AS Reflective analysis

My reflective analysis

In film studies we were asked to create a short film of a thriller/horror genre. We were put into groups of three and were told our film needed to include different film techniques such as camera angles. Our film turned out to be more thriller based as it was not very scary. We did not have the right circumstances to film a horror film so we thought a thriller would be an easier route to go down. We set our film at the local graveyard as we thought that was the most interesting spot around. Our narrative was that Lewis was being chased through the graveyard before being killed by a mystery murderer. I took part in the acting, filming and editing. In our film I played the mystery murderer and I was shot from a low angle as I walked off into a creepy alleyway. We made sure we filmed it so that my back was to the camera so that the audience could not see my face. We shot it from a low angle so it was like it was from Lewis' point of view so the audience understood who I was and the role i had played. We used an establishing shot to set the scene of a graveyard, followed by a closeup of Lewis looking around before he began to get chased, we moved into a long shot before we moved into a tracking shot from Lewis' point of view as he fell which overall made the film seem more realistic. Next was the only diegetic sound we used which was Lewis' scream as he was killed, before moving into an extreme closeup, then my scene, then followed by an eye line match of Alex and Emma finding the body which I filmed. After we came back to the computers and edited the film and trimmed down parts of the videos which we did not need and added some creepy non diegetic music in the back which had a bass drop as Lewis started running which further added to the thriller element. All of the group did filming, acting and editing as we all wanted to experience different aspects of the films so they were shared roles.