Back to the original idea

Because of the time, in the half term, we had decided to go back to our original idea. We had decided that on Monday 20th April 2009 we would film again. However, i was not able to film because of family circumstances. Samantha and Shelley filmed on that Monday. This time they filmed inside where they could use other aspects to create a thriller atmosphere. We kept sort of the same storyline, as we used more different materials, and also decided to use some shots as part of a dream, but changed the camera angles and changed some bits of the storyboard to create the storyline and personality of the character.

There were a number of different camera angles used to create our opening sequence. The camera shots used were, close ups of Samantha's face (To show her facial expressions and certain reaction). We also used mid shots to show facial expressions and the body language. Extreme close ups were also used on Samantha's eye. This was to show that the person in her dream was possessing or after Samantha's character. Long shots were also used mainly at the begining of the sequence. This was used to show where the character is and what her surroundings are. The camera shots used gave a sense of a thriller atmosphere. The lighting also helped as flashes of light was used to show that Samantha's character was having a bad dream and that somehow the person in her dream was haunting her, and was discomforting her. This also shows how psychologically unstable she is. We also see shots of dolls. This was to show that Samantha's character has an obssession of them. The dolls are the ones who are effecting her in her dreams.

There is a shot of Samatha's character's reflection in the mirror. She is smeared with make up to give her more of a disturbing appearance. It shows that she is different and realises this when she shes herself in the mirror. The makeup is really bad showing there is something wrong with her. Her head is tilted to give more of a disturbed look also. Also, we used the clip of the eye, but this time we put a closeup of Samantha's face after it to create kind of a graphic match. This bit draws the audience to the eye straight away and shows a thriller type atmosphere.




The above video is an animatic in which shows our storyboard. Samantha and Shelley created the stoyboard as i was at work. This animatic only shows the pictures. The video below shows the picture with the explanations and camera shots beside it.