening could be successful this includes our camera which is the Canon XHAI
Camera. Other hardware we needed for this task was a tripod, microphone
(attached to camera) and in our case LED light. We needed to use a tripod so
that the shots we filmed were steady and perfectly stable. The microphone was
needed so that we have clear natural sound during every take which would be
just as important as the visual aspect of the shot. In our case we had to use
an LED light because we had a gloomy and dark setting in some of our scenes
which made the shots look clear but just as effective.
When we edited our opening we used the software Adobe
Premiere. When we edited our opening we had to make sure we kept a natural
effective during the day so it connotes how normal her life seems outside of her
dream, which gives it that creepy effect. Whereas with the nightmare scenes we
made it as dark and traumatic as possible so it adds that tension and suspense
to the whole opening. So during the nightmare scenes we had to split the scenes
quickly so everything happens quick and leaves it more of a mystery, whereas
the day light scenes have longer takes (long take). During the nightmare scenes
we used a spotlight effect to connote that the girl was important but also that
she is the focus in the film. We edited our title sequence so that it had an
aspect of a cut away shot as it would appear with a black background and you
cannot see anything else which makes you focus on the titles but still build
tension as to what’s going to show after the title is finished showing. When I was filming I made sure that I didn’t go pass the
180 degree guideline as I kept to one side so of this axis for every shot in
the scene, the first character will always be frame right of the second
character, who is then always frame left of the first. This was a great way to
make sure the continuity was used throughout the filming production, which
therefore shows how professional our film was as a group.
