Pitching lesson -Dated 23/01/09

Lesson dated 23-01-09:

During this lesson we were given a pitching activity to do, in which we had to present our idea to the class and our teacher. Our original idea was of two best friends, (played by: Samah and MyLinh) in which MyLinh has been found murdered at a church site. One normal day, Samah thinks she sees MyLinh (who is supposedly dead) in which she beings to follow this girl until she is taken to the church site where MyLynh was found one of the girls has been murdered. We had to change our idea slightly, because our original idea was too long and it would not have fitted into 2 minutes.

For our idea we still stayed in the theme of best fiends and murder. Our new idea will establish three main themes: it will firstly establish the friendship between the two characters this will be done in an ordinary setting of a home. We will establish friendship through photographs of the two friends.

We will then establish the death of MyLynh; this will be done in the setting of a graveyard where Samah will go to visit MyLynh’s grave. We will then use flashaback images of newspaper articles and photographs to show that she is dead.

The final establishment will be to create a surreal feeling and leave the audience to wonder whether or not MyLynh is really dead. Here we will use shots that will help create tension and uneasy feelings, making the audience want to continue watching on.

We will start filming from Wednesday 28th January 2008.

evaluation of previous AS student clips

The clips that we watched today were openings of thriller films created by previous AS media students. We watched five videos, all based on thriller. However each of them had a different approach on how to portray a thriller.

All the clips used a variety of different camera shots and angles, which added an impact on the thriller theme.

I realised that in all the clips, the use of music was very strong and this had a great effect when it came to portray a thriller theme. The music too the first clip was very well presented as it helped build a susceptive mood allowing questions to arise in the audiences minds. Another clip also contained very strong music which had a chilling effect on the audience as it also fit in with the setting of the clip; which was of a graveyard. I also think that a lot of the editing was good as there were very good cuts which all flowed in with each shot. Also the type set used for most of the clips were also very good and they strongly fit into the theme of the thriller. Finally, I also realised that transitions made in the clips were very effective as it made the clip flow well and look very professional.

I think that the role of planning played a very important part in the production. By planning it makes it a lot easier to film as everyone will be aware of what ti do. Also by having the clip structured out, the production of the film will be able to flow well.

I think my group will try to avoid using too many transitions and make sure that we do not repeat shots.