The Hole Opening Analysis

We firstly see words shown by a flash light through the dark, going right over the words and light breaking through with beams more at certain points. This mass of dark and limited light makes our view very focused on these words and adds mystery as we cannot see much.
We can then hear a heavy panicked breathing which increases in pace and volume, but we still see nothing but the words being shone through, making us wonder who’s there.
When we first see a scene with light, the image is blurred and our sight and understanding of what is happening is blurred. We are looking up through the trees, but why?
We then see a road with papers hanging all over the trees along the way and flowers – suggesting that someone has died.
The road leads to a building in the distance which the girl is walking towards, but what is the building and why is she going there?
We then go to a lower shot of the road with a tracking shot – following the person who is breathing heavily, focusing on their feet and movement. They are wearing no shoes, are really dirty, and it looks like there may even be blood on their legs – which suggests that they have been hurt, kept hostage without necessary typical living conditions (water, food, clothing, washing facilities etc), they might be of poor health and have escaped from being kept hostage and their heavy breathing is because they are frantically trying to get away.
We also see on the road that one of the pieces of paper says ‘missing’ – so this may be the missing person, they may be presumed dead as we saw flowers left?
They are walking very unsteady and out of line like they’re going to fall over. If they have been deprived of food and are ill etc, this may be why.
We then see that it is a girl, with red hair - which makes us think of blood and that she has been hurt. She is not properly clothed and we can only tell that she is wearing an oversized coat (most likely not hers) and socks. Where are her clothes and shoes?
We can hear flies buzzing around her which really highlights just how dirty she has been and for how long.
Her hair is in front of her face and dark lighting is also used so that we can still not see what she looks like.
We get a close up shot of a ‘missing’ poster which is clear this time and shows 4 people – where are they? Is this girl one of them?
We then go to the building which is still quite unclear to what it is but looks like a church. Is she going for religious help in her desperate situation?
When we are inside we see desks and realise that it is a school, but it is obviously a very religious one as it looks like a church and even has stained glass windows. The religious building questions whether the story involves religious powers – good and evil, death, heaven and hell, ghosts, spiritual powers etc, and whether these play a part in what has happened to these people.
The long hallway which we are now in shows a very large and open space, we are all alone in this large space, isolated, no one else around which heightens our tension and makes us feel very vulnerable.
We see the girl walking again, but now she is attempting to run, there is a sense of urgency and we get the feeling that we’re running out of time. We are shown photos along the wall and one in particular is zoomed into to stand out, a photo of a girl that we have previously seen on the missing poster and who has the same hair length and colour of the girl we see running. This hints to us that this is the girl the film is about, the only character we have seen so far.
In the photo she looks very happy, smartly dressed and we can tell that she is a clever, talented, hard working student as she is holding a trophy for good achievement. But this is the complete opposite to the impression we get of the girl running, what has happened to her to cause so much change?
She stumbles towards the phone and dials 999 which we can tell as she presses one button three times, and her physical state and sense of urgency seems an emergency.
When she is asked which service she requires, there is a pause and then a loud unexpected scream, which is a shock to the system as everything previously was so quiet.
The outside of the building is then shown to intensify the loudness and show that it can be heard a long way away.
She falls to the floor, hugs her knees and rocks herself, saying quietly ‘help, help’. Something very disturbing has obviously happened for this girl to do that, and she seems that she may have some form of mental illness.
We are still left wondering what has happened, what is wrong as she doesn’t even say which service she needs – as she lays there and the scene fades, we wonder if she will get any help.

One Missed Call Opening Analysis

We first hear a crackling noise, like something breaking which makes us assume a panicked situation where something bad is happening. We see an old building, with dark browns, rusted nails and window sills, rusted nails are holding up pipes which makes the building seem unsafe, and as it is old it is more dangerous and more likely to crumble etc. There are dirty old windows, everything is very run-down. The brownish red/orange colours of the whole scene hint to the fire which we see shortly after.
We hear an innocent child’s quick breathing which suggests a panicked situation as it continues to increase with pace and get louder. The innocent child’s danger is heightened as we get closer to them; the camera zooms in towards the window. Fire slowly comes into view inside the window, then we hear the child scream and we see a little girl’s face pushed up against the window – through this scene our tension builds to this point to make us then shocked when we hear the scream and see the girl.
There is then a wide camera angle shot to give us the whole view of what it happening. We see that the old building is a hospital with fire raging throughout and a brigade of firemen trying to put it out. We feel tense as there appears to be a rush and limited time.
After this zoomed out anti-climax scene which lessens our tension slightly, there is a shock explosion which adds to the fast paced action and keeps us interested.
Everyone ducks for cover from the explosion and more people run toward the hospital to help.
The little girl we saw at the window is carried out and asked if she is hurt, does she know where her mummy is? She says nothing but blankly stares at the hospital. Our view is then sent back to the window where the fire is now out of control and we go deeper in until the screen is just orange, ending the scene with us knowing that her mum is still inside and wondering what will happen next?

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!

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   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.