Evaluation Task 7

The first shot seen below is taken from the preliminary task we completed before we started work on our thriller opening sequence. The following shot is from the aforementioned thriller sequence. These shots exhibit how our skills developed before and after the thriller task. The first shot is an extreme close up from the preliminary task which aims to make the money in the man's hand the focus of the shot. However, this extreme close up fails to capture the focus, and the object in the man's hand is unclear. The second shot, which is from our thriller opening sequence is also an extreme close up. This shot is a much better example of an extreme close up, as the focus of the shot (in this case the phone) is in great view and all the detail can be seen, including the vital text on the screen of the phone which reads 'Unknown Caller'.

The shots shown here, exhibit the poor understanding of continuity which we had before taking on the main thriller task. Here is a shot of a character walking in a corridor and then in the next shot a man has appeared behind him out of nowhere. This is poor continuity as the man was not in the first shot and suddenly appeared in the second shot.

These shots show how our continuity skills have improved. The first shot is from the backseat of the car showing the driver going down a main road. The next shot comes around 7 seconds later and shows the driver around 7 seconds worth of driving down the same road, with the interior of the car and the angle all looking the same.

Although we were naive when shooting our preliminary task, there were some shots which we did well. These shots portray how well we did with the shot/reverse shot and keeping to the 180 degree rule. Unfortunately they cannot be compared to shots from our final thriller as this shot was not required in our opening sequence.

The following 9 shots show a technique used in our final opening sequence. This technique is an interlinking sequence to build tension. It portrays 2 henchman traveling to the same destination where they meet up in the final shot.

A final technique we portrayed is a point of view shot to prompt empathy from the viewer. This shot comes when the henchman spots the man on the run and we see it through the pursuers eyes.