Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Preliminary Task Evaluation.

Preliminary Task.

we use a close up shot of a door opening, with the diegetic sound of the door creaking. We see a figure behind the door with their back facing towards the camera, this is effective as it creates a feeling of suspense as we don't know who will be behind the door. The figure that is sat with their back facing the camera is shown to be vulnerable as they are unable to see what is coming, and as the person does not turn around when they hear the door open connotes that they may be expecting an arrival.

A high angle shot of a stair case is then shown, with a different figure slowly walking down the stairs looking like they know where they are going as they are not rushing. The surrounding is quite as we see no one else around, which creates a sense of mystery as to where they are going. The shot then leads onto a long shot of the same figure walking across a path way, as its a long shot you can not fully see where they are, or walking to. As the fence is in the way, it can be used to hide the figure so that the audience cant fully see the features of that individual creating suspicion.

A door shot is used showing a reflection of the figure in the window walking down some steps towards the door. This is effective as it creates a variation in the shot type and shows the figure itself is shown on the screen, it also gives the audience a chance to see their face, however not very clearly. If they were not shown in the reflection they would just see their back.We see a close up of someones feet walking down some stairs at a fairly slow pace, showing they are in no rush but have a meaning to where they are going. Only a medium shot of the character is shown and you are unable to see their face again, building up tension to who it may be.

There is another character shown in a long shot, which is effective as you can see they are in a long corridor and as they are both in a building could connote that both the figures may be meeting up  again in a different place. The long shot only shows the figures back, so we are unable to tell who it is, which links with the other character as we haven't seen their face clearly yet showing some relation between the two and that they do not want to be identified at this very minute. The shot after is very effective as its a long shot of a different corridor showing a silhouette walking past, as it is dark we are unable to identify who the character is. This is effective as this could be a completely different character that both the other figures do not know about therefore creating suspense.

when the character sits down, we only see the side of their face which is more than what we have seen throughout all of the other shots, however we still can not establish who the character is as we are not shown a full shot of their face. We are then shown the other character walking in, going to sit down opposite the other character, now showing their face, unlike the other character still not wanting to be identified.

The first bit of dialogue is shown, where we can then see a close up of the characters face saying "who did it?" this infers that something has happened and they want answers, this is all shown though an over the shoulder shot. The face of the other character is finally shown through another over the shoulder shot, showing more dialogue and saying "don't know" in a relaxed way as if they are trying to be smart and not give anything away to the other character, which shows that they must know what has happened but has chosen to not say.

it finishes with a shot of the character who perhaps know what is going on walking a way in a relaxed and calm state, we can tell this by the pace of the walk and the fact they smile when they walk through the door being smug, suggesting they have the upper hand in knowing what is going on.