Picture of us all using Final Cut Pro in the media suite, a program which became extremeley useful indeed!

Final Cut Pro was obviously the most useful programme of all. We all had a good go at using it and despite early confusion we became good at it.

As a group, when we filmed we literally went to the wood and continued the filming in the hospital. We shot our scenes, with a variety of camerashots and angles in mind but were not certain. We wanted to create certain effects in most cases, without little knowledge of Final Cut Pro ,we often thought "oh we will edit it later". Nevertheless, it has to be said we got a bit lucky, in that Final Cut Pro was unbeleivably good, it has everything we needed, and there was nothing we couldnt do, we relied on it and it delivered, so did we, which we were all very pleased about.

7. Looking back at the preliminary task, what do you think you have learnt from the progression from it to the full task?
From our preliminary task we learnt the 180-degree rule where the camera has to stay on the same side throughout the whole of the duration of shots. We discovered that if we broke this rule the positioning of the shot becomes uneven and doesn’t connect with the previous shot. For example in our first shooting of our preliminary we broke the 180-degree rule when filming Kiera and Ruben talking. We shot Kiera from one side of the bench and Ruben from the other which made the sequence look unproffesional and messy. Therefore in our actual project we were always aware of keeping loyal to the rule in order for our film to look as proffessional as possible. This was more difficult at the beginning when you see Ruben walking down the stairs in the hospital. This was because we wanted to use a match cut ( different shots of the same action) to show him beginning to come down then cut to his feet, so the shot becomes half the time it originally was. In the final edit you don’t actually see Ruben’s feet but we still cut to a different shot so it looks cleaner and also not loose the attention of the audience. To keep to the 180-degree was more challenging at this point because we were exploring different angles and shots that were appropiate. However we did find that the shot when we were accidently went agaisnt the rule did not match and was definitelt not appropiate.

Using a match cut was also an extra skill that we achieved from the preliminary task that helped us step up in quality as too much time was taken up in the prelim filming Ruben walking through a door and overall made the sequence very boring to watch.

We researched on the internet different camera shots that would make our opening look more exciting and proffessional and we found the video below very helpful in explaning to us the use of match and jump cuts and also cutaways. This video influenced us to also use very different angles and shots for the whole duration of the opening. For example in the preliminary task we did

not use a good variation of shots and angles that were made clear to the audience.

Therefore we dedicated our shot list to use as many variety of shots as we could. For example we used low and canted angle shot for when the victim (myslef) is walking down the corridor in the hospital to represent her mind being imprisoned and haunted by the demon like girl.

We also used an extreme close up when I fell to floor and started to choke. This was to heighten the unnerving essence of the opening and to emphasise the mental trauma of the victim. Extreme close ups are usually used to exaggerate someones fear in the scene, this is why we used it to focus on the

victims eyes to represent her vulnerablilty as they are wide eyed and looking straight into the camera which makes the spectator feel like the character is almost reaching out for their help, provoking sympathy from them also.

Another interesting shot was at the end when we used a high angle shot of the victim rocking forward and backward agaisnt the hospital wall, this highlights the disturbing atmosphere and connotes that she is chllenging the stereotype of a typical ‘zombie demon’ and instead is portrayed as innocent and naiive like a typical ‘victim’.