Shooting Exercise

We have used a variety of different shots, and filming techniques such as panning. A few examples of different shot types that we have used are close ups, long shots and high angled shots.

We planned to do the different shots on the staircase and stuck to our original plan. Also we added extra shots to enhance our film further.

We created the relationship between characters so that we have a good atmosphere of stalking. We also change the speed of some clips to make them creepy.

If we were to do this exercise again, we would ask drama students to do the acting, as this would make our film look more professional. This would also enable us to concentrate more on our filming skills and help us to improve them.

First Blog

Over the next few weeks we will be learning about the following things;
camera framing, shot types, continuity, story boarding and genre conventions.


Camera framing will be important for our horror film as doing this successfully enhances the atmosphere of the film. Framing is very important as by having a number of shots all framed differently, this will make the film look more professional.


Different shot types will be useful as they give a range of different perspectives from all angles that will engage the viewer. In horror film, there needs to be a variety of different shots to give an extra edge to the film.


Continuity will help us arrange the pace of film, so it help the film to flow more smoothly. For example, if the actor/actress has his/her shirt untucked in one scene, then in the next scene, it also has to be untucked until the shirt is tucked in on screen. Little errors like this down grade the professionalism of the movie/clip itself.


Storying boarding enables a basic structure of the film to be replicated from head to the final film itself. If storyboarding isn't used then the planning stage of production is missed out and this may lead to clips not being filmed in the way they need to be and the whole film not flowing as well. 


We will be assessed by recreating a 30/40 second clip of a previous year students horror film, in a group of three. This will be our preliminary exercise, and for our main assessment, we will be creating our own horror film, based on our own ideas.