2. Camera Work
• In our prelim we used our camera work to create the greatest effect of our story line where
two boys are having a fight. To do this we at first had a long shot of the first guy walking in
which then led to a close up of his face, to then an over the shoulder shot of the two boys
standing together. The over the shoulder shot was able to show which one had more power
in the situation. Then there was a wide shot of them standing together to show both of them
standing together and an establishing shot. Our camera work was very effective because it
clearly showed who was dominant and who was the weaker person which is what we
wanted. It also clearly showed the location.
• However, in my opinion our camera work is more effective in our thriller as each shot had a
stronger meaning than in our prelim. For example our close up was more effective as it
showed the clear fear in the students face when the MP gets shot which is what a close up
should do, show emotion. Our establishing shot shows the handshake of the MP and the
headmaster this is effective because it suggests everything is ok when in reality something
bad is going to happen. Our long shot is from the assassins point of view this is effective
because it builds suspense to the bad event. We achieved these camera shots in our thriller
by planning a second by second chart of shots to make sure they are as effective as possible
3. Camera WorkLong shot Close up
Over the shoulder
Wide shotShooting the
close up in our
thriller
4. Mise en scene
• In our prelim our mise en scene is very different to our thriller which shows our progression
over time. In our prelim there is no special make up or costumes which does not really clearly
show our story line, we should have had the boys dressed more young and scruffy as they
were having a fight. The actors were young boys so this is used to create the effect that
young boys do argue. We did not have any props so was very difficult for the audience to
create any meaning from our prelim
• I think that our mise en scene was much more effective in our thriller. We had suitable actors
to fit our target audience such as a middle aged man, a young assassin, young school children
which creates meaning of a political thriller that all these people would be involved. We used
props such as a microphone, gun. These props are used to enhance suspense such as the gun
is used to shoot the assassin it is shown many times in our thriller to grasp this effect. This is
an effective use of mise en scene which we do not have in our prelim. The costumes in our
thriller are more effective as they fit the character such as a smart suit for the MP and casual
clothes for the assassin to suggest authority in society.
5. Mise en sceneProps and costume in
our thriller of the
assassin
Costumes in our prelim,
average not effective
Location of our
thriller shows
more meaning
than in our pre lim
as it fits in with
the genre of a
political thriller
6. Editing
• In our prelim we did not really use many editing techniques which further
shows our progression from it to our product. Our prelim was very simple
was no major editing techniques which is not very effective in showing the
meaning of our story line
• However, our film shows wipes, quick cuts to build suspense which makes
our film effective to our story line. This suggests that editing is much more
effective in our thriller as it is used to further enhance worry and suspense
for the audience. In our prelim we literally showed match on action and
shot reverse shot to create meaning. However, in our main film editing
was significantly more detailed and involved creating sense from our
narrative, putting shots in the right order and conveying our intentions for
our narrative. In order to achieve this we cross-cut between our MP and
the hitman so that the narrative would make sense to our audience.
7. Sound
• Our prelim only uses diegetic dialogue which makes it very simple but yet boring for the
audience, there is no sound to build up tension towards the quick argument that the boys
have, the diegetic dialogue is also not very loud to enhance shouting, this shows how far in
progression we have come in our thriller
• In our film we have different sounds such as non- diagetic music at the beginning, the non-
diegetic music is there to have a nice feel but also enhance worry and suspense, we have the
sound of a heart beat to symbolise life and how the MPs life is going to be taken, the heart
beat is there to sympathise the audience and keep them interested. The diegetic sound of
the gun shot is there to enhance surprise and fear which is effective as it further shows the
conventions a thriller which is surprising. The diegetic dialogue of the MP speaking is there to
lurk the audience into being mesmorised by the speech until the shooting occurs. This shows
that sound is more effective in our thriller as each part of it is there for a different reason in
which we can explain which is there to make our thriller more exciting than our pre lim
8. How have we worked together as a
team?
• As a team, overall we have worked extremely well together we have come up with
all the ideas together and discussed them as a group, we have shared our ideas
not kept them to our selves. We have had to change a lot about our film and
worked really well in doing so to make it the best that we can. Our team work skills
have improved from the prelim to now, this is because when we were doing our
prelim sometimes we would disagree on ideas and someone would usually take
over the editing who was more confident but now we have all taken on roles and
taken turns so that we can all have the best contribution to our thriller
