AS Thriller Camera Shots

In our Media studies class, we composed a film showing our understanding of different camera shots.  Our storyline was about two women meeting in a room to converse about an unknown object. The women were unidentified, and so everything about our film was a mystery, and why the woman at the end was so distraught by not obtaining the unknown object.

We included almost all of the camera shots. However the only shot we did not include was the Crane Shot, for we did not have the required equipment, and it would not have linked to our storyline in any aspect. Each shot had a particular meaning; they were all used to create tension and excitement, such as a point of view used first, and then tilt, showing whom the mystery character behind the point of view was. Also, we used Over The Shoulder shot for the conversations involved in our short film. This showed the other character’s expression and reaction to the speaker. It is a popular way of presenting conversations in films, for it involves both of the characters in some form. It also made the talking character seem important and powerful, for she was standing whilst the character she was talking to was sitting.

The Point of View shot first created wonder, for you don’t know who’s point of view it is, you don’t know anything about this character. Then the tilt created curiosity, for the audience was finally going to find out whose Point of View was shown, and what the character looks like.  We used a close up into an extreme close up to show the serious look on the characters face, trying to show how serious she was to get the object. For the Low angle shot, it showed powerfulness, for it showed how the first character shown is powerful, for they are looking down to the camera. 

We used Pan to establish the surroundings of our setting.  We has a Tracking Shot of the woman walking into the room, to show the pace of her walking, with which we also used a Medium Shot to show how serious the character was when she walked into the room.  We used Rolling Shot to show the desperation in the characters face, and how shocked she was when the other character said she didn't have the unknown object.
 The last shot we use is a high angle shot which we use to show how vulnerable and weak the character was when she didn't obtain the unknown object.

There was a scene in the movie that was used to show the character’s desperation, which was the ending, where the character bangs on the table shouting “No!” in frustration. That movement was to show how desperate that character was to obtain the unknown object.

I think that our choices were very successful; it created tension and mystery, making the audience wonder what this unidentified object was and why it was such an important aspect to these two characters.
Also, i think that our shots were very successful, for I noticed there was hardly any shaking whilst we filmed.
From our short film, I understood that most of all, you need plenty of footage, just in case any gets lost. I need to make sure that next time, my short film is a bit longer, for it was only 49 seconds, whereas the maximum was 2 minutes, so we need to make it longer, therefore we can fit in a bit more information, maybe on the unknown object, or the actual characters.
Also, the lighting is very important; if there is too much sun then it would be hard to figure out the characters; you wouldn't be able to see the detail in their facial expressions or maybe even see their posture. However, it would also be the same if it was too dark, and so lighting is very important in filming.