Individual Storyboard - Miss Miller

Storyboards are very helpful when it comes to making a film as they give the creator or director a good idea of what they want to achieve when it comes to shooting their film. These should be made beforehand as these can be helpful later when it actually comes to making a shot as you can look back on these and quickly recreate the image that was in your mind prior to shooting.

We all, in our group of me, Ryan Samules and Jessica Day, had to go and make a storyboard individually. The reason we did this was because we needed to get our ideas down on paper as this would show how everyone is about the narrative of the film, because if someone didn't understand the narrative then they would be flustered when it came to the shooting of the film as they wouldn't understand what would be going on when we start filming.

For my storyboard I took inspiration from the film se7en as the films opening credits sequence was very dark and the writing that appears for the credits is also hand written or scratchy so that was something I took inspiration from when making my storyboard. For most of my shots I kept them all quite long as this creates the conventional theme of suspense that are appropriate for the thriller genre and also I like to take inspiration from Kubrick as well with his thriller/horror film the shining as most of the shots in that film last for quite a long time.

Another element I have seemed to grab hold of was to use quite little use of sound but most of the time it is diegetic sound of the forest. The reason I would like only this sound as it gives the audience the perception that not much is happening as it is just a normal sound in that environment, which can be related to the incident later, the fact that there isn't any help around shows that in this area attacking is common, just like the sound of the forest when you are in a forest. 

I think that my storyboard is good as I managed to capture a lot of the conventions that are typical in the thriller genre, I am pleased that I have managed to keep the pace slow and the first bit calm compared to the later scenes. I think my storyboard will be very helpful when it comes to our group creating the group storyboard, as the drawings were quite detailed of how it should be filmed later. If there were to be a change in my story board, it would have to be more frames as I felt a bit rushed at the end of the sequence trying to end it, so we will need quite a few more frames when it comes to the group storyboard.

Planning characters - Miss Miller

Characters in a film are used for plot conventions or to drive the plot forward, more importantly they're used for the audience to pay attention to someone or something within the plot that the audience can build a relationship with. When characters are performed well by the actors is makes the audience feel as if they are just watching real people react to these situations.

Cathryn is the opening sequence's victim, she is 16 and her background is that she is a student. Cathryn is stereotypical to the thriller genre as the audience get the feeling she is a victim as not much about her background suggests she is central to the plot also this is only an opening sequence, however the audience will sympathize with her as they know her fate. The audience establish a relationship for her because they feel sympathy towards her character and because she falls right into that criteria for our target audience as she is a teenager. The narrative will begin with her so it is quite important and also what will happen to her will be the major starting point of the narrative.

The antagonist has not got much to talk about, he is an antagonist which makes him conventional to a thriller and he is a male but the age is unknown and his background is also not known. As said before, his character is an antagonist and has all the different traits like a hidden identity, uncertain age, no idea of what he looks like. However the enigma behind the character is what the audience will relate to about him, they have no idea who he is so they suspect that it is somebody throughout the entirety of the movie, the audience then feel sensation of creepiness that the antagonist could anyone in the film, that he is always there. The antagonist is also essential to the plot because the is who the audience would focus on most, the fact that this character could be out there killing again.

In conclusion I think both characters display the conventions of a typical thriller well. The victim Cathryn should be who our audience feel for and relate to throughout the opening sequence. I think that the planning has been very good as it has given me a clearer understanding of what our characters are trying to portray in the opening sequence.

Planning opening credits - Miss Georgiou

Opening credits are important to a film because it lets the audience know who was part of the films creation and to let the audience know that are watching that film. They are also used to show the importance of some people during the film's production. Before we were instructed with the task of making our own opening credits we had to watch an example of a thrillers opening credits sequence, the film we watched was called "se7en" and the opening credits connote much about the films antagonist with only the credits to do so.

The main colors seen throughout the introduction were dark dull colors that sometimes had flashes of bright colors as well, the reason for this is because it shows how dysfunctional the colours are, the flashes of white connect well with the characters hands you can see throughout the beginning part as he doesn't seem friendly, the dark colours connote that the themes behind the film will be dark and depressing, this is conventional to a thriller and we will try to implement this to our film. The font of the writing is almost as if it has been hand written or even scratched in which can connote the unbalanced nature of the film's antagonist. The whole opening credits sequence creates enigma as you don't clearly see what he is doing or if he is planning to do something but it creates suspense as the music is very eerie to the degree that the audience thinks something will happen in any second. the order of appearance in the film goes in this order: production company, who made the film, main actors, title of film, other actors, casters, who did the music, who did the costumes, producers, writers then directors.


 

This was my opening credits sequence. The font was basic as I couldn't find one that I liked very much, but this font was good as it stands out from the background as both colors contrast with each other on my one, I made sure that dark colors were more present in the frame than the light colors as this makes the whole credit sequence feel more dark which can be related to the plot of the thriller, making this kind of style of credit sequence conventional to a thriller. I have followed the right order of the appearance that opening credits normally have by starting with the production company then leading to the main actors and then the title.

This opening credits sequence was made by Jessica Day. Jessica has managed to capture the style of font that thrillers use for opening credits' sequences very well and does look as if it has been hand written poorly which really makes it look creepy which shows the antagonist is mentally unstable, this is conventional to the thriller genre. The majority of colors are dark which is conventional to a thriller as it suggests the dark nature of the film or the character himself. Jessica had manged to get the order right as well by starting with the company and then the title of the film, we haven't all agreed on main actors yet so there is still that to get to. There really isn't much to say about negative aspects of Jessica's opening credits.

This is Ryan Samuels' work for an opening credits sequence. Ryan has manged to include the main colors in opening sequences for thrillers which is black and white but as you can see mostly black is present which is conventional to the thriller genre. Though Ryan managed to get the films title in he got the order wrong by starting with it, as he should have started with the production company for our film. Ryan's style for the credits isn't perfect either, as the font looks quite basic. 

The style we are going to work on without a doubt is Jessica's as the font is conventional to the thriller genre, the colors she has used are also conventional and she had managed to get the order that opening sequences right as well. The credits I hope we make for our opening sequence are going in this following order, production company or CM studios presents, then it should have the main actors or actresses of the film so Molly van Winegaarden then Ryan Samuels but not the characters names, these should appear after the production company's credit then it will be the title of the film the pathway, this way it doesn't look like a trailer. Shortly after that credit the title of the film should appear and stay on screen for a while in our case it will be "the pathway". Then the directors Charlie Stewart, Ryan Samuels after that it will say who wrote the story which is Jessica day, afterwards it will mention the less central actors in the film then it should end with director of photography. I think this order is more conventional to a thriller and we are taking a lot of inspiration from se7en and the fact that a trailer ends with the title, we have tried to avoid that by planning to put it near the start of the credits.

Planning sound - Miss Miller

Sound is important in films because if we didn't have sound we wouldn't understand the narrative or why certain characters are doing specific things on screen. Planning the use of sound is very important because when you start filming and there is unwanted sound in the background then you have to have a plan before you start filming so you know not to do it until the unwanted sound is gone. It can also help push the narrative forward as said before but it can also be linked to the conventions that are typical to thrillers for example eerie music in the background is conventional to the thriller genre.

Silence

This will be used when the victim or Cathryn is walking home and as she leaves her friends to go home down a different path to them. There will be backgrounds sounds of the forest but there won't be any talking or any music talking over the shot. This technique builds up suspense for the audience which is conventional to the thriller genre, the silence connotes that Cathryn is completely isolated and alone which means there is no help nearby therefore the audience feel understanding towards her character as they can visualize being in this situation themselves.

Off screen

This will be implemented after the silence shot, so afterwards it will cut to her walking through the forest and there will be rustling in the bushes or leaves crunching but as we don't see it it is off screen sound. As said before it will be crunching of leaves in a footstep pattern so one after the other. A relationship is established between the character Cathryn and the audience as both do not see the sound so it is as if the audience are in the situation with her walking through the forest which builds up a relationship between the character and the audience.

Parallel

This means that the sound will go well with the images on screen, this will happen after Cathryn has seen the antagonist and her breathing will become heavy and scared. This will show the threat that the antagonist holds and that the audience should be scared for her, which is conventional to the thriller genre as the audience further build up a relationship with Cathryn as they see the predicament she is in.

Non - diegetic

This is when the sound in a film or movie that isn't in world that the film is set but the audience can hear, so background music or narration playing, this will be when all the girls are walking home it will be quite eerie music. This connotes that something bad will happen soon, or that someone is watching them, but most importantly it creates a divide with the audience and the characters almost as if the sound is suggesting that the audience know the characters are helpless and the audience have to watch it and not do anything. This creates and establishes a relationship between the audience and characters as the audience feel empathy towards them.

With the use of sound in our opening sequence, I think that the suspense it creates will be intensified, the scene will be better as the music will create that tense atmosphere that the other elements would not be able to portray. The sound should be good as we have planned to use it in a way that is conventional to a thriller. I feel as if the planning of the sound is incredibly useful because when it comes to editing this we will be able to find the music easily and edit it in to the sequence quickly as well.

Planning Cinematography - Miss Miller

Cinematography is very important in films as it means that every image is part of cinematography and you cannot have a film without images. With cinematography also comes movements and angles that the camera is able to do which can convey the themes that the film is trying to delve into. Planning is essential because if you started filming a film without knowing what shots or angles or movements you want to do it turns the whole film into a mess and you don't really know what you going for in the first place.

The first movement to discuss is the hand help camera movement, it makes the frames look shaky, therefore making the entire scene seem disorientating or dysfunctional and it will be used in our piece when the antagonist strikes the victim or Cathryn. This type of movement is conventional to a thriller as they always want the audience to feel and immerse themselves into the scene, this then enables the audience to build a relationship with Cathryn as they are put in her perspective of the situation of not knowing what is going on around them.

The next movement or shot if you prefer will be a point of view shot and this will be when the victim is being dragged away by the antagonist through a thick ground of leaves in a forest, it is a point of view shot of her perspective. The effect we hope it creates is that the audience again are seeing on the same level as Cathryn is which further builds that relationship with the audience and the character as they see what she is going through and can almost see it through their own eyes as well. This is conventional to a thriller film as the creators always want you to see the danger and situation through the characters' eyes.

Next is an angle shot known as canted angle where the frame is twisted sideways at an angle, this will be used when the killer or antagonist has been seen by the victim while she walks through the forest. The effect of this should be that the character seems twisted and mentally unstable as the camera suggest all of this about his personality. This builds a relationship with the audience as right away they get an insight of him already as an antagonist and see he is not fully stable and they build a relationship of hate against him. This is conventional as in many thrillers the antagonist is always seen as twisted by the audience.

Another angle shot we want to create for the sequence is a high-angle shot of the girl walking through the forest on her own as she has just left her friends. This shot shows the inferiority of the character but also connotes that she is isolated and alone. In turn, this will then make the audience side and feel sympathy towards her which enables the audience to build this relationship between her and the audience. This is conventional to a thriller as the director always wants the audience to side with the victim and route for them.

Another angle that will be utilized in the sequence is an eye-level shot when she is walking through the forest on her own, most parts will just be about the girl on her own as this creates quite a calm atmosphere but also unsettling for the audience to watch. This shows that the audience are on the same level as her and that they understand her character and feel as if they are there with her walking through the forest. This builds up a relationship with the character on screen, therefore it is conventional in doing so.

Lastly is a low-angle shot of the antagonist after the girl has seen him after walking through the forest and it cuts to him. This shows that the antagonist is stronger and bigger than the girl and has more authority than her as well. the audience again build up that hate for this character but even they fear him like the victim, as they feel as if they are there, the killer poses a threat to both the audience and the characters or the audience think that the antagonist poses a threat to them. This is conventional as the director always wants the antagonist to seem big and fearful.

In conclusion, I think that our opening sequence will be effective as we have included the typical conventions of the thriller genre through the use of cinematography as well as creating emotions and feelings for the audience to feel for the characters through the use of cinematography as well. We aim to do this by building a relationship between the characters and the audience. I found this task very helpful as I now understand how to create effects and emotions instead of analyzing them and it helped me understand which shots and angles were more important in the opening than the others.

Planning editing styles - Miss Georgiou

Editing is important in thrillers as the style a shot can change into another one is very important to a film as it can convey the conventions and mood of the sequence in the film. The editing can either build up suspense with slow editing or can increase the pace of the editing which will create tension and makes the scene seem very dysfunctional and all over the place which can convey the mood of the characters which engages the audience as they feel as if they are there and more involved.

The first example of an editing technique that we will adopt into our sequence is the timing of shots. The timing of shots will be quick after the victim or Cathryn has been hit by the antagonist. This creates the effect that the scene is dysfunctional and this then relates to characters on screen as both are dysfunctional as one of them is panicking and the other isn't mentally stable. The audience then understand the character is panicking for good reason, and so they build a relationship with her character as they feel sorry for her in the situation she has found herself in.

The next example of editing we want to include is a fade at the end of the opening sequence when the victim is taken away by the antagonist and is being dragged through the forest. The fade would portray the end of the sequence but would leave it ambiguous enough so that the audience keep watching as they are intrigued to find out where the victim is now. This is conventional to a thriller films opening sequence as they always leave some parts of the story a mystery for the audience. The audience can relate more to Cathryn as they also don't know where she is, almost as if they are suffering the same fate with her.

Slow editing will be used at the start of the opening sequence when it all the friends walking through the forest. This is conventional to an opening scene in a thriller as they always start calm so that it builds contrast later on in the same scene. The audience can relate to this as they are there with the characters from the beginning and are there at the end, so this emphasizes that they have built a relationship with the characters to the point where they feel as if they are on screen with them.

Group planning - Miss Georgiou

In my group are Jessica Day and Ryan Samuels and we all have to do our regular group meetings as this can be very good for group members to get their ideas across for our opening sequence or we could elevate certain ideas so that our film seems like much more of a conventional thriller film. We talk about how these ideas can be incorporated into our film and how we can explore the different micro elements that can also be incorporated into the opening sequence.

In our first meeting we discussed the narrative of the sequence, we had all made our own narratives and had exchanged each one to each other to see what was the most conventional of the narrative ideas and Jessica's seemed to us all to be the most conventional narrative out of the lot as it had all the small elements like the setting being a forest, a hidden identity for the antagonist and a blonde female victim. We didn't go into much detail about inspirations but me and Ryan had agreed that our favourite thriller film was se7en as it very conventional to the thriller genre. We had agreed as well that the mood and tone of the start of the sequence will be calm but then it would shift to a more contrasting tone.

In our next meeting we then had to make several different A3 pieces of paper of planning that we were going to use for our film when we came round to making it. The fist A3 piece we outlined every element, so camera shots, mise-en-scene, sound and so on, to a basic degree so that when it came to planning these all individually, the elements that is, we could look back and go into more detail into each specific element later on. With each element we had to use techniques from that element that would make the use of it conventional, so for example, hand held camera movement for cinematography will be used to show the dysfunctional scene at hand which would be conventional to the thriller genre.

In our next group meeting we discussed mise-en-scene, for iconography the most important thing we added on there was the weapon we wanted the antagonist to be wielding which is a knife as they are more conventional to the thriller genre, plus the other characters like Cathryn would be using bags or phones, but they are not that important. Lighting and colours were dark and low key as these represent the dark themes behind the film and helps foreshadow horrible intentions that the antagonist will carry out later in the films narrative. the setting of the piece was agreed that it would be a forest as it can get very dark in the forest very quickly and is a conventional thriller setting. We also agreed that the antagonists positioning would always be higher or seem higher than Cathryn so it suggests that she is weaker or has less authority than the antagonist who always seems to be higher to the audience. We also discussed the body language of the antagonist and Cathryn, the antagonist would seem strong, however Cathryn would seem fragile.

For the next meeting we had to decide on the cinematography in our piece this meant we looked at a range of shots, angles and movements that we would want to incorporate into our scene. Without a doubt we all agreed that there should be a hand held camera movement in the scene to show the panic in the scene. I said that we should have point of view of the killer as this would show the audience his perspective but also develop the mysteriousness of the character further which creates enigma for the audience, they thought that this would be a good idea. We all agreed at least one shot of Cathryn would be a high angle of her to make her seem smaller to the audience, and we also said the opposite for the antagonist(low angle) to make him seem bigger.

Moving forward to the next meeting we had to discuss editing styles, this was definitely our hardest one as editing is quite hard to plan out before making the film, it makes it easier by planning it as when we have all our footage we can then edit it and because we have already planned our edits it won't be too hard or long. However in all our storyboards we have used the editing technique of fading out after a scene is done, the reason we have done this is because it shows a passing of time, and in our narrative the character Cathryn has quite a bit of a walk to go on her own and a fade gets across to the audience that quite a lot of time has faded. We also agreed the edits would be slow to convey the mood and the pacing of the opening sequence, as the audience would think it is a calm atmosphere being built.

For our next meeting we had to discuss the characters in our piece, this was relatively easy as we only had to talk in detail about 2 characters and their relevance in our opening sequence which was Cathryn and the Antagonist. For Cathryn our group decided she would be about the same age as our target audience, so around 16 years old, and would be a student still going to school. Cathryn is a woman that is stereotypical to the thriller genre as women are normally the victim or the person in danger, therefore Cathryn is conventional to the thriller genre. The antagonist can only be identified as male, no name or age or background is given, our group thought this would create enigma for the audience as this character could be anyone in the narrative which puts the audience on edge as they don't know who it could be.

After that meeting we came back to discuss the sound that will be used in our piece. We all firmly agreed that there should be a use of non-diegetic sound of eerie music as this would put the audience on edge as they would then think something bad is going to happen. our group also thought that a use of offscreen sound of leaves being crunched or a stick breaking would be conventional as it gives the impression that someone is following Cathryn but because Cathryn and the audience cannot see the thing that made the noise it builds up a relationship between the character and the audience as they are both in the same frame of mind at this point.

In our next meeting we looked at the opening credits of our film by taking influence from David Fincher's se7en by looking at that films opening credits sequence and we found that hand written fonts look more creepy than normal fonts. We also liked the fact that the music in the background that was playing is especially creepy and eerie for the audience that it gets to the point of it being unsettling, anyway we all had to go and see if we could create an opening credits sequence that could be as eerie as se7en's opening credits sequence, this was a challenging task but we did manage to do a good opening credits sequence for our film.

Group meetings and discussions were important as it gave us all a chance to know where we were with the whole project, it was a chance for us all to get a better understanding of what to do and what we will do when it came to filming. It was important as we could even suggest new ideas for the narrative that could make the production more conventional than the one we had previously, as well as helping us create new ideas over the whole production.

My relationship with the group was good, at first I thought it would be quite awkward as i was new but they were nice to me and I fit in well. However the relationship between Ryan and Jess is distracting to say the least, so i have to sit in between them so Jess doesn't get annoyed most of the time. I have to say that we do get the work done and we do all have ideas on the films narrative and how to film it.

Planning mise-en-scene - Miss Georgiou

Setting and Iconography

For our setting we will be using an isolated forest because help is always quite far away or just never around or near enough. Havering atte bower as this forest secluded and it will be seen throughout the whole sequence as this is where the sequence will take place. The use of this forest is conventional to a thriller as again it means that help is always far away which puts our victim in peril.

With the iconography we will use knife for the killer. The reason for this is because in our target audience research we found that most people prefer a killer with a gun as it shows more dominance and puts characters in more danger, but a knife seems associated with stabbing a death which can be quite gory for our audience. We will use this when the killer strikes the victim or Cathryn. This is conventional to a thriller because it shows the victim is in danger or peril which will make the audience side with her. The next use of iconography is her phone/torch that she will use to light her pathway and to see where she is going after she branched down the alternate pathway than her friends in the forest. This is conventional to a thriller as when it becomes too dark in thrillers, one of the characters has a light source on them that is their only bit equipment and help that they have which makes the audience feel as if they're not going to be able to protect themselves.

Costumes, hair and make-up

The antagonist will wear dark clothing, baggy and a hoodie at least, his face won't be seen so not much for hair and make up to be said but his hair will be messy. This will be throughout the introduction sequence to our thriller film. The reason he will wear dark clothing is because this makes him seem dark and scary but as the audience cannot see him, as in his face, it insinuates that he is rather mysterious creating enigma for the audience which is conventional in thriller films.
The victim on the other hand will have light colored clothes on with a pair of jeans, her make-up will be natural or subtle and her hair will be neat. this again will be throughout the whole sequence. This is conventional as in thrillers the victim is always seen as innocent as she is a girl this can further connoted by the color she will wear, white or light colors, these also represent innocence.

Facial expressions and body language

The facial expressions of the antagonist will be kept hidden from the audience as we still want to him to strike the audience as mysterious but his body will be bold and tall. This will be when he is first seen by Cathryn. This is conventional as it shows the antagonist to be more fearsome and mysterious which is conventional to the thriller genre.
In contrast the victim or Cathryn's facial expressions will be worried or upset and her body language will be sheltered of fragile. This will happen when the antagonist has seen her in the forest and is looking down at her, just after she has seen him. This will make the audience feel sympathy towards her character as the odds of her survival from this are quite low which is conventional to a thriller as the victim always seems to have slim odds of getting out of the situation alive.

Lighting and color

Lighting throughout the sequence will be low key. The reason behind this is because light sometimes suggests hope and little lighting can symbolize little hop, it can connote as well that the themes behind the rest of the film are dark or that the antagonist has dark intent with Cathryn.
The colors throughout will be dark during the whole opening sequence to our thriller, more spcifically black and brown, brown is for the trees and the mud in the forest. This is conventional as the colors within thrillers are always dark or gloomy to the audience and this is something that we will focus on when attempting to create our opening sequence.

Personality of characters

Cathryn or the victim will always be centre screen as this would make the audience focus on her throughout the sequence. While she is walking through the forest will be the best example we will implement on her being centre of the frame. This is conventional because as she is centre screen the audience will be seeing her most of time almost as if they know her which builds up a relationship with the characters and the audience.
The antagonist on the other hand will always be positioned above the victim to make her seem smaller and make him appear to have the authoirty in the situation. This will be when they both see each other in the forest, as this would be the area of positioning of characters that could be most highlighted in the sequence. This is conventional as the anatgonist must seem fearsome in thrillers and his higher positoning will emphasize this.

Preliminary Task - Miss Miller

In our group there is me Charlie Stewart, Jessica Day and Ryan Samuels. For this task we had to film a conversation that could be about anything. The whole idea of this task was to allow us to get used to the equipment and camera before we started to film our own thriller film's opening sequence, this meant we needed to understand how the tripod would allow us to create different angles for our film. We were given a set of shots that must be embedded into the conversation like a long shot and a closeup, therefore allowing us to get familiar with the equipment. After the filming was done we had to all work together to make sure the conversation looked realistic, so we all watched the film as a group and then decided which scenes were good and which were bad, we then edited the good ones together which made it seem like a normal conversation. Finally we watched it back to see if it was good, after that, we uploaded it to YouTube.

We were given a list of camera movements and shots that we had to do in this task. We had to do one close up, one long shot, perform a shot reverse shot and a tracking shot, we had trouble with the tracking shot so we decided that it should track one of us as we walk over to the other, the location we picked made it hard to do this as we were relying heavily on signals and when I should have left the building, we overcame this problem as it was a simple shot and didn't go on for that long. The close up and the tracking shot got us more familiar with the tripod's controls as we needed to twist certain attachments in order to make it more fluid to move, this was mostly used for the tracking shot going right to left this shot was at the beginning of the sequence we also managed to get the long shot as well so we were efficient with our time, the close up was facing down so this allowed us to get familiar with adjusting the angles, this was near the end when Ryan gets out his phone. One of the last shots that was a challenge at first was the shot reverse shot with me and Ryan when we are talking  I think our group were also very efficient and quick when it came to the filming as we were done quite quickly, Jess was a good director as she was quick at learning what all the functions of the camera and what it allowed us to do, she was very open to suggestions of different shots as we were a group so we worked well together in this task. We were concentrated before as we didn't think we would be able to achieve this task in time, we were distracted for quite a bit as it was very cold outside which may have made our filming skills seem rushed but I ensured that we took our time to make the shots better by asking Jess to re shoot a couple so we had a choice of shots to select from. Another struggle was working out what button did what on the camera, we had not worked with the cameras before so working out what did what was quite hard at first, but as we got to the location we then let Jess get used to the camera and she started to push buttons to see what they did. To avoid this when we do our own thriller opening sequence we will learn what all the buttons do before we start filming so that we know what to do at all times. Something that has helped us produce an opening sequence out of this task would be that we are now experienced with the equipment that we have used to do this task and knowing that it will be the same equipment that we're using is quite a reassuring fact as we will be experienced with the equipment. One of the last problems was that there was background noise that the camera was picking up for quite a while so we had to wait for the noise to stop so we could continue filming, to avoid this for our film we have chose to film it at quite an isolated location.

In conclusion, as the task allowed us to experience the equipment we will be using first hand, it eases our stresses as when we start to actually film the technology won't be new to us which will allow us to set up quickly and with ease, this then means we can get our shots quickly and edit them as soon as possible therefore leading to the finished piece of work for our film. We learnt what it is like to actually film a short sequence and has given us that experience. I think when our group does come round to filming the thriller we should keep the concentration to how it was for this task and film it in chronological order like we did for this task so it is easier to edit later. One thing I would do differently is work out how to delete videos or scenes that are not up to standard right there in the filming stage. In all, we learnt about the work that goes in to shooting a film by getting first hand experience but we have also learnt that efficiency is the most important when filming and that our group can be quite efficient when we need to be.