DF - Preliminary Task Questions

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Outline Brief

 Our preliminary task involved several requirements to fulfill:

• Continuity editing: vary distances and angles, pans, steadicam, handicam, cutaways (motivated cut to close-up).
• 180’ rule: ensures correct perspective, shot reverse shot, over the shoulder shot.
• Two lines of dialogue: consider diegetic sound. Conventional of genre? Enigmatic? Part of narrative?
Opening door: framing, close-up-shots?

How did you produce a creative interpretation to the brief? (pro-filmic and post production – be specific about effects/techniques used etc)

We tried to use some interesting camera angles whilst keeping continuity. We also tried setting it in a non-conventional horror setting in order to see how much the location effected the impact of the film.

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Evaluate your production.  What was successful?  What was less successful? What tips would you therefore give yourself for the opening sequence production?
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I would say that the general construction of our preliminary task was successful and the continuity and the opening of doors went well. However, I think that the narrative could have done with being more fleshed out and have more depth. Advice I would give myself for the opening sequence would be to make sure we think very carefully about building the narrative.
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