Preliminary Task Evaluation

Preliminary Task Evaluation In October 2016 me and my group were set a task to make a preliminary film. The idea was to film a conversation between two characters. After we had got this information we set about planning our film and after deciding our idea we filmed, edited and posted our final piece. In the film we see a young man being suspected of a serious crime. The detective then grills the man in hopes of finding out information about a girl’s death. The image that this presents of younger people is a dark one and also presents men as killers. The low-key lighting in our film also created a sense of sketchiness and highlights our main character sinful attitude to the murder of this young girl. The camera angle that focused upon the suspect shows the development of the suspected character throughout the film. At the beginning Marcus Greene (Suspect) was very dismissive of the detective as question after question he simply responded with the words “no comment”. The camera angle stays the same as we see Greene come out of his shell to defend himself. The mid shot highlights his body language as again it develops thought out the film. When the idea of him being accused of murder starts to sink in we see Greene hastily trying to protect himself. As we see our main actor begin to defend his actions it attracts the audience as Greene becomes slightly angrier. This sense of tension starts to build as the detective is desperate to find out if the man was responsible for the girl’s death. As the suspense develops the audience is becomes excited to find out if he was going to confess or not. The pressure starts to build up and then Greene admits he killed her. This sudden confession is a shock to the audience as even though the character has committed the crime, we sympathize with him as he declares his love for her and that he never meant to hurt her. Whilst making this film, me and the team learned some processes that could benefit us when making our graded thriller piece. We felt that our piece was good but could be a lot better. In terms of lighting we would have to plan each and every one of our shots and how we were going to light the scenes correctly as it turned into a struggle when creating this film. However once we had figured out our lighting the main shot of the prime suspect turned into a success as the lighting casted a perfect shadow on the wall opposite. This had a mysterious effect and also made the piece seem more eerie. If we had a chance to remake this film we would find a different set. The set that we had chosen to film on was very small and featured a lot of clutter in the background which proved a problem when making our shots. The lighting again was very hard to achieve successfully as sunlight packed through the curtains at the back of the set which made the room to bright. We did manage to deal with this problem but it wasted time.