Reflective Analysis

This week we were put into groups of three and were asked to create a short horror/thriller genre film using different camera angles and movements, as well as diegetic and non-diegetic sound. Our aim was to make a thriller film using all the camera angles we were given and add in sound after we had finished filming. We decided that a thriller film would be easier to create considering our limited resources and equipment. My role in the production of the film was filming, directing and acting as every person in our group wanted experience of all aspects of creating a film. I also had input in the decision of what music we would add to the film, as well as helping to edit it. We filmed our movie in a graveyard as we felt that this would make it creepy and added a theme of death, which could be seen as a foreshadowing of the death of the main character. In our film the main character is running away from a murderer and then trips over and gets killed. We wanted to fulfill the thriller genre so we made the film so that the audience never sees the murderers face. I think that this adds suspense to the film as you want to know who the murderer is. Near the beginning we did a close up shot on the victims face to show their emotions and to emphasise how scared they are. When the murderer walks away from the victim, we used a low angle to show that the mystery person is powerful and it makes the audience more fearful of that character. When the main character is running away we panned the camera to follow them and then cut to a Point of view shot where we see what the character sees. In the point of view shot we see the character fall over and then we cut to the camera pointing at the ground and we hear the main character scream. It then cuts to the low angle of the murderer walking away. We did this so that the audience can guess what happens without actually seeing it, which reinforces the thriller genre of the film. Overall I think that we have created a good thriller film but it may not have the same effect that we wanted it to as it is quite funny because we are not professional actors, and this is evident when you watch the film.