Preliminary Task

This is our Preliminary Task!

For our preliminary task we filmed a conversation between two people. We started off with one of the actors already in the room and the other entering through the door. Throughout the short sequence we used over the shoulder shots and point of view shots.

In our preliminary task we saw that we made some mistakes. One of these mistakes is, that during one of the shots, the camera moved. To make sure this doesn't happen again we need to decide the angle before we press record, so that we don't have to alter it during the shot. Another mistake was that the actors conversation was really quiet. So to correct this next time we need to make sure the actors speak louder and more clearer so that the camera picks it clearly.

Genre

The genre of our film is gritty thriller. This is because we have a chase seen which gets the hearts of the audience pumping faster as tension and mystery is built as we are only shown flashbacks of why she is running, creating enigmas. It is also gritty as it is set in a dark bleak woods, making it realistic and scarier for the viewer. Genres are vague categories with no fixed boundaries, they are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions. Similar distinctions separate the thriller from other overlapping genres: adventure, spy, legal, war, maritime fiction, and so on. Thrillers are defined not by their subject matter but by their approach to it. Thrillers are made to excite the audience and draw them into the film. 

Analysis of Memento

The opening sequence to the independent film Memento is very similar to our opening sequence in that it is not linear. This is because the opening sequence creates many enigmas as to what is going on as it is done backwards. Many cut shots are used into order to disorientate the viewer, and this is what we are going to do. Also  This opening sequence of memento uses different and unusual techniques as to setting up the film and establishing characters. In this sequence a Polaroid photo is used to show that the film is going to be shown backwards as the photo, un-develops. Non-diegetic music creates an eerie feel to the sequence as tension is created. In our sequence we are going to do something similar to this in where we add music to the sequence to create tension and fear.