Creating A Short Piece

Moving on from creating silent films, I helped co-operate in producing a 45 second movie using varied camera shots, such as close-ups, over the shoulder and overhead shots, etc.

My group and I decided to dedicate our film to the genre of mystery, and we came up with the idea of an interrogation scene. We made sure the camera was fully focused on the actors so we got clear and crisp detail, and we used a range of shots like over the shoulder, over head, close-ups and medium close-ups. This was to create certain effects, for instance, a close up was used for tension, a wide hot was used to establish the scene and we also attempted an over-head shot to create a sense of 'power', like the audience were also looking down on the 'criminal'. It also creates a CCTV effect.

One thing I realised we struggled with is with the positioning of the camera, as the characters both switch from being on the left and right side of the screen. This is confusing to the viewer and it doesn't 'flow' well, as it seems that they switch place constantly.

We decided to not put dialogue in the film, instead we all edited different music into our edited versions. For my edit, I used tense music that was continuous, only changing the volume at certain moments.

Overall, I think we did well and I'm fairly proud of the short piece I edited.