Character Summaries

Hannah Warren (the girl):
She is 17 years old, is attending a city college and lives in the suburbs with her mother. She enjoys going out with her friends and generally likes socializing. She is fun, loving and has a very close relationship with her mother. She is also very sensitive and really likes the 'perfect guy' the stalker seems to be.

'The Stalker':
He is very obsessive about everything that he does and has a mental illness. This is reflected in the neatness of his 'book' and the time he spends recording his exploits. He lives in a small house that is very isolated, so that he can hide away from other people, and take his victims to be finished off, but it is not too far away from the city (his favourite hunting ground). He feels very different from other people and doesn't like to talk face to face with anyone, that is why he started using the Internet and fake identities to do so.

By Beth and Kristy

Evaluation Of Preliminary Task

I think that there are many positives about our preliminary task, such as how well we worked together in a group to share rolls in acting, filming and editing. We co-operated well and everyone was happy to give up their own time when we needed to take more shots as people had been ill, and we all gave up a lunch time to make further edits to improve the piece.
We included many different camera shots, which I thought worked well to keep the viewers interested as if the same few shots were used continuously then it would become very repetitive and boring. So when filming our Thriller, we will use many shots again!
The different camera shots I thought worked particularly well when we were showing the conversation between me and George as it showed both points of view and helped the audience to focus much easier on who was talking, as well as allowing them to picture the whole setting.
I think that the comedy and fast pace of our film piece made it very easy to watch as things were funny so the audience was able to have fun and the story line was at a fast enough pace so that they didn’t get bored.

Although most things went smoothly, there were a few problems which we encountered along the way. When filming the scene that shows the point of view from one cupboard shelf, then down to the one below, we found that there was camera shake as it was hard to make the camera move smoothly without a tripod (we had created a shot that was too low down to use one). When doing our Thriller we will think more of the reality of shooting the shot and how it could be done, or how we could change the shot somehow but still get a good effect.
Also our scene when George sees his Mojo has been flushed didn’t look very realistic as we stopped the filming too quickly so that there was a jump to the next shot – so when recording our thriller we will make sure that we film more than needed to stop this happening again! Also you can see in the shot that George isn’t really lying down properly, so filming each scene a few times when doing our thriller will give us more choice to work with.

I think that overall the preliminary task went very well. When we do our Thriller we will make sure we do the points above which I have already mentioned. Also the fact that George’s clothing changes several times throughout the piece does not help the continuity, so in our Thriller we will make sure that the same outfit is used.
We planned out exactly how we were going to do our scenes, including the props and camera shots that we were going to use. We also did a rough sketch of how we expected each scene to look. I think that this helped the filming process run very smoothly and quickly, and was necessary to do before hand - so we’ll make sure we do this again too. However there was a problem when Beth who owned the one copy of the plan was ill, so next time I think that it would be a good idea if each member of the group had a copy of all the planning, and any computer files etc that would disrupt the filming process if we didn’t have them.
I think that doing this task helped me to practice all the skills such as filming, directing and editing which are needed when doing a film piece, and I hope that these skills will develop further when we come to do our Thriller!

Preliminary Task - Oh No, My Mojo!

Preilminary task

   So far our preliminary task has been going well. We have worked together as a group to act in shots and record them.
   However we have experienced a few problems such as camera shake with certain shots that we wanted to take, that were too low down to use a tripod. Continuity with clothing has been a problem as the shots wouldn't look realistic as a story if we werent wearing the same clothes. We also had difficulty when certain member of the group were ill, and changing characters we found did not make the story as effective or as clear to what is happening.

Camera Shots

Camera Shots

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