Film Production 3

I liked the idea of the protagonist being pulled along the ground at the end, however, this was hard to shoot as not only was it muddy and wet, it would have hurt to be dragged across the concrete. This is when I decided to get the masked man to pull slightly so it looks as if he was about to drag her away. I then cut the scene quickly, so it looked more realistic that this was his intention.

I then edited the scene with black outs to make it seem more choppy and uncomfortable for the audience, implying that she has gone.

I then liked the idea of having the long take on the bracelet, which I felt finished the film on a sinister note, as it suggests that it is waiting for the next innocent child to pick it up again.

Film Production 2

I wanted to make sure that there were a range of different shots throughout the film. This particular scene uses a lot of shots, to make it look as professional as I could make it.

I started off by using the focus pull of the phone onto the bracelet.

I then used a low angle, median shot to show her going to pick up the bracelet.

Thirdly, I used a worms eye view of her retrieving the bracelet. This was particular hard to edit together as I had to make sure that the previous shot was cut as soon as she is about to pick up the bracelet and not a second before or after, otherwise it would show her picking up the bracelet twice.

I then used a long shot of her picking the bracelet up. 

Finally, I used a close up shot of her with the bracelet in her hand and then a further close up shot the bracelet, showing its importance.

Although all these shots used, made up only a small sequence in the film, I felt that it challenged my editing skills and I was pleased with the way it turned out. 

Film Transitions

I have recently been playing around with the different transitions available to me on the Premiere Elements. I particular liked the idea of using a dissolve transition to link some of my shots together, however, when I played around with these transitions, I felt that it didn't add anything to my film.

Instead, I felt that it made it look unprofessional and lacked horror, due to the smooth running of the shots and scenes. I therefore felt my film looked better without any transitions and instead features short, sharp shots and scenes which give it a bolder, almost uncomfortable feel and therefore suited to my horror genre.

Film Production 1

There was a part in the film which was very dull and lacked skill as it just watched the protagonist walk up the path. This is when I decided to split the clip up and have point of view shots throughout the long pathway. I feel like this engages the audience more, as it allows them to see it from her perspective. Which further heightens the horror. 

For every 3 seconds I added in a 2 second point of view shot. 
I repeated this stage two times, so that the film didn't look odd for her to suddenly be at the top of the crossing.